Atherton Corrects Chicago Tribune Map Error on Jackson Highway Route
P L Atherton president of the Jackson Highway Association writes Mobile Item to dispute a Tribune map error omitting Alabama coastal route options between Nashville and New Orleans. He notes the map shows all routes and asks for space to publish a corrected version. The letter ends with a personal note on chewing gum antics.
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P.L. Atherton
Louisville
Jackson Highway Association
Chicago Tribune
Alabama
Birmingham
Montgomery
Belma
Mobile
Meneelee
Gulf
Mr. Atherton
Nashville
Mississippi
P. L. Atherton
Evans Furniture sale extended for 30 days
The Evans Furniture Company extends its successful sale for another thirty days. Prices stay the same and credit is available to customers opening accounts. A featured item is a white or colored iron bed advertised at 6.20, far below typical 12 to 16 prices.
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Evans Furniture Company
Evans
The Dot Farm Puzzle and Local Notices
A fragmented OCR text lists street addresses in Mobile Alabama and includes a serialized story puzzle The Dot Farm about Tommy the city boy visiting his country uncle. It mentions puzzle participation, prizes, and submission deadlines for The Mobile Item.
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Mary Jane Jett
Joseph D. Quinlivan
Emma Tam
Rosa Dora Stone
Herbert B. Baron Myron Bowers
Maggie Mae Halm
Lois Schultz
Janice Cashman
Shirley Collier
Arthur Owens
Ruth Rayford
Claudice Boutwellelouise McDavid
Ruby Simpson
Maggie Redmond
Leon Elmer Kopf
Lillian Binet
Alice Thomas
Lucile Harris
Mollie Brooks
Nadine Parker
Eva O'Connor
Mignon
Alice
Tommy
Greenville Personal Notes Reflect Local Visits
Greenville Alabama notices list several residents visiting relatives and returning home. Rosa Lind Rush from Greensboro Annette Murphree from Troy Mrs Ben Walker from Montgomery Mrs G H Denson from Bessemer Dr and Mrs P I Hop king and Mrs H Hopkins from Clanton visited W J Beeland. Myrtle Rice Es c n a l o returned home after visiting her grandmother Mrs E L Cook. Marjorie Long from Eufaula returned after visiting Mrs H Z Wilkinson Ella Briggs returned from Charlotte North Carolina where she stayed with her aunt and uncle Carrie Milligan from Andalusia attended the Beeland Hopkins event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Ala
Rosalind Rush
Greensboro
Annette Murphree
Troy
Ben Walker
Montgomery
G. H. Denson
Bessemer
P., I. Hopking
H. Hopkins
Clanton
W. J. Beeland
Myrtle Ensacola
Births and Deaths in Local Vital Statistics
Births list numerous families including Damitt Jahn, Shirley Hall, C L Walker, Manuel Fabre, Woode Pugh, Robert Nelson, Jesse Walls, and Thomas Davis with both boys and girls born. Deaths include James McAndrew, William Dunlap, Robert McCowan, Vincent Noletto, and Grenville Gardner.
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Damitt
Annie Jahn
Shirley
Miriam F. Hall
C. L
Mamie Waller
E. J. Azeline Lose
Karl C
Sadie FE. Bassett
Habeeb
Maheba Bowab
William
Wilhelmina D. Lyndall
Manuel
Cecilia Fabre
Woode S
Kate Pugh
Robert
Lillie Nelson
W. H
A. N. Burch
Jesse J
L. J. Walls
James J. McAndrew
William H. Dunlap
Robert V. McCowan
Vincent C. Noletto
Grenville G Gardner
Beeland Hopkins Wedding Guests and Local Notables
Mrs Wade Rogers and daughter from Andalusia attended the Beeland Hopkins wedding in Greenville. Numerous relatives and friends from Montgomery, Atlanta, Savannah, Chapman, Opp, Troy, Evergreen and Marion joined gatherings. The Forty fourth anniversary of the Baptist Willing Workers was celebrated with Mrs Beeland as the sole surviving charter member and Mrs Cater hosting a domino luncheon for the wedding party.
