Alabama National Guard Medical Corps Progress Report
Major Henry Page reports the Alabama sanitary troops have made the most satisfactory progress in the South during the year. The inspection, conducted with Sergeant Richard V. Pahnke, finds the unit in encouraging condition and advancing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Corps
Alabama National Guard
Henry
U.S. A
Alabama Sanitary Corps
Page
War Department
Richard V. Pahnke
Hospital Corps
Alabama
South
Fugitive Brisby Recaptured After Escape
Lucile Brisby a Black woman who fled the county poor asylum where she served a thirty day sentence was recaptured Thursday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Lee Soles and jailed on an additional charge of escape from hard labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Brisby
Lee Soles
Cascarets for Your Bowel Health Ad
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle cleansing remedy for the stomach and bowels. It promises relief from headaches biliousness colds indigestion and sour stomach by morning and notes it costs 10 cents per box with no griping or sickness. It targets adults and children alike and urges frequent use.
Reduced rents offered at three city locations
Jefferson 2 N Charleston Sts hall four rooms kitchen and bath water included. S Charleston 3 E Scott Sts four rooms and kitchen water included. W Wilkinson 2 S Charleston Sts phoneme for prices. Real Estate Fire Insurance Loans N L Vickers 75 St Michael St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. Jefferson
N. Charleston Sts
S. Charleston
E. Scott Sts
W. Wilkinson
S. Charleston Sts
Evergreen County Court Adjourns to Plan Road Repairs
The Evergreen Alabama county commissioners met in brief session with Judge Frank J. Dean and adjourned to next Tuesday to designate roads for repair by the public road crew under Byron Dean. The article notes good county roads and economic use of convict labor as well as a push to diversify crops amid rising delinquent tax attention and several local arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evergreen
Ala
Court of County Commissioners
Frank J. Dean
Byron Dean
West Front Street
Henderson Crook & Co
Death of Mrs E A Thames in Castleberry Alabama
Mrs Elizabeth A Thames widow of Cornelins A Thames died at her son's Castleberry home Thursday at eight o'clock Born near her late home in 1833 she was nearly 82 and leaves ten children Alex John Jim Steve Adam Nathan Will Mary Payne E J Howell and Mrs C A McLendon Burial will be at 12 o'clock noon March 6 in Brooklyn Alabama
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castleberry
Ala
Elizabeth A. Thames
Brooklyn
Conecuh County
Sage and Sulphur Hair Tading Dark: A Miracle?
A period advertisement claims Sage Tea and Sulphur compound from Wyeth’s restores natural hair color and shine. It promises gray hair darkening, dandruff removal, and stopped itching by simple daily brushing, with a 50 cent bottle sold in drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Castleberry Plans Big Day for P. G. Holden and Others
Castleberry Alabama prepares a large event on March 6 to promote crop diversification. The Castleberry schools and surrounding country schools join with Volina to host Professor P. G. Holden and associates who will urge breaking the one crop idea to about 3,000 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castleberry
P. G. Holden
Ala
Volina
Wayne County A H S Elects Directors and Teachers
Wayne County Agricultural High School of Clara Mississippi re elected the board of trustees and teachers for 1915 1916 with Hugh L Hooper as director F C Graham principal Miss Annie Hooper first assistant Miss Grace Shaw second assistant Miss Kate Stanford third assistant Mrs Dessie Robinson fourth assistant Miss Loise Gray fifth assistant and Miss Kate Sherman domestic science The school plans a new music department enrollment stands around 240 pupils and the outlook is for a better next session
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicora
Wayne County Agricultural High School of
Clara
Miss
Chicora and Northwestern
Hugh L. Hooper
F. C. Graham
Annie Hooper
Grace Shaw
Kate Stanford
Dessie Robinson
Loise Gray
Kate Sherman
Fairhope Citrus Growers Group Formed in Alabama
Articles of incorpation for the Fairhope Citrus Growers Association were filed in Bay Minette Alabama. Officers named include President W. E. Sweet Vice President T. F. Johnson Secretary Treasurer Mrs FE L Wood and Business Manager A M Troyer. E G Dougherty named fair commissioner for Fairhope to assemble an exhibit for Baldwin County Fair and other fairs to win prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Minette
Ala
Fairhope
Baldwin County Fair
Sedberry to report on Butler county books
Greenville notes report by G F Sedberry, state examiners, on Butler county official books after two weeks of auditing. Also coverage of a Good Methodist Choir with J F E Barnes, Reese Boutwell, and Miss Allie Mae Boutwell as new additions under director Mrs J H Dunklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reese Boutwell
Allie Mae Boutwell
J. H. Dunklin
Brooklyn Feds Begin Spring Practice at Brown's Wells
Brooklyn club of the Federal League opens its first spring practice at the Brown s Wells training camp in Mississippi. A majority of regulars and recruits are present and the remainder are due in uniforms for Monday practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown's Wells
Miss
New York
Brooklyn
Federal League
Strawberry Outlook Bright After Cotton's Failure
