Hog campaign yields 30 tick eradication vats in Alabama
The Chamber of Commerce cattle committee on its county tour announced 16 additional dipping vats will be built, boosting total to 30 amid a broader drive for meat production. Experts cited extensive hog raising plans in Mobile County with two large farms and 600 000 sows backed by Northern capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Chamber of Commerce Cattle Committee
Grand Bay
Alabama
Theounty
Mobile Hog ‘Company
Pennsylvania
Missouri
John Everett
F. W. Boykin
Dickens Plantation
Sara
United States
Candle County
Special Cattle Committee
Union Church
Dawes
Chamber of Commerce
George A. Maloney
G. G. Card
J.L. Cawthon
W. H. Kemp
E. R. Sly
Johnl. Ramsey
Walter Robinson
J. M. Walsh
J. C. McDonald
A. J. and
Matt Mahorner, Jr
New Yorker Claims Quick Tobacco Habit Cure in Three Days
An experienced New Yorker Edward J. of 584 Sixth Ave offers a book asserting tobacco habit can be banished in three days with his method. Free on request, the cure promises health improvements, tranquil sleep, clear eyes, stronger digestion, and renewed vigor after nicotine is expelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Is
Sixth Ave
New York
Cratheus Still in the Lower Bay After Friday Departure
The Norwegian steamer Cratheus carrying 475 horses to Bordeaux remained in the lower bay Saturday evening with eight hostlers aboard after the tug Claude delivered them. Other ships in port include Louise Dolive with freight and a few passengers, Eastlands, Mathilde, Meltonian, Rosefield, Ellis, and Verona, each loading or sailing for Cuban ports, lumber, or cocoanuts.
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Cratheus
Seeberg
Bordeaux
France
Lower Bay
Claude
Crathens
New Orleans and Mobile Packet Company
Louise Dolive
Municipal Docks
Mississippi
Eastlands
Pier
Hunter-Benn Lumber Co
Mathilde
Puerto Cortez
Ellis
Gulf
Verona
Hog raising gains in Mobile county drive
Elmer R. Sly and his Duroe farm at Créola prove hog raising viability with blooded pigs in Mobile county. Pork can be produced 1.5 to 2.5 cents cheaper per pound than in the West as campaigns to expand hogs and beef cattle gain support from farm demonstration agents and railroad officials. Local meetings, dipping-vat plans, and tours by notable farmers push the effort with Union Church and Dawes hosting events.
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Sly
Elmer R. Sly
Créola
Mobile County
United States Farm Demonstration
Mobile
South
J. T. Watts
Mae Okeea
Cullen 10 Be Tried Again In January
John Laurie was found guilty of assault with a knife on Rudolph Springfellow and fined one cent plus costs. Morris case for false pretenses and bond forfeiture continued to January 9. Summers burglary of an eight-car rail train continued to January 5. Court adjourned until December 28 for juror drawing. Cullen murder trial set for January 7. related cases noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Laurie
W. C. Morris
Charles D. Summers
Solicitor Clarke
C. F. Cullen
Fr Sweatman
Noe Pharr
John
Winners announced in movie contest
The article lists prize recipients for a local movie contest. Names include Lee Noble and Mrs. L. D. Brent among others, with prizes such as cash, books, and theatre tickets. Addresses are given for several winners.
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Lee Noble
Dauphin St
L. D. Brent
Mollie Cleveland
S. Lawrence
Maggie Englinb
N. Claiborne
Mabel Patterson
St. Emanuel St
Mary I. Malone
N. Conception
LeMoyne Johnston
Dauphin
Grace Webb
Mary A. Gerald
Carlos St
B. J. Chambers
St. Emanuel
Movie contest winners announced after four Sundays
The item reports a four Sunday contest ending Tuesday with top winners listed. Alice Joyce topped votes, followed by Francis X Bushman, J W Kerrigan, Mary Pickford, and Florence la Badie, with prizes mailed Monday morning.
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Bushman
Alice Joyce
Kerrigan
Mary Pickford
Item
Francis X. Bushman
J. W. Kerrigan
Florence Badie
King Baggott
Marguerite Snow
G. M. Anderson
John Bunny
Lorence Lawrence
Maurice Costello
Mary Fuller
Richard C. Travers
Lillian Walker
Thanhouser Kidler
Arthur Johnson
Carlyle Blackwell
Robert Leonard
Norma Talmadge
Kathryn Williams
Lottie Briscoe
Mabel Trunelle
Blanche Sweet
Lillian Gish
Miss Joyce
Florence la Badie
Lee Noble
L. D. Brant
Noble
Joyce
Pickford
la Badie
Brent
British Warships Sunk by Germans Outlined in Prewar Speech
In a prewar publication General Von Bernhardi argues to weaken Britain by naval action and to prepare for a decisive sea engagement, noting strategic superiority must be watched and opportunities exploited to injure the enemy. The prompt suggests British warships sunk by Germans.
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von Bernhardt
Germany
Demonstrator Provides Bread and Pies for Charity
T. J. Crook held a gas cooking demonstration at 216 Dauphin street showing kerosene fuel. He offered the Ladies of Charity a large daily supply of freshly baked bread and pies for poor families of Mobile. For two weeks every night 50 to 60 pies and as many loaves would be distributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Crook
Dauphin Street
Ladies of Charity
Mobile
CANDIDATES FOR LEADERSHIP IN THE LEGISLATURE TALK
Oscar Lewis of Tuskegee campaigns for president pro tem of the senate while Henry P. Merritt presses for speaker in Montgomery. Merritt hints at a possible arrangement with A H Carmichael of Tuscumbia. Edward Johnston conducts a strenuous campaign and his supporters push for his election as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Oscar Lewis
Tuskegee
Senate
Henry P. Merritt
Lewis
Merritt
A. H.carmichael
Tuscumbia
Prohibition
Edward Johnston
Johnston
President of LC boosts the coast at Gulfport visit
Charles H. Markham president of Illinois Central Railroad arrived in Gulfport with family and stayed at the Great Southern Hotel. He plans hunting fishing golf and promotes making the gulf coast a premier winter resort. He has added a through Chicago to Gulfport sleeper and discusses Gulf and Ship Island Railroad ties.
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Gulfport
Miss
Charles H. Markham
Illinois Central Railroad
Great Southern
Mississippi Coast Country Club
Wilson
Gulf Coast
Chicago
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Small fires Saturday report fire department and station move
Fire crews answered a 6 20 p m call from M B Quarles at 200 Georgia Avenue and put out a small roof fire in an outhouse. A residence at A R Sampler on Manassas Street was partly destroyed by a fire started by sparks around 7 40 p m Saturday. The Motor Company No 9 resumed its former Lawrence Street station and began active service Saturday evening.
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M. B. Quarles
Georgia Avenue
A. R. Sampler
Manassas Street
St. Joseph
Motor Company No. 9
Lawrence Street
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David Holt
Consulta
Tion
A. T. Adams
M. D
Ph. G
St. Louis
Kansas City
Dudley Bolton
Theodore
THE
Mobile Hog Company
Cullen
Whittle
von Bernhardi
Lass
Aboukir
Hogue
Cressy
Warrior
Hermes
Monmouth
Good Hope
Arethusa
Hawke
Aucestor
Fearless
Pathfinder
Glasgow
Amph
Druideevee
Laertes
Phoenix
Speedy
Fishguard
Submaringalus
Niger
Henry L. Merritt
Mont
Gomery
Markham
Southern Railway
Saraland
Certified Public Accountant
Mobile Hog CO
W. E. Minton
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