Detectives uncover assorted liquors in prohibition case
Detectives found liquor in New Bern area legal action tied to E M Friday Riads and heirs under siege of prohibition laws. Witnesses named include George Tones J C McDonald E Rush R Chrisman J Lagman and G A Slocum. Authorities report sacks of whisky and beer plus full and broken liquor cases at stores of J H Zuckerman and William Abrams. Edward Weideman was arrested for speeding after a collision with J E Bolton on Canal Cesar streets. no injuries reported.
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Ee Cee Newbern
E. M Friday Riads
South Express
Royal and
St. Michael Streets
George Tones
J. C. McDonald
E. Rush
R. Chrisman
J. Lagman
G. A. Slocum
J. H. Zuckerman
William Abrams
Mobile
Oberhaus
Murray
Puckett
Gunnison
Hasterling
Edward Weid
South Claiborne Street
J. E. Bolton
Bolton
Weideman
Canal and
Cesar Streets
Rotary greetings from San Antonio card at Alamo fort
The City of Alamo sent season's greetings to Mobile Rotary Club via large picture cards portraying the fort’s splendor. The card, dated Christmas 1915 and New Year 1916, bears the Lone Star emblem and was placed at each plate during the Thursday weekly meeting.
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Alamo
Mobile Rotary Club
Santa Afina
City of Golden Sunshine
Rotary Club of
San Antonio
Lone Star
Modern Woodmen to Meet for Annual Meeting and Election
The Mobile camp of Modern Woodmen of America will hold its annual meeting and officer elections on Tuesday night December 28 at the hall on Dauphin and Jackson streets. Refreshments will be served.
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Woodmen
Modern
Woodmen of America
Dauphin and
Jackson Streets
AT THE COLLEGE DANCE
Freshie says the girl is a fine dancer except for two flaws. Soph asks what they are. Freshie replies her feet.
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Freshie
Soph
Comic Cowboys Plan Mardi Gras Baby Show in 1916 Parade
The Comic Cowboys announce a 1916 Mardi Gras Carnival Baby Show with prizes for largest feet and hands, a hygienic speaking child, and a punch board prize. Entries pour in from New Orleans and other cities as the parade line emphasizes a "Dreams of the Past" theme. A balloon ascension and parachute drop are proposed, then rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Webb’s Landing
Bayou la Batre
Ballard
Shawhan Elected New Assistant Secretary of Mobile Rotary
The Mobile Rotary Club executive board named Charles S. Shawhan of the Southern Railway local freight department as successor to resigning assistant secretary Harry O. Hanson. Hanson and his wife will relocate to Chicago after the holidays.
Birmingham Tax Election Monday
An Alabama statewide election is set for Monday to decide on a constitutional amendment allowing Birmingham to levy a property tax up to one and a half percent yearly with a city cap of one percent unless voters approve excess rates. Election officials for ten wards and thirty one precincts have been named and the sheriff has issued the required materials.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Marriage Licenses Births and Deaths in White and Negro Lists
Probate court issued licenses including White families White-Oliver Pruette and Ruby Cochran, Ernest Britton and Thelma Dolive, Robert Marshall and Mell Hubbard. Deaths list multiple White and female names. births record several White families with multiple children. Negro pairs appear in licenses and names of deceased and newborns are listed.
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Oliver Pruette
Ruby Viola Cochran
Ernest Britton
Thelma Dolive
Robert L. Marshall
Mell Elsie Hubbard
Charley Gaile
Annie Gregs
Mary Alexander
Rrne Leno
Razee Frank
Della Miles
Albert Coleman
Jessie Edwards
Lee Lewis
Marie EB
Jacobs
Willie Hard
Maggie Poe
Thomas May
Alberta Gray
Willis Baylor
Kesiah Decatur
William Snell
Social notes from Green Bay and San Francisco exposition
A fragment notes Miss Birdie Fowles in Green Bay social life while a crack about Edgar Barfleigh appears, describing him mixing drinks at the San Francisco exposition.
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Birdie Fowles
Green Bay, Wis
Edgar Barfleigh
Piles Cured at Home by New Absorption Method
Advertisement promises home cure for piles with a new absorption treatment. Claims immediate relief and speedy cures. Offers free trial samples and local references upon request. Mail address to Mrs. Summers at Box P Notre Dame Indiana.
