Thoughts for Today and Local Visits
A cheerful note on laughter as sunshine precedes reports of Agnes Fowlkes returning from a visit to New Orleans. E Roy Albright of Mobile visits his grandfather J A Albright in Opelika on route to Columbus for homecoming. Mrs Frank Cawthon of Selma and daughter Mary Jane return from Tallahassee Florida with remarks from Selma Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Fowlkes
New Orleans
E. Roy Albright
Pheenix City
Mobile
Opelika
J. A. Albright
Columbus
Frank Cawthon
Selma
Mary Jane
Mrs. Christian
Tallahassee, Fla
Selma Times
Afternoon Sewing Club Meets Amid Bride Elect News
The Afternoon Sewing Club gathered Friday morning with Miss Ray Norville while Miss Helen Norville, now Mrs Grayson, was absent. Guests included Mrs William Kern Mrs William Norville and Miss Aimee McDermott as Gulfport visitors. Mrs J S Porter of Mobile and Miss Brown of Newton stayed with Mrs Brown for the upcoming Brown Turley wedding on the twenty second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Norville
Helen Norville
Grayson
William J. Kern
William Norville
Aimee McDermott
J. S. Porter
Gulfprt
J. Ce Porter
Mobile
Miss Brown
Newton
Brown
Tenth Street
Gulfport
Brown- Turley
J. L. Taylor
Nan Turley
Taylor
Miss Turley
J. C. Porter
Weber Wilson
Laurel
R. A. Anderson
Julia Brown
Wistaria
Biloxi Herald
Selma Bridge Party Guests Enjoy Spring Yacht Club Outing
Mrs. J. W. Hunter hosted a bridge party for Mrs. David Riley Cook of Selma at the Yacht Club. The group left the city in the morning to revel in the day’s pleasant spring weather and scenic views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Riley
Selma
J. W. Hunter
Yacht Club
Cuticura Proves Effectual Cure for Boy's Eczema
Mrs Stribling reports a severe scalp eruption on her son improved rapidly with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment after other remedies failed. She notes hair regrowth and a return to health within a week and mentions free samples by mail and worldwide sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loss Creek
Ala
Sues on Eve of Dale Honeymoon Over First Wife Claim
New York April 17. On the eve of the extended honeymoon of Francis Colgate Dale and his wife Miss Imogene Hall James a suit was served by his former wife. She divorced him in Reno in 1913 over failure to provide for her and their son as promised. Dale and his bride planned a trip to South America. Dale is a member of several clubs including Union League New York Athletic National Arts and Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale
New York
Francis Colgate Dale
Imogene Hall James
Boston
Reno
South America
Union League
New York Athletic
National Arts, Automoile
Republican
Elwell Bridge Club Holds First Midwinter Meeting
The Elwell Bridge Club gathered Friday at 3 p.m. with Mrs. B. F. Adams hosting on Government Street. Social attentions were noted as Mrs. Cook planned a visit to Mrs. Charles L. Taylor on Monday.
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Cook
Hunter
Charles L. Taylor
Elwell Bridge Club
B. F. Adams
T. K. Leaked
DAR Chapter Meeting at Mrs Harvey Jones Home
Francis Marion Chapter of the D A R met Wednesday afternoon at Capitol Heights home of Mrs. Harvey Jones. Regent Mrs J H Crenshaw presided as delegates prepared for the National D A R congress in Washington next week. Delegates received instructions and social hour with ices and cakes followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower Studying Cookery
Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower with Countess Zia and Miss Violet de Trafford has been studying cookery at the National Training School of Cookery as part of invalid cookery training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewson-Gore
Rosemary Leveson-Gower
Countess Zia
Violet de Trafford
National Training School of
Cook
Society cooks at front to aid wounded soldiers
Ladies of high rank join the war effort as military cooks for wounded and invalid soldiers. Lady Rosemary, daughter of the late Duke of Sutherland, is among the notable contributors. Countess Zia Torby, daughter of Grand Duke Michael of Russia, also pursues cookery alongside Lady Rosemary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary
Lewson-Gore
Duke of Sutherland
Britain
Scotland
Zia Torby
Roserfiary
Grand Duke
Michael of
Russia
Household tips for cleaning and clothesline safety
A guide of practical advice covers treating flan nel cloth with olive oil to remove marks and gloss furniture, building a slip resistant clothesline loop by threading twine, and marking hook and eye placement with tailor’s chalk to ensure proper sewing alignment.
