Many Resorts Near By Lure Hundreds Away to Spend Week-Ends
Mobile and nearby shores offer a dozen resorts within forty miles, boasting top hotels, fine cuisine, and abundant fishing. The Eastern Shore including Fairhope, Battles, and Point Clear attracts visitors from Mobile with easy boat and rail connections. Coden and the Mississippi coast towns like Biloxi and Gulfport provide sea bathing, golf, and scenic drives as the American Riviera.
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United States
Mobile
Bay
Bayou
Mississippi Sound
Gulf
Mobile Bay
Fairhope
Point Clear
Coden
Mobile & Bay Shore
South
Dauphin Island
Gulf of Mexico
Portersville
Mobile & Ohio
Mississippi
Louisville & Nashville Railway
Pascagoula
Biloxi
Gulfport
Ocean Springs
Mississippi City
American Riviera
Gulf Coast
Louisville & Nashville
Danish Captain Describes Sea Battle Near Jutland
The Naesborg captain reports a large sea engagement west of Cape Honstholm with British warships and German fleet exchanging heavy shelling. He notes smoke skies and roaring cannons, several warships sunk, and the German fleet split with one part escaping while the other’s fate remains unknown.
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Copenhagen
London
Naesborg
Cape Honstholm
Jutland
Nearby Resorts Offer Moderate Prices and Relaxation by the Mobile
The article describes numerous resorts near Mobile connected by boat lines, ideal for weekend getaways. It notes ample comfort, rest for older visitors, and healthy activities for younger travelers, with unusually moderate price ranges.
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Mobile
Seven Shark survivors rescued after decoy boat mission
In a Danish steamship's report from Hull, seven of the 92 crew members aboard the British destroyer Shark survived after six and a half hours in water. The Shark, used as a decoy boat, sank with most of the crew. one survivor has died and two are badly wounded.
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London
Hull
Weekly Swimming Tests At Y M C A
The junior department held its regular weekly swimming tests Saturday morning in the association pool. Several members passed the test and Professor A E Marriott expects a large attendance at the next test.
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Association
A. E. Marriott
Double daily L N service to Jacksonville from Mobile
Lobby and Curb announces a new double daily train service to Jacksonville Florida starting Sunday. The service ties with Atlantic Coast Line changes at Montgomery linking to L N train 38 from Mobile arriving at 6 45 each morning. Arnold S Zimmern returns home today after a year at Miami University and visits his parents before resuming studies. Other Mobile visitors include J H Tew R Vernon from Jackson and L Williams from Tucson with L Williams of Grove Hill in Mobile for business and visits.
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H. C. Geron
Louisville and Nashville
Jacksonville
Fla
Mobile
Atlantic Coast Line
Montgomery
L. and N
Arnold S. Zimmern
U. M.S
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Lee Zimmern
J. H. Tew
R. Vernon
Jackson, Miss
Saint Andrew
Unrath Denies Drinking After Accident Involving Child
Henry Unrath, driver of an automobile that struck James Betancourt, denies drinking at the time of the crash. He surrendered at the station hours later, remained in jail until $1,000 bond posted, and says he gave himself up as soon as authorities sought him.
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Henry Unrath
James FE
Betancourt
Unrath
Professor Marriott Returns From Memphis Conference
Professor A. E. Marritt of the local YMCA arrived in Mobile early Saturday from Memphis where he attended a conference of physical directors of the Southern associations.
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A. E. Marritt
Mobile
Memphis
Sylvanian Arrives With Cotton and Lumber Cargo
The British steamship Sylvanian of the Leyland Line arrived in the lower bay and proceeds upriver to the city with a large cotton lumber and other cargo. Leyland liner Melvian also loading cotton naval stores and lumber at the city docks. The Skoda, hauled for refit, will not sail before June 5 when a libel hearing is held following a breach of contract claim by Quebrahe Extract Company.
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Sylvanian
Leyland Line
Lower Bay
Mobile
Leyland
Meltonian
Skoda
Ollinger-Bruce Dry Docks
New York
Quebrache Extract Company
South America
Puckett Fined Again in Liquor Case
Harry Puckett was arraigned before Recorder Edington and fined $100 plus costs for violating the prohibition law after a raid on a North Royal Street blind tiger yielded two boxes of beer and a small quantity of whiskey. A worker destroyed beer bottles but escaped. raids have targeted his places before.
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Harry Puckett
Edington
North Royal Street
Puckett
Pucket
Mobile Yacht Club
Mobile Bay
Mobile Street Cleaning Wagons Built at City Stables
The Mobile street department completed two new garbage wagons built at the city stables under Street Superintendent J. J. Hester. The wagons serve downtown streets and saved considerable money by making them locally.
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Street Department
City of
Mobile
J. J. Hester
Free Day Out For Best Mobile Essays
A weekly promotion in the Mobile Item offers readers a chance to win a free day trip within forty miles of Mobile. Submit a 400 word essay detailing your best time, with three top essays printed each Saturday and winners receiving travel plus meals.
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Old Mobile
Mobile
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