Christmas Charity Dinner For Inmates At City Agencies
Three hundred inmates and helpers at the City Hospital and the Mobile County Poor Asylum were fed by local merchants and Rev A Owens of Selma University. Dinners included ham turkey bread pies apples oranges grapes pecans candy and fish. Decorations impressed the wards as Sisters served. The Poor Asylum had later servings due to help shortages. Rev A Owens has managed these dinners for 33 years and will publish his annual report in January listing subscribers and amounts.
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City Hospital
Asylum For Poor
Mobile County
Deten- Home
Charles Street
Mole
Rev. A. _Owens
Selma University
John Th
A. F. Owens
Anfeasts
Ashbel Hudd
Cathedral Christmas Musical Program Featured Singers
The cathedral held a Christmas morning mass at 4 30 with a musical program including Glory to God O Come All Ye Faithful and O Holy Night sung by sopranos Miss Walsh Miss Braun Mrs Vance Gunnison altos Miss McCarron Mesdames Eckenrode Nicholl tenors Messrs Downey Fermier Tunstall and led by organist and choir director Mrs Rosa D McCarron.
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Saeed
C Dopal
Dielm
Vance Gunnison
Miss McCarron
Mesdames BP
Eckenrode
R. Nicholl
Messrs. Downey
Fermier
Tunstall
Rosa D. McCarron
Christmas gift check scheme halted by New Orleans arrests
In New Orleans on December 26 J. P. Murray and J. G. Coleman were arrested after printing forged checks and letterheads for a Christmas present scheme. Murray confessed to mailing the faked checks to himself and Coleman, who was staying at the Monte leone Hotel. Coleman tried to pass a $51 check at the Monteleone and was rejected. The duo, described as dangerous and suspicious, face charges.
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New Orleans
J. P. Murray
New Ransom Hotel
J. G. Coleman
Monteleone Hotel
Coleman
Murphy
Murray
Ransom Hotel
Phoenix Novelty Company
Philadelphia
Stubbs
Monteleone
Mobile Dime Messenger Service Announces Public Opening
The Mobile Dime Messenger Service plans to open soon with offices in the Savage Building. Experienced managers lead a bicycle delivery team to serve letters parcels and more across the city. If demand grows motorcycles may be added.
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Mobile Dime Messenger Service
Savage Building
United States
Mobile
Man Named Small Fined for Disorderly Conduct and Assault
Will Small, a negro, was fined 60 dollars or twenty days for disorderly conduct and 10 dollars or twenty days for carrying concealed weapons. He allegedly struck at his daughter with a knife and threatened store owner M Mitchell. officers Noah Harris and Dick Rayford restrained him with force after he lunged at the daughter and man. Savall claimed memory gaps and said he did not recall the jail incident.
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Will Small
D. H. Edington
Small
M. Mitchell
Mitchell
Noah Harris
Dick Rayford
Rayford
Savall
Wheat prices surge as Rockefeller involvement steadies market
Chicago wheat bulls push prices higher with cash and futures demand amid Rockefeller Foundation rounds and bids. December rises to 1.27 6-8, May to 1.30 6-8, July to 1.21 1-4. Western receipts total 5.86 million bushels. corn and oats advance modestly. hogs boost provisions.
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International News Service
Chicago
Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Organization
Rocke Foundation
Baltimore
Gulf
Grove's Tasteless Tonic Promises Strength and Vitality
The Old Standard general strength tonic Grove's Tasteless Tonic is marketed as a true tonic that drives out malaria and builds up the system for adults and children. Product claims emphasize strength, vigor, and overall health improvement.
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Grove
Lars
Maritime Movements On The Chandeleurs And River News
The Planche C Pendleton left the Chandeleurs shore in tow of the Mary Wittich to load telegraph poles for Colon. Ethel V Boynton departed Genoa with timber and lumber cargo. Rosefield shifts to Canal street docks to load slaves for Italy. John Quill arrives with passengers and barges from upper river landings. City of Mobile docks with cargo and passengers, preparing for upper river sailings. Sybilla heads to Cuban ports with general merchandise. San Juan Mallory cargo details follow in the sequence.
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Planche C. Pendleton
Mary Wittich
Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company
Colon
Ethel V. Boynton
Genoa
Italy
Rosefield
Canal Street
John Quill
City of
Mobile
Municipal Wharf
Sybilla
San’ “Juan
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad for Laxative Brom Quin
An old advertisement promises to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quin tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E W Grove's signature appears on each box. Price 26 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Thief Breaks Into Southern Fish & Oyster Office
A thief broke into the Southern Fish and Oyster Company office on Eslava Street during Christmas night and attempted to rob a prepaid gas meter but fled after smashing the lock. Entry was gained through the front door.
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Southern Fish & Oyster Company
Eslava Street
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