Epiphany Ball Draws 500+ Guests in Rome Social Scene
Sunlit Rome hosts a grand Epiphany ball at the Grand with over 500 attendees from the United States and Italy. Notables include Ambassador Page and Mrs. Mat, Mrs. Marconi, Captain and Mrs. White, Grant Stanford White, and Professor Carter. A hotel dinner to Italian and American friends featured Thomas Nelson Page and Peter Augustus Jay. A Positively bustling social period marks this Rome season.
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Anal News Service
Rome
United States
Ambassador
Page
William Matthis
Marconi
Drace White
Hurlbert
Nelson Gaylee
Courtney Stewart
Stanford White
Grant
J. B. Carter
White
Hotel Excelsior
Thomas Nelson Page
Charles Moore, Jr
Peter Augustus Jay
Lee
Theodolia
Beatrice Thaw
Pittsburg
Flaminia Odescalchi
Marchiioness
J. S. Molony
San Francisco
Cherbourg
New York
Naples
Boril Gulick
Carnegie Pero
Lombardi
Carrie
Scotti
Paris
Jean de Reszke
Tempus Fugitin Cowboy Recalls Life in Mobile
A comic tale traces the life of the so called Boss Cowboy born in New York about twenty one years ago. He recalls primitive times in Mobile with Noah's Ark imagery and local lore, noting changes like electricity and transportation while ending with Mardi Gras 1914 memories.
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New York City
Dauphin Street
Noah
Mount Vernon
Mobile
Henry East Escapes from Indiana Prison Again
Henry East, sought for burglary, escaped from the Indiana penitentiary after being moved from Alabama. He previously fled twice from trains and from a lumber camp in San, and had also escaped from the Atlanta prison. Authorities consider the escape highly deceptive and ongoing.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Indiana
San
Atlanta
Deputy heads to Mississippi town for escaped convict Kountz
Jet Field Deputy Sheriff Dennis Lynch left Mobile Saturday morning in Pelahatchie to return with Kountz an escaped convict wanted for robbing workers at a camp and connected with a county road gang. The report notes uncertainty and fragmentary details about resignations and hunger.
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Jet Field
Dennis Lynch
Mobile
Pelahatchie
Miss
Franklin
Kountz
County Road Gang
Funeral fowl foils Chinese funeral rite prank
In Mobile a cemetery worker smuggled a live chicken into a Chinese funeral scene as a gag for a family joke. The ceremony failed when the chicken stayed alive and the household demanded it be removed, leaving the bird to be kept for a future use.
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G. Washington Henry
Miranda Washington Henry
George
Outen Dis House
U S Study Conch Oysters Enemies Move At National Shellfish Meet
Captain John Craft returned from the National Shellfish Association executive council meeting in Washington. Attendees included George W. Field and other shellfish officials from several states. A resolution urged Congress to fund disease and enemy research for oysters and seafood. The Alabama Oyster Commission seeks federal help to study the oyster’s chief enemy the coach. Craft urged Alabama to organize a conservation movement and invite national experts to inspire local action.
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John Craft
National Shellfish Association
Washington
Mr. Craft
George W. Field
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Shellfish Commission
Charles R. Bacon
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Alabama Oyster Commission
Alabama
Craft
Maryland Conservation
Baltimore
Chamber of Commerce
H. Bell
Oakland
Fairfax County
Poverty Study By Municipal Sociology Club In Mobile
At the next regular meeting of the Municipal Sociology Study Club in the Harte Auditorium Rev A G Richards will lead a discussion on Poverty Cause and Cure A committee may be appointed afterwards to study local conditions and assess the need for an Associated Charity All white Mobile citizens are regarded as members by attendance and interest.
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Municipal Sociology Study Club
Harte
A. G. Richards
Mobile
Mrs Jacobs to Speak on Suffrage Thursday
Mrs Solon Jacobs of Birmingham, president of the Alabama Equal Suffrage Association, will address Mobile suffragists at 8 p.m. Thursday in the lounge room of the Cawthon Hotel. Miss Eugenia Marx, president of the Mobile club, announced the lecture as part of the suffrage effort.
Virginia farmer protects quail to fight pests
The Virginia farmer curbs hunting of quail during winter when snow covers the ground. He relies on the birds to keep worms off his cabbage crop. He suggests Alabama farmers could imitate this enterprise to destroy pests and gain food value.