Strawberries show better prospects as farmers in Gastlebury focus on berry beds after 1914 cotton losses. Sam Wetherly of Louisville and Nashville refrigerating service visited town. Early shipments of radishes and other produce planned. First 1915 cattle carloads shipped to New Orleans, with expected livestock volume doubling last year’s fifteen cattle and one sheep car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castleberry
Ala
Sam Wetherly
Louisville and Nashville
New Orleans
Movable School Session Closes With Booker T Washington
GREENVILLE March 5 The Tuskegee Institute movable school for negro farmers holds its third day in session. C W Greene discusses Home Life followed by C J Calloway. T M Campbell notes the need for increased food production. The program ends this afternoon with an address by Booker T Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Tuskegee Institute
C. W. Greene
Tuskegee
C. J. Calloway
T. M. Campbell
United States
Booker T. Washington
Amusements at Lyric Theatre Spotlight Amateur Night
The Lyric Theatre presents a leading South stock company headlined by Jewell Kelley and Miss Rose Morris. A Wife in Name Only dominates a week of performances with amateur night, vaudeville acts, and a Saturday matinee. Matinee tickets cost 10 and 20 cents with child-friendly arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric Theatre
South
Jewell Kelley
Rose Morris
Mobile
Lyric
Stars Their Courses Change at Empire Theatre
Essanay three reel feature explores the impulses of love with Francis X. Bushman and Edna Mayo in lead roles. Bushman portrays the mind’s principles with vividness as action and drama unfold. Also shown is a Vitagraph comedy A Man of Parts with Wallie Van and Hughie Mack. Tomorrow Norma Talmadge and Van Dyke Brooke star in A Daughter's Strange Inheritance. Broncho Billy's Brother another Western drama by G. M. Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Theatre
Francis X. Bushman
Fdna Mayo
Essanay Company
Wallie van
Hughie Mack
Vitagraph
Vitagraph Company
Norma Talmadge
van Dyke Brooke
G. M. Anderson
Truth Wagon dazzles Mobile with star Max Figman
Max Figman and Lolita Robertson starred at the Royal Theatre in The Truth Wagon. Audiences hailed the five reel drama as brilliant and clever with critics calling it the zenith of photo dramatization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Figman
Royal Today
Lolita Robertson
Royal Theatre
Mobile
New York
Ships Take North Course for Bremen Sailors Guided by Ambassador
Washington reports American shipmasters sailing to Bremen should follow a northerly route per Ambassador Gerard. Germany’s admiralty disavowed responsibility for routes outside German waters while Bremen officials and Captain of the Navajo praised the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bremen
Germany
Gerard
Bremen Board of Trade
Ambrose Channel
Ireland
Shetland Islands
Lister Deep
Weser River
Norwegian
England
Nantucket
New York
Fair Islands
Five More Bodies Taken From Mine at Layland
Five additional bodies were recovered today from the New River and Pocahontas coal mine at Layland after a gas explosion that likely killed about 175 men. The total recovered stands at 44 with main entries reached. side entries may yield more bodies. State mine officials and company estimates place total dead between 150 and 176.
Scully Defends Motives In Alabama Probers Tilt
Former Adjutant General Joseph B. Scully testified before the joint committee in Montgomery defending his charges against the military department and accusing the legislature and Alabama Power interests of political manipulation. He asserted the 1913 report was a frame up and urged examination of military records while warning of insufficient funds to operate the department. Lieutenant Colonel W F Weiss rebutted charges against him with official records, refuting claims of improper payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Joseph B. Scully
Joint Investigating Committee
State Military Department
Scully
General Scully
Alabama Power Company
Special Committee
John D. McNeel
Merritt
Military Department
National Guard
Stevenson
Paul Stevenson
Advertiser
Alabama
W. F. Weiss
Weiss
Paul Sanguinett
Colonel Weiss
Jonesboro Murder Probe Details Slaying of Willis Collins
Sheriff Holcombe reports Willis Collins a Negro is found dead near his home north of Mallvilla on the Mobile and Ohio railroad after eight buckshot wounds to head and chest. Deputy Dennis Lynch investigates a motive tied to Collins as a noted cattle thief later to stand trial, believed killed by a party threatening potential testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holcombe
Willis Collins
Mallvilla
Mobile and Ohio
Dennis Lynch
Collins
Chunchula
Lynch
Negro Fatally Injured at Leakesville Mill
James Moore, a Black employee of Bear Creek Lumber Company in Leakesville Mississippi, was fatally injured at work when his overalls apron caught in a moving shaft. His right arm was torn away and his head struck a stringer, causing a fatal skull fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leakesville
Miss
James Moore
Bear Creek Lumber Company
Moore
Heavy Rain Deluges Laine Area In March Storm
In Laine Mississippi March 6 heaviest rainfall in years drenched the area with sheets of rain and southeast winds. Grounded by floodwaters, streams swelled and thunder with lightning accompanied the storm. No damage reported as rain ceased before sunset leaving warm springlike air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laine
Miss
Three grain Cadomene Tablets touted for nervous relief
An old ad promotes three grain Cadomene Tablets as a self administered tonic for overwork nervousness and related symptoms. It claims easy access via large drug stores and avoids needing a physician, promising quick invigoration and a healthy feeling.
