City to observe Memorial Day and legal holiday opener
The city commission and Mayor Pat J. Lyons plan a legal holiday April 1 for the baseball opener. A Memorial Day observance is set for April 26 at Magnolia Cemetery with Confederate Memorial Association participation. The panel also handled a debt lien, rejected a professional bill, and denied a land book expenditure request.
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Pat J. Lyons
Southern Association
Lyons
Commissio
Dies’ Memorial Association
Bb P. Mu
Magnolia Cemetery
Comr Schwarz
Confed
Wade H. Orr
J. E. Beck
Jesse Lewis
Hose Company No. 2
Emmet A. Jones
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound for Hair Darkening
Learn to darken gray hair naturally with Sage Tea and sulphur or use Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound sold for 50 cents. Damp a brush, apply strand by strand, and by morning gray hair fades becoming darker and shinier. Not a medicine, just a cosmetic prep.
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Wyeth
Mobile Poultry Center Proposed by Gulf Coast Association
At a Gulf Coast Poultry Association meeting E. L. Robison marketing agent for Mobile and Ohio railroad spoke on the Marketing of Poultry. He is based in St. Louis. Attendance at the meeting was large.
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The
Gulf Coast Poultry Association
E. L. Robison
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
St. Louis
Logan Brothers Plead Guilty in Manslaughter Case
Wilbur and Birton Logan pleaded guilty by agreement to manslaughter for murdering two Black preachers. Roland Logan was found not guilty by a jury. The two younger brothers received the maximum twenty years in prison. Judge Wilkinson, now in Mobile, is collecting unpaid income tax from individuals and firms.
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Mariana
Fila
Wilbur
Birton Logan
Roland Logan
W. F. Wilkinson
Internal Revenue Officer
Nashville
Mobile
Deaths and Funerals in Mobile County Obituaries
Hicklan LaCoste aged 71 of Alvarez Mobile County died after a long illness. He is survived by his widow son and three daughters. The funeral was held Wednesday and burial in Alvarez cemetery. George M. Jochum 54 native of Chicago died Tuesday. Burial in Magnolia cemetery. Sophie Schrener Bohn Mobile resident died Wednesday morning after a long illness. Funeral at 606 Centi Street time to be announced.
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Hicklan LaCoste
Alvarez
Mobile County
Ala
G. M. Jochum
George M. Jochum
Roche & Burke
Magnolia Cemetery
Mr. Jochum
Chicago
Ills
Mobile Art Glass & Mirror Works
Sophie S. Bohn
Sophie Schrener Bohn
Joseph Bohn
Mobile
Mobile Heights
Charles L. Simmons
John
Fred J. Schrener
S.bohn
Charles Schrener
Death of Mobile County Confederate Veteran John Ashbee
John Ashbee aged 72 of Semmes died Wednesday morning at 7 30. A Confederate veteran with an excellent war record he leaves a wife and other relatives. The funeral will be Thursday with burial in the Semmes cemetery.
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John Ashbee
Mobile County
Semmes
Magic City Chosen by State Dentists
Alabama Dental Association elected officers for the next year and Birmingham selected as the site for the upcoming meeting. Dr. G F Petrey of Florala was chosen president with Dr. R A Rush of Mobile outlined as representative to the national convention. An active board and multiple ex officio members were named amid a large turnout and planned programs.
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Alabama Dental Association
Birmingham
Board of
Dental Examiners
Friends of
R.A. Rush
Mobile
National Association
G. F. Petrey
Florala
O. W. Patton
Tuscaloosa
C. W. Lockey
W. J. Reynolds
Selma
A. K. Parks
Montevallo
H. C. Hassell
H. T. McKinnon
Troy
Alabama Board of Dental Examiners
George W. Randall
West Blocton
Monitor
H. L. Yickling
R. A. Rush
B. C. Fowlkes
Cc. F. Chandler
Montgomery
Dental Association
T. B. McDonald
Evergreen
George Wheeler
GW. Brown
Milwaukee
Wis
S. Murphy
James R. Hagan
Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs
C.S. Shuford
C. B. Fowlkes
Province of Che Kiang Declares Independence
Shanghai April 12 independence declared for the province of Che Kiang at Hangkou capital. Rail station occupied by armed forces to maintain tranquility and troops dispatched for the same. Ad notes Dr King's New Life Pills as a spring laxative, 26 cents at druggists.
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Shanghai
Che-Kiang
Hangcule
Dr. King
Capital Charm Shines From Curtis Daughter Belle
Miss Curtis, newcomer in Washington, captivates congressional society with charm and beauty. She is the daughter of Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas, drawing attention among the capital set.
