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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Feb 03, 1915

Page

3

Single Taxers Elect Officers in Fairhope

Special to The Item from Fairhope Alabama reports that the Single Taxers will elect ten officers and trustees with most nominees expected to be unopposed. Mayor A O Berglin was arrested on a charge tied to underage driving and faces trial next Monday. Farm news notes King Jersey Farm changing to orange culture under new manager W A Wilder. Mr Ward falls overboard but is rescued by Captain Edward Roberts. Reverend Ruegg gave a Switzerland lecture to a large audience. A dance at the Bay Side Pavilion attracts many tourists tonight.

Fairhope Als G. McConnell A. O. Berglin Cain W.A. Wilder Dai Ward Magnolia Edward Roberts Switzerland Mr. Ruegg Wiscon Bay Side

City Board Ends Police Officer Hearings For Future

Chief F W Crenshaw announces that future police cases will not go before the city commission for hearings. Dunn and Rayford will have their evidence reviewed with Lt R L Dorson and action taken. appeals to the police commissioner remain possible. The new system aims to cut lengthy trials that often last one to five hours.

F. W. Crenshaw Dunn and Rayford R. L. Dorson Cren- Ng

Fine Vegetables Shipped In Carloads From Theodore

Theodore Alabama February 3 Special to The amt shipments indicate several solid carloads of vegetables moved from Theodore city in recent days. Most cars routed to Birmingham and Mobile Ohio lines. farmers report good prices and expect to ship a carload daily through season end.

Theodore Ala Birmingham Mobile Ohio Rail

Alabama banker returns to Glenwood shocking creditors

Ala Feb 3 Two John Lynn begins settling a $40,000 indebtedness he had left behind. He stated he had been in during his absence and now returns to adjust affairs.

Alabama Glenwood

Law and Equity Jurors Named for Week of Fee

Law and equity jurors for the week are named. The list includes Claude, W. James M. Tucker, RN HiEB Stevens, Wil l Gale, and John tringfellow among others.

LAW and Equity Claude James M. Tucker Hieb Stevens Will Gale John Tringfellow

Oystermen Without Collector at Port Lands

Fragmentary notice notes absence of a collector for oyster ports and related administration. Reading is incomplete but indicates missing oversight at port facilities and potential impacts on harvesting operations.

Mobile Children Celebrate February Birthdays

The Mobile Item notes Rosa Clayton Laure Pierce Dudley Seckler Kathleen Jackson Anna Ross celebrate February birthdays. Five friends invited to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon. tickets mailed. February-born children urged to send full name address and birthdate to Children’s Editor at Mobile Item two days before their birthday.

Rosa Elizabeth Clayton Laure Pierce S. Lawrence St Dudley Mae Seckler Crichton Ale Kathleen Jackson Congress St Anna Margaret Ross Eslava St Empire Theatre

Butler Baptists Organize Association and Local News

Reports from Butler county note the Baptist association forming a Sunday school group to support district churches. Burglaries plague Greenville with homes broken into and authorities urged to pursue culprits. Poll taxes for 1915 tally 1,035 payments, fewer than in 1914, as the tax deadline passed.

Greenville R. E. Peagler Butler County

Town of Foley Elects Officers and Plans Baseball Team

Foley residents vote to elect town officers including Mayor and council members Henry Brockman Charles Boller William Stelk John Co Lehr P J Cooney. An election will be held Monday. A meeting at the drug store will organize a baseball team for the year. Rebekahs Meet and Maccabees schedule meetings.

Adan Opty Bary Tor Foley Ronewine Se Eatherly Henry ‘Brockman Charles Boller William Stelk John Co. Lehr P. J. Cooney

Monroeville Streets Graveled and Public Square Improvement

Monroeville Alabama reports a contract let for leveling and beautifying the public square. In addition the corporate streets and roads will be graded and gravelling completed in a few days. Winter tourism rises with visitors noted at local hotels and boarding houses. Names include Abeig Forboy and wife Chicago. Mrs Landauer. Solph Kahn. E J McCarthy. James J McCarthy. Thomas H Darby. George Bridges.

Monroeville Ala Baldwin County Varnter Oe Cawthon Hotel Abeig Forboy Chicago Ill Landauer Solph Kahn Pain Il Battle House E. J. McCarthy James J. McCarthy Thomas H. Darby Cincinnati, Ohio George Bridges Evanston

Cascarets Advertises Quick Headache Cold Cure

An old ad promotes Cascarets claiming to cure headache colds and constipation with a 10 cent box. It urges readers to take Cascarét tonight to cleanse the liver stomach and bowels and feel great by morning. It targets men and women with headache coated tongue bad cold bilious nervous upset and backache.

