Alabama to Represent State in Interstate Rifle Shooting
Alabama plans a state team for the Jacksonville Florida national shooting event in October. Lt. Col. F M Maddox says local practice will select rifle experts, with government support boosting civilian clubs to over 200 nationwide and a 50 000 appropriation to aid transportation and rations.
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eNrane
Cal
Jacksonville
Fila
Alabama
Mobile
F. M. Maddox
First Infantry
Maryland
Pennsylvania
California
Washington
Virginia
Unite States Navy
Navy
Florida
Camp Perry
Foster
Ae Johns River
Porto Rico
Alaska
Hawaii
Canal Zone
Ordnance Department of the Army
Krag
War Department
United States
Army
National Guard
Uncle Sam
Plattsburg Barracks
N.Y
Presidio of San Francisco
Ludington
Mich
Chickamauga
National Rifle Association of América
Civil War Pass Found Hidden in Mobile Book
Louis C. Treadway of 714 Charleston street found a Civil War provost marshal pass from Mobile inside an old book. The 1861 document, numbered 792, grants a thirty day pass for Mrs. R. McArthur and child to travel to Whistler Alabama under order of Captain WM. H. Ketchum with clerk C. W. Gazzam. The rest describes the holder’s age and appearance.
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Louis C. Treadway
Charleston Street
Ander
Mobile
R. McArthur
Louisville and Nashville announces NC excursion rates
Local officials announce excursion rates to North Carolina points will start August 14 from Mobile and New Orleans. The service will include a Mobile Asheville sleeper and a dining car to meet traveler demand.
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Louisville & Nashville Railway
North Carolina
Mobile
New Orleans
Mobile-Asheville
Alabama Patents Granted From Washington Office
Patents were granted to Alabamians last week through the Davis Davis firm. Alza C. Sherman of Mobile received a window patent. Henry Hammons and E. M. Black of Brewton were issued a cement tie combination patent.
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Alabama
Washington
Davis & Davis
Alza C. Sherman
Henry Hammons
E. M. Blacksnet
Brewton
Bishop Allen issues decree to his pastors in Mobile
Right Rev Bishop Edward P Allen of the diocese of Alabama issues a letter to pastors regarding the Portiuncula indulgence. The decree sets August 1 2 dates for the indulgence with repeated terms Toties Quoties and includes conditions for confession communion prayer and Saint Francis devotion. The note confirms alternate dates August 7 8 and prescribes the prayers after masses and at vespers and benediction.
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Edward P. Allen
Diocese of
Alabama
Mobile
Ala
Pius X
Portiuncula
St. Francis
Holy Father
Our Father
Mary
Saint Francis
Francis
Lapwing Wins Salvage Suit Against Pleasure Bay
The Lapwing Towing & Wrecking Co. was awarded 750 in salvage by Judge H. T. Toulmin in a United States district court decree. The salvage covered work by tug Linnet to move the steamer Pleasure Bay from the Gulf Dry Docks fire danger.
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Lapwing Towing & Wrecking Company
H. T. Toulmin
Pleasure Bay
United States District Court
Linnet
Gulf Dry Docks
Special Rates Planned for Farmers Convention in Birmingham
In anticipation of the tenth annual Farmers Educational and Co operative Union convention at Birmingham August 12 to 14 inclusive, the Louisville and Nashville railway plans special low rates from points in its territory. A round trip fare schedule will be announced within a few days.
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Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union
Birmingham
Louisville & Nashville Railway
Says Husband Was Cruel Asks Absolute Divorce
Ath Letan Bradey filed a bill for an absolute divorce in chancery court. She charges her husband committed violence that caused her to fear for her life and says she had to live with her parents. The couple married February 7, 1907, and have lived apart since May 10, 1914.
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Athletan Bradey
Chancery Court
Judge Chamberlain Gives John Hill a Steady Job
John Hill avoided a fine by accepting a county roads sentence after lying idle for months. Judge Chamberlain ordered him to work ten days on the roads in place of the $51 fine plus costs. Elvira Wintush Louisa Bennett Comeal Wash and Lorena Smith were fined 35 or ten days.
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John Hill
Vital Statistics from the Hate Court Deaths and Births
Week ending July 31 reports deaths among White-Harry B. Green and Mary M. Moziey with a list of male decedents including Okla Raley Harleston Broun Edwin H. Fleming Reese A. Broadus Francis W. Jones Alexander S. Mc Graw Thomas W. Foe Mann Minnie M. Norwood and unclear Wood ae oe cad births list boys T J and Ethel Arnold R F Alfred EB and Helen P Clegg girls Ernest and Ida SB Schreiner John E and Eva E Wright John O and Stella B Smallwood Charles and con con aa enimme Ernest atu oes Emma Midammern Lee Wea Wand M A oa
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Harry B. Green
Mary M. Moziey
Okla Raley
Harleston Broun
Edwin H. Fleming
Reese A. Broadus
Francis W. Jones
Alexander S. McGraw
Thomas W. Foe Mann
Minnie M. Norwood
the Wood
Conan Cleve
T. J
Ethel Arnold
R. F
Alfred EB
Helen P. Clegg
Giris—Ernest
Ida SB. Schreiner
John E
Eva E Wright
John O
Stella B. Smallwood
Charles
Con Con
Aa Enimme
Ernest Atu Oes
Emma Midammern
Lee Wea
Wand M. A Oa
Mobile Y M C A Reports Strong July Attendance
The Y M C A, under F C Evans, reports July activities with total July physical department attendance at 3 190 across junior and senior divisions and an overall reading room and library attendance near 12 500. Older boy leaders ran four gym sections, totaling 1 906 in July and Lyons Park evening and afternoon sessions. Special instruction aided non swimmers while the men’s gym continued under volunteer leaders.