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M. Summers
Box P
Notre Dame
Ind
Question Box Q&A Highlights Early Ether Discovery and Fraternity Origins
The text covers two Q&As: first, the discovery of ether anesthesia credited to Dr. William J. Morton in 1846 after initial suggestion by Dr. Charles W. Adams, with Morton’s test at Boston City Hospital in September 1846. The second recalls Phi Beta Kappa’s founding at William and Mary College on December 6, 1776, with early chapters at Yale (1780) and Harvard (1781) and notes Alpha Delta Phi, Psi Upsilon, and Delta Kappa Epsilon as historic leaders among older colleges.
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A. C
Anton Peta
Ana
Charles W. Adams
Hartford
Conn
William J. Morton
Boston Hospital
Phi Beta Kappa
William and Mary College
Yale
Harvard
Alpha Delta Phi
Psi Upsilon
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Deaths and Funerals in Mobile Area
Theodore G. Harwell 61 Mobile police veteran dies after long illness at home. Surviving widow, two daughters and five sons. Burial details and Woodmen of the World membership noted. William F. Mann funeral held on Christmas morning. Magnolia Cemetery interment with named pallbearers. Mary Weaver 85 dies at Home for the Aged. burial in Catholic cemetery. Charles W. Schleicher body sent to Indiana for burial after service at 667 South Wilkinson Street.
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Theodore G. Harwell
Mobile Police Force
Mobile County
Police Relief Association
Forest Camp No. 1
Woodmen of the World
John T. McNamara
Estelle Harwell
O. M. Harwell
Dallas, Tex
Gaines
Theodore
Wallace
Jesse
Richard Harwell
W. F. Mann
William F. Mann
Reuben F. Mann
North Royal Street
J. E. Barnes
Magnolia Cemetery
Messrs
C. J. Clancy
Robert Eldridge
A. Fietchinger
H. Jemison
Otto Nack
F. J. Lyons
Mary Weaver
Mobile
Little Sisters of the Poor
Georgia
Father. Barry
Indiana
Charles W. Schleicher
National Drug Store
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Louisville
Nashville
South
Wilkinson Street
Gardiner C. Tucker
C. T. Duncan
William Gass
James van Antwerp
William van Antwerp
Geo. Yocker
Campaign Started To Fight Hog Cholera In Mobile County
A Mobile County livestock cholera campaign was announced under local leadership with Dr Cary urging complete eradication of the disease. He emphasized cremation of hogs as the only positive method and called on owners to report diseased animals and assist in prosecutions of those who refuse to kill infected stock.
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Mobilé County
Mobile County
Cary
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St. Emanuel and
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Magic City
Warren Ashe Anderson
William Demony
Joseph Bianchi
Edward H. Hines
Joseph Bride
Charles H. Cook
Peter Francis Alba
Charles William Schleicher
William F. Mann, Jr
Margaret M. Frank
Carrie Brooks
Anna M. Henry
Josephine Summers
Julia A. Stein
Elizabeth Spiro Primo
Melania Fell
Mary Eaver
White
Claude V
Minnie Gumilyan
James A
Myrtle Nettles
William Andrew
Rosali Taylor
W. E
S. E. Powell
Lawrence
Annie Pierce
John
Loretta Elliotte
James
Margaret Hudson
Jacob
Rosa Edlin
Walter B
Annie Adelle Grimes
John F
Allie
Pocase
Ruben P., Jr
Johanah C. Nash
Joseph B
Modeste A. Brown
Joe
Sarah Obert
Albert L
Mary E. Sheffield
Columbia
Charley Chaplin
Billie Richie
Santa Claus Cave
Santa
Merchants Bank
Water and ST. Francis Sts
Mobile, Alabama
Fort Morgan
Beebay
Theatre Street
Fort Organ
Freddy Welsh
Johnny Griffiths
Kilbane
Met ‘Durondo OR
St.iwest
Frey
Frank Moran
Jim Coffey
Supreme Court
Willard-Johnson
Arizona
Stanislaus Zybsko
United States
Cubs
Charles
Em Herzog
Herzy
Heinie Zim
Johnny Evers
Herzog
Cincinnati
Evers
Reds
Continental
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