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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1912
Page
14
Local ad lists dress goods 25¢ per yard and assorted fabrics incl Mohair and Diagonal Suiting at 50¢ to 65¢. White Lawn Waists $1.25, Muslin Gowns $1.00, lace and embroidery trims noted.
Delegates from Alabama and Tennessee convened in Fort Payne for the state meeting of Seventh Day Adventists. James Bellenger Ellen M Keate M W Towne delivered the principle address on Personal Motive in Christian Living. Sabbath school session stressed foreign missions with the first mission sent in 1874.
An Erie accommodation train to Jersey City had a rattling incident when the express messenger atop the baggage car reported three rattlesnakes aboard. Six freight handlers attempted to retrieve them but were warned by a strange sound as they opened the car door.
A box car incident led to a boxful of diamondback rattlers being found by Charles Snyder and a five man posse. They removed six snakes from crates and portals then delivered them to a Long Island dealer for circus use. The search for the five handlers and assistants continues. A separate party celebrated a fifteenth birthday with a white and gold surprise at Miss Corinne Schenker’s home.
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