Rotary Club Lives Up To Its Motto Do Things
Mobile Rotary Club members quickly pledged 255 dollars during a five minute program after a luncheon in the Cawthon room. They urged the city to issue a proclamation designating a countywide half day to aid the Crop Diversification Campaign with leaders Baughman and Maloney addressing the group.
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Government Farm
J. T. Cochrane
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad Company
Rotary Club
Hotels and restaurants pledge thousands of meals to aid unemployed in New York
More than 200 New York hotels and restaurants vow to relieve unemployment by distributing thousands of lunches daily. A chain of city workshops will feed workers at the sites and provide take home food using auto trucks to collect and deliver meals. The effort marks a historic philanthropic move with broad financial support from the hotel and restaurant sectors.
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New York
Taxation ideas and the special privilege argument debated
The piece discusses Governor Byrne’s taxation ideas, arguing land and property value linked to community labor may justify different tax bases. It notes idle lands as social issues, contrasts special privileges with rewards for value creation, and calls the round table for further debate.
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Byrne
South Dakota
Bryne
Round Table Club
Physicians Decline to Officiate at Baby Show Judge
A mobile physician refused to act as judge for a baby show at the Home Products Show. The committee named to oversee the contest reported that all physicians respectfully declined the officiating role.
Amusements At The Empire Feature Bill
Ruth Stonehouse headlines today at the Empire in An Amateur Prodigal two reels. Joe Totten stars with Stonehouse. Les ter Cuneo and others appear. Vignettes include A Madcap Adventure with James Morrison and Dorothy Kelly. Her Husband's Son stars Conness and Gertrude McCoy. Her Martydon heads tomorrow with Arthur Johnson and Lottie Briscoe. Broncho Billy and the Vigilante shows as a Western extra.
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the Empire
Ruth Stonehouse
Emp
Joseph Byron Totten
Essanay
G. M. Anderson
Amateur Night at Dreamland Tops Weekly Bill
Dreamland presents Amateur Night with local comedians and performers competing Friday night for prizes. Five big acts headline a vaudeville bill led by Williams, already drawing crowds as the week continues.
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Dreamland
Williams
Mason-Williams Stock Company at Conception Street Playhouse
Public interest in a forthcoming Mason-Williams Stock Company engagement at the Conception Street Playhouse grows. The company will present new plays and old favorites at moderate prices with the opening bill announced Sunday.
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Mason-Williams Stock Company
Deramland Theatre Management
Mason-Williams
Conception Street Playhouse
Mason-Williams Company
Red Scar of Courage at Royal Theatre Friday
The Red Scar of Courage, a top drama by Pathe Freres Company, headlines the Royal Theatre for Friday as the chief attraction. The bill also includes two entertaining comedies and an excellent scenic study, offering a varied program for audiences.
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Pathe Freres Company of
American Players
Royal Theatre
Dancers at Crescent Tease New York Styles Friday
Crescent Theatre hosts lulu fado tango waltz and new one step and fox trot figures by two celebrated New York dancers. The program advances Society Day with this top attraction. The Red Widow at Astor Theatre is a major production featuring fifty performers and elaborate scenery.
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Crescent
Crescent Theatre
New York
Astor Theatre
Lyric Theatre
England
Sacrament of Penance at St Matthew's Church
Themed Thursday night service at St Matthew's drew a large crowd as Rev Father McCreary explained Christ’s power over sin and the apostolic authority to forgive. He urged frequent confession. children’s confessions were heard at 3 pm, with holy communion for all on Saturday and two masses on Sunday at 7 am and 10 am.
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St. Ithew’s Church
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Kingdom of Heaven
St. Paul
Tribunal of
Penannce
St. Matthew's Church
McIntyre Sworn In as Montgomery City Judge
C P McIntyre was appointed associate judge of Montgomery city court and qualified Thursday, taking the oath before John Moffat. Also sworn in were John Cody named to the city commission to replace McIntyre and Henry Hobbie designated as Cody’s successor on the Montgomery county revenue board.
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C. P. McIntyre
City Court of
McIntyre
John Moffat
Moffat
John Cody
City Commission of
Henry Hobbie
New York Teamster Charged in German Passport Conspiracy
Richard Madden, a New York teamster, is alleged to have aided Richard Peter Stegler, a German naval reservist, in a plot to obtain Stegler a U S passport. Madden was arrested by DOJ agents and held on $15,000 bail for March 3 examination after possessing Stegler’s card and attempting to destroy it. Stegler was arrested yesterday for using Madden’s name to secure the passport.
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New York
Richard Madden
Richard Peter Stegler
Stegler
Department of Justice
United States
Madden
Soldiers Welcome Back to Fort Morgan
After nearly a year with only thirteen soldiers on duty the Thirty-ninth company coast artillery and ninety-five men and horses return to Fort Morgan. First Lieutenant J Cannon led the company in Texas departure May 3 1914 and the Hundred and Seventeenth company remained at Fort Morgan before heading to Charleston.
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Thirty-ninth Company
Coast Artillery Corps
Brownsville
Texas
J. Cannon
Thirty-ninth
Nk Geere
Texas Frontier
Charleston
St. C
Tax Delinquent Licenses Docketed by State Commissioner
State Back Tax Commissioner D. J. Callaghan announced warrants will be issued starting March 2 for parties with unpaid state and county licenses due in 1915. Delinquencies dated February 1. The commission plans in Mobile on March 15 to dispose of 148 solvent credit tax cases worth over a million dollars, with some parties already paying and others contesting in court.
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D. J. Callaghan
State Tax Commission
Mobile
James F Bell Missing in Salem Illinois
Police seek James Forrest Bell of Salem Illinois who vanished from his home on January 2. Bell a former US Navy rating, discharged in 1913, later assistant cashier at Salem National Bank. all accounts in order. A $250 reward offered for information leading to his whereabouts.
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James Forrest Bell
Salem
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Bell
United States’ Navy
Salem National Bank
Soft job for Lacy at Wetumpka found
Lacy, chief clerk of the state convict, serving ten years in the state penitentiary for embezzlement, must wear stripes as well as other convicts not trustees. State convict department orders issued today require stripes for all convicts, with trustees exempted. Lacy will be assigned to clerical work on the Bertillon system at Wetumpka, as reports say he cannot perform manual labor.
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Lacy
Emil
State Convict Department
Wetumpka
Leahy Optimistic On Mobile Prospects During War
Richard P. Leahy a Chicago lumberman arrived Wednesday night and said despite the ongoing European war and damaged seaports Mobile appears more prosperous than many cities. He noted improving conditions and cheerful, hopeful residents aided by favorable weather.
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Europe
Mobile
Richard P. Leahy
Chicago
Ill
Jitney Service Threat to Leavenworth Street Cars
Leavenworth’s editorial warns against launching jitney cars, arguing such service could cripple the existing street car system which remains a valued, long term investment. The piece urges residents to support the street cars with nickel fares instead of pursuing unsteady jitney transport.
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Leavenworth
Onco
Leavenworth Times
Ady
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