Speed Boat Carnival Races Planned Along Mobile Waterfront
Mobile Carnival Association funds prize money for a motor boat regatta to be held Sunday before Mardi Gras. Chairman D Linning aims to attract Biloxi entrants and Lopez hydroplanes to Mobile, hoping ten thousand spectators will view a route along the wharves with boats numbered for easy tracking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man Mobile Carnival Association Hos
Ee D. Linning
Nee Supply Man
Linning
Biloxi
Mobile
Tarpon Steamer Fined by Pensacola Court
The coast steamer Tarpon, running Pensacola to Apalachicola and beyond, was fined 25 dollars by Judge William B. Sheppard of the U S court for entering the Apalachicola port during dredging. The steamer company’s demurrer was overruled and there will be no appeal.
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Pensacola
Fla
Tarpon
Mobile
Florida
Apalachicola
William B. Sheppard
United States Court
Sheppard
Lauderdale County Cotton Yield Records Hit Large Numbers
Lauderdale County’s 1924 cotton crop yields 22 055 bales per a federal report, the second largest in county history. At current prices the value, seed included, is about 1 600 000 dollars, surpassing the prior record by roughly 600 000 dollars due to higher prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ala
Lauderdale County
Greenville Man Found Not Guilty of Murder
Alfred Kimmons, a white man in Greenville Alabama, was found not guilty of murder in a self defense ruling after a dispute over a small account escalated. The confrontation ended when Kimmons shot Buster Davis at close range as Davis struck from behind with a file. Kimmons was released after a preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Ala
Alfred Kimmons
Buster Davis
Kimmons
Van Antwerp Employes Plan Company Club
The employes of the Van Antwerp Drug Corporation intend to form a club to promote sociability and better understanding among staff. Secretary James C. Van Antwerp supports the move and quarters will be secured in the Van Antwerp building.
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van Antwerp Corporation
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
James C. van Antwerp
van Antwerp
Fountain of Youth Brownatone Hair Touch Up
Advertisement touts Brownatone as a quick hair touch up with a comb or brush. Claims a few moments weekly or monthly to maintain desirable color and beauty without gray streaks or fading.
Women at the Fair Show Economic Power for Home Life
The piece argues that women’s work at fairs strengthens home life and national production. It highlights home hygiene education, modern kitchen utilities, and the safety of canning and preserving. It cites a Mobile example and urges women to drive educational exhibits and uplift work to reduce costs and raise wealth.
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Woman's Department
Mobile
Underwood Rally Draws Wide Support in Mobile County
An enthusiastic gathering at the Cawthon Hotel heard strong backing for United States Senate hopeful Oscar W. Underwood from precinct and ward supporters. Attendees predicted Underwood would win Mobile County by a wide margin over Richmond P. Hobson. Chairman H. T. Hartwell outlined a vigorous campaign to reach every voter.
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Mobile
Oscar W. Underwood
Cawthon Hotel
Underwood
United States
Richmond P. Hobson
H. T Hartwell
Hartwell
Mrs Farnsworth Remains Seriously Ill With Typhoid
Mrs Don Farnsworth wife of business manager Don Farnsworth of the Chamber of Commerce is seriously ill at her home with typhoid fever. She was reported no better Thursday and physicians hold little hope for recovery.
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Don Farnsworth
Chamber of Commerce
Cough Remedy Endorsed For Children And Adults
Do not give opium containing cough medicine to children as it risks serious illnesses. Long experience shows there is no safer cough remedy for children than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, valuable for adults too. It contains no opium. For sale by Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Mobile city taxes and licenses total 267000 in December
City collected 267 06880 in licenses taxes and penalties in December the peak month for the tax collector The report cites 237380 for licenses 114105 for back taxes 38088 for back penalties 16818480 for current taxes with the rest paying assessments It notes building permits totaling 54800 Lyons Park improvements Bienville and Duncan squares flower beds planted street department work waterworks extended 226 ft and 74 new meters installed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Mobile
Shelton H. Hendrix
Lyons Park
Bienville
Duncan Squares
Negress Fined For Illegally Selling Liquor
Sallie Thomas colored was committed to county jail for selling liquor without a license by Justice of the Peace F. T. Perkins in Carver precinct north of Whistler. She received a fine of 56 dollars and sixty days in jail totaling eighty days to serve. The article notes a legal error in the charge regarding selling liquor outside the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Thomas
Court of Justice of the Peace
F. T. Perkins
Carver
Whistler
Old City Debt Reduced by 25000 Refundings
Mayor Pat J. Lyons retired the old Mobile debt by refunding bonds for 25000. The 1907 original debt was 1890000, with 86000 retired in three years, leaving 1804000. Bonds were bought in December and delivered to the city clerk, who canceled them the next morning.
