Miss Josephine Callaway Leads Tribune Contest
New leader Miss Josephine Callaway holds first place with a near ten thousand vote lead over rival in Mobile district contest. The tally shows Miss Cora Dickens of Lucedale second with 29 450 votes and Mrs. W P Williamson of Mobile third with 28 460 votes in a districtwide results list.
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Josephine Callaway
Callaway
Cora Dickens
Lu¢edale
W. P. Williamson
Mobile
Eee
Lula McGregor
Citronelle
J. W. Pope
Winn
Ala
Lucille Adams
Robertsdale
Ruth Cowan
Coffeeville
Lucedale
Ida B. Dozier
Thomasville
Edwards
Ocean Springs
Braskie Grimley
Atmore
Bessie Hanbery
Wallace
Mary Lee Holland
Castleberry
Helen Irby
Dawes R. F. D
Belgian Refugees Find New Home In Britain During War
A Belgian refugee stream arrives by steam trawler to a British fishing port and quickly integrates. With sympathetic aid and local employment, many refugees adapt, some founding lace and net making. Ancestors of Flemings long established in Britain are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Hou &Ld
Heaven
Belgium
Mystery Ku Klux Klan Auto Parade In Mobile
Eleven masked men in Ku Klux attire drove a caravan through Mobile streets after 9 PM Friday with reports of warnings to pro Germans or slackers. Sheriff and police investigate while city officials note no violence and say the incident proceeded quietly.
Boy Frank F Stewart Sought By Police In Mobile Family Tragedy
Police urge Frank Stewart concrete worker on government projects to contact his sister Mrs Emma Mogler at 538 South Seventh Street St. Louis Mo as his mother is dying in Mobile confirmation of kinship and location provided.
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Frank Stewart
Mobile
Stewart
Emma Mogler
South Seventh Street
St. Louis
Embalming Bodies for Return of Soldiers Denied by Pershing
Washington reports Gen. Pershing disapproved a plan to authorize the Purple Cross to embalm American soldiers for sanitary return to the United States. He cites impracticality of embalming within the theatre of operations and urges conformity with allies, noting additional noncombatant personnel and supplies as factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
France
United States
Gen. Pershing
J. Hampton Moore
Pennsylvania
Quartermasters’ Corps
Army of the Services of the Purple Cross
Soldier fare cut to one cent a mile proposed
The note contrasts a soldier's rail fare cut to one cent per mile with others facing a three cent increase. It implies the benefit hinges on permission to travel, highlighting a potential policy favoring servicemen.
Swamp Chills and Fever Tonic Spotlight
An advertisement touts Swamp Chills and Fever Tonic as a unique remedy from the Morris Morton Drug Co. of Fort Smith Arkansas urging readers to ask their pharmacist for the product.
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The
Morris Morton Drug Co
Fort Smith, Ark
Bonar Law Urges Britons to Live Simpler Life
London June 1 Chancellor Bonar Law called for simple living and stricter saving to back the war effort. He urged households to cut expenses, invest surplus in war bonds, and direct all bank deposits into bonds, with a weekly target of twenty five million pounds. He expressed confidence patriotism would curb the need for money rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
London
Bonar Law
Great Britain
Law
Death of Augustus R. Negus Former Health Official
Augustus R. Negus died Friday at noon at his home 607 South Lawrence. He served fifteen years with the city health department and earlier in the police force. He is survived by his wife and son Graham Negus, with the Rainbow division in France and recently reported wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus R. Negus
South Lawrence Street
Negus
City Health Department
Police Department
Graham Negus
Rainbow Division
France
Mrs Mary Brocker Dies at 85 in City Home
Mrs Mary Brocker widow of the late Peter Brocker died at the Little Sisters of the Poor home at 7 p m Friday after a lingering illness She was 85 and survived by daughter Mrs Joseph Metzger and sons Michael and Theodore Brocker plus grandchildren and great grandchildren A devout Roman Catholic she received the rites of her church The remains were moved to Theodore Brocker’s Easton street residence for the funeral.
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Mary Brocker
Peter Brocker
Little Sisters of the Poor
Joseph Metzger
Michael
Theodore Brocker
Easton Street
Gayle
Funeral services for John William Murphy Chambers
The funeral proceeded Thursday afternoon from the residence of his uncle John R. Duggan at 452 North Claiborne Street. Reverend Father Henry conducted the Catholic service. Burial followed in the Catholic cemetery with many floral designs on the grave.
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John William Murphy Chambers
John R. Duggan
North
Claiborne Street
Father Henry
Money orders stolen at Muscle Shoals post office
Postmaster J Blocker Thornton of Mobile reports the theft of postal money orders numbered 7904 through 8000 from the Muscle Shoals Alabama office. He warns merchants and businesses not to honor any money orders bearing those numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Blocker Thornton
Mobile
Postoffice Department
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Mr. Thornton
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J. Callaway
Rosa Broadus
Montgomery
Julia A. Bobe
South Broad
Tional Bank
Saya Teases
Blanch Dempsey
T. J. Carpenter
Ethel Dyar
South Conception
Cephas
Alabama
Josephine Judge
South Lawrence
L. W. Savage
St. Francis
Gladys Tompkins
North Joachim
J. C. White
St. Emanuel
L Ellis
Amlee Franetich
St. Joseph
Corinne Groom
Monterey Place
Ida May Harris
Florida
S. W. Cor. Bascomb
Minnie Moore
Montauk
Katie Reil
Washington Street
R. H. Parsons
South Hamilton
Edith Travis
Government
G. L. Widney
Stocking
Vates
al Sirkckewers Cetcinesan
Bae
Mobile City
Battle House
Royal Street
St. Francis Street
Government Street
R&r
Florida Street
Page F. Stewart
Fairhope
Magnolia Beach
Battles 'Wharf
Zundels Landings
Zundels
Soue
America
Shoe Shop
St. Emanuel St
Hillman’s Taxi
Hillman Taxi Service CO
Conti Street
JHE
U. S
U.S
Mobile Electric
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