Mobile Girls Aid War Stamps Campaign at Post Office
A large force of young war workers tackle mailing and distributing War Savings literature on June 28, the President's War Savings Day. Volunteers include Mrs. Crawford C. Adams, Miss Annette McMillan, Miss Lula McMillan, and other girls from the Girls Scouts and local staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mares
Phelan B. Dorsis
James H. Thaye
Henderson
Ala
Crawford C. Adams
Annetta McMillan
Lula McMillan
M. T. Sprague
Isabel Moore
Juliet Boyd
Edna Pickard
Thelma Swanson
Hilda Zandel
Francis Dodge
Margaret Thomason
Esther Reynolds
Mary Gaynor
Gladys Gray
Elizabeth Pearson
Jamnita Seiple
Lucille Moore
Claudia C. Pitard
Wilson
Retail Merchants Discuss Half-Holiday Meeting
A New York merchants meeting discussed a proposed half-holiday. Retailers and clerks attended, sharing their views on the plan and its feasibility amid ongoing discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baturtay
Merchants Agree Holiday for Clerks Not a Compromise
The planned Thursday holiday is described as an agreement among merchants to benefit clerks, not a concession. The point emphasizes the motive as worker support rather than a negotiated settlement.
Italy Guides War on German Lies in U S
Italian citizens in the United States form the Roman Legion of America to oppose German lies and spies. The group pledges to counter disinformation and protect American interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roman Legion of America
Sample Copy for North Readers from Mobile Tribune
A northern audience receives a sample edition of the Mobile Tribune showcasing local news, features, and community notices. The edition highlights upcoming events, weather outlooks, and brief summaries of city developments and cultural happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Tribune
Dont Marry Slackers Boy in France Urges Girls
Private Eugene Henson of the Eighth Infantry in the American Expeditionary Force in France warned American girls not to marry slackers in a letter dated April 25 from Fornfelt High School. He said the nation would fight until hell freezes over and boasted of defeating Germany and deriding Kaiser Wilhelm. He died in action April 28 in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Henson
Eighteenth Infantry
France
Henson
Fornfelt High School
O. E. Oesch
Old Germany
Hitch
Black Jack
Pershing
Missouri
Gulf district ILA to meet in Texas
Mobile delegates John J. Sullivan and Martin Clausen announced the Gulf district of the International Longshoremen's Association will hold its next meeting in Houston Texas, following the last convention in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Gulf District
International Longshoremen's Association
John J. Sullivan
Martin Clausen
Mobile
New Orleans
Rich to Attend Gulf Mobile Directors Meeting in New York
J. C. Rich general counsel for the Gulf Mobile and Northern Railroad left yesterday for New York to join directors for a meeting scheduled Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Rich
The
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Raillroad
New York
Tea prices rise as Montevideo shortages hit goods
Since the war tea in Montevideo began prices have climbed from 65 to 85 cents a pound to around $2. Freight problems and import difficulties drive the increase. Major dealers report tight supplies, though C. D. Kenny Company at 210 Dauphin street maintains a large stock of high grade teas at old prices in original packaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevedio
Motevideo
Carroll
C. D. Kenny Company
Dauphin Street
Lawyers to Aid in Reclassification of Deferred Class Men
Members of the Mobile Bar Association met to perfect plans for reclassifying registered men in deferred classes. They seek to move men into Class One to meet a quota and request information for the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Bar Association
Rafe Clemmons Sparred Through Fraternal Order Incident
Rafe Clemmons credits membership in a fraternal order with saving his life after an incident at Gulfport Gulfport where he angered longshoremen by insisting on a 50 cent an hour union wage. He was later detained by Mobile police and seized by the Ku Klux Klan while being escorted to the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Clemmons
New York
New Orleans
Gulfport
Davis Avenue
Ku Klux
Notice of Sale in Mobile County Equity Case
Swift and Company v Hults Hultz sale set for July 22 1918 at 12 pm in Mobile Alabama under a decree dated August 29 1917. Property includes described Lots in Augusta Wilkinson Broad and Savannah streets with bearing, dimensions and location. James A. Crane Register. Also notice in Hazelwood case orders service by publication in The Mobile Tribune for four weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Company
William Hults
Elvina O. Hultz
Circuit Court of
Mobile County
Alabama
Equity
Court House
Mobile
Ala
State of
Augusta
Wilkinson Street
Augusta Street
West Gordon
Favre Tract
Broad Street
Broad and
Savannah Streets
Savannah Street
Ee Street
Circuit Court
A. D
Oliver Hazelwood
Mobile Tribune
James A. Crane
Register
Merchants Urge Consumer Cooperation in War Time Rules
Retail merchants of Mobile Alabama urge customers to follow Council of National Defense rules to free labor for farms and shipbuilding. Rules limit deliveries per route, ban small parcel deliveries, disallow exchanges and special accommodations, require returns at customer expense within three days, and report defiance to state defense council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Council of National Defense
Alabama
Alabama Council of Defense
Council of Defense of Alabama
Train Timetable Fragments for Mobile Bay Shore Lines
Timetable snippets show Mobile and Bay Shore Railroad departures and arrivals, daily and Sunday services, with times around 9 10 am 3 00 pm and evening runs. Additional references include Mobile and Ohio Railroad St Louis Cincinnati New York Limited and Southern Railway listings with No 24 28 36 35 schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Cin
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N. Y
Mont’y
Chi, St. L
Pensacola Accom
Mobile
Mobile and Bay Shore Railroad
Cincee Smf Cccscccols Oe
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
St. L.-Cin.-N. Y. Ltd
B’ham-Cin-N.y.ltd
Gulf, Mobile
Northern
Southern Railway System
Canadian Heroes Inspire Shipyard Speakers
Enthusiasm rose at local shipyards as three members of the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation national service spoke for thirty minutes each. A. G. Morse of New York J. A. Yeomans of the Canadian War Lecture Bureau and Private L. C. Burgess of the Princess Pat regiment praised mobilization work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Service Section
United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
A. G. Morse
New York
J. A. Yeomans
Canadian War Lecture Bureau
L. C. Burgess
Princess Pat
Room for rent appeal at Shipyard plants
Government seeks rooms and housing for rent from residents and real estate men. Contact Harry C. Vaughan PO Box 143 with name address location and capacity available at shipyards. Announcement mentions talks at Alabama Drydock and Ship building three other plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Vaughan
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company
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Italy
United States
Bidgood Stationery Co
St. Francis Street
National War Savings
Secretary of the Treasury
War Savings
United States Treasury Department
Friay
Aoe
Oett Ay
Ameria
Crawford Johnson
United States Treasury
Watch On
MR. Rich
Rafe Clemmons
Tribune
Mmons
Ku Klux Klan
Legal Advertising
Mary Hazelwood
Thornton and Frazer
Merchants
Jos
C. Rich
County Council of
Defens
Jos. Patt
D. V.S
St. Michael St
Catherine
Ceylon
Young Hyson
Japan
Assam
Riley Shorthand and Business College
ST. Joseph Street
the Mobile Business College
Business College
R.O. Harris
R. O. H. Tea
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