Carnival News and Local Weddings Hit Mobile Social Scene
The Mobile social column highlights Miss Mabel Hartwell as carnival queen with Carl Holzborn as king and notes on the coronation. It also details weddings including Miss Susie Falconer and Mr Edward Gilroy and Mr Fred W Davis Jr, with brief home and post ceremony plans.
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Atlanteon
Mobile
Ziegler
Dorthy Spencer
Eugen
Dixie
War Times
H Dixie
New Orleans
Per
Miss Hartwell
Mabel Hartwell
Harry.t. Hartwell
Carl Holzborn
Great Auditorium
Gilroy-Falconer
Susie Falconer
Edward Gilroy
J. H. Johnson
D. W. Boswell
North ‘Side
Baptist Church
Fred W. Davis,Jr
Mrs. Gilroy
Passages on sorrow and a Mobile Carnival Ball
A fragmented Mobile area text reflects a meditation on hidden sorrows and the tenderness of human emotion. It notes the Blackfriars tour after Easter with The Bachelor’s Rom a and lists Montgomery Mobile Centerville and other Alabama venues, featuring Mobile residents among the cast. Berney Leads Carnival Ball in Birmingham with pink charmeuse attire and a rose bouquet, plus social notes on Holden’s supper party for Crop Campaign crews in Montgomery.
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Mobile
Blackfriar
Montgomery
Centerville
Mobilian
Mies
Lewis
Fa Ell
Stene Canell
Pring Ivan
Leon Israel
Birmai
Morris Frohlich
Selma
Miss Berney
Berney
Birmingham
Safford
Killarney
Mont- Journal
Ant
W. M. Berney
McGehee
Holden
Pro
P. G. Holden
Gay‘Teague
Jitney buses spark calls for tax rule in Fort Worth
Fort Worth officials face jitney traffic turmoil after a string of accidents. A crash injured Edward Wilson and a public inquiry revealed growing nuisance and safety concerns. Police report ongoing reckless driving by jitney operators prompting demand for regulatory controls.
Visitation Academy Heart Party Launches Valentine Week
Visitation girls held a festive heart party with a court of honor for St. Valentine as guests wore red and green decor. Miss Consuelo Abaunza won the heart dice game top prize, Grace Van Heuvel took the booby prize, and Sarah Jones claimed the consolation. Ice, dance, and a grand march capped the evening, with guests eager for another party tomorrow.
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Visitation
St. Valentine
Visitation Academy
Deug T
Consuelo Abaunza
New Orleans
Grace van Heuvel
Mobile
Sarah Jones
Selma
Sand- Man’s Land
Incendiary bombs fall near Braintree England
A night air raid near Braintree is reported by the Press Association as incendiary missiles dropped by an enemy aeroplane. Holes were torn in seed, a kitchen ceiling collapsed, but Colchester sergeant Rabjohn and his wife escaped injury.
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London
Braintree
Press Association
Colchester
Serer Rabjohn
Husaore
Sas
Mebane
Social notes from Mobile Mardi Gras visitors and guests
The column lists many individuals from Brox Mase and nearby towns who visited Mobile during Mardi Gras, including Portia Pratt, Ethel Burgess, Miss Lee Kareta Rush, and Mrs. Fred. It records guests of families in Mobile, Enterprise, Meridian, and Tuscaloosa, with arrivals in Mobile and returns home. It mentions Mrs. Albert Heim hosting, Miss Florence Norwood and others attending carnival events, and a Pensacola note on Carl Mitchell’s wedding to Clara Belle Lack of Mobile.
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Portia Pratt
Brox Mase
Ethel Burgess
Newae
Porter City
Lee’ Kareta Rush
Fred
Er. Ae
A. M. Tyree
MD Cao
F de Smith
Mobile
New Orleans
Ethel
Marie Connors
Charles Vogt
Willis Finch
Selma Journal
R. E. Lewis
Raymond
Claude
John Ann
John McAlpine
Montgomery Journal
Albert Heim
W. B. Hooks
Enterprise
Heim
Carl Steele
Forest
Little Son
Meridian
Florence Norwood
Henry Hall Clarke
Harvey Aden
EB. L. Bar
Marguerite Nabers
Paul Danner
Birmingham News
H.'s. Sibley
Tuscaloosa
Mardie McGehee
W. M. Hagley
Lizzie Oliver
Mary Wilson
Will Brown
Marcelle O’rourke
Meridian Dispatch
Morris Friedman
Pensacola
Carl Mitchell
Tallahassee
Citizens’ Bank of
J Ety
Clara Belle Lack
Pensdoola Journal
German People Promised a Voice on Peace Terms
A North German Gazette article asserts Germans will have full discussion on peace terms before any decision, but current aims focus on victory. The Muenchen Post adds that Germans seek speedy peace yet oppose reestablishment of French rule, insisting on lasting European peace.
