Whimsical sports quips and quibbles from a baseball year
A collage of sport humor notes references to Jimmy Clabby boxing a charitable doll in Chicago and Bat Nelson’s clothes theft. Jawn McGraw and Rube Marquard figure in bench seating and trades as the Nationals and Giants loom. Wry lines jab at boxing, government, and legal talent in baseball amid colorful anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Clabby
Chicago
Jawn McGraw
Rube Marquard
Giants
Alma Where Do You Live at Lyric Theatre Next Monday
Amusements columns note the European musical novelty Alma Where Do You Live to be shown at the Lyric Theatre with Celia Mavig as Alma and Alex Loftus as Theobald Martin in the principal comedy role. The program also promises a clever supporting company and new French dances including tangoes and hesitation waltzes.
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Alma
Lyric Theatre
Celia Mavig
Alex Loftus
Theobald Martin
Ced
Maritime Arts and River News in Mobile Harbor Scenes
The Mobile waterfront hosts film activity with Hopper Comedy Company at the wharf. Ships moving include the Blandford leaving with lumber, Amelia bound for Puerto Cortez, and the Leo sailing to Galveston. Cine offerings feature Sophie's Sweetheart and Eisen Pictorial reels, with Bushman and Edeson headlining at Crescent and Empire theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopper Comedy Company
Mobile
Apollo
Winona
Blandford
Henderson
Bisso
Cuban
Amelia
Frank A Leonard Improving After Serious Illness
Frank A Leonard, identified as seriously ill, is reported to be improving. The bulletin notes his status has improved from previous concerns.
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Frank A. Leonard
Mobile Products Show to Open Mid January in Alba Stable
The Mobile Products Show is planned for the Alba stable on Royal street with preparations led by Secretary George C. Card. The exhibition will run from mid January through Mardi Gras, featuring Mobile merchandise, manufactured goods, and farm products under Charles Hess supervision and decorations. The real estate dealers' association and others transfer management to Card and George A. Maloney with Chamber committees aiding. Captain Alba’s stable is rent free to support a Made-in-Mobile Exposition including livestock and poultry. Merchants have committed to space and organizers expect strong success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Card
Chamber of Commerce
Alba
Royal Street
Charles Hess
Mr. Card
George A. Maloney
Captain Alba
British Troops Suffer Ptomaine Poisoning at Black Heath
Associated Press reports 150 serious ptomaine poisoning cases among troops at Black Heath Kent an open common five miles east of St. Pauls London used as a wartime training ground since the war.
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Associated Press
London
Black Heath
Kent
St. Paul's
London Papers Split on Bombardment Threats and War Policy
London newspapers react to the German raid with mixed tones, defending naval strategy against calls for broader North Sea patrols while condemning the aggression as a crime. The Times and Daily Telegraph warn Germany may threaten neutral states, while the Daily Chronicle argues the attack tests international law and spurs recruitment. The papers foresee future German raids and vow to uphold naval objectives.
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London
London Morning
Admiralty
Daily Telegraph
America
Atlantic
Pacific
Germany
The
Daily Chronicle
United States
the Times
Ernst von Reventlow
Whitby
Scarborough
Royal Navy
Weather pattern brings fair skies but rising temperatures
A high barometer area moved from Mobile to the Ohio Valley and now covers much of the eastern United States. It brings fair weather with gradually higher temperatures, while a low Pacific coast area causes rain in Texas and Florida. Albert Ashenberger, Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau.
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Mobile
Ohio Valley
United States
Rocky Mountain Slope
Atlantic Coast
Pacific Coast
Texas
Florida
Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Boston Braves Bowl Shaped Park To Seat 45000
Boston plans a new National League Park shaped like a bowl with cement stands for 45 000 spectators. President James E. Gaffney said the design resembles the Yale bowl and the Braves will use Fenway Park until the new venue opens early in July.
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Boston
James E. Gaffney
Braves
Fenway Park
New Pastor Arrives to Lead Northside Baptist Church
Rev. D. W. Bosdell D. D. has accepted the pastorate at Northside Baptist Church in the city. He arrives from Lucedale Mississippi where he previously served as pastor. A reception will be held after he settles in, and church members expect new impetus for the church’s work.
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D. W. Bosdell
Northside Baptist Church
Bosdell
Lucedale
Miss
Waivers Sought on Eighteen Chicago Nationals Players
Chicago manager Bresnahan announced waivers have been requested on eighteen members of the Chicago Nationals. He added that seventeen players on the reserve list would be retained.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Nationals
Bresnahan
April 14 Set for Major League Openings
Chicago story says next season will begin on April 14, with schedules totaling 154 games and the season likely to end around that date. President Johnson spoke before departing for French Lick to attend meetings and to discuss arrangements with Jacob Ruppert Jr and Huston of New York for New Americans control.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Johnson
French Lick
Jacob Ruppert, Jr
Huston
New York
German Crew On Turkish Battleship Messudieh
London dispatch says the Turkish battleship Messudieh, sunk in the Dardanelles by a British submarine, was recently armed and its crew and officers were all German.
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London
Post
Petrograd
Messudieh
Dardensien
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Feds
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Eddie Collins
National Commission
Artie Irwin
National League
Yankees
Artie
Marquard
Brooklyn Feds
Buck Weaver
Kansas
Topeka Club
Pha Jamieson
Purdue
Omega Something
Northwestern
Garry Herrmann
Geraos
Rud
the Empire
Keller Pictures
Empire Today
Vitagraph
Wiliam Anne Shafer
Maritime Matters and River News
Victor Patel
Margaret Joslin
Sophie
Hearst-Selig
Edgar Jones
Louise Huff
Selig
Bold Banditti
Lloyd V. Hamilton
Marshal Neilan
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Bryant Washburn
Empire
George Kleine
Marie Corelli
Edeson
the Crescent
Frenkel
Crescent Theatre
Paramount Pictures
Robert Edeson
Mobile Theatre
Frank Leonard Better
New Royal Street
la Vallieres
U.S
Sailie
Jie Wieliry
Jhieir
Wiisilis
Percy
Diamond Merchants Jewelers and Silversmiths
Dauphin Street
Boston Braves
New Park
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China
Northside Church
Willis & Percy
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