Closing Markets of Saturday Cotton Gains on Buying
New Orleans April 17 Cotton rose early in sympathy with Liverpool gains and mill takings correction for the week enlarging output to 382000 bales this week vs 280000 last year. Cotton closed steady with gains of 6 to 10 points as May July October December futures moved between 9.79 and 10.68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Liverpool
Aboue
New York Cotton Opens Higher on Liverpool Strength
Liverpool driven buying lifts New York cotton prices early trading with May at new highs and rest of season at firm levels. Bullish sentiment cited dry goods reports and expected acreage cuts in the South with broad speculative demand keeping futures near yesterday’s highs. Open to close shows May around 10.18 and other months near 10.38 to 11.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liverpool
IDA
Deweesens
Liverpool Cotton Market Report from April 17
Liverpool spot cotton is steady with good middling at 6.13, middling 5.77, and low middling 5.89. Sales total 8,000 bales with 2,000 bales speculative and export and 8,000 bales receipts. Futures quoted May-June 5.70 and rising to March-April 6.10 1/2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Wall Street gains lift traders eye war contracts
Today's two hour session on the New York Stock Exchange saw broad gains as industrial and equipment shares tied to war contracts led the advance. American Locomotive slipped early but failed to recover fully. Major issues including Amalgamated Copper American Can American Car and Foundry and many others posted higher quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
New York
The
Stock Exchange
Amalgamated Copper
American Can
American Car and Foundry
American Cotton Oil
American Smelting
American Sugar
American Tel and Tel
American Tobacco
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore and Ohio
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago
Mil
St. Paul
Erie
General Electric
Great Northern Pfd
Illinois Central
Interborough Met
Kansas City Southern
Louisville and Nashville
Mexican Petroleum
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
New York Central
N. H. & Hartford
Norfolk and Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rep. Iron & Steel
Rock Island Co
Seaboard Air Line
Sloss, Shef, Steel & Iron
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Tennessee Copper
Union Pacific
United States Steel
United States Steel, Ptd
Va.Cara, Chem
Western Union
Bethlehem Steel
American Beet Sugar
Admiral Howard Orders Probe of Jap Turtle Bay Activities
Admiral Howard commanding the Pacific fleet reports he ordered Commander Irwin aboard the cruiser New Orleans to Turtle Bay Lower California to report on Japanese naval activities there along the west coast of Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Howard
Turtle Bay
Washington
Howard
Cific
Mexico
Navy Department
Irwin
New Orleans
California
Steamer Eglantine Grounds Off Filey While Fleeing Submarine
The steamer Eglantine of Newcastle ran aground at Filey in the North Sea while attempting to escape a German submarine. The crew were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eglantine of
Newcastle
Filey
North Sea
County of York
Nicaraguan Rebels Taken Into Custody
Dr Salvador Castrillo former Nicaraguan minister to the United States and rebel leader Paulino Monte Negro are in government hands with arms seized. The republic is quiet. WAR RISK REDUCED. London reports the Board of Trade plan insuring merchant officers and seamen against war risks proved satisfactory and premiums cut by fifty percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Salvador Castrillo
United States
Esteli
Manacua Hills
Paulino Montenegro
Estell
London
Board of Trade
For Rent Institutional bungalow on North Reed avenue
Classified rental notice shows a desirable east facing bungalow on North Reed avenue available for rent until August 1st at a greatly reduced rate. Inquiries via Bell Phone 3924-1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Avenue
Call Bell
1St Bell
Mexican Cattle Refused Entry At Port of Tampa
One hundred ten head of cattle aboard the British schooner Almirante were refused entry at Tampa on arrival from Frontera Tabasco Mexico. Owner Domingo Diego had sought landing but retreated after learning the 1911 Mexican cattle ban. Many cattle reportedly died from neglect en route and in Tampa harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almirante
Tampa
Fla
Frontera
Tabasco
Mexico
Domingo Diego
United States
Texas
Diego
Ship Reported Sunk Suddenly Reappears in New York
The steamer Southern Pacific from Glasgow to New York, once reported sunk after a collision off Scotland, arrived in New York unexpectedly. Captain Merrix could not explain the London dispatch claiming the ship went down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Southern Pacific
Glasgow
London
Scotland
Merrix
Detroit Conductor Charged With Manslaughter After Wreck