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Virginia
Alabama
Parcel Post Dreams of a Mass Mail Delivery Future
Tax Commissioner Dan J. Callaghan predicts parcel post will eventually surpass other carriers. He cites raised weight limits and imagines sending gas ranges safes and even Jumbo the elephant by stamping and mailing items. He envisions evolving post service removing travel costs by body parcel and box delivery.
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Dan J. Callaghan
Parcel Post
Callaghan
Vital Statistics Of Mobile County Week Ending January 17
Record of Mobile County vital statistics includes marriage licenses listing many couples, births of numerous children separated as boys and girls, and deaths. Names of spouses, parents, and deceased individuals appear with gendered classifications. A closing aphorism notes a man must use his head to get there with both feet.
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Mobile County
Thomas J. Liberato
Florence King
Harry L. Olensky
Katie Gerhardt
Jempsey D. Raley
Nellie Julia Larson
Avelin Paul Tacon
Ethel May Williams
W.H. Fitzpatrick
Margaret C. Webb
Henry J. Shedden
Florence Aline Kelly
Hugh McPhillips
Minnie Lee Hall
Floyd Alexander
Leonora May Cleveland
Daniel E. Lee
Edna Irene Slater
Josh J. Imms
Nellie Foster
William E. Jones
Rose F. Falley
B. J. Hudson
Eva Blanchear
J. W. Suter
Essie Woolsey
White
B.B
Clapita MA Chamberlain
Finley
Edna L. Pritchard
John
Ernestine C. Sherer
Jessie Hyland
B. L
Theresa Worthington
Charles R
Guessine Anderson
David C
Mary Halman
Ellis L
Elizabeth Lindgreen
David Willis Russell
Annie Russell
Archie
Maggie Godbold
Harry
Annie Paley
Randolph
Mary Lou Hunter
Ernest W
Della May
William J
Rosa Lee McGovern
Thomas L
Corinne Cook
John J
Lily H. McPhillips
Robert E
Mary F. Williams
Lewis O
Mary E. Thompson
A. T
Florence M
Phillip J
Ida Mahony
Michael Devney
Louis F. Jensen
George D. Walker
Warley A. Bolton
Mary S. Dickerson
Elizabeth Benham
Rosa Schreiner
Mary A. Dukes
Amanda E. Johnson
Orra A. Wheeler
Victoria Vickers
Athelia L. Hamilton
Oh Pow
Elusive Singletary Makes Third Escape From Camp
Convict forger Corbett Singletary escaped a county convict camp with a companion, after a late Friday night breakout fired on by guards. Four prisoners attempted the dash. Frank Ward and Walter Gamble were recaptured, while Singletary and Montgomery remain at large in the county, with broadcasts and guards covering the northern area. Singletary previously escaped from the county jail hospital and from steel cages, returning from Pulaski Tenn. ten days ago.
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Corbett Singletary
Montgomery
Frank Ward
Walter Gamble
Singletary
Quiet Talkers Sparked by Self Viewpoint Wisdom
The remark notes that frequent talkers may overestimate their value while a speaker’s vanity can masquerade as insight from their own perspective.
Leave Your Skinny Form Behind You Bree 50c Package
An ad for Protone the Body Builder, sent to all readers, touts a 50c package offer claiming to help readers leave their skinny form behind.
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BREE
Protone
Protone claims dramatic flesh building benefits
Advertises Protone to increase weight and muscle through blood cell growth and better digestion. Offers 50 cent free sample with a 10 cent postage request, plus a booklet on why you are thin. Lists Detroit company address and multiple Mobile and New Jersey retailers. No free samples from druggists.
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Protone
Protone Company
Protone Bldg
Detroit
Michigan
Mobile
Sutton Bros
St. Francis St
van Aller
Broad St
C. H. Burkett
New Jersey
Cedar Sts
H. Bauer
Monroe
Franklin Ste
Bienville
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Comiic Cowboys
Henry East
Mississippi
Ark
Adams
U. S
Oyster
Captain Craft
Associated Charities
Mrs. Jacobs
OF Mobil
U.S
First National Bank of Mobile
Aes Hall
Gene. D. Willoughby
E. H. Shaffer
Ass’t
J. W. Woolf
Vital Statistics OF
Elusive Singletary
Myer
Siam
A. J. Lenton
Ana Awl
Care Item Office
Burke’s
Burke
Memphis, Tenn
City Ticket Office
S. Royal ST
E. Jones, JR
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