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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1915

Page

6

Secretary of Mobile Y M C A Resigns for Memphis Post

Wright, long time secretary of the Mobile Y M C A boys division, will resign to take a higher position in Memphis. He founded the local boys division and oversaw rapid growth, with Mobile once the state leader in membership. He leaves after ten months of marriage to Miss Mary Cronin and will forward records and photos to the association library. No successor has been chosen yet.

Ght Texas Tulsa Wright South Mobile Palmer Gailrd 8. P. Gaillard Mary Cronin F. W. Evans

City Brevities and Arrest Report

Marriage licenses issued Saturday out of bate court to L McVay and Lottie Maliern both white and Edgar Davis and Ella. George L Williams a Negro arrested at Warley It Produce Co store on Comte Street Saturday afternoon as he tried to steal a case of eggs. He was charged with grand larceny and jailed by Deputy Carter after being found with eggs hidden under discarded peaches.

Bate Court L. McVay Lottie Maliern Edgar Davis Ella George L. Williams Warley It & Produce Company Comte Street Maney Iad Carter

Roseway Repairs In Mobile Port Then Sails For Caribbean Trade

The American schooner Roseway, after ballast loading in Mobile, is to enter the timber carrying business between Port Arthur and ports in Mexico and the West Indies. It is scheduled to sail Monday morning. The Norwegian steamer Storfond, cleared Saturday for American ports, carried $24 087 in agricultural implements for Buenos Aires and chemicals to a value of $7 562 000 feet of lumber for Argentina, plus auto tires and other shooks for Uruguay and related cargo for both destinations.

Roseway Mobile Lutcher & Moore Ber Company Port Arthur West Indies Monay Storfond Los Aires Argentina Buenos Aires Fo Itevideo Uruguay

Tagle May Be Chosen President of Mexico Pending Election

A cluttered rural column mentions Tagle's possible presidential selection in Mexico as elections loom, while local social and civic notices detail visits, ball plans, committee appointments, and community news from Mobile area towns about residents traveling and upcoming events.

Tagle Mexico

Whistler Churches Convene Activities and Talks

Whistler Ala churches announce a busy slate with Methodist Sunday school at 9 50 a m temperance talk by William M Cate attendance at 11 a m service and 7 30 p m sermon Bethany Baptist lists 9 30 a m Sunday school and 11 a m 7 30 p m services St Pauls Episcopal plans a lawn party and cream festival at Petersons Park Aug 19 Rev A G Richards serves the church and Pentecostal meetings led by Rev Joseph J Harris feature three Sunday services plus baptismal rites

Whistler Ala Whistler Methodist Sunday School William M. Cate Holmes Prichard Francis M. Atchison J. W. Frazer Bethany Baptist Jodie J. Cowart James Sumerall Robert L. Howell Mobile County Sunday School Association Heywood Vaughan Meyers’ Memorial Baptist Church Hight-Mile Station Harry Brance St. Paul's A G. Richards Church Home Guild St. Paul's Episcopal Church Peterson’s Park

Sweet Dreams Mosquito Remedy Featured by Druggists

A vintage advertisement touts Sweet Dreams as the best mosquito remedy. It claims over a thousand druggists endorse the product and promote large bottles for 15 cents, asserting rapid adoption by stores and customers.

Local Social Notes From Prichard Alabama

George and Ruth Morris return home after visiting grandparents in Grand Bay. Ollie Davis visits sister in Jackson and returns with Mrs. Goodwin and two sons. Bertha Stalum’s birthday party hosts a crowd of children with games and refreshments. Helping Hand Society meets at Mrs. Chas. Whiteman’s residence Tuesday afternoon. Iris Seabury of Whistler visits cousin Hazel Wilkin. Charles Saxon of Gordon King Company visits sister Jessie B. Pitman. Methodist church holds morning and evening services led by Rev. L H S Chappelle Jr. Sunday schools at Methodist, Baptist, and Church of Christ with times listed.

Cincinnati Ohio Edward Fallon Maryland Virginia Dupont Powder Comany Nathaniel S. Gay Starksville William Lawshee Bayou Sarah George Manuell Mobile Roundhouse Mobile and Ohio Railroad Manuell Memphis Tenn Frank Swann Milah Sheldt Leonard Lane Tillman William Gaston James O. Goleman Joseph Metternight Robert Smith Charles Williams Henry Peterson Frank Lyle Willie McCarthy Geo. Kohl Benjamin Gaston Herbert Mathews Henry McCarty William Ramage Joseph White A. 8S. Fox Preston Laws Alfred Smith Charles Saxon Tee Davison Agnes Charles W. Hill Waynesboro Miss Bessie Cameron Meridian Edgar Johns Arthur Savage Joseph J. Harris J. D Kernodle New Albany Laurel Mississippi C. F. Wright George L. Lambert Mobile Montgomery Asa Cheeseman Mark Dodds Margaret Dodds Meyers’ Landing Fleanor Margie Gill Bessie Garrison Armeta Wilson Minnie Shenesey Willie McCarty Eugene Swann Prichards J. B. Saxon Prichard W. B. Saxon Lizzie Waldron Bella Forrester Leakesville Dennis Payne Copeland Ala J. D. Gilchrist Mamie Peterson Mary Lou Sutton Margaret Allman Ida Wooten Ernest M. Daffin Shiloh Chas. Whiteman Iris Seabury Whistler Hazel Wilkin Gordon King Company Chicago Ill Alabama Jessie B. Pitman L. H. S. Chappelle, Jr Church of Christ

Mobile Boy Scouts Prove Proficient in Weekly Drills

Under R E Daly Sr adjutant of Raphael Semmes Camp No 11 the Mobile scouts meet at Lyons Park each Thursday for scoutcraft camp scenes tracking pathfinding and flag drills Parents are invited to attend and encourage the work Daly mentors the boys on home school playground duties and safe keeping

R. E. Daly Raphael Semmes Ir. Daly Mr. Daly

French Guns Strike German Ammunition Train

French artillery exploded a German ammunition depot between Monchy and Ransart near Paris. The daily communique also cited destruction of German works east of the Lillie road in Artois by lines’ explosions. Artillery duels continued east of Vienneville Chateau in the Argonne and along the Vosges frontier with minimal infantry action.

Paris Monchy Ransart Lillie Artois Viennevle Chateau Argonne Poifits Vosges

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