Head of Shriners Coming to Mobile for Visit
Imperial Potentate J. am St arrives in Mobile with a reception at Iugsh Rite Cathedral on the twenty five. He will tour the terminal, dine at the Gulf Fishing Club, and be hosted by Ismailia Temple Buffalo plans. Committee chaired by R. B. Foth to arrange entertainment for the visiting delegation and patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Potentate
J. Am
Iugsh Rite Cathedral
J. H. McCormick
Abbas Temple
R. B. Fothin
George H. Rogers
J. #aick
J. Reiss
W. R. Pinkham
McGonigal
B. F. Adams, Sr
G. H. Burch
S. A. Burgoyne
Stevens McShriners
Bufalo
Imperial Council
George K. Staples
Stevens
Staples
Abba
Temple Buffalo
Buffalo
Ismailia
Valentine card party and society notes at Battles Wharf
Mrs Woodie Woods hosted a St Valentine gathering for Mrs Walker of Arkansas with five tables of games won by Miss Grace Hutchings and consolation by Miss Juanita Lee. Following the event guests enjoyed ice cake and coffee. Nearby, fifty years of marriage for Mr and Mrs Tyler were celebrated with a dinner party at Mrs White’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battles
Tyler
Chicago
Ladies’ Sewing Circle
White Farm
HM. Herrin
Burton
Frank Sfferly
Collinsville
D. T. Sims
G. Doyle
Mobile
Ala
Charles B
Notice of hourly rates by Local Union No. 715
By order of Local Union No. 715 of Mobile Alabama on and after March 1 1916 all union barbers will charge 85c for hair cuts except for boys in short trousers 25c All other prices will stand the same W O Picle president L G Ashby secretary R E Hauser recorder Jesse New trestee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y . Mobile
Ala
W. O. Picle
L. G. Ashby
R. E. Hauser
Jesse New
Postoffice Nears Completion in Mobile Under Government Supervision
Mobile prepares a $300000 federal post office two thirds finished with over 100 skilled workers under G R Berryman. The modern structure will feature Alabama marble decor and a grand lobby with space for mail handling stamp window and public rest rooms. Second floor houses inspectors civil service and railway post office clerks with rest rooms and showers. Lookouts allow supervisors to monitor staff. construction began in 1914 but the bonding company now completes the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
G.R. Berryman
South
Alabama
Berryman
Money Order
Parcel Post
Postal Savings Department
Secor
Civil Service Department
Railway
J. L. Emery
Philadelphia
Stoll Family Seashore House Party At Summer Home
Mr and Mrs Frank Stoll and daughters Aleta Marie Stoll and Dan ner are visiting their seashore home. Mrs and Miss Clarke hosted a pleasant house party over the weekend with friends. Irene and Eva Case visited Mesdames McKean and Wilcox at Point Clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stoll
Aleta
Marie Stoll
Danner
Miss Clarke
Irene
Eva Case
Mesdames McKean and Wilcox
Point Clear
Clark Acquitted in Blind Tiger Prohibition Case
John Clark was cleared in police court Friday of violating the prohibition law after evidence showed his residence at Commerce and Conti streets was not a blind tiger. Detectives testified to finding a dozen bottles of beer in the ice box, which Clark admitted owning for his own age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce and Conti
John Clark
Clark
Gale
Real Estate Transfers Across Several Blocks and Parcels
The South Investment and Development Company transfers tracts in townships 6 south and 6 south range 4 west and 3 west for nominal sums. Other deeds include G A Muths to W G Muths on Rickardy street and LaSalle avenue lots, J T Jett & Co. acquiring a 1910 Stoddard Dayton, and H B Meaher and Maud Bohlman funds involved in corner plots. A stray line notes the saying about milk of human kindness and intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Investment& Development Company
R. P. Arvedson
Township
G. A. Muths
W. G. Muths
Rickardy Street
H. A. Muths
LaSalle Avenue
Jennie C. Boyley
J. T. Jett & Company
Dayton
Edward Bray
H. B. Meaher
H. Bohlman
Maud Bohlman
Cedar Grove Place
South Investment & Development Company
M. Bartle
Mobile Children Celebrate Birthdays
The Mobile Item notes birthdays of area children with ages and addresses listed. Several families from Granville Martin to Katie Cleveland are acknowledged for celebrations and an Empire Theatre outing is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville F. Martin
Marguerite A. McCoy
de Felix White
Toulminville
Helen E. Hale
Brown St
Mildred Thompson
Savann
Alice Wilson
Frank Duffy
Pelmetto St
Frank Crow
St. Claiborne
Lillian R. Ruse
S. Warren
James H. Pouncey
Spring
Josephine Roth
Waple and
Meador
Katie Cleveland
S. Jefferson
Empire Theatre
Dren
County Poor Asylum Changes Recommended by Grand Jury
A February term grand jury report to Judge O. J. Semmes urged cleaning up the county poor asylum grounds and buildings. It asked Dr. W. H. Oates to inspect conditions and improve meal regularity in the colored department, add two inmate workers, and require monthly visits by the board’s poor asylum committee chair to stay informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
O. J. Semmes
City Court
County Poor Asylum
State Inspector of Prisons
W. H. Oates
Colored Department
Poor Asylum Committee