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Wade Rogers
Andalusia
Greenville
Beeland-Hopkins
Henry Bachelor
Annie McGehee
Mary Beeland
Woman's College At
Montgomery
W. H. Seale
Brewton
Maheme
Ida Williams
Chapman
Elizabeth Woods
Atlanta
Lerline Stewart
Todd Gantt
Evergreen
Park Smith
Seaburn Brundidge
Henry Parker
Savannah
J. B. Stanley
Halsie Pierce
Bennie Mae Thompson
Bena Rhodes
Opp
J. G. Reynolds
Charles Waller
Ira Traweek
Marion
Robert Gellerstedt
Troy
Ruth
Anna Dunklin
W. C. Cater
Jefferson Beeland
Baptist
Beeland
Cater
Job Thigpen
Saturday Fires Prompt Roof Damage Across Homes
A fire at 6 South Ann Street damaged the roof of Dr. R. A. Wright’s two story house, ruled caused by sparks and insured. Earlier fires included 353 South Broad Street 1:50 PM slight damage from sparks, 662 Conception Street two story frame 11:42 AM slight damage from overheated furnace, Bay Avenue and L N crossing 11:15 AM slight damage from sparks, and 504 South Hamilton Street 8:41 AM slight damage from sparks at C Q Fulton and Thomas Martin.
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South Ann Street
R. A. Wright
South Broad Street
J. C. Stephens
T. Kunz
Conception Street
C. G. McMahon
M. Hamilton
Bay Avenue
L. & N. Crossing
Dan Martin
Sparks
South Hamilton Street
C. QO. Fulton
Thomas Martin
W. and M. Committee to Meet Monday Night
Members of the Ways and Means Committee of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce will meet Monday night at the Cawthon at 7 30 PM, with supper at 7 PM. All members and others interested urged to attend for the chamber and city welfare. Civil service exam set for April 22, 1936 in Pensacola for forest and field clerk with salary 1100, testing stenography, typewriting, bookkeeping.
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Ways and Means
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Cawthon
Civil Service
United States Civil Service Commission
Pensacola
Is Peeveres Civil Poevion Board
Uncle Wiggily Encounters Violet Flowers In The Woods
Uncle Wiggily Longears awakens to kitchen bustle and heads outdoors where he meets a clan of blue violets distressed about being small and unseen. A violet encourages gratitude for their place in the woods as they dream of different colors.
Uncle Wiggily and the Violets See the World
Uncle Wiggily frees a group of violets from their pot and takes them on a walk through the woods. A fox hesitates to attack after smelling the flowers, and Nurse Jane’s laundry scene leads to blue water for washing. The violets learn they can do good and return home grateful.
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Uncle
Violet
Uncle Wiggily
Wiggily
Mr. Longears
Nurse Jane
Jane
Nurse Lanatapoo
Auction of 150 Bathing Suits At 461 Dauphin Street
A. A. Richards announces an auction at 10:30 tomorrow selling 150 high grade up-to-date bathing suits priced from one to two dollars each. Auction location is 461 Dauphin Street.
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Dauphin Street
A. A. Richards
Ge-Rar-Dy Tea Promoted For Kidney Cleanse
An advertisement claims Ge-Rar-Dy Tea removes poisons from blood, liver and kidneys and offers a free sample from Phil P Cresap Co of New Orleans. The text cautions tea can be harmful to kidneys, noting traditional Indian herbal brews as beneficial.
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Phil. P. Cresap Co., Ltd
New Orleans
Cotton Ocean Freights Fall but War Insurance Rises
Cotton merchants report ocean freight rates to European ports down by about one dollar per hundred pounds, yet higher war risk insurance offsets the saving. Charter prices for vessels stay high, with overall rates for grains and cotton up markedly since the war. From New York to Liverpool grain trades at 40.6 cents per bushel versus 4.1 cents before the war. Wheat from New Orleans now taxed 54.8 cents per bushel.
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New York
Liverpool
New Orleans
Fourth Alabama Hotel Men's Association Convention Planned
The Alabama Hotel Men's Association will hold its fourth annual convention in this city on July 11 and 12. Chairman C. B. Hervey announced the program includes part of July 12 in Coden with John E. Rolston at Rolston's hotel. Adolph Reich of the Printup hotel in Gadsden is chairman, with L. D. Fairchild of the Exchange hotel in Montgomery as secretary.
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Alabama Hotel Men's Association
C. B. Hervey
Coden
John E. Rolston
Rolston’s
Adolph Reich
Gadsden
Ala
L. D. Fairchild
Exchange Hotel
Montgomery
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