Miss Raffles Struts the Streets in $100 Stunt
The Miss Raffles character vows to collect a $100 prize by performing a street walk in Mobile. She narrates a planned tour through Royal, Dauphin, Conti, and surrounding blocks, drawing crowds at Conti and the Windsor Hotel before the time limit ends.
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Kay
Miss Raffles
Dauphin Street
van Antwerp
Zadek's
Hammel’s
Royal
Windsor Hotel
St. Michael
Cawthon Hotel
Cawthon
Cathedral
Gayfer’s
Britton’s
Hammel's
Conti
St. Emanuel
Dauphin
Conception Streets
Stein Office
Original Girl Raffles of The Mobile Item
The Original Girl Raffles of The Mobile Item offers a $100 prize for identifying her. She will appear in Mobile's business district from 1:30 to 2:30 and 4:00 to 6:00 this afternoon. A check will be awarded to those who identify her correctly during the specified hours.
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Raffles
Mobile
Miss Raffles
Fresh Roasted Coffee Loses Strength Quickly
Roasted coffee becomes stale and unhealthful if poorly packed or contaminated. Even tin cans fail to preserve quality. coffee loses strength rapidly after roasting. A forty cent coffee three weeks old may rival a fresh thirty cent brew. Seek details on roast time and origin and buy fresh from reputable tea stores.
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Moore
Original Miss Raffles Captivity Trial Draws Mobiles
Crowds in Mobile mobbed Dauphin Street near The Mobile Item office to glimpse Miss Raffles as sleuths chase the famed con, offering a $100 gold prize for identifying her by touching her with the paper copy during specified hours. The stunt runs today and tomorrow with strict conditions on proof and timing.
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Miss Raffles
Dauphin
Item Office
Hereffore
Raffles
Ben Harhey Theatre
Rail merger rumors denied by Alabama Tennessee and Northern
Montgomery reports say Illinois Central may seek a through line from Mobile to Birmingham via York or Reform crossing the A T N tracks. The Alabama Tennessee and Northern refutes any absorption plan while noting an order for 100 flat cars as evidence of its ongoing operations.
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Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Rail
Tral
York
Ala
Ilinois Central
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern
Montgomery
Birmingham
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway
Illinois Central
H. M. Brooks
Baltimore and Ohio System
Jackson
Miss
Tuscaloosa
Reform
Mobile
Ohio
York, Reform
Carrollton
John F. Cochrane
Brooks
Eckmans Alterative Advertised Cure Claim
An old advertisement touts Eckmans Alterative as a treatment for bronchitis asthma hay fever throat and lung troubles. It features a testimonial from A C Bettersworth of Bowling Green Kentucky and urges readers to seek the remedy via Eckman Laboratory in Philadelphia with a recovery booklet.
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Eckman
A. C. Bettersworth
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Norwegian steamer Fjell brings Volking family to Mobile en route to California
Passengers aboard the Norwegian steamer Fjell arriving from Puerto Cortez Honduras include Mr and Mrs J W Volking and several Volking relatives along with J D Hardy and J D Williams. They spent the day in Mobile before continuing their journey to California.
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Fjell
Puerto Cortez
Spanish Honduras
J. W. Volking
J. F. Volking
Louise
Cora
Juanita
Hannah Volking
J. D. Hardy
J. D. Williams
California
Mobile
Boy Tries Spending A Dollar Bill In Recorder Court
Hirshfield Robbins a negro youth faced petit larceny charges after spending 30 cents of another boy's one dollar bill before police arrived. He claimed it was just playing and received a three month jail sentence with notice of appeal.
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Hirshfield Robbins
Recorder’s Court
Robbins
Robbing
Hale
Dr R A Hail Arrested For Reckless Driving
Dr R A Hail was arrested on reckless driving charges in a warrant issued yesterday. Douglass McMillan appeared in recorder's court this morning and the case was continued to September 16 due to McMillan's absence. his condition was described as somewhat rare.
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R. A. Hail
Douglass McMillan
Recorder’s Court
McMillan
Mobile Baptist Association Incorporated Today
The Mobile Baptist Association was officially incorporated in probate court. Trustees William J. Young George W. Threefoot Dr H Frazer R A Lambert Charles Hall filed the certificate and lead religious workers in local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Baptist Association
Messrs
William J. Young
George W. Threefoot
H. Frazer
R. A. Lambert
Charles Hall
Agricultural bill passes after conference report adopted
Washington August 8 congress approves conference report on agricultural appropriation bill and sends it to the president. The measure totals 16,651,496 dollars, an increase of 718,130 over the original appropriation.
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Washington
House
Return From Louisville Visit Reports Cool Weather
Assistant Superintendent John Rose of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company returned from Louisville Kentucky after visiting his parents. He notes the weather there on Monday and Tuesday was very cool with temperatures falling to 50 degrees at Bowling Green Kentucky early Monday morning.
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Louisville
John Rose
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Mometer
Bowling Green
Roosevelt Arrives in New York From Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt and his party reached New York City from Chicago this morning to a cheering crowd. He went directly to his editorial office upon arrival.
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Fu ‘Bros
S.e.cor
K. J Bros
Fitrite
Mobile Wiro
Baffies
Ben Slarney
Gov
Royal Street
Charlie Schimpf
Memphis
T Office
St. Francis Street
Albright
Government
Antwerp
City Bank
Uel
Royal Eptin
Cain
Ville Square
Ladies OF Mobile
The
Honduras
Wilson
G. van Antwerp Drug Corp., Inc
Mobile, Ala
the “Velvet
Columbia Ice Cream Cos
Bell
Dauphin and
Claiborne
DR. R. A. Hail
Mobile Baptist Association Incorporated Today
J. J. Barry, Jr
Spring Hill Avenue
Kansas City
VIA
Trip
Order of Moose
S. Royal ST
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