Deaths and Funerals Round Mobile County
Funeral services for George Louis Hofheimer, Confederate veteran and Mobile County resident, set for Sunday at 4 and 4:30 PM at his home and St. Xavier’s Church. He died Friday. survivors include Leila and Sophie Hofheimer, Mrs. Jessie Jayne, Mrs. E. Graf, Mrs. I. Wacker, twelve grandchildren, and nieces and nephews including John Cieutat. Also noted is the funeral of Mrs. Annie Tiley, wife of George W. Tiley, held at 9:30 AM with Rev. Father Dunne officiating. burial in Magnolia Cemetery with pallbearers Joseph Kelly, W. Kelly, BE. Conklin, and EB. Waters.
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George Louie Hofheime
George Louis Hofheime
Mobile County
St. Xavier's Catholic Church
Rae Ee
Een
Gates Oy
Hofheims
la Ode Tn
Leila
Sophie Hofheims
Jessie Jayne
E. Graf
I. Wacker
John Cieutat
Annie Tiley
George W. Tiley
Father Dunne
Magnolia Cemetery
Joseph Kelly
W. Kelly
BE. Conklin
EB. Waters
Easy Street
Uncle Wiggily and the Swan Boy Help in Duck Pond
In Animal Land on the day after the Fourth of July Uncle Wiggily loses a smoothing iron in the duck pond while traveling by airship. Swan boy Flappy Longneck dives underwater to recover the iron, earning a cornmeal lollypop and a happy ending as he returns the item to the rabbit and preparations for a dance continue.
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Animal Land
Jimmies
Crow Boy
Uncle Wiggily Longears
Rabbit Gentleman
Mary
Jimmie
Jane Fuzzy-Wuzzy
Uncle Wiggily
Nurse Jane
Jane
Lulu
Alice Wibblewobble
Duck Girls
Asbury Grove
Duckpond
Nurse Jones
Rabbit
Uncle
Flappy Longneck
Belmar
Ocean Park
Flappy
Recall of Lincoln assassination executions from Washington prison yard
Denver recollects a fifty year old scene as conspirators Mrs. Surratt Lewis Payne Powell David Herrold and George Atzerodt were executed on a wooden scaffold with a trap door. Guard Benjamin F. Noll describes the sobbing and ritual as the death cap was placed and the rope fell. The witness recalls the haunting atmosphere and his Civil War wounds fading beside the event.
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Denver
Colo
Lincoln
Old Washington Penitentiary
Benjamin F. Noll
Mia
Mary Surratt
Mrs. Surratt
Lewis Payne Powell
David E. Herrold
George A. Atzerott
Re . T
Boy’s Life Crushed In Elevator At Mobile Infirmary
Herbert Forbes, a 15 year old Black boy employed to clean brass, was crushed between a landing and a moving elevator at the Mobile Infirmary on Saturday noon. He died within thirty minutes after the accident while attempting to start the elevator without knowing how to operate it.
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Herbert Forbes
Mobile Infirmary
Tonsmeire Shows Extra Fine Mobile County Fruit
Mobile county fruit display at National City Bank featured extra fine plums and a large Hackensack cantaloupe by J. J. Dennis on Spring Hill Avenue. The show included samples from R. L. Bolton’s Oakdale home and others from the south region.
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Mobile County
Ae National City Bank
A. C. Tonsmeire
Aes
Towabelaemes County
R.L. Bolton
Oakdale
J. J. Dennis
Spring Hill Avenue
Fire department runs to church dwelling blaze
A Saturday night fire at 254 N. street damaged a one story frame home owned by Good Shepherd church and occupied by Fanny Fearn. Company No 1 responded and listed the cause as what was given. a box 67 call at Rapier and Palmetto streets at 9 25 p m proved false.
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The
Good Shepherd Church
Fanny Fearn
Yunneparke
Rapier
Palmetto Streets
Seed Dealers Fight Proposed Alabama Germination Bill
Seed dealers in Alabama clash with House Bill 715 requiring germination and impurity percentages on seed sales. They argue germination tests are unreliable and vary by time and climate, making enforcement and fairness impossible. A uniform state law backed by the seed trade groups is proposed as an alternative.
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Alabama
House
Analysis Association
Seed regulation bill sparks Alabama seed trade debate
Debates over a proposed seed act unsettle Alabama traders who warn the bill could force foreign dealers to exit or sell inferior seed inside the state. Opponents argue exemptions are needed. supporters see needed controls. The discussion references constitutional grounds and potential economic impact.
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Alabama
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Pier Ay
Mobile Brewery
Howard R. Garis
the McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Queen Theatre
A. Fogle
Mgr
Paramount Pictures
Bosworth, Inc
Dustin Farnum
Edward Childs Carpenter
Jessie L. Lasky
Wallace Eddinger
Jesse L. Lasky
America
Blanche Sweet
Kodaks and
Zadek Jewelry Co
Mobile
Ala
Kodak Dept
Tonsmeire
London
France
Torkunle
Universal Travel Slips
Universa
Universal Travel Slip Co
van Antwerp
Bell
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