Southern to settle Dixie League status Saturday
The Southern Association plans to decide the Dixie League status at a spring meeting with eight member clubs represented. Officials include Judge William Hugh as president and Charles Heast as vice president, with directors to discuss recognizing the league and scheduling a 154 game season. New Orleans favors Mobile opening, affecting Birmingham plans if changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reete
Tern Association of Baseball Clubs
William Ugh
Charles He
Rein Mobile
Jacobson
Orleans
B. J. Helne-r. Dobbs
A.L. Staples
Kes Colsson
Montgomery
Wilcox
Robert Girksham
Robert
Carlton Molesworth
Rick Woodward
Nashville
Shropshire
William Schwartz
Chattanooge
C. B
Moorse McCormick
Atlanta
Calloway
Bill Smith
Memphis
F. P. Coleman
Michael Finn
New Orleans
Mobile
Birmingham
Mont-gomery
Hats Off Rule Earns Mobile Reader Support
Mr. Joseph Bianchi of Mobile endorses the Empire theater policy requiring ladies to remove hats. He argues it prevents obstruction, improves viewing, and notes the theater provides a rest room and amenities. He wishes the rule to stay in effect and offers success wishes to the theater management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Joseph Bianchi
City
Empire
A. C. Zimmer
Palmer Street
Catherine
Pathe Freres 10 Film Carnival Promotes Mobile Mardi Gras
Pathe Freres to film and broadcast Mobile Mardi Gras events for World audiences. The company will cover boat races coronation and grand masquerade ball with operators en route via Princess line. Local officials announce extra tickets in hotel lobbies for carnival fund subscribers. Felix III messages from the Imperial Yacht note crossing the equator and arrival in Mobile scheduled Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pathe’s Weekly
Wired C. B. Hervey
Carnival Association
Felix III
Hervey
W. B. McAtee
Carnival Ball Committee
Cawthon Hotel
Battle House
Carnival Fund
Root
U. S. Revenue Cutter Service
Carnival Committee
Felix
Mobile
R. I
Alabama officials discuss state aid road funds decision
Assistant State Highway Engineer R D Boyd and Mobile officials conferred on the appropriation for the state aid road. They concluded funds should be spent on the Telegraph road from Three Mile Creek to Chickasaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Boyd
Alabama Highway Commission
Mobile
John T. Bauer
Charles Green
Fay McClure
Three-Mile Creek
Chickasa- Montgomery
Police Chief Receives Letter on Van de Mere Search
Chief F. W. Crenshaw has a letter from Henry Drueding a New Orleans musician asking to locate Van de Mere a semi blind violinist believed in this city. The case concerns an important business matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Crenshaw
Henry Drueding
New Orleans
van de Mere
Arraignment Set for Prisoners and Indictments
All prisoners and persons indicted by the last grand jury and whose cases carried over from the previous term will appear in the city court on the criminal side Thursday at 10 o clock for arraignment.
Fair Gardening Teacher Urges Self Sufficient Southern Farms
The Mobile Fair publicity agent argues a strong garden on every Mississippi and Alabama farm could save ten million dollars by boosting home food production. He says canning clubs empower girls, reduce debt, and keep wealth local, contrasting with imports and interstate money flow.
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Mississippi
Alabama
Mobile
New Jersey
Land
California
Illinois
Thei
Press ethics rally underscores truth and independence
Stone defends Associated Press as truthful and nonpartisan in a banquet with Nashville publisher Major Stahlman and Mobile officials praising AP policy. Erwin Craighead lauds new journalism spirit as leaders including Thompson and Mobile guests share views and celebrate the event in a Mobile gathering with dinner and entertainment. Col. Robert Ewing and Daniel D. Moore join the convention party aboard the Winona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free and Upright’ Press
United States
Associated Press
Stone
Morgan
Rockefeller
E. B. Stahlman
Nashville Banner
A. P
Erwin Craighead
Mobile Register
Frederick I. Thompson
The
Register
Pat J. Lyons
A. J. Parsons
Chamber of Commerce
Col. D. R. Burgess
William H. ,Armbrecht
Harry T. Hartwell
William H. Monk
John T. Cochrane
William B. Inge
Lorence Kelly
Rowley
Hendre
Miss Hamilton
Cawthon Hotel
United States Revenue Cutter
Winona
TIZ Foot Remedy Audacious Claim Ad
An old advertisement touts TIZ foot remedy promising relief from sore tired and burning feet and claims to draw out poisonous exudations. It promotes a 25 cent box sold at druggists and department stores with emphasis on comfort after use.
Southern Establishes Finley Scholarships for Boys
Southern Railway officials announce Finley scholarships in nine colleges across Southern states named for the late William W Finley former president of the Southern Railway. Recipients may choose a postgrad position with the railway after graduation. Alabama Polytechnic Institute Mississippi A&M Florida Florida Alabama Clemson VPI and others are represented.
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Southern Railway
William Wilson Finley
Th Southern
Southern Railway System
Southern
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College
University of Florida
Georgia State
Five speed boats listed for regatta at Mardi Gras
Five boats Emerson Cadillac Bug A D Davis Fearn's boat and James Gaston's boat of Fairhope are entered in the speed class of the Mardi Gras regatta. Last year's winner Emerson is favored again though A D Davis, repaired, aims to challenge. A naval cutters rowing match and a boat parade from One Mile Creek at 10 am before the regatta add to the day's events.