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Seatollar
F. C. Evans
Secretary Beans
Julius H. Wright
Lyons Park
D. Levi
Jackson
Madison
A. C. Levi
Danneburg
Gup
Marriott
H. J. Cope
E. C. Ash
Mr. Newberry
Sheriff Holcombe Tracks Blind Tigers in City and County
The sheriff pursues illegal alcohol operations with recent convictions of Clarence Blalack and A. B. Etheridge in the inferior criminal court. Etheridge, a former saloon keeper, was fined 250 dollars plus costs after being found guilty of selling liquor to P. T. Love, who testified as a witness. Etheridge’s bond was set at 200 dollars with an appeal noted. A deputy’s raid on a South Water street soft drink stand led to a sink disposal of a whiskey container. Frank Levene’s Water and Church street residence yielded a quart of whiskey but no arrest, as officials deem it not for sale and for personal use.
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Clarence Blalack
A. B. Etheridge
Etheridge
Mary’s Lane
Virginia Street
P. T. Love
Love
Henry Chamberlain
Apa
Blalack
Pitcher
Brannan
South Water Street
R. C. Riley
Frank Levene
Water and
Church Streets
Levene
Courts Wind Up Officially for Summer Term
The June term of the Mobile city court will adjourn sine die on Monday after Judge Semmes sentences five prisoners and draws the grand jury for October. Prisoners include Levi Gayles for assault and battery, Jim Pippin for murder, George H. Fields for gaming, Newell B. Brakenridge for defrauding EB Buck, and James Hitts Jr for knife assault. Upper courts closed Saturday and adjourned to October. chancery and circuit courts also adjourned.
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City Court of
Mobile
Semmes
Levi Gayles
Lucille Williams
Jim Pippin
Charles Williams
George H. Fields
Circuit Court
Man Arrested For Passing Counterfeit Dollar
Dan Mercer, a white man, was arrested Saturday by Deputy U S Marshal D D Horton on a complaint from Frank Brook of the Panama Grocery Co for passing a counterfeit dollar. Mercer will have a hearing on August 9.
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Dan Mercer
United States
D. D. Horton
Frank Brook
Panama Grocery Company
Mercer
Railroads to Withdraw Interchangeable Mileage
Southeast railroads announce the withdrawal of 1000 mile readable mileage books known as the S L M Interchangeable Mileage on September first this year. The move affects travelers and freight users relying on these passes across lines and regions historically shared among carriers.
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S. L M. Inter- Seacre
Mass Meeting on Bonner Bull Bill Draws Stock Growers
A mass meeting of Mobile County stock growers is set for Wednesday at the county courthouse to discuss Senator Bonner of Wilcox's bull bill. The Mobile County Livestock Association calls the public to attend at 11 o’clock to share views for and against the measure.
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Bonner
Wilcox
Mobile County
J. O. Odom
Mobile
County Livestock Association
Rev Henry W DuBose to Speak at Bienville Square Tonight
The Federation of Churches hosts its sixth open air meeting in Bienville Square this evening. Rev Henry Wade DuBose of Government Street Presbyterian Church will deliver the talk with R P Roach of Mobile serving as presiding officer.
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The
Federation of Churches
Bienville Square
Henry Wade DuBose
Government Street Presbyterian Church
R. P. Roach
Mobile
Jack Courtney to Assume Office Monday as Prosecutor
Attorney Jack Courtney, appointed assistant solicitor of Mobile County, will assume charge of his office Monday morning and appear as prosecutor in the inferior criminal court. He succeeds Harry H. Smith, who resigned to join the firm G. L. Smith & Son. Courtney has attended the criminal court sessions this week to acquaint himself with conditions.
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Jack Courtney
Mobile County
Harry H. Smith
G. L.smith & Son
Courtney
Mobile Business Man Dies in North Carolina
George C. Warr 46 died Friday near Scotland Neck North Carolina while traveling for Dorf Manufacturing Company of Mobile. Warr had helped organize Edsa F pany later selling assets to Dorf and was linked with Mobile Hoe Company and other ventures. His brother John R. Warr of Patterson New Jersey was with him.
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Mobile
Scotland Neck
George C. Warr
Dorf Manufacturing
Chickasabogue Creek
Ala
Par Warr
New Jersey
Edsa Fpany
Dorf Manufactupany
Warr
Mobile Hoe Company
John R. War Patterson
N. J
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Interstate
Fla
Will
Highway
Tarl &. Fisher
Carl G. Fisher
Indianapolis
Fisher
Lincoln Highway Association
Allen
Lapwing Company
Y. MC
Sec. Evans
Odom of Livestock Association
Henry W. Dubose
Fall Royal Society
Easic
P. K
Madras
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