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Pat J. Lyons
Mobile
South
Loss in Crichton fire estimated at 10000 dollars
Fire destroyed two Crichton residences Wednesday morning and damaged others. Estimates put total loss at about 10000 dollars with partial insurance. Herrin house and contents valued around 4500 dollars. Laurendine residence about 3600 dollars. furniture fences outbuildings and lumber about 2000 dollars.
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Crichton
W. H. Herrin
Patrick H. Laurendine
John B. Laurendine
J. M. Laurendine
Trespasser Beau Fined in Inferior Court
Will Robinson was fined ten dollars or ten days in jail for trespassing on the premises of Dr. E. L. Johnson after warnings from the doctor. Judge Chamberlain presided in the inferior criminal court Wednesday.
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Beau
Will Robinson
E. L. Johnson
Baking Powder Wars Ignore Freshness and Rising Power
In decades of baking powder disputes the core issue is quality retention. Many powders lose strength after storage, especially Straight Phosphate types, undermining bread rising despite claims. Manufacturers have spent heavily on chemists rather than solving durability.
Hot Springs Liver Buttons Offer Quick Relief
Promotes a laxative and tonic effect to improve digestion and skin condition. Claims include eliminating constipation headaches biliousness and pimples while boosting appetite and cleansing the blood. Free chocolate coated samples available from Hot Springs Chemical Co. Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Hot Springs Chemical Co
Hot de Ark
Father Kelly rides a freight to make curtain time
Rufus Perry actor playing Father Brian Kelly in The Rosary missed the New Orleans train after a tire blew and arrived by freight five minutes after 2pm, sneaking into the Crescent Theatre dressing room just after the matinee began.
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Crescent Theatre
The
New Orleans Picayune
Mobile
Henderson
Rufus Perry
Brian Kelly
Mr. Perry
Perry
Cawthon
New Orleans
Burlington Railroad
No. 9
Mr. Henderson
Pensacola Bank Wins Injunction to Halt Stock Disposal
In Pensacola Florida on January 29 the First National Bank and National Examiner R W Goodhart secured an interlocutory injunction. Crow Rudolph Co and others are restrained from disposing of stock in the Keyser Malden Company, Southport Lumber Company and Urban Land Company, all bankrupt. The bank faces a half million dollar claim on drafts drawn on Crow Rudolph Co endorsed by the bank.
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Pensacola
Fila
Keyser- Maldon Company
Southport Lumber Company
Urban Land Company
First National Bank and
National Examiner
R. W. Goodhart
Crow, Rudolph & Co
Keyser-Malden Company
First National Bank
Wounds Boy Chum With Stolen Revolver
Johnnie Quiversary, a young boy, was accidentally shot in the leg by Ceedl McCully at Broad and Texas streets. McCully had stolen a $2 calibre automatic revolver and a silver card case from a roomer on Joachim street. The gun was recovered under a bridge and identified by the owner Mr Childress. McCully was sent to the Detention Home by police.
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Johnnie Quiversary
Ceedl McCully
Broad
Texas
McCully
Joachim Street
Childress
Hattiesburg Man Seeks Annulment Over Previous Husband
J A Harrington of Forrest county asks for annulment of his 1913 marriage to Mrs Allie Truett Harrington claiming she hid that her previous husband J C Truett was alive. He states she admitted the truth and that he wishes to marry again.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Allie ‘Truett Harrington
J. C. ‘Truett
Defendant
J. A. Harrington
Forrest County
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsements From Mobile Resident
Mobile resident Mrs. Jennie Johnson reports lasting relief from backache and kidney attack symptoms after using Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Van Antwerp's Drug Store. The ad cites Doan's as a longtime remedy, notes price at 50 cents, and identifies Foster Milburn Co. as sole U.S. agents in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Doan
Jennie Johnson
St. Francis St
Ala
Dean
van Antwerp
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Dr King’s New Life Pills Ad Promotes Gentle Bowel Relief
An 19th or early 20th century advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as the ideal laxative for all bowel troubles. It claims gentle action on stomach and liver, bowel regulation, and system toning. Price 25c. Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia or St. Louis.
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Dr. King
H. Bk. Bucklen & Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Hill Quits His Job At the Washington School
W Hill resigns as principal of Booker Washington school at a regular board meeting effective February 1. He will continue as editor of the negro page and manage negro circulation for a local newspaper. The move follows weeks of pressure over employing attorney Foster Hale Jr to defend Will Edmund in a wrecking case.