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Amsterdam
London
Germany
Muenchen Post
Europe
Dr King’s New Life Pills and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Ad
A vintage health ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills to cleanse bowels tone stomach and purify blood promising relief from constipation and liver malaise. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is recommended for piles with a brief price note of 25 cents to 2 dollars.
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Dr. King
Bucklen
Goldstein Defied the Reds in California Lecture Tour
Boston-born author David Goldstein will lecture on socialism in Mobile at Battle House Auditorium Tuesday under Knights of Columbus auspices. The Southern tour follows San Francisco crowds of about 5 000 at Dreamland Pavilion, with a sea of supporters and critics awaiting him.
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David Goldstein
Boston
Mass
Mobile
Battle House
Goldstein
Councils
the Knights of Columbus
San Francisco
the Monitor
Dreamland Pavilion
Quinine Advertisement Claims Gentle Formula
An old ad touts a tasteless quinine that does not nauseate or cause nervousness. It highlights suitability for children and even mentions cats in a quirky claim, noting the pleasant taste and reduced nerves effect.
Gilroy-Falconer Wedding At Home On Conception Street
The Gilroy-Falconer wedding occurs at 307 North Conception Street. The Woman's Musical Club holds a meeting with Mrs. Ashbel Hubbard at 3 p.m.
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Gilroy-Falconer
North
Conception Street
The
Woman's Musical Club
Ashbel Hubbard
Washington Birthday Honors Across Cities and Nation
In Alexandria Virginia delegates gather at Mount Vernon and attend a Washington banquet as General Thomas J. Shryock presides. In New York patriotic exercises span fifty parks and Washington Heights with Theodore Roosevelt speaking in Brooklyn. West Point receives a Gilbert Stuart Washington painting valued at $25,000 bequeathed by Miss Anna Bartlett Warner of Constitution Island. Washington’s birthday observances close executive and judicial branches while Congress is in session with memorial events at Memorial Continental Hall and a medal award for a student essay on a revolutionary topic.
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Alexan
Washington
Mount Vernon
Washington-Alexandria Lodge
Thomas J. Shryock
Maryland
New York
Washington Heights
Theodore Roosevelt
Brooklyn
West Point
Gilbert Stuart
Anna Bartlett Warner
Constitution Island
Hudson River
Cadets
Wilson
Congress
Memorial Continental Hall
Root
Senate
Evans Museum and Dental Institute Dedication
Philadelphia marked Washington's birthday with the dedication of the University of Pennsylvania Evans museum and dental institute. The new building cost $1,000,000 and was donated by the late Thomas W. Evans, renowned American dentist.
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Philadelphia
Evans Museum and Dental Institute
The
University of Pennsylvania
Washington
Thomas W. Evans
Burglars Hit Grand Bay Stores in Early Sunday Breakin
Thieves broke into H. W. Freeland and R. M. Seagar stores at Grand Bay in the county’s southern end during an early Sunday hour and stole a large amount of goods. Sheriff William H. Holmcombe has several men on the case. At Freeland’s place twelve pair of Atlantic brand shoes three pairs of ladies shoes three suit cases twelve pair of men’s hose six Jersey sweaters six underwear sets six coat sweaters were taken. At Seagar’s they stole watches and knives. A crowbar was used to pry open rear doors of both shops.
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H. W. Freeland
R. M. Seagar
Grand Bay
William H. Holcombe
Freeland’s
Seagar’s
Mammoth Cave Girl Coming to Mobile Lyric Theatre
Professor J Law Siple of Louisville has arranged for the appearance in Mobile of Dixie the Mammoth Cave Girl at the Lyric Theatre in the early part of April. The performance will be connected with motion picture views of Mammoth Cave.
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J. Law Siple
Louisville, Ky
Mobile
Dixie
Lyric Theatre
Mammoth Cave
German General Von Wrochem Dies in Berlin
Berlin dispatch reported Lt Gen Von Wrochem, commander of a German army division and Iron Cross recipient, dead in Berlin. The same report said Lt Count Von Bassewiltz Levetzow, son of Mecklenburg Schwerin’s premier and brother in law of Prince Oscar, was killed in the east.
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von Wrochem
Amsterdam
Holland
London
Berlin
Equity Court Actions Move Through Dockets
Law Equity Court presides on various cases including Marie Cecile Bidault vs Renace Duval with decree pro con Emma Ludlow nunc pro tunc alimony order. Daughdril given five days to answer after demurrers withdrawn. Minnie L Bettner vs Richard Benjamin ordered testimony published. McDowell v Thomas motion to amend granted. Several cases reset or submitted for amendment and service.
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Law Equity Court
Bersey
Marie Cecile Bidault
Renace Duval
Emma Ludlow
LL. L
Ludlow
Chancery Court
Smith
Business Money Paige
Craft
Thomas
Stallworth Et Ware
Daughdril
Minnie L. Bettner
Richard Benjamin
M- Pienltice
Holmes
Star of Hope
Law and Equity Court Motion to discharge levy of attachment
In the Law Side before Judge Berney, Monday session covers Southern Novelty Works v Fay and Eagan. The motion seeks discharge of an attachment levy against the defendant's property.