Special March train to Mobile from Birmingham announced

Passenger Agent H C Geron of the Louisville and Nashville Rathrord announces the annual March Birmingham to Mobile train will operate as usual with Mobile arrival at 6 00 PM The found to Mobile fare is 8 35 sleepers and diners will be run The train will be supervised by L and N passenger reps from Mobile New Orleans and Pensacola City Ticket Agent G W King of Mobile and Ohio Railroad reports a Panama Exposition round trip fare of 63 50 with sale starting March 30 and a three month limit valid to stopovers at Denver Salt Lake and the Grand Canyon

H. C. Geron Louisville and Nashville Rathrord Birmingham Mobile Louisville and Nashville New Orleans Pensacola G. W. King Mobile and Ohio Railroad San Francisco Denver Salt Lake Grand Canyon

People of Daphne Vow 1915 as Booster Year

Special to The Item. Daphne Alabama February 0 1915 locals push for progress. Plans for an independent local telephone system near completion to reach farming areas and connect with Bell network. Meetings set for social improvements and school progress with hopes for legislature to upgrade the Normal School to Class A status.

Daphne Ala St Miles Caplice

Yankees May Get Collins and Gregg

Associated Press reports at a meeting of American League club owners discussed the 1915 schedule draft rule changes and reducing player limits. Wager Donovan of the Yankees planned to meet owners open to trading to bolster the club and rumors floated Collins of Boston and Vean Gregg from Cleveland as possible targets. In other news from Baltimore Dr. H P Hirshfield reportedly underw ent a third operation for cancer of the throat and was said to be improving.

Associated Press New York Wager Donovan Yankees Collins Boston Vean Gregg Cleveland Baltimore H. P. Hirshfield Carner Willam Bloodgood

Henderson May Open Stock Show

Mardi Gras Eve marks the open of Mobile livestock show with plans for large exhibits across two buildings. Officials expect Gov. Henderson to attend and address the crowd while stock experts from multiple states prepare talks on hogs and cattle to aid exhibitors from Grand Bay to Axis and Mobile.

Felix Mobile Charles Forma J. M. Walsh Chambe Henderson St. Michael Street Alba EB. . Rosengrant Grand.Bay Robert McBride Neshota A. J. Schellinger Semmes BH. R National Duroc Association F. W. Harding American Shorthorn Breeders’ Association J. F. Duggar Alabama Experiment Auburn Bradford Knapp United States Department of Agriculture A. C. Cary E. S. Mayes Springfield J.T. Watt

Walker Springs and Grove Hill to Play Saturday

Walker Springs graded school team schedules a basketball game with Grove Hill High School for Saturday afternoon February 6. The Springs team, practicing daily, expects a competitive match. a competing mention notes Good Road Overseer as an easier foe and credits Allen C. Coleman for driving road tax enforcement in Clarke County. Build New Home project underway as Walker Springs postmaster W H Miles begins construction near F R Simpkins' remodeled residence.

WALKER _SPRINGS Ala Walker Springs Grove Hill Allen C. Coleman Clarke County W.H. Miles F. R. Simpkins

How to Treat Croup Externally

Fragmentary ad copy describes external remedies for croup with references to products like Vaporub and a salve. It mentions prices and a drugstore context without clear actions or outcomes. The readable text centers on trade names and retail terms rather than medical guidance.

Dodson's Liver Tone Endorses Harmless Calomel Alternative

An advertising pitch promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe non calomel liver remedy. It claims calomel harms the stomach and bowels, touts tones improved digestion, regularity, and energy, and asserts the product is a vegetable tonic that cannot salivate. It urges talk with a druggist about switching from calomel.

Dodson

Clogged Nostrils Clear Instantly Says Health Ad

An unclear health ad claims nostril congestion vanishes instantly and head cold symptoms ease. It promotes a product that supposedly dissolves blockages and relieves sinus pressure with quick effects. The wording is promotional and not clearly substantiated.

Beach Boulevard Right of Way Secured For Construction

Gulfport Mississippi report states a citizen committee has nearly secured consent from property owners along the proposed beach boulevard. Board of Supervisors plans to proceed with road work in June despite two remaining oppositions.

