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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1915

Page

9

Southern Commercial Congress backs Wilson plans for nation wide ad campaign

Delegates in Charleston endorse President Wilson's policies of a national and international character and back rural credits legislation and a great merchant marine. They approve creating a campaign to persuade Congress to cooperate with Southern trade bodies and endorse inland waterways development.

Charleston D. C Wilson Southern Commercial Congress Congress South

Mobile Markets Plan Christmas Eve Hours and Close Christmas Day

The Southern and Central Markets of Mobile will observe Christmas Eve at Saturday hours and will be closed all day December 25 1915.

Mobile

Hog Cholera Serum Treatment Excerpt From Mobile Veterinary Notice

An advertisement urges proper administration of hog cholera serum by an experienced veterinarian. It highlights Dr. Jos. Patt with eight years in Europe and twenty one in Mobile, claiming expertise in surgery and lockjaw, owning a modern hospital and offering remedies for distemper sore mouth eczema colic antiseptics and rheumatic pains.

Jos. Patt Europe Mobile

Bomb Plotter Charged in San Francisco Conspiracy Case

A private detective in San Francisco, lately employed by the German consulate in the West, has been arrested on conspiracy to destroy ships carrying war munitions to the Allies. Crowley is accused of funding the destruction of ships and docks.

San Francisco Cal Crowley

Modernizing Courts and Farm Cooperatives Debate Spreads

Delegates to the Association of Southern Agricultural Commissioners meeting with Congress push reforms. Efforts by the American Bar Association aim to modernize court procedures. Proposals for a semi official national chamber of agriculture and laws to establish cooperative marketing purchasing and credit societies for farmers.

American Bar Association National Chamber of Agriculture Association of Southern Agricultural Commissioners Congress

Fortunetellers held on fraud charges in Mobile

J H and Margaret Hamilton, fortune tellers known as Mme Houston, are jailed in Mobile on 150 dollar bonds each for obtaining money by false pretenses. They face a hearing before Recorder Edington Monday after being arrested Saturday by Chief Van Liew at their Pritchard home. Accused by Henry Ritter of Spring Hill of swindling about 100 dollars, they previously operated in Pensacola. Police think more charges may follow.

J. H Margaret Hamilton Edington Hamiltons van Liew Pritchard Henry Ritter Spring Hill C. W. Tompkins Pensacola Mme. Houston

Mrs Hafer Hosts Social Honor for Mrs Shackleford

Mrs A E Hafer entertained the ladies at her home in honor of Mrs Shackleford of Minneapolis. A social time was had by all with only widows present.

A. E. Hafer

M. and C. Engineers Hold Fifth Annual Banquet

The Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company engineering department held its fifth annual banquet at the Battle House. Chief Engineer B A Wood presided. toast and wit flowed as guests from multiple cities attended. A blueprint menu card by C A Hayes served as keepsake, and verses by Charles S Hambright closed the event with firm resolve to advance M O.

Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company Battle House B. A. Wood Terminal Station C. A. Hayes G. F. Blankenship H. Austill A. Hayes H. S. Jones L. M. McArthur H. B. Biberstein Frank Ross, Jr A. Herbert L. G. Smith D. A. Dennis L. M. Pill J. V. Johnston J. R. Cheney R. B. Ellison E. C. Hall, Jr O. Gumpper F. M. Shepard B. A. Buck A. G. Anderson C. C. Adams C. C. Pearce D. E. Dawson Mobile John Lindsey, Jr Laurel Miss K. E. Traylor Columbus E. J Charles S. Hambright

Swedes Expect 10 Buy German Boats

Swedish American line nearly completes purchase of two 12 000 ton Hamburg American liners at New York. Transfer to Swedish flag contingent on British recognition and assurances the ships won’t be seized. Britain may require use between New York and Liverpool to supply England and deny German funding. Peace ship Oscar II to reach Christiania Sunday per wireless dispatch.

Copenhagen New York Great Britain Liverpool England Bergen Norway Ford Christiania Charles P. Stewart United Press

Freckles and The Pink Lady at Lyric Theatre

Freckles will headline at Lyric Theatre with matinee and night shows on December 23 featuring Larzalere and Raeburn. The Pink Lady follows as a Christmas engagement on December 25 with Maybelle MacDonald and a large company in a London NY production style musical.

Lyric Theatre Freckles Angel Gene Stratton Porter Little Rock Memphis Evansville Larzalere Chicago Miss Raeburn Dondidier Paris Saskatchewan Donny John G Fisher Florodora Fame New York

All Star Revival of the Bohemian Girl at Lyric

December 27 offers the world's favorite comic opera The Bohemian Girl with a star-filled company led by Joseph F. Sheehan and Mirth Carmed. Critics hail it as the greatest comic opera with famed numbers like Then You'll Remember Me and I Dreamt That I Dwell in Marble Halls.

Joseph F. Sheehan Thaddeus Mirth Carmed Arline Blaine de Sellem Gypsy Queen Arthur Count Arnheim Eugene Crowel Devilshoof

Repton Wedding Ceremony Unites May Bell Dees and Frank Long

Miss May Bell Dees and Frank Long wed Thursday morning at the Dees home in Repton. Rev. R. P. Cochran officiated the marriage in the presence of the couple’s families.

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Bell Pat J. Lyons Mobile, Ala Cs. Crowley Him Albright8 Wood M. & C. Engineers Knights of Transit and Chain Gulf Coast R. C. Harris THE Mobile’s Quality Theatre Pink Lady New Amsterdam Theatre New York City Globe Theatre London C. M. 8. McLellan Georges Berr Marcel Guillimand le Satyre Condidier Arthur Deane Elaine DE Sellem Bohemian Girl” Company Lyric Repton E.F. Ladd D. P. Bestor, JR G. A. Michael W. J. Parham, JR St. Francis St D. P. Bestor Louis Forchheimer Jos. M. Walsh Eichold John J. McPhillips L. A. FT. E. F. Ladd Walsh Stevedoring & Contracting Co Mobile Drug Co Jas. McPhillips Grocery Co., Inc Uaphaust Lyric Box Office John Fisher George Berr Marcell Guillemand C. M. 8. McLelland Ivan Caryll Bohemian Girl
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