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Newspaper
Mobile Tribune
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1918
Page
3
Order Your Meats Early From the Cooperative
A note instructs customers to place meat orders each morning before 9 o clock and limits deliveries to one per day per route. Saturday orders accepted until 5 PM, with a request for cooperation.
Mrs Jay Gould Serves Coffee at Local Y M C A
A story notes Mrs Jay Gould granddaughter of Hawaii royalty works behind a New York Y M C A refreshment counter twice weekly. Sailors joke and request sandwiches and jelly rolls as she serves with lively efficiency, while the staff forego tips to buy thrift stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jay Gould
Kaikilani
Hawaii
Gould
Sugar Ration Rules For Mobile City And Rural Areas
The Mobile county food administrator John Craft announces a sugar purchase limit of two pounds in cities and five pounds in rural districts per transaction. Purchases cannot be aggregated across dealers to exceed these limits in a single day, and sugar must be used before buying more. Housewives are urged to follow the rule to aid the war effort and conserve a basic necessity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County
John Craft
Mobile
Fashion Hints Hats By J M Gidding And Maison Maurice
Fashion notes describe a large dress hat with a double Georgette brim in beige edged with ostrich feather fringe. A fringe straw turban in navy blue styled like a tam with slender cut quills completes the accessory pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Gidding & Co
Joel Feder
Maison Maurice
Choral Club to Repeat Fine Program
Mrs. Tooley president of the Womens Choral Club says the program at Moose Hall May 20 will be repeated at the Assembly Room of the Cawthon Hotel next Tuesday at 8 30. The public is invited and a silver offering will be taken. A note on a Michigan inventor milk bottle mentions a cream opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Michigan
Mothers' All By Anne Bozeman Lyon in 1918
Poem from Mobile dated June 22 1918 urges a son to be brave. recalls Agincourt and defiant sacrifice as a mother hopes for a manly, selfless fight. Ad ends with sale notice from Albright & Wood druggists offering three stores and twelve phones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albright & Wood
Plateau Negro Arrested in Draft Violation Case
Vernon George, a resident of Plateau and identified as a Negro, was arrested several days ago and brought to the marshal's office after Deputy Marshal Horton took him into custody. He faces a formal charge of violating the Selective Draft Act for failing to return his questionnaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon George
Plateau
Horton
George
War Savings Stamps Not Only for Children
An editorial urges all Americans to support War Savings Stamps in 1918. It argues the program funds the government and teaches thrift, stressing that saving should involve everyone from millionaires to laborers. It calls on readers to enlist in the War Saving Army by June 28 and to curb wasteful spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
W. Ss. S
War Saving Army
Four Patriotic Girls Run Red Cross Lawn Party
Four patriotic Little Misses Lillian Yeend Virginia Thompson Margaret Thompson and Miss Muscatt hosted a lawn party on June 20 to aid the war effort. They raised $82.48 and handed the proceeds to John E. Mitchell treasurer of the second Red Cross war fund for use by American forces in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Yeend
Virginia Thompson
Margaret Thompson
Miss Muscatt
Red Cross
America
France
John E. Mitchell
Second Red Cross War Fund
Austrian Navy Unveils Largest Floating Crane Worldwide
The Austrian navy introduced the world’s largest floating crane mounted on a self-propelled barge with a 240 ton lifting capacity.
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Vanity Fair
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