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Law and Equity Court
Law Side
Berney
Southern Novelty Works
Fay & Eagan
Brooks Lawrence Attacks Liquor In Alabama Address
Rev Brooks Lawrence superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League in Alabama spoke at St Francis Street and Broad Street churches praising Mobile county legislators. He cited liquor industry finances and state by state prohibition statistics, predicting Mobile and Alabama will never again see a licensed saloon.
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Mobile County
Brooks Lawrence
Anti-Saloon League
Alabama
St. Francis Street Methodist
Broad Street Methodist Church
Lawrence
United States
Lquor
Prohibition
New York
New Jersey
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Louis
Boston
Philadelphia
Cleveland
South
Mobile
Father McCreary Begins Mission at St Matthews
Reverend John McCreary S J opens a church mission at St Matthews with a 10 am mass led by Reverend Dunne. The mission features evening talks on life’s end and purpose and a daily 3 pm children’s mission with the Holy Way of the Cross for the week.
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John McCreary
S. J
St. Matthews Church
Father Dunne
Father John McCreary
Exterminating Tragedy in Jonesboro House
In Jonesboro Arkansas on Saturday John H Carr a planter shot his wife and 12 year old daughter then killed himself authorities said he was believed insane after the double murder suicide at their home
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Jonesboro
Ark
John H. Carr
Break It Up Now Cold Cough Remedy Ad
A vintage ad urges breaking up a cold with Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. It claims the formula loosens mucus reduces coughing and soothes lungs. The product is guaranteed and priced at 25 cents at the druggist.
William Paton Cothran Dies in Gulfport
William Paton Cothran longtime publishing executive and former Dreamland Theatre proprietor died suddenly Sunday at 3 am in Gulfport Mississippi while visiting his sister Mrs N A Richards He was Mobile born son of the late Captain John Fy Cothran and Mary Paton Cothran survived by his wife Miss Mary E McCoy four children a sister and other relatives
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William Paton Cothran
Mobile Item Publishing Company
Dreamland Théatre
Gulfport
Miss
N. A. Richards
Cothran
Mobile
John Fy
Mary Paton Cothran
Leesee
Majestic Theatre
Montgomery
Post Publishing Company
Mary E. McCoy
Former Mo-Cola president jailed in theft case
T. F. Murphy former president of the Mo-Cola Company who organized the Mobile concern was jailed after being brought from Birmingham on a warrant. J. L. Shipp current president and manager of Mo-Cola accuses Murphy and Lester of theft of the Mo-Cola formula.
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Mo-Cola Company
T. F. Murphy
Mobile
Concern
Charlies’ Brannan
Birmingham
J. L.shipp
W. Melrose Chapman
Murphy
Lester
American Association Caps Player Limit at 20 and 16
Chicago Pen 22 reports club owners adopted a 20 player limit before May 15 and after August 15, and a 16 player limit in the interval. Present limits were 25 and 20.
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Chicago
Pen
American Association
Patriot Day program at Whistler school honors flag
A Whistler area event featured a flag raising and program at the public school with student choirs, speeches by Prof Fisher and Dr Edly W. Cawthon, and readings on the flag. Junior Order members reported multiple flag-raising efforts at local schools and a busy schedule of community notices followed.
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Vg Lee
Ieee
Columbia
J. Allman
Profher
Europe
Fessor Fisher
Edly W. Cawthon
8. N. Porter
Washington
United States
Prichard
Katherine Nichols
Frank Taylor Shoe
Nicholas C. Tew
Whistler Council
Whistler Council No. 20
United American Mechanics
Turnerville School
Plateau
Alex Sharp
Joseph E. Barrett
Thomas B. Allman
Isaac B. Fitzgerald
John Henry Seabury
Layton Gilbert
James R. Fawcett
William Shumate
William Woodward
Inside Sentinel
John F. Rawls
Outside Sentinel
Whistler Personals
Whistler Methodist Church
Annie Culpepper
Charles Luther
Railroad Street
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Lula Gunn
McIntosh
A. J. Parnell
Frederick Pringle
New Orleans
Mobile
Battle House
David Goldstein
Boston
Mass
Well Known Pensacola Doctor J S Herron Dies
Dr James S Herron a longtime Pensacola physician died Saturday night at his North Palafox Street home after several weeks illness He was a Spring Hill College graduate who left before the Civil War and served as a sturgeon in the Confederate army He is survived by a Savannah brother Dr Charles Herron and a sister.
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Pensacola
Fla
James S. Herron
Florida
North Palafox Street
Charles Herron
Savannah
Spring Hill College
Mobile
Firm Won’t Protest War Risk Claim for Evelyn Owner Says
William L Harriss of the Evelyns owning firm states no protest to the department over a war risk deduction, deeming the ship due to war risk. The remark reflects the company stance amid insurance and liability discussions surrounding the Evelyn.
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William L. Harriss
Evelyn
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