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Emerson
Cadillac Bug
A.D. Davis
Fearn
James Gaston
Fairhope
A. D. Davis
Davis
Port Mardi Gras
Winona
One Mile Creek
Questions And Answers In Circle Contest Rules Explained
Readers ask about prize distribution for circle contest submissions. The rules reward correct solutions by rank and tie rules, with no limit on entries and full prizes for distinct correct answers, provided each submission includes payment.
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R. V
M. W
Thornton assumes charge of Mobile post office
J Blocker Thornton received his commission as Postmaster and will take charge Wednesday night at 7 o clock. He was welcomed by Major P D Barker and Assistant Postmaster J D Wilkins as the incoming and outgoing postmasters review the office books and accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Blocker Thornton
Mobile
Washington
Mr. Thornton
Post Office
P. D. Barker
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
J. D. Wilkins
Thornton
Special Trains to Mobiles Mardi Gras Crowds
Special trains and extra sections will flood Mobile for Mardi Gras. Louisville and Nashville No.1 arrives in three sections from eastern and western points, with southern visitors peaking Saturday and Sunday. Birmingham and Mobile and Ohio lines run extra services Sunday and Monday to handle crowds.
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Mobile
New Orleans
Chicago
Southern Railway
Cochrane
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern
Hoffman Leaves M. and C. for Texas Move
I F Hoffman chief clerk in the general counsel office of the Mobile and Ohio resigns and moves to San Antonio Texas to reside due to his wife’s serious illness ordered to live in a higher climate. He is accompanied by his wife and children. Prince chief counsel says he has been an efficient employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. F. Hoffman
General Counsel
Mobile & Ohio
San Antonio
Texas
Vinci Cod Liver Oil Promises Quick Grippe Recovery
An Aberdeen Mississippi resident testifies Vinci cod liver oil preparation cured his lingering cough after grippe and pleurisy. The ad urges use to prevent pneumonia and offers a money back guarantee. Sold by Van Antwerp Drug Corp Mobile Alabama.
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Grippe
Vinci
W. W. Lake
Aberdeen
Miss
van Antwerp Drug Corp., Inc
Mobile
Ala
Underwood Aids Conservation At Warrior River
Oscar Underwood helped establish government forest reserves at the headwaters of the Warrior River through the Weeks bill. In a 1914 letter from Washington he confirms support for the measure and notes land options in Winston and Lawrence counties.
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Oscar Underwood
Warrior River
Herbert A. Feiberman
Mobile
Underwood
Birmingham Statesman
Washington, D. C
Herbert Feiberman
Ala
Congress
Appalachian Range
Winston and
Lawrence
O. W. Underwood
Circuit Blow Out Darkens Downtown At 2:25 A.M.
A power fault caused by crossed wires outside the Mobile Electric Company plant cut the downtown district from 2:25 to 3:10 this morning. Hotels cafes and businesses lost current while residential areas remained unaffected.
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Mobile Electric Company
Pay envelopes issued to Mobile & Ohio workers at Whistler
Several hundred employees at the Mobile and Ohio repair shops in Whistler received their monthly pay envelopes today. The paymaster’s car carried the funds from the railroad yard Wednesday morning under guard by Deputy Sheriffs Bernstein and Brannan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile & Ohio
Whistler
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company
Bernstein and
Brannan
Recipe For Bald Heads
A Western politician famed for baldness appears with hair and shares a home mix claiming bay rum glycerine and Barbo Compound promote growth remove dandruff and darken gray hair. He says apply two to three times weekly to the scalp. The recipe, he notes, can be bought at any drugstore and mixed at home.
Cascarets 10-Cent Box Cleanses Bowels and Liver
A dated advertisement touts Cascarets as a quick bowel and liver cleanse. It promises immediate relief from sour stomach and constipation with a 10-cent box, claiming the product works overnight and benefits both adults and children.
Belle Vickers Acquitted in City Court Ruling
Belle Vickers was acquitted in a city court on the civil side of a dangerous and suspicious character charge with no evidence against her. Garfield Smith received a not guilty verdict on a state charge. Hill was fined one cent on a conduct charge, and Frank Henderson paid fines and costs for a traffic ordinance violation.
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Belle Vickers
Garfield Smith
Hill
Frank Henderson
Indicted for Grand Larceny in City Court
Eli Collins, previously arrested on petit larceny and seeking a jury trial, was indicted on grand larceny charges and appeared in City Court on Thursday after posting bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Collins
Inferior
Vicks Vapo Rub Promoted For Croup Colds
An old advertisement touts Vick's Vapo Rub as useful for asthma bronchitis croup and hay fever. It describes inhaling menthol thymol eucalyptus camphor and pine tar vapors and applying the rub to the throat chest and neck overnight. It claims no cure but stresses safety and availability in 25 50 cent and dollar sizes with a 30 day trial.
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Dixie League
Pathe Freres
World
Stearns
Sy Mort LI Bixler
Mr. Stone
A.oy
Finley
G. L
Lucedale
Hoffman
Ask Ton. Shur
M’donald Optical Company
Dauphin St
Bell Phone
Warrior
Dauphin Street
Mee
First National Bank
Largest National Bank
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