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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1915
Page
8
Seattle embraces municipal golf as a civic reform with a 101 acre course near downtown costing about 40000. The course is self supporting with revenues for the first year projected over 12000 and a second course planned as interest grows among clerks, maids, and millionaires alike.
P Ford of Gulfport district attorney will resign January 1 to join the Pascagoula law firm White and Ford. He succeeds his cousin J Ira Ford who died recently and plans to practice law in Pascagoula. R C Cowan of Gulfport announces candidacy to succeed him with a special election to decide his successor.
The children of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception held their annual Christmas tree event Monday night at McGill Institute. Several hundred children attended an entertainment program with music as a main feature. Each child received a suitable gift.
Relief from tuberculosis hinges on the patient’s ability to improve the body’s function with fresh air rest and proper nutrition. Doctors emphasize sanitation and avoid overtaxing work while Eckman’s Al Tataeal is claimed to assist apparent recoveries without poisonous drugs.
General Bill Patterson's possum mule Susie captured top honors at the Koon Kreek Klub event. Critics imply Susie fudged. she may defend her laurels as the hunt continues for a week. Sheriff Bill Henderson's hound Pottlicker placed second, a strong rival in the runoff.
Brilliancy of plot and action make The Ace of Death a standout new Broadway play. Stella Hammerstein leads a notable cast as Pauly Castellar with Flavia Arcaro H W Pemberton Hathleed Butler and John Reinhard in supporting roles. A second feature Bill Bunks the Bandit provides Western style humor with Bluff saving a tenderfoot. Admission is five cents.
The Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railway announces a new schedule effective December 19. Northbound train leaves Mobile Terminal Station at 6:15 A M and arrives York Ala at 1:53 P M with connections from Meridian Tuscaloosa Birmingham and East. Return train leaves York at 7:35 A M and reaches Mobile at 8:20 P M.
Bryan Downey, an 18 year old lightweight from Columbus Ohio, fights to stay home under his father trainer. Downey has a 22 bout record with 11 knockouts and has never been beaten, defeating Johnny Papke Frankie Dailey Willie Jones and others in his rise toward championship.
A record crowd is expected for the Vanderbilt first team visiting the Mobile Y M C A court to face the local five. The Vanderbilt lineup includes Cody Reyer Turner Blair with alternates Ray and Woodward as centers and guards. The Mobile squad lists Cunningham Crawford Holt Steber Doyal Midgett Ollinger Baumhauer Brue with Steber coaching St John’s team later led by coach Mike Steber of the Crown Y M C A team.
The Oklahoma football team, unbeaten this season, is led by Bennie Owen a one armed coach who taught the open game and forward pass. A former Kansas quarterback he lost his right arm in a hunting accident and now excels with his left.
At roll call on Monday night Officers Ollie Jackson and William Conley were suspended for permitting a gambling wheel to operate on their beat in the gas works district. Mayor Lyons, who leads the police department, is directing the investigation.
Harrison county supervisors will be asked to appropriate about 250000 dollars to support the Mississippi Centennial Exposition at Gulfport in 1917. Also noted are the death of B F Duckworth Sr aged 79 and thanks from Rev Fr John W Dunne to Fire Chief McCosker and the Oakdale fire department for saving St Matthew's Church from a blaze.
Stewards plan a rule change to bar horses after earning large sums to spread Grand Circuit winnings. Six dominant owners have long shared most purses, but this year saw shifts as McMahon and Valentine replaced Andrews and Snow. A vote or track-by-track adoption is possible, with speed-up three-heat plans and pari mutuel machines also discussed.
In the Law and Equity Court Equity Side Berney judge sets January 3 for Missouri Gartman versus George W Gartman on reference and pendente lite custody. James Maddox versus John H Maddox commissioner's sale report read and laid over to January 7. Chancery Court Cunningham Hardware Co et al versus Mary E Kimball et al called for Tuesday.
Sport notes report a New York club accuses Ad Wolgast of breaking a contract by fighting in Atlanta before a New York date. Atlanta fans dispute the claim. Frank Baker enters the scene as a noted Goats of Baseball figure while Phil Ball of St Louis contemplates buying either the Cardinals or Browns.
The Hadley a 1777 ton British steamship has been sunk. The Embla a 1172 ton British steamer is beached at the Thames mouth afire forward. The crews of both vessels were rescued.
The steamer Solveig, owned by the American Transatlantic Company and flying a Norwegian flag, was seized by a French prize court in a French port. The owners plan to appeal the action amid suspected German ownership.
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