Farewell Dinner for Col. Flagler in Mobile
A farewell dinner honors Col. Clement A F Flagler government engineer soon leaving Mobile for new duties. The Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League hosts the event at the Cawthon hotel next Thursday evening with members and wives invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement A. F. Flagler
Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Chamber of Commerce
William H. Armbrecht
Col. Flagler
F E. O. Fowlkes
Chamber of Commerce Entertainment Committee
Trainmen Win First Skirmish With the Roads
International News Service reports 82000 conductors and trainmen on Eastern rails won the first wage dispute skirmish as the Senate confirms W. Lea Chambers and W. W. Hanger as mediation commissioners under the Newlands law. Union leaders push for arbitration only on wage rise while managers press eight other grievances. Erie Railroad officials plan separate talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Railroad Company
Western golfers win Olympic trophy for sixth straight year
Western Cham pion Charles Evans Jr of Edgewater Warren K Wood of Homewood Kenneth P Edwards of Midlothian and W I Howland Jr of Glenview posted 628 strokes over 36 holes at Homewood Country Club to win for the Western Golf Association. Warren K Wood led individual scoring with 150 strokes followed by Evans 154 and Howard Lee of Detroit 156.
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Chicago
Charles Evans, Jr
Edgewater
Warren K. Wood
Homewood
Kenneth P. Edwards
Midlothian
W. I. Howland, Jr
Glennview
Homewood Country Club
Western Golf Association
Evans
Howard Lee
Detroit
Brannan Slated to Succeed Brewer at Oak Grove
At a board meeting Monday noon the Revenue and Road Commissioners will relieve W. S. Brewster roid overseer at Oak Grove due to inebriety. Charles Brannan, longtime deputy sheriff under Sheriff Palmer and ex-sheriff Drago, is expected to succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
W. S. Brewster
Oak Grove
Charles Brannan
T. T. Palmer
John S. Drago
Manager Finn to Leave Mobile Team Next Year
Mique Finn, manager of the Mobile club, will not return with the team next season regardless of pennant outcome. The move follows mixed receptions from fans who have supported the first place squad throughout the season in Mobile.
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Finn
Mique Finn
Gulls
Mobile
Get-It's Quick Corn Cure Revolutionary Pain Relief
A bold advertisement touts GETS-IT as a fast painless corn cure. It claims to stop pain in two seconds, shrivel the corn, and avoid harming healthy flesh. Also advertised for warts calluses and bunions with a 25 cent price from E Lawrence & Co Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Wealthy in a Pair of Spotted Calves
A Oneida county farmer, Francis M. Jones, rose from poverty to wealth after a pair of spotted calves produced a world record milk yield. He sold one cow for 10000 dollars and a bull for 6000, with his herd valued around 200000 and rising, as dairy experts flocked to his farm and neighbors watched in astonishment.
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Jones
Young Jones
Cornell University
Edward Morse
Agricultural College
Agatha Pontiac
Safety pamphlet warns children to mind traffic rules
The American Museum of Safety released The Little Girl Who Didn’t Think a picture and prose pamphlet. Dr William H Tolman says it will help save child lives by teaching children and parents to avoid rushing into streets and cars with rules like Never look away from traffic and Always look both ways before crossing.
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Nevers
American Museum of Safety
William H. Tolman
Tolman
Rev Owens Named Instructor at Selma University
Rev A F Owens is elected as an instructor in the theological department at Selma University. The Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention will pay two thirds of the salary with the Negro Baptist Alabama paying one third. Owens may accept and return to train ministers, after leaving Selma five years ago for Tuskegee Institute.
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C. L. Fisher
D.D
Selma University
State Grand Lodge of Good Shepherds
A. F. Owens
Home Mission Board
Southern Baptist Convention
B. D. Gray
D. D
Negro Baptiste
Alabama
Owens
Tuskegee Institute
Selma
Local cattleman resists selling prized heifer calf
In a rural reflection of ranch life, Jones declines offers on his six week old Pontiac Lass calf insisting he would not put a price on her yet hints a value not less than 840,000. The story notes interest in his spotted heifers and the possibility of selling his herd for retirement, though he is not ready to part with any more animals.
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Jones
Pontiac
London Season Seen as Greatest Yet Amid Mystery
International News Service reports London’s season, though described as dull, attracts record numbers of American visitors and remains fully booked. Hostesses and hotels host lavish gatherings with figures like the duchess of Marlborough and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt shaping the social calendar through July.
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International News Service
London
Scotland
West End
Cyrus E. Woods
United States
Portugal
Lisbon
Countess of Granard
Nee Mills
Cadogan
Duke of Marlborough
Paget
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John Astor
Duchess of Marlborough
Sunderland House
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg- Strelitz
Patricia of Connaught
Manchester
Harry Lehr
New York
John Magee
Paris
Cecil Bingham
Chauncey
Frank Page
George Gordon Moore
F. M. Walcott
Senator Walcott
Curzon Hotel
America
Orient
Eliza MacMullen
San Francisco
Styning
Sussex
Frank Wiborg
Cincinnati
North Berwick
Cunard
M. Chaliapim
Marchioness of
Ripon
Duchess of Rutland
Diana Manners
Carlton Hotel
Patrick Francis Murphy
Haward Sey
Seale
Alan
Pes
New Castle-on-Twyne
C. T. Crocker
Continent
Claridges
George Harvey
Buckland's
Savoy Hotel
Wilson Mizner
Irving Berlin
Mrs. Knole
Harrison C. Cregier
Thomas C
Young Inventor Arrested Over Blackmail Threat in Salt Lake City
W I L Cummings, 23, an electrician and inventor from Georgia, is jailed in Salt Lake City after allegedly sending a black hand letter to Dorothy Bamburger and demanding $1,000. Authorities say his wireless device could ring a bell, light a bulb, and trigger dynamite remotely. part of the machine was seized and tested in a vault.
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Cummings
Miss Bamburger
Georgia
Dreamland Theatre to Feature Baby Athlone Next Week
Amusements note Baby Athlone headlines at Dreamland for the coming week with Albrazar the pianist. Prof Horne's Dog Monkey and Ape Show adds to the bill along with three reels of feature photos plays. Sunday offers Her Supreme Sacrifice and the Wolgast Nelson championship in four reels.
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Baby Athlone
Dreamland
Mobile
Cawthon Vineyard
Aourke
Fanny Rice
Dorothy Donnelly
B Albrazar
Prof. Horne
Hattiesburg
Miss
Horne
America
Dreamland Theatre
Warner
Ad Wolgast
Battling Nelson
Quotations on Travel and Illumination Commentary
A fragmented remark notes a traveler’s praise and a poetic jab about Boyle Street illumination. The quoted line questions novelty after visiting many cities, reflecting a critic’s wary tone about spectacle and place.
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Port
Harry
Sale
Government ST
Bet. Royal and Water
Trainmien
Brannan
Brewster
Battles Str
James A. Carney
Battles
North Wharf
Leo Friede
New York Canoe Club
Ralph Britton
Friede
Young
Rev
DEPO
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Mobile’s
Weinacker Bros
The
Europe
Boyle
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