Gul RT Miss Board of Supervisors T. H. Gardner Gulfport Colored Schools Wiggins Gulfport Charlies Willis Newton County Harrison County Willis Board of Charities Gulf Ork Mississippi Board of Oyster Commissioners Charles A. Prados Mobile Seeburg Ship Chandlery Company

Resinol Ointment Offers Quick Relief for Soothing Skin

Resinol Ointment soothes itching and cooling relief for sick skins and minor injuries. A trusted household remedy prescribed by doctors for 20 years, it promises gentle treatment without irritation. Free trial offered by sending to Dept. 2-R, Resinol, Baltimore.

A To Dept Resinol Baltimore

Mobile and Alabama Land Prospectus by Mobile & Ala Land Co

Lands offered include 480 acres seven miles west of Chunchula Mobile County with fine soil and stream suitable for farming and stock. Additional parcels up to ten acres priced at four dollars per acre. Address Geo Ki President Alabama Land and Development Co 409 North Royal Street Mobile Alabama Bell 957 J for details.

Mobile & Ohio R. R Ala Miss Chunchula Mobile County Alabama Ala. Land & Dev. Co N. Royal St Mobile Bell

Miss Maud Manley Injured In Citronelle Runaway

Miss Maud Manley daughter of Foreman Manley suffered a severe injury Tuesday afternoon when an automobile started to run away. Miss Odom was also bruised. In other news the Citronelle Business Men's Association announced funds sufficient to begin work on a town dipping vat to be built at J. W. Havard's home, the third vat in Citronelle with more planned. Golf links remain popular with free wolf links open to residents and visitors.

Citronelle Ala Maud Manley Foreman Manley Odom Citronelle Business Men's Association J. W. Havard

Temperance Lecture Draws Large Crowd in Theodore

Mrs Leila O Stratton national W C T U organizer spoke at the Baptist church in Theodore addressing a large Theodore audience on the temperance question. The Sunday school class sang before her address and Ray Co D Berry gave a brief talk endorsing temperance before introducing the speaker.

Theodore Alan Leila O. Stratton Lebanon Tenn Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Baptist Church Straton Ray. Co D. Berry

Appeals Set for Trial in City Court

A list of defendants appears for trial in city court with cases including assault battery petit larceny and false pretenses. Names include William Harris Ellie Hogan Joe Kelly Joseph Patten A Lillard DeFlorin Nick McGinnis Enoch Gibbs John Garfaist Sam Bush Hillary Glass Lawprin Kle J Lo Sirti Frank Simodel Mrs Cathey Valanzano Walter Wiggerfall Bug Westley Carrie Spratt George Owen and others.

William Harris Ellie Hogan Joe Kelly Joseph D Patten V. Thornton Th Brandt A. Lillard A. DeFlorin Nick McGinnis Enoch Gibbs John Garfaist Kramer Pippin Herbie Petit Sam Bush Hillary Glass Roy Lawprinkle J. Lo Sirti Frank Simodel Cathey Ne Valanzano Walter Wiggerfall Bug Westley Eugene Wal Lite T Fray Carrie Spratt George Owen

Furniture Co at 412-414 Dauphin Street Prominent Shop

The Dry Goods and The Fair advertise bargains at 656 Furniture Stores. The Furniture Co located at 412 414 Dauphin Street with Horse 1430 listing.

Furniture Stores. Furniture Co Dauphin Street Horse

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Butler Baptists Nig R. Price Mexico Butlerounty Baptist Assciation Spring Hill Baptist Sunday School Association Orange Rebekah Lodge No. 1389 Eorheadache Li & N Gregg Pinay Lovusen Draggista Col Preunona Salve Wilmot ‘Goodwin Maurice Warner Cronican Harte Auditorium The Young Women's Christian Association Gulf City N. Joachim Street Kbotti Taeras ROCHE BURKE Government St Leggie Piller’s Bath Jackson St Hal Bath Morrill & Lyons Rolmers Rik Shea Deaton Kaser Ringe We Werps Moibile Title Insurance Ea Eee Ieee Grammed & 2Isie Searantee Company Capital G&t Albright & Wood Drug Store Government and Royal Howells Dauphins Arte Saat «Geben United Ee Co Dauphin Street, Iee Henry B. Es Candy Co Emanuel Mobile Ice Cream Co Louis Sts Opticians F. Bockweh Mer Connactien Tnd Public Accountants Se Yee van Antwerp Bidg Xopon Hense Street Mra C. OG. Meux McKenzie-Barrett I. Istri Cornice Co Eae Water Street Bell Bell Syepuies NS Wailea Comumvercia Printi Michael Street Bell Branding Cog Ee Estate ANI and Muggen Er Realty
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