Jitney Operating Cost See Enduring Car in 339 Miles Daily
A detailed cost analysis for a second hand seven passenger jitney priced at 400 dollars shows 81,600 miles yearly across 340 operating days, with 26 days idle. It breaks down expenses including depreciation tires repairs driver license and insurance totaling 5 128 dollars while receipts at 10 dollars per day yield 8 400 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebro Saslekensea
Ok Saes
Eesa Svreret
Mobile
Wedding at Moss Point in Mississippi
Special to The I Moss Point Miss wedding of Miss Mabel of Mr J M Murray was celebrated at seven o clock in the Baptist parsonage with Rev N R Stone officiating. Both young people are residents of this city and have the good wishes of a large circle of friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Moss Point
Mabel
J. M. Murray
N. R. Stone
Women Endure Pain and Find Relief with Vegetable Compound
Philadelphia and Providence women report displacement backache and fatigue improved after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Testimonials claim restored health enabling daily work sleep and appetite with two named users endorsing the remedy. Thousands of American women testify to its virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Harry Fisher
Dounton St
Nicetown
Providence
R. I
Abel Lawson
Lippitt St
Providence, R.L
L E. Pinkham
Store Buildings for Rent in City Districts
W. S. Royal at 2 N Government offers new modern store with large windows. No 62 Dauphin street a three story brick building will be improved to suit tenant. No 6 Dauphin street a two story brick building in good condition for store or warehouse. No 211 St Michael street a large garage with cement floor usable as warehouse. Attractive prices to desirable tenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Royal
N. Government Street
Dauphin Street
St. Michael Street
Reduced Rentals Listing of Local Homes and Lots
A categorized inventory lists multiple 2 story frame residences brick houses and cottages for rent along Government St St Anthony Joachim Hamilton Lafayette Augusta LeMoyne and Spring Hill Ave. Also notes a large lot and a 1 story bungalow on LeMoyne and a cottage near Dauphin Julia St. Listings include addresses and street corners within the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government St
Michigan Avenue
St. Anthony
Joachim Sts
S. Hamilton
Church and
Government Sts
Montauk
Washington Square
Augusta
Washington Squad
LeMoyne Avenue
N. Dauphin St
E. Margaret
Spring Hill Ave
Mobile and Mississippi Pine Land Offered for Sale
Mobile and Ohio Railroad lands in Alabama and Mississippi offer 480 acres seven miles west of Chunchuz in Mobile County with pine soil and a running stream suitable for farming and stock. Priced at 11.50 per acre. also 40 to 10,000 acres available. Address Geo Land Dev.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile & Ohio
R. R
Ala
Miss
Chunchuz
Mobile County
Alabama
Geo
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A. N. G. Medical Corps
Adv
N. L. Vickers
ST. Michael ST
ROCHE
BURKE
Undertakers
St. Joseph and
Windsor
A. E. Reynolds
Evergreen Department
Gus Skipper
Williams
James Spears
George King
Brewton
Escambia
King
Pate Reynolds
Conrad Davis
E. A. Thames
Wayne County
Fairhope Citrus Growers’ Association Incorporated
Brooklyn Feds
Brown’s Wells
van Antwerp Seed Store
Dauphin and Royal
Butler
Suhman
Dept. 10-S
Resinol
Baltimore
KCK
Howard French Day Cleaning CO
Chas. Bidgood, Propr
Bell Phone 3100
Britton
Wuola
Dauphin ST
Moss Point
Morrill & Lyons
St. Francis St
Sage-Burgett & Yuille Agents
Francis ST. Mobile
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway
Union Terminal Station
Calvert
York
Meridian
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
East
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