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Miss Curtis
Washington
Senator Charles Curtis
Kansas
Maurauders Defeated in Five Hour Fight
Report describes a five hour clash in which marauders were defeated. The article notes General Pershing moved headquarters to Satevo forty miles south of Chihuahua on the same day as Villa's death report, suggesting officials doubt the claim.
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Maurauders
Pershing
Satevo
Chihuahua
Villa
New Version of Villa Death Story Emerges
An El Paso cattleman reports a new tale that Villa survived and that Pablo Lopez died, with Villa using his own supposed death as a ruse. Reports from El Paso describe raids and looting as Villa moves north, though corroboration is lacking and rumors persist of a Villa concentration in northern Durango. Military officials and press in Mexico City note Villa has withdrawn to the Sierra Madre, pursued by authorities, as forces close in.
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EL Paso
Tex
Villa
Bachinaba
Pablo Lopez
Mexico
Durango
Canuto Reyes
Fort Bliss
Sierras
Columbus
Verdun War Renewed by Assailants
Berlin reports gain for German forces at Verdun in the Caillette woods southeast of Fort Douamont while British troops in Mesopotamia suffer a defeat. Turkish headquarters say British forces lost over 3,000 men in a six hour battle near Felahie on April 9.
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Berlin
London
Verdun
Caillette Woods
Fort Douamont
Dardanelles
Felahie
Emerson Hough Moves to Ocean Springs Coast
Biloxi Miss April 12 Emerson Hough the author of The Mississippi Bubble plans permanent winter residence in Ocean Springs citing favorable Gulf Coast climate. A police raid on Croesus Street led by Chief Staehling closed disorderly houses and jailed occupants with women vagrants avoiding trials after agreeing to relocate.
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Biloxi
Miss
Emerson Hough
Ocean Springs
William Murray
Louis Largelliers
Jacob Seals
Croesus ‘Street
Staehling
King George Relation to Russian Czarina and Q A Items
The column notes King George as cousin to both the czar and czarina of Russia. The czarina is described as a daughter of the late Duke of Hesse who married Princess Augusta Victoria, daughter of Queen Victoria. The rest of the page covers personal care tips, cleaning brass, Morse code usage, and a London spy execution reported.
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George
Britain
Czar
Czarina
Russia
One Duke of Hesse
Incess
Anne
Queen Victoria
Europe
Measles Epidemic Sweeps Petersburg City
Petersburg Virginia reports more than three percent of its population infected with measles in the last month. City health department tally shows eleven hundred cases in March and the outbreak continues with forty new measles cases and four smallpox cases on Tuesday. Quarantine measures are in place to curb the spread of smallpox.
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Petersburg
Clanton Bank Closed By State Superintendent Walker
State Superintendent Alex Walker closed the Clanton Bank in Clanton Alabama on Tuesday. The move marks the fourth bank failure in Chilton County within 30 days. The bank had capital of 39000 dollars and about 42000 dollars on deposit as of March 1.
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Clanton Bank
Walker
Clanton
Ala
Alex Walker
Chilton County
Pan American Congress Adopts Trade Transport Conclusions
At Buenos Aires on April 11 the Pan American Congress backed rapid maritime transport to boost commerce between the Americas. Officials including Secretary McAdoo and representatives from Argentina Brazil and Chile urged cooperation of South American shipping interests with the United States to establish an international merchant marine service.
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Buenos Aires
Pan-American Congress
McAdoo
Fleodoro Lobos
Argentina
Calogeras
Brazil
Manuel Salinas
Chile
Americas
United States
Ocean Springs preps for dry spell after liquor law
Ocean Springs Miss April 12 Special It is not anticipated the region will suffer greatly from the drought when the new liquor law takes effect April 16. Express officials report a marked rise in liquor shipments with packages arriving rapidly.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
Sugar Tariff Bill In Conference After Senate Vote
The sugar tariff bill passed the Senate 40 to 32 and moved to a conference to resolve differences with the House. The measure would extend the 1 cent per pound duty on sugar to May 1, 1920, with House repeal efforts failing. A lemon and citrus duty amendment was defeated 44 to 29. Marine insurance rates rose for transatlantic lines from English ports to New York.
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Washington
Senate
House
Works
California
Marine Insurance UP
London
Liverpool
New York
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Nance O’neil
Magic City
R. G. Welsch
Queen Theatre
America
van Antwerp Drug Co
Equity
Circuit Court
Carl Holzborn
Sth
Teona Curtis
Cailletl
Mesopotamia
Love With
Coast
Ginos
Peterkins
Sand Bunnies
Staub’s
Pan-American Congress For Merchant Marine
Kuppenheimer
F. L. Tapia
Britton
Bell
Southern Realty Company
Nick L. Vickers
General Accident
Philadelphia
Percey H. Moore
ST. Michael Street
Bell Phone
E. H. Britton
Dauphn Street
Mia Oe
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