George Asam, conductor of a street car that crashed last Wednesday night killing fifteen, was arrested in Detroit charged with manslaughter. Eyewitnesses say he signaled the motorman to proceed without verifying track clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Ril
George Asam
Asam
Deaths and Funerals in Mobile and Nearby
Notices announce the death of Mrs Fannie Yerby Brooke at 72 after an operation in a St Louis hospital she was buried in Mobile. Also obituary items for Charles Alexander Todd 73 a Mobile resident and Confederate veteran and Eugene Pillard 82 of Mobile. Bankruptcy notice for Carl B Hall of Mobile with creditors meeting May 4 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Y. Brooke
Mobile
Fannie Yerby Brooke
Hadley Y. Brooke
Federal Bank Examiner
Washington, D. C
Brooke
St. Louis
Ejng
Charles A. Todd
Charles Alexander Todd
Decatur
Ala
St. Emanuel Street
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Charles Todd
Laula
Rovert Todd
Paul Todd
Mya
Paul Tate
Mr. Todd
Raphael Semmes Camp
City Briefs: Court schedule changed and local cases outlined
Recorder D H Edington moved court sessions to 8 30 each morning and vowed no further changes. Crumley and Land were discharged for lack of evidence in purse theft. Mary Banes faced a jury trial for assault with a knife and was bound over to city court. Smith Hunter charged with grand larceny by John Ruley, with $40 alleged stolen. A marriage license issued to Walter Peay and Bessie Walker. A habeas corpus in James Allen arson case reset to April 20. Moving picture and vaudeville act noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Edington
James A. Crumley
Allen Land
Mra
Frederick Glore
Recorder’s Court
R. Maynard Peterson
Market
United States Agricultural de
Moe
L. Davis
Mary Banes
Ella Collins
Lacey and
Murphy
Larry Murray
Smith Hunter
John T. Ruley
Hunter
Maryland
Jefferson Streets
J. Blocker Thornton
Canada
E -Woodley Bennett
Ann
Adams
O’brien
George Page
William Johnson
Bennie Taylor
Angeline Mitchell
Walter Peay
Bessie Walker
James Allen
Oakdale News Roundup Of Local Visits And Sports
Oakdale residents mingle with friends as Charlie and Curtis ton visit with Miss Della McGuire. Mrs. Frank Brettle calls on her mother Mrs. Conrad. Local sewing club and dress making for Friday night entertainment gain praise. Little Charles Edward Morrishan injured while playing. Oakdale supporters cheer Mobile in baseball defeat and vow better play next time. Mrs. Broi recovers from rheumatism with neighbors glad to see her out again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie and
Curtiston
Baltimore
Della McGuire
J. J. Hester
Frank Brettle
Conrad
George McCoy
Arthur Rush
Kentucky Street
Ernest Strange
Seneca Street
Ala
Oakdale
J. G. Vann
Dash
Bro i
Marine
Florida
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Mrs
David Riley Cook
Cuticura
Dept. T. Boston
Pike
Davis Avenue
Hospital St
Davis Ave
Lawrence St
BELL
Star
Britton
Ieree
Weeereee
F. L. Tapia
Dauphin ST
Teddy Roosevelt
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway
Union Terminal Station
Calvert
York
Meridian
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
East
Diriecto
Ocoo
Candy AS
Astes Minec, Sal Hie
Van
Wholesale Candy Cenler
Henry R. Hawes Candy Co
Dauphin Street
Munro's Select School
Cornice Co
S. Water Street
Commercial Company
St Michael Street
Ood Co
St. Michael St. Bell
Ite Eckert Co
Commerce
St Francis Streets
Real Estate and Insurance
Taylor Realty Co. Inc
Duggan
Baye Street
Ice Mobile
Public
F. C. Horton
van Antwer
NTS
DRY Cleaners
City E Works
Conception Street
Home
Nack Carriage
Royal Street
Bell Wagon
Port of Tampa
Eugene Pillard
Mobile County
Elmira Street
U. S .District Court, So. Dist
Alabama
Carl B. Hall
Carl E. Hall
Robert T. Ervin
Maggie Shea Langley
Price Williams
Joseph A. Langley
Lyons & Courtney
Attys
Helf
Mississippi
Item
Baldwin
Washington, Clarke
Monroe
Wilcox
Conecuh
Escambia
Jackson, Harrison, George, Perry, Greene
Wayne Counties
Mobile Item
Smith Brothers
Dept
Concord
Georgia
W. B. Dragheim
Aes Bt
Austin
Spring Hill
Imorca
Knights of Columbus
Conti Street
K. of C .Hall
K. of C. Hall
New Jersey Street
Moter Barber College
Phildelphia Business College
Civil Service Dept
Philadelphia
Idwin
Becarabia
Harris, George, Perry, Greene
Wayne
Troy Laundry
St. Emanuel St
N. Ann St
Barret Lumber Co
St. Or
Dauphin
Government Street
Southern Realty Company
St. Francis St
Evergreen Plant Co
Evergreen
Smith Piano Co
Denmark
Chatham
Cali “Beil
Lafayette Street
Semmes
King
Burkett’s Wood Yard
Shingle Mfg. Co
Belt
Chalmers
Aply C. W. Short
Mgr
Hape Thoms Sean
J. B. Suggs
C. F
Young
Y. W
St. Joseph St
Jefferson St
W. K
O. Box
J. B. Jordan
Royal
Silby
A. Cooper
Pauline
Burton Avenues
Crichton
Artemus Lindo
Nature
Linda
Fanet Pineard
St. Charles and
Cemetery
Conti St
St. Joseph
Bell Phone
Coloni Theatre
Morcy
Bijou
Tween Joachim
Conception Streets
Frank H. Lewis
Pascagoula
Theodore Bechtel
Ocean Sprin
W. Reynolds
Gulf Horticultural Society
Pecan
Harte Auditorium
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