Many Resorts Near By Lure Hundreds Away to Spend Week-Ends
The article extols Mobile and nearby bays and gulf as a summer resort cluster within forty miles. It highlights abundant bathing, unparalleled fishing, excellent cuisine, exotic scenery, and the joy of living. It describes restfulness, two daily swims, hearty meals, tennis or golf, dancing, and moss-draped oaks drawing crowds each summer.
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United States
Mobile
Bay
Bayou
Mobile Bay
Hereward at Gilbert's Court and the White Bear
Hereward leaves Wake to raid Gilbert of Ghent and faces the mythical Fairy Bear kept in the fortress. He slays the beast with a single strike, earns dubious knighthood from the ladies, then wanders with his men, wary of further traps and awaiting new adventures.
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Northumberland
Gilbert
Ghent
Fleming
Forth
Hereward
Ward
Stone
Lapplanders
Gabert
Herewar
Heaven
Odin
Sophy
Egypt
Ereward
Resorts Draw Visitors to Mobile Eastern Shore and Mississippi Coast
The Eastern Shore resorts around Fairhope Point Clear and Coden attract growing crowds. Dauphin Island and Portersville Bay offer tarpon fishing and surf baths. Mississippi destinations Pascagoula Biloxi Gulfport Ocean Springs and Mississippi City are marketed as the American Riviera with fine hotels and year round recreation. Train and boat routes from Mobile facilitate weekend getaways with swimming boating and dancing options.
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Fairhope
Point Clear
Mobile
Coden
Mobile & Bay Shore
South
Dauphin Island
Gulf of Mexico
Portersville Bay
Mobile & Ohio
Mississippi
Louisville & Nashville Railway
Pascagoula
Biloxi
Gulfport
Ocean Springs
Mississippi City
American Riviera
Gulf Coast
Louisville & Nashville
Bay Shore
Free Day Outing Contest Promises Rewards in Mobile
A weekly feature in the Item invites readers to submit a 400 word essay about their best outing. Three top entries win a free day trip within 40 miles of Mobile plus lunch and dinner at a chosen resort hotel. Special prizes may follow.
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Old Mobile
Mobile
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Wolf
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Kaay
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Raith
Mobile’s Leading Shoe and Hosiery Shop
E.h.britton
Beautiful
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Birdsall
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Bauer
Ee Bauer
Ae Rop
Dave
Ganeh Bol
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