Local Home Gardeners Grow City Crops in Mobile
J L Davis of 405 Anthony Street credited with raising the biggest crops on two vacant Scott and Congress street lots under the Home Garden Association formed about a year ago. Davis turned discarded bricks into sidewalks and fed neighbors with vegetables from seventeen crops including cotton yielding six dollars worth per dollar spent, funding a second season if financing permits. The effort started with 255 applicants, covering about 120 acres, aided by a $2,000 fund with $1,000 from the city. ongoing needs seek another $1,000 for spring planting and continued community support through the Chamber of Commerce.
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Mobile
Home Gar Association
J. L. Davis
Anthony Street
Davis
Scott and
Congress Streets
Davis’ Garden
Detroit
Pingree
Belle Daly
Er. Q. Norton
Plateau
Home Garden Association
Chamber of Commerce
The
Gardiner C. Tucker
R. O. Harris
Aubrey Boyles
A. G. Moses
M. J. McDermott
Julia F. Russell
Hyman Gabriel
E. A. Donnelly
T. J. Maton
F. W. Evans
G. A. Maloney
M. van Hueval
G. A. van Antwerp
G. C. Tucker
George Fearn,Jr
Joseph Ispalla
Lecture and Concert Set for St Josephs Hall Tuesday Night
The postponed malaria lecture by Dr. E B Dreaper of Mobile and a St Josephs Club concert will be held at St Josephs Hall Tuesday night February 1. The event is complimentary to club friends.
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E. B. Dreaper
Mobile
St. Joseph's Club
St. Joseph's Hall
Notice Y M B A Regualr Monthly Meeting
The Officers and Members of the Young Men's Benevolent Association are requested to attend a regular monthly meeting next Thursday evening February 3 at 7 30 o clock by order of John H Moore president Henry Ledebur secretary
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Young Men's Benevolent Association
John H. Moore
Henry Ledebur
Greatest Battles Since Fall Raging on Western Front
The six mile Somme front endures bombardments and renewed fighting as Paris and Berlin report mixed gains. Haig notes diminishing German shelling around Loos while French and British counterattacks reclaim trenches near Givenchy and Carnoy amid heavy artillery and mine warfare north and south of Arras.
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Somme
War Office
Paris
Neuville
Haig
France
Loos
Traig
Carnoy
Givenchy
Souchez
Teutons
Champagne
Arras
Hobson May Run Against Bankhead in Alabama Race
Selma Alabama reports Richmond Pearson Hobson is seriously considering entering the race for Congress from the Tenth Alabama District to oppose W B Bankhead of Jasper. Hobson, then campaigning for the Anti-Saloon League in the West, could visit Alabama in early March amid strong local urging.
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Selma
Ala
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Congress
Alabama
W. B. Bankhead
Jasper
Hobson
Anti-Saloon League
West
Tenth
Ambrose Town Sealed by Snow Faces Starvation Peril
St Paul Minn Jan 29 The village of Ambrose North Dakota marooned by a great snow storm faced danger of starvation tonight. Village authorities took over the food and fuel supply to ensure their conservation.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Ambrose
N. D
The Chief at Lyric Mobile’s Quality Theatre
John Drew stars in Horace Annesley Vachell's drawing room comedy The Chief at Lyric Saturday February 5. An English playwright crafts a witty tale of an amiable Earl, marriage plans, a forbidden love, and a bank note theft that builds suspense with strong supporting players.
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John Drew
Horace Annesley Vachell
Sie
Earl
Mr. Drew
Villa Hunt Through Sierra Madre Descriptions
Descriptive feature on Pancho Villa and his 300 Dorado guards trapped in the Sierra Madre mountain terrain. It details Indian scouts leading the pursuit, the rugged landscape, and the harsh conditions of the man hunt amid mountains and a river.
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Villa
Guerrero
Sierra Madras
Fhry
Carlos Cabecos
Mobile Named as Strong Naval Base Site by Veteran Reporter
A veteran newspaper man, visiting Mobile, argues the city offers natural advantages for a naval base including coal and lumber supplies and ready rail and water access. He recalls Senator John T. Morgan endorsing the Nicaragua route, predicting canal difficulties and cost overruns, and notes ongoing debate over commutation rates from Mobile to New Orleans.
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Senate
Mobile
Naval Base
Colonel Stealey
John T. Morgan
Senator Morgan
Alabama
Congress
Nicaragua
Morgan
Culebra
Panama
Gulf Coast
New Orleans
Deputies Locate Liquor Cache on Dearborn near Montgomery
Deputy Sheriffs Oberhaus and Murray found beer gin and one gallon of alcohol in a Dearborn street house near Montgomery none arrested as no claimant appeared for the liquor.
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Oberhaus and Murray
Dearborn Street
Montgomery Street
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L. Davis
Bauer
SER
Dave S. Bauer
Rexall
Brown
Miller
Walker County
Evens
Mobile’s Quality Theatre
Savages
Chihuahua City
Doroteo
Pancho
Army of the North
Colonel Watterson
Henry Watterson
Louisville Chirier- Journal
Ocean Springs
Marie Henry
Gulf Country
Washington
Baltimore
California
Klosky’s
Dauphin ST
Parcel Post
BELL
HOME
Government Street Bet
St. Emanuel and Royal
P. O. Boxs
Mobile, Alabama
Charles Frohman
N. Y. Post
N. Y. Sun
N. Y. Herald
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