Order Meets at Odd Fellows Hall in Whistler
Special to The Item reports a regular Whistler Order meeting with larger attendance. Corrections note W A Timms Manufacturing Co supplied desks for Bar Academy. desks to be completed soon. Dutch supper and dance at Thomas L Crabtree home praised. guests listed.
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Odd Fellows’ Hall
Whistler News
Mobile Chair Company
Bar Academy
Mobile
W. A. Timms Manufacturing Company
Timms Company
Thomas L. Crabtree
Whistler
Ieee
Mabel Hudson
Susie Crabtree
Lillian Smith
Gladys Kelly
Earl Myles
Joe White
Benjamin Gaston
Glen McCandless
Sam Vigor
Don Good
New Store Announces Lines of Soft Drinks and More
J. F. Smith proprietor offers soft drinks sandwiches boiled ham cheese fruits tobacco and chewing gum with first class service advertised in a local storefront notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Smith
Bay Minette Department Two Baseball Teams Forming
In Bay Minette Ala February 27 the local high school reorganized its baseball program splitting into two temporary teams for practice until a single combined squad is formed for the season. Douglas White will manage and arrange games with nearby schools before year end.
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BAY Ginerris Ala
Adva
Teoms
Douglas White
Car Crash After Washington Birthday Celebration in Brewton
On February 23 in Brewton a collision occurred between J. P. Mathews, a Castleb merchant, and Pat Johnson driving a mule and buggy after a Washington birthday event. Rainy, windy roads and a narrow ditch contributed. the mule plus buggy were thrown, Mathews had minor cuts, no serious injuries reported. Sigma Nu alumni chapter formed in Brewton. An addition with an addressograph was installed at the Bank of Brewton. Local notes cover autos, pool hall expansion, and residents visiting Mobile, Montgomery, Baltimore, and Auburn while several local affairs and obituaries are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewton
Ala
J. P. Mathews
Castleb
Pat Johnson
Washington
Mathews
Bank of Brewton
George Miller
Mary M. McGowin
Jernigan
Harmon Williams
Evergreen
Williams
Josse Steadham
Foshee
Alger-Sullivan Lumber Company
W. M. Murray
Castleberry
Stubbs
Malcolm McMillan
Mobile
Charles Harold
Montgomery
Mary E. McGowin
Coralie McGowin
Baltimore
Bob Martin
Bluff Springs
Jamie Lovelace
Auburn
Lovelace
British Reverses in Egypt Reported by Italian Residents
Italian residents in Cairo describe multiple Bedouin ambushes and failed British operations along the Sinai front. Columns near Bir-el-Dneidar and Kubri suffer heavy losses with hundreds killed or wounded, while censorship hides these events from the public.
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Rome
Egypt
Sinai Peninsula
England
Signor Guelfo Civini
Corriere de la Sera
Bir-el-Dneidar
el Kantrara
Geneffe
Kubri
Alexandria
Injuries Fatal to Thomas Busby in Alabama Collision
Thomas R. Busby a 65 year old farmer of Theodore Alabama died Saturday night after being struck by a car driven by attorney Jack P. Courtney on Government Street near Raipper Avenue. Busby was asleep on his wagon when the back wheel was struck, throwing him to the pavement. He died at the Inge Bondurant Sanitorium. The body was sent to Theodore for interment. Courtney surrendered to police and the case was continued to a later date. He is described as a well known young attorney who was deeply affected by the tragedy.
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Thomas R. Busby
Theodore
Ala
Jack P. Courtney
Government Street
Rapier Avenue
Inge-Bondurant Sanitorium
Roche & Burke Undertaking Company
Courtney
Busby
Recorder's Court
Fire at Peoria destroys YMCA building and adjoining blocks
Fire roared through the seven story YMCA building on Jefferson between Main and Hamilton, then spread to nearby structures. Loss estimated at 400000 dollars. the Orpheum theatre and about a dozen two and three story buildings sustained damage. Securities of the Proctor endowment, valued over 1500000 dollars, may be lost in the ruins.
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Peoria
Lik
Jefferson
Main
Hamilton Streets
Orpheum Theatre
Proctor Endowment
Vessels Cleared at the Custom House Saturday
Clearances recorded show three ships leaving in ballast or for overseas ports with tonnage and routes noted. The American schooner Gypsum Empress 723 tons Burgess master sailed to Greenock Scotland with 641000 feet of pine lumber. The American schooner Carrie E Look 522 tons Gilchrist master headed to New Orleans in ballast. The American bark Anna Maria d Abunde 841 tons Scott master bound for Gulfport Mississippi in ballast.
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Custom House
Burgess
Greenock
Scotland
Carrie E. Look
Gilchrist
New Orleans
Anna Maria d'Abunde
Scott
Gulfport
Miss
Local Leaders Promote Knights of Security Growth
T Simmons, formerly manager of Avery Development near Roe, takes a new farm post near Atmore and will relocate his family. The Knights and Ladies of Security aim for one hundred members in thirty days aided by District Manager George L. Clinton and financier Ira B. Thompson.
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Atmore
T. S. Simmons
Avery Development Company
Roe
Knights and Ladies of Security
George L. Clinton
Eee
Ira B. Thompson
Drunken frenzy ends in teen's death at Le Panto
Frank Shilling shot and killed 19 year old Grover Starkey after a disturbance at Le Panto Arkansas. Starkey’s father Cal Starkey was also shot when he tried to intervene. Shilling was captured later. Grover Starkey died, Cal Starkey injured but expected to recover.
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LE Panto
Ark
Frank Shilling
Grover Starkey
Cal Starkey
Little River
Ron A
Adams
Shilling
Bill empowering probe of railroads' files gains favor
Washington February 27 Senator Newlands bill to empower the interstate commerce commission to investigate railroad correspondence was favorably reported by the commerce committee with an amendment exempting attorney client communications and personal advice.