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W. Hill
Booker Washington
Board of School Commissioners
Hill
Foster K. Hale, Jr
Will Edmund
Habitual Woman Vagrant Fined Five Hundred Dollars
Charles Frederick and Roy Thompson were arraigned before Judge Henry Chamberlain on the charge of unlawfully riding trains and fined ten dollars or ten days in jail. Mamie Clark, described as a notorious neg ro woman, was tried for vagrancy and fined five hundred dollars or one hundred forty days in jail. Jake Henderson was fined twenty five dollars or twenty days hard labor for assaulting Eugene Minton.
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Charles Frederick
Roy Thompson
Henry Chamberlain
Mamie Clark
Jake Henderson
Eugene Minton
Identify Negro as Slayer Trial Fails in Orange Grove Killing
Deputy J A Brown of Sack ton county Mississippi and a Black witness traveled from Pascagoula to Mobile to identify Frank Austin, a Black burglary suspect, as the Orange Grove killer but failed. Austin hid in T G Bush grocery, resembles the slain Libbie Daniels, yet witnesses dispute height. he is arraigned for breaking into the grocery and a continuance is granted.
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J. A. Brown
Sackton County
Miss
Libbie G. Daniels
Orange Grove
Mobile
Pascagoula
Frank Austin
Austin
T. G. Bush
Mississippi
Recorder’s Court
T. G. Bush Grocery Company
Big Y M C A Ramblers Meet In First Season Game
The Y M C A gym hosts the Ramblers versus the Y M C A varsity in the season opener. Both squads are top contenders in the region with Radclif Martin Scost Courtney Penny Baumhalter Ebbeck among referenced players. Ramblers lineup includes Phillips N Cunningham M Cunningham Steber Finkbohner Crawford Midgett. Game starts 8 30 with seating for 300.
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Ramblers
Rambler
Radclif
Martin
Scost
Courtney
Penny
Baumhauer
Ebbeck
Phillips
N. Cunningham
M. Cunningham
Steber
Finkbohner
Crawford
Midget
Ridgley Promises L N Support For Mobile Fair
Assistant General Passenger Agent J K Ridgely of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad visits Mobile from New Orleans. He praises local booster efforts for the fair and says L N will assist to attract Gulf Coast and New Orleans visitors if attractions are secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Ridgeley
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
New Orleans
Bridgley
Mobile
Louisville and Nashvilles
Mr. Ridgely
Gulf Coast
Colonel Morton Boosts Mobile Boosters in Atlanta
Colonel George L. Morton of Atlanta visits the city and sets headquarters at the Cawthon Hotel. He will dine with the Grocery Club Friday and has become a strong booster for Mobile, earning unanimous endorsement for the Mobile Boosters platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Morton
Atlanta
Cawthon Hotel
Grocery Club
Colonel Morton
Mobile
Mobile Boosters
Pinex and Sugar Syrup Cough Remedy Invitation
An old advertisement touts making a home cough syrup by mixing a pint of sugar with warm water and combining it with 244 ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle. It claims quick relief, broad use for bronchial issues, and cost savings, urging readers to send to The Pinex Co. for genuine Pinex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinex Co
Cigar Factory Fire Alarm Brings Early Morning Response
Fire department answered a 7 o clock alarm for the Hahn cigar factory on the northeast corner of Wauphin and Water streets after a citizen reported smoke from the second floor. Investigators said a cig maker started a fire in a staging area, smoke vented from windows, and the blaze was quickly contained as a crowd gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce and
Daphin Streets
Wauphin and
Water Streets
Hahn Cigar Factory
Cig
Alarim
Burial for road accident victim in Mobile
The remains of George Roltz who was killed in a railway accident near Birmingham were buried in Mobile. The funeral followed a service at Roche & Burke Undertakers with Rev Father E J Hackett of the Cathedral officiating.
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Mobile
George Roltz
Acg.uc
Birmingham
Old
Roche & Burke
E. J. Hackett
Cathedra
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Boy Chum
Knights OF Columbus
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St. Joseph Street
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J. L. Lavretta
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Cadman
Alice Casnin
Janie Cashin
J. F. Brady
Lily Walsh
Marie McCarron
W. H. Radebaugh
Keith
Proctor
Washington School
Ridgley
Col. Morton
Bell Phone
Banattos Dye Works
Robinton
Easa
St. Francis St. Mobile
Oate & Burke
St. Joseph and
State Streets
Dr. Bell
Gruneree Metcalfe
Streb’s
N. Royal Street
Windsor
Cafe Royal
Conti
Bowar Bros
Dauphin Street
P.O. Cafe
Dauphin
Alvin Japanese Nursery CO
Bank of Mobile
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