Death of Y Brooke noted in Mobile church notice
Mobile April 11 1916 Hadley Y Brooke known Alabama journalist and former state examiner died in a Mobile hospital after a brief illness. Born a newsboy he rose to prominence in Alabama journalism and served as a state examiner before joining the national banking service. Brooke exposed defalcations in the State Convict Department leading to a high profile trial and conviction of Theo Lacy. His death shocks friends and will bring interment at his home city.
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Y. Brooke
Alabama
Harry
St. Ig
Mobile
Harry” Brooke
Williams Dorsey J@iks
Mr. Brooke
Brooke
State Convict Department
Theo Lacy
Lacy
Bishop Wilmer Remembered in Mobile Church Home Effort
Residents and local leaders urge honoring the late Right Rev. Richard H Wilmer by keeping the Warren Street site for the Church Home he founded to aid orphans. A long Mobile list of prominent citizens backs respecting his wish amid undecided plans for relocation by church authorities.
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Richard H. ‘Wilmer
Alan Mobilian
The
S Vineyard
Wilmer
Warren Street
Toohn Johnson
Johnson
Board Meeting Discusses Increase in Local School Grants
A board of school commissioners met on April 1 to consider raising expenses. The meeting followed a request from the land committee and noted interruptions due to absence from the city, with details remaining unclear.
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Board of
School Missioners
Land Committee
Keep Mobile money at home and buy local
Local merchants explain that visiting itinerant salesmen drain Mobile's cash by taking orders and leaving town with funds. They argue that spending in Mobile supports rent, licenses, clerks, and other local businesses, while buying from outsiders harms the city’s circulation and prosperity. They urge residents to prioritize Mobile-made goods and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Europe
New Salary Position Sparks Board Debate On Funding
The board debated creating a new paid position at 1800 dollars annually to manage school lands. Commissioner Vickers opposed acting without the full board present and later withdrew from the meeting. Critics warned the proposal could strain finances amid calls for retrenchment and tuition resistance. The land committee currently handles leases and a survey was proposed to gauge revenue potential. The Item praised surveying but warned funding a new employee may be imprudent given uncertain revenue and ongoing budget pressures.
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Vickers
Land Committee
Board of School Commissioners
Mobile County
Ely
Fine Inducement to the Farmers
The Gulf Coast Fair offers twenty thousand dollars in premiums to farmers in Alabama and Mississippi for high quality crops. The fair seeks honest effort and better returns for labor while praising the generous spirit of the fair officials. The article notes the need for appreciation from farmers in return for this substantial stimulus and expects fine results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mississippi
Fair Association
Walker County Seeks Legislative Help for Bond Issue
Walker County joins Mobile in urging the legislature to cooperate with Governor Henderson to save Alabama’s credit through a bond issue. A mass meeting of Walker county taxpayers was held yesterday in Jasper, adopting similar action. The move aims to push for less personal politics and more businesslike legislation across the state.
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Mobile
Henderson
Alabama
Walker County
Jasper
Easter Springhillian Magazine Highlights College
The Easter number of The Spring Hillian, the Spring Hill College official magazine, arrives in The Item. It is praised as an exceptionally fine publication with fine student contributed articles and a tribute to the institution. A noted press produced the issue.
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Springhillian
Spring Hill College
Miller Heese Hutchison
I. i
Local Minstrel Program Delights Large Mobile Crowd At Lyric
Local talent shines in the Colonial Minstrels presented by the Mobile Business Women's Club directed by Mrs. Hardee Senter-Rol y. The three part program features a grand overture and varied dances and songs by a long cast including Cathryn Amnock Isabelle Brown Frances Brown and Gussie Jones with numbers such as At the Ball I Want to Linger The Boogie Boo Man and Here's to Love amid an international dance lineup.