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Washington
Newlands
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commerce Committee
Arkansas Legislature Loses Bid to Block Exposition Fund
Pulaski county chancery court refused an injunction by Arkansas legislators to halt a 40000 dollar appropriation for the state exhibit at the Panama Pacific Exposition. A motion for appeal to the supreme court was filed.
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Arkansas
Little Rock, Ark
Pulaski County
Jury accepts Lorenzo's word in verdict on Williams case
Mary Williams a negress was arraigned in the recorder's court on Saturday afternoon on a charge of reckless driving of a wagon. She was fined twenty six dollars or fifty days in jail after Foster Touart pressed the complaint. Lorenzo Dery, long time porter at the lire station, testified in her favor as did seven other negro witnesses who claimed she was not driving the wagon. Avery testified Williams collided with Touart's motorcycle, which was badly damaged and caused minor injuries.
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Lorenzo
Mary Williams
Recorder’s Court
Foster Touart
Lorenzo Dery
Lire
Recorderington
Avery
Young Touart
Williams
Home Products Exhibit Draws Big Crowds Despite Weather
The Home Products Exhibit organized by the Chamber of Commerce at the Alba building drew large crowds. Exhibitors praised the event as educational and commercial, with active sales in livestock and kennel sections. The Natona babies contest begins Monday with measurement judging to educate mothers on child welfare, followed by a Beauty Contest.
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Chamber of Commerce
Alba
Booth
Mobile
Crisis in cotton may affect prices
New York reports a developing cotton crisis that could lower prices if allied governments bar cotton from entering Germany from neutral countries. Strong German and Austrian purchases linger in the U S, with about 460 000 bales aboard awaiting clearance. Exports exceeded 5 100 000 bales, while Liverpool and New York trade settled lower amid treasury rate shifts and wary shipping prospects.
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New York
America
Germany
North Sea
Jaly
South
Financial Chronicle
Galveston
Treasury Department
Liverpool
Y M C A Leads City Basketball League Season Finish
The Y M C A clinched the league title after two final games. Medical College finished second, Barton third, and U M C fourth. Final scores ranged 15 to 13 in the Medical College versus Y M C A clash, with Barton defeating U M A 33 to 9 in the second half. The season drew large crowds and featured fast, hard fought contests.
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Medical College
Barton
Y. M
Barton Boys
Deaths and Funerals Charles W. Collins of Hale County
A telegram from Galion Alabama informed W F Collins chief deputy United States marshal of the death at his home near Gallion of his uncle Charles W Collins. He was one of Hale county s oldest planters having moved there long before the war from Caroline county.
Obit Notices and Funeral Details Include Relatives and Pallbearers
The text outlines obituaries and funeral services for Joseph B. Brogley and Mrs Hannah Rickert. It lists survivors, including a wife, daughters, and relatives, and notes burial locations Magnolia cemetery and Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers from the Motion Picture Operators' Union and local residents are named.
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Rob Patterson
Gilbert Bridge
Clyde Ree
Porter McAdams
Briar Creek
Charles Kercher
Herbert Matthews
Roy Pullen
J. A. Preston and Son
Chicasabogue
Bethany Baptist
Heywood Vaughn
Whistler Methodist
William Cato
F. M. Atchison
Myers Memorial Baptist
C. A. Twining
St. Patrick’s
Odd Fellows
St. Patrick’s Gay
J. E. Stene Seniiben
Mississippi
Alabama
P. P Hays
M. B. Hays
Paul R. Jones
Newt Scales
Biloxi
Mart Dodds
H. T. Wilson
Moselle
N. E. Conway
Samuel Taylor
Taylor
Maggie Welsh
W. J. Givens
H. S. Kelley
S. W. Kelley
Kelley Bros
Agee’s Cash Store
Kohl’s Cafe
Chert Road
J. N
Bay Minette Department
J. T. Rhodes
And
W. D. Stapleton
Baldwin County Bank
Jason Matbis
Daphne
Bay Minette
Gateswood
Perdido Lumber Company
Hollinger Creek
Gar
Mecas
C.G. Schollar
Fairbanks-Morse
Brewton Department
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Sigma Nu
C. F. Rankin
Wilson Eee
John W. Jackson
Clifford F. Rankin
Aikew & Marine
Dauphin Street
Thomas Busby
Lad
Crenshaw Weer
McClendon
Feae Snow
Cweeee Aeaseree Austin
Serene Seesesese
O van Aller
G. Tans
Pebee
McQuillan
Eeeaege 'Finkbohner
F. Eereene
Moore
Tee Eweane
Foul Wilson
Johnson
Povess
Denton
Eewe Green Nelson
Almbrecht Grixkeseedeud
Cunningham
Oh Wisadtae
G. Nicol
Moreland
G. Cuescrrvebes
Per
Morgan
U.S
Bauer
Gough
Dave S. Bauer
Ana
Eac
South Conception
Harrison Mutual Burial Association
Collings
Collins
Miss Allen
B. M. Allen
Order of Elks
Birmingham
George McKee
Farnsdale
Mesdames
Joseph B. Brogley
William E. Brogley
Madison Street
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Father E. J. Hackett
Magnolia Cemetery
Messrs
Dennis Betancourt
Thomas Betancourt
Pen E. Johnson
Joseph Steward
James Perry
Roy Bartolotti
William van der Braak
M. V. Peck
Union
Hannah Rickert
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Father T. J. Eaton
J. Eiich
Peter ‘Kane
Charles Green
W. C. Pooley
M. ‘J. Doody
Andrew Dowling
Ese Munn & CO
F Street
Washington, D. C
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