Division of work to make Congress a great success
The Southern Commercial Congress plans its Mobile convention in September 1918 with a division of work among the new officers and Chamber of Commerce. Committees include freight traffic, conventions, ways and means, foreign traffic, legislation, publicity, and more to organize tours, publicity, hotel arrangements, decorations, and canal opening activities. Citizens are invited to join by notifying the Chamber secretary. A Chamber board meeting will appoint the year’s standing committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Commercial Congress
Mobile
Clarence J. Owens
Congress
United States
John T. Morgan
Chamber of Commerce
Canal
Armbrecht
Free medicine claim targets uric poison and kidney symptoms
A purported medical offer by Dr. T. Frank Lynott promises free treatment for kidney and bladder troubles and rheumatic pain. The letter asks readers to list symptoms and age to receive a sample, medical advice, and a large illustrated book, claiming the remedy dissolves uric acid and strengthens organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan
Conda
T. Frank Lynott
Symptoms Listed for Various Ailments and Ailment Areas
A catalog of health complaints includes back pain frequent urination burning or obstruction of urine bladder soreness prostatic trouble stomach pain general debility dizziness pain under the ribs or swelling of body parts constipation or liver trouble heart area discomfort hip pain neck or head pain kidney soreness joint pain swelling and muscle pain nerve soreness and rheumatism chronic or acute.
Refugees in Saloniki Face Mass Starvation and Suffering
The article reports thousands of refugees in Saloniki starving amid a Balkan relief crisis. It notes 5,000 sheltered in a camp near the city, with aid hampered by funds. 30,000 refugees in Saloniki and 50,000 homeless Muslims elsewhere face disease, isolation camps, and dire food shortages. American relief efforts hope for rapid funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brautman
Geaualenl
Servia
Bulgaria
Adrianople
Tchatalja
Aegean
Saloniki
Macedonia
Salokiki
John EB. Kehl
America
Prominent Westerners Visit Gulf Coast Prominently
Special to The Item. In Biloxi Mississippi E G Cowdry vice president of the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company Chicago and B H Lyons Beloit Wis manager of Beloit Water Gas and Electric Company spent Friday in the city with C B McKinney manager of Gulf Coast Gas Company. They enjoyed the climate and praised the cut over lands of the region before traveling to Pascagoula for their return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi, Miss
E. G. Cowdry
Peoples' Gas Light and Coke Company
Chicago
B. H. Lyons
Beloit
Wis
Beloit Water, Gas and Electric Company
C. B. McKinney
Gulf Coast Gas Company
Pascagoula
County Board to Probe Graft Charges
The Mobile County Board faces an inquiry into alleged road and bridge contract irregularities. Engineer Charles Dew may testify, with the grand jury not called in special session. officials and contractors discuss possible questions and cooperation with a board investigation led by Judge O J Semmes and the Civic League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engineer Dew
O. J. Semmes
Sesson
Semmes
Mobile County Civic League
German Relief Hall
Egineer Charles Dew
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
John T. Bauer
County Board
Charles Green
James T. Jett
Dew
Dog River
Jett
J. A. Joullian
News chiefs name officers at Southwestern AP and Southern publishers meet
The Southwestern Associated Press and Southern Newspaper Publishers Association adjourned after two busy sessions in New Orleans. Southern officers elected include A F Standford president and F W Hinman vice president with C B John and others as directors. Atlanta set as next meeting site. Southwestern officers named include D R Barbee president and James Thomson secretary with Mobile chosen for the next annual convention. Texas and Arkansas division elected Harry T Warner president and D P Toomey secretary, with resolutions praising AP improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Picayune
Southwestern Association of Associated Press
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Grunewald Hotel
Southern
A. F. Standford
Journal and Tribune
Knoxville
F. W. Hinman
Times-Union
Jacksonville
William Clemens
The
Birmingham News
C. B. John
R. H. Jones
E. M. Foster
R. W. Brown
W. H. Hanson
George W. Brunson
Daniel D. Moore
Elmer J. Clark
Walter Johnson
James Thomson
W. L. Halsford
A. R.alderberg
Atlanta
D. P. Toomey
Associated Press
Christmas Seals Raise 454.01 for Tuberculosis Work in Mobile
Miss Julia M. Kern, secretary of the Red Cross Seal Committee, reports Mobile raised 454.01 through Christmas seal sales for tuberculosis work. Campaign included auctions, literature, lamp advertisements, press materials, and involvement of schools, churches, and local organizations to educate and fund tuberculosis control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia M. Kern
Red Cross Seal Committee
Mobile
Red Cross
M. C. A. Health League
Auction Sale Receipts Highlight Tuberculosis Fund Drive
Mobile Christmas Seal Committee reports total receipts of 641.94 with expenses 454.01 for tuberculosis fundraising. Funds came from county and private schools, post offices, Catholic societies, and individual sales led by Ruth Krudop and Imma Langdon Roche. Julia M. Kern signs off as secretary thanking schools, post offices, churches, and press for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Hart
Ruth Krudop
Irene $Tanard
Seale Harris
M. F. Kirkbride
F. Leslie
Nellie Hl. Hess
Shoes found behind Turkish cafe tied to Hal Street murder case
Police identify a pair of stained shoes behind 464 North Hal Street as key evidence in the Hal Street murder probe. Mahmout, a partner, says the shoes belong to Awle and link Hagsan to the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
North Hal Street
Hagsan
Awle
I Mahmout
Asing
Sina
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the Symptons
Gulf Coast
Ey Lamy
Julia Kern
Kling
Barry
Springhill
Bell
Iamonds
Goldstein’s
Due -National Association
Ing Nurse
Thi
Stokeville
Tenn
Aunt Patsy Poultry Feed Co
Memphis
Bank of Mobile
National Banking Association
Oury
Mobile, Alabama
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