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Law and Equity Court Settings for March
Court listings show daily sections for February 29 to March 21 detailing cases in Law and Equity and Circuit Court. Notable entries include Forcheimer versus McNab, Verona Lumber vs Southern Railway, Peoples Bank vs J H Dees, and multiple actions against M A McDermott among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forcheimer , Co
McNab
van Antwerp
Odd Fellows Building Association
Mobile Auto
J. C. McDaniel
John Kimbrough
Verona Lumber Company
Southern Railway Company
Peoples, Bank
J. H. Dees
New Battle House
W. H. Louisell
Vizard Investment Company
Mobile Fish and Oyster Company
Henderson Iron Works
Joseph Pinger
Republic Creting Company
National City Bank
Motor Machine Company
Enoch Dawson
J. H. Coleman
C. G. Parlin
David W. Jones
D. R. Burgess
C. G. Ollinger
R. G. Anchors
Gulf Coast Fair
K. Breadawell
I. W. Imms
Peoples Shoe Company
Ocean Steamship Company
Indian Motorcycle
Merchants Transfer
A. D. Lynch
Admx
Alabama
Tennessee and Northern
Elijah Thomas
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
J. C. O’gwynn
James A. Lewis
John Alexander
Palm Oil Company
Cadillac Motor Company
Travis Wenr
Joseph Street
M. H. Hill
Lou
Comic Cowboys Hold Unusual Meeting After Boss Skates Away
The Comic Cowboys convened last Thursday noting their leader’s silence since a Valentine note went unanswered. A dawn hunt found him skating at Fle-Claire, prompting a tearful report of no progress. Parade costumes were praised as the night closed with songs and a plea for the missing overalls thief to return them for a $10 reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine
Comic Cow Boys
Fle-Claire
Bienville
Movable School For Mobile County Negroes Inaugurated
A three day Movable School for Mobile County Negroes opens Tuesday February 29 under T. M. Campbell Tuskegee district agent to educate men women boys and girls in agriculture and home economics. I J Whitley of Tuskegee Institute assists with meetings at Mount Vernon Citronelle and Grand Bay with local educators and community leaders guiding activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County
T. M. Campbell
Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Institute
I. J. Whitley
Plateau Institute
S. 8. Murphy
C. F. Vigor
Mobile County Public Schools
G. 8. Maloney
Mobile
C. Flint Johnson
E. T. Belsaw
James Peterson
Mount Vernon
Citronelle
Grand Bay
Mackerel Shark On Display At Government Street House
A mackerel shark eight feet long and about 400 pounds is exhibited at the Peres Fish and Oyster Co house on Government street. The shark, shaped like a mackerel with four rows of teeth, drew much attention. Captain Joe Swanson of the schooner St Ignise caught it in the gulf on the snapper banks and killed it with two bullets from a .38 rifle when brought to the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peres Fish & Oyster Co
Government Street
Joe Swanson
St. Ignise
Gulf
March court docket lists cases and garnishments
A sequence of civil actions and garnishment hearings is scheduled across March. Docket items include parties such as Sallia, Foster, Perry, Morrisette, Simon, Bush, Russell, Ellison, Sly, Hudgins, Doe Lyon, McKenzie, Ladd, Turpentine Cup, Radford, Palm Oil Company, Mobile Light and Railroad, Drahan, Mallory Steamship, McKeough, Giblin, Zimmern, Jacobson, Henderson Iron Works, Star Fish, Helen Riley, Vinegar Bend Lumber, Texas Company, Gavis on, Ma etak, Glen non, McCleery, Maddix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Sly
Doe, Lyon Co
Roe
Sarah Crane
J. H. McKenzie
F. M. Ladd, Jr
N. E. Turpentine Cup
Sewell Radford
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Palm Oil Company
N. Drahan
Mallory Steamship Company
B. McKeough
Giblin Bros
B. Zimmern
J. C. O’gwynn
Peter Jacobson
Henderson Iron Works
Star Fish and Oyster Company
Helen Riley
S. E. Webb & Co
Henriques Lumber Company
Vinegar Bend Lumber Company
F. Ponds
the Texas Company
Gifford Gavison
Robert Ma Etak
J. K. Glennon & Co
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Court in Saturday Session
The probate court issued marriage licenses to White William F. Hester and Annie Prichard, Allen Moye Jr. and Willis Gladys Royal, Eimard Moffett and Lela Beard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Hester
Annie Prichard
Allen Moye, Jr
Willis Gladys Royal
Eimard Moffett
Lela Beard
Years Hence Weather Free Admission Reflects Change
Fragmentary copy notes reference frees at Fifty Admission becoming free and mentions good weather and outdoor activity after confinement. No clear event or date found. tone suggests a public notice or editorial remark on accessibility and seasonal conditions. entity details are unclear due to damaged text.
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Brown
W. J. Bunge
Karine Gordon
Edward Barnes
Columbia Theatre
Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
Keystone
Columbia
Little Playhouse
Gordon Musical Comedy Company
Bunge
Miss Gordon
Charley Chaplin
Charley
Essanay
LAW and Equity
Circuit Court
Georgia Loan Va
Spencer Newell
J. J. Thomas
Cunningham
Cora
C. Castro
Commonwealth Life Insurance
Gabriel Jewelry
New England
S. H. Peck, Prop
Gulf City
Bell Phone
Repair and Shine Parlor
North Royal ST
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