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Margaret Virginia Cowles
Geo. T. Cowles
Tom Bailey
John Bailey
John Percy Schilling
J. P. Schilling
Helen Cecilia Hall
Wallace Hall
Lyric Theatre
Mobile Business Women's Club
Frances Brown
Beulah Crist
Genevieve Carthy
Ethel Cody
Ruth Colgan
Lucy Cullinane
van Dorn Clemmons
Martina Drahan
Marie Griffing
Emilie Gonzales
Jack Hurlburt
Vivian Lord
Adelaide Johnson
Gussie Jones
Ellen March
Myrtle Nielen
Edna Ross
Katie Ross
Frances Reynolds
Esther Reynolds
Owen Peake
Mary McNamara
Antoinette Quill
Mignon Vautrot
Beryl Vautrot
Cecile Sherman
Genevieve Sherman
Genevieve Smith
Mildred Faleligant
Zeta Watters
Claudia Willis
Miriam Wilkins
Janie Lewis van Liew
Bertha Patterson
Grace Glennon
Isabelle Sullivan
Barbara Beroujon
Robert Courtney
Patrick Brown
Walter Minto
Alfred Reynolds
Leo Mullen
Charlie Jones
Marion Beroujon
Pat Brown
Jack Hulburt
Bob Courtney
Laddie
Frances Dean Reynolds
Mignon and Beryl] Vautrot
Dresden Doll
Post C T P A Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
Mobile Post C T P A held an evening meeting electing officers for the coming year. Cecil Fox presided as retiring president. New officers include H M Hopper president and A J Krassin F C Turner M Waring Harrison James A Carney M T Sprague Seee Dozier C J Gray P J Henley L B Fox as trustees and Lebaron Daly secretary treasurer Dr P J M Acker physician and Very Rev G C Tucker chaplain. Monthly meetings will be held to support traveling members.
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Mobile Post C
Travellers’ Protective Association
Cecil Fox
H. M. Hopper
A. J. Krassin
F. C. Turner
M. Waring Harrison
James A. Carney
M.T. Sprague
Seee Dozier
C J. Gray
P. J. Henley
L. B. Fox
W. H. Thompson
Lebaron Daly
P. J. M. Acker
G. C. Tucker
One American People Debt of Gratitude Editorial
The Star editorial from London on April 10 praises British prisoners in Germany and lauds ambassadors in London for their labor. It frames the diplomatic effort as a noble act by American readers and allies.
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London
the Star Tonight
Germany
New Ice Company To Be Operated at Mobile Brewery
Mobile Brewery becomes an ice factory under Colonel A S Lyons. The plant will produce 125 tons daily, 90 from distilled water and 35 as plate ice. It serves wholesale and retail trade with sack shipments and refrigerator car loading. Walter Pucket leads delivery with courteous drivers. Officers: Lyons president, Fry vice president, Horst secretary treasurer.
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A. S. Lyons
Colonel Lyons
Mobile Brewery
Walter Pucket
L. C.fry
H. A. Horst
Immense Gas Tank Under Construction by Mobile Gas Co
Cement foundations cover the site at Mobile Gas Company's Davis avenue plant as a new gas storage tank is installed. The 1,000,000 cubic foot tank will join an existing 500,000 cubic foot tank to provide 1,500,000 cubic feet of gas capacity and improve supply during emergencies.
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Mobile Gas Co
Mobile Gas Company
Davis Avenue
Sataemey
Eg Grees
The Heavenly Twins and the Attic Dream
Two longtime friends Lancing the poet and Marriott the artist live and work in a Battersea attic. They finish a book together but Marriott falls ill with a fatal ailment, leaving Lancing to face the truth of their separate paths and their shared past. Marriott dies as Lancing discovers a final vision from the friendship.
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Heavenly Twins
Clapham Common
Mariott
Lancing
Marriott
Liancing
Battersea
Perivale
Phil
Perilvale’s
Important Events of Historic Worth to Mobilians
A compact chronicle of Mobile milestones from 1874 to early 20th century include Confederate memorial unveilings at Soldiers Rest and Raphael Semmes monument dedications, a major riverfront fire, early cinema, WWI era visits, and the first electric streetcar debut in Mobile with details on dates sites and notable figures.
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Mobile
Butt’s
Raphael Semmes
Can Place
Tary
Loeb
St. J Street
Bienville Square
Cuba
Theatorium
John
Dad) Keener
Dauphin Axe
Conception
Joathi
United Cofederate
Robert E. Daly Sr
Adjv
James T Staples
Bladon Springs
Mobile Theatre
Royal Am Conti
Joseph Serda
No 3 Company
Ryan Park
Spring Hill Avenue
Abram J. Ryan
J. Howard Wilson
Dauphin
Jackson Streets
Palmetto
Marine
Virginia
Walter F. Ross
Jack Diamond
Charles James
Milwaukee
Wis
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Alfred West
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Frances Edwards
Mildred Stock
Marshall McPhillips
Leopold Lowenstein
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Laura Mosely
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Helen Patterson
Marie Shaffer
Lawrence Neuberger
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Marie Richards
Hayward Hunter
Far East
Albert West
Ella Tully
Cyril Tucker
Myrtle Tully
G. Richardson
Cora Nash
C. Booth
Fannie Richardson
Don Barber
Francis ‘Reed
Vera Williams
Post C. T. P. A
New Ice Company
the Daily Story
Hubert Elleston
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