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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1916

Page

3

Automobile Show Opens in Mobile with Record Demo

A Sunday opening drew a small crowd at 1 o clock and grew to several thousand visitors by night at the Automobile Show in Mobile. Ma Lyons was introduced by L Adams, president of the Automobile Club. The St Francis and Joachim Street hall is decorated, with a Ford dismantle and reassembly demo by Adams Machinery on the third floor. A world record was claimed by L G Adams. Demonstrations are at 3 pm and 9 pm daily.

McEs Mobile Ma Lyons L. Adams Automobile Ub St. Francis and Joachim Streets Mechanical Department Re Adams Machinery Company L. G. Adams

Hobson Speaks at Lyric on Destroying the Destroyer

A Sunday gathering at the Lyric Theatre featured Captain Richmond P. Hobson and Rev. D E L Stearns in an Anti-Saloon League tour. Hobson spoke on Destroying the Destroyer with a cordial reception and no political mentions beyond a nod to nationwide prohibition.

Lyric Theatre Richmond P. Hobson Alabama Navy James H. Webb D. E. L. Stearns Hobson Anti-Saloon League of American Sterns

Belgians in London prompt bobbies to study French

In London an abnormal Belgian influx spurs hundreds of London police to learn French. In Boulogne Lance Corporal Wood, wounded by shell fire, unexpectedly speaks and hears when his mother visits him at the military hospital.

London Boulogne Wood

Davis Plans Sport For Workingmen

Dwight F. Davis proposes a national municipal athletic association to provide free competitive sport for workingmen nationwide. Inter-city contests will be arranged featuring golf, tennis and other sports as a public benefit from the donor of the international tennis trophy.

Dwight F. Davis

Uncle Wiggily Teaches Jack the Nimble in the Woods

Sammie Littletail and Uncle Wiggily invite Jack the Nimble to join jumping lessons in the woods. Jack struggles to leap over the candlestick but learns from the rabbit pair. Mother Goose later notes Jack is ready for her book after the duo’s tutoring and hidden practice.

Uncle Wiggily Etail Hollow Stump Sammie Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy Johnnie Billie Bushytail Peetie Jackie Bow Wow Nurse Jane Susie Lulu Alice Rabbit Mr. Longears Jack Uncle Et Sammie Littletail Mother Goose Old Jane Jack-the-Nimble Jack the Tommie Tinker

Committees Named for KC R Reception and Infant Mystics Ball

The City orders list reception committees for the KC R reception ball and the forty seventh anniversary Infant Mystics Ball at the Battle House. General chairs J Gaillard Hamilton and J R Ennis lead their squads with dozens of members to report after the parade.

C. O. M. Ball J. Gaillard Hamilton A. S. Benn F. G. Bromberg J. Curtis Bush E. J. Buck Daniel W. Burgett Tom Boone, Jr L. G. Cameron O. F. Cawthon H. G. Barclay, Jr C. L. Crampton Thomas Denis William G. Demony R. T. Ervin M. Waring Harrison Thad Harrison Charles A. Hall Henry A. Horst T. Shannon Hunter Z. M. P. Inge Winston Jones A. J. Krassin Kirtland E. D. Ledyard George D Eeesson P. J. Jayons LeBaron Lyons Herbert H. Lyons Earle Macartney Harry T. Smith H. M. Price John Quill Infant Mystics Battle House J. R. Ennis Mark H. Lyons P. J. Lyons Harry Pillans Sue Price Williams A. P. Bush Cochran C. B. Hervey Henry Hall Frederick I. Thompson Jex Luce W. H. Bryant Antwerp Sextus H. Smith Jorwin R. Leigh Sean House Royal Eege Waceeey Sse

Catholic Knights Officers Elected in Alabama Council

A. J. Leibert of Mobile was reelected state president of the Alabama Council Catholic Knights of America at the Mobile meeting. Elected officers include Rev. Emmett Kennedy as state chaplain and John A. Hughes as vice president. The council named Montgomery as next meeting place and heard Dr. Pelix Gaudin of New Orleans speak. The order has 600 branches with 20,000 members and 400 in Alabama.

A. J. Leibert Mobile Alabama Council Catholicé Knights of America Emmett B. Kennedy John A. Hughes William = L.” Killion Edward G. Dreaper Joseph J. Weid Florence Ala Supreme Lodge Frank J. Beyer St. Florain Montgomery Pelix Gaudin New Orleans Paat J. A. Hughes

Beautiola Beauty Products Featured at Mobile Van Antwerp Drug Car

The Feature Corner of Fashionable Mobile offers Huyler’s Candies and Beautiola products including Beautiola Face Bleach Beautiola Complexion Powder and Ella R Berry’s Creole Tea. Beautiful ladies frequent the store and praise Beautiola as a magical beautifier for skin rejuvenation and cleanliness.

van Antwerp Huyler Ella R. Berry

Mardi Gras Welcome At Snow Diggers Home

A St Francis street home near Joachim is festively decorated in Mardi Gras colors with an arch over the grounds. The sign reads Snow Diggers' Home with You Are Welcome on both sides, listing states Alabama Mississippi Ohio Indiana Minnesota New York New Jersey Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Nebraska the Dakotas Connecticut Missouri Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

St. Francis S T Joachim Alabama Mississippi Ohio Indiana Minois New York New Jersey Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Nebraska The Dakotas Connecticut Missouri Pennsylvania Massachusetts

First orange blossoms appear at Ocean Springs

Ocean Springs Miss March 6 special report Captain June Poitevant brought the season s first orange blossoms to town Saturday indicating a likely large crop this year. The shortness of the crop phrase suggests cautious early estimates.

Ocean Springs June Poitevant

Gulf Coast Satsuma Tops Market For Earliest Price

Last year trees stored new wood that yields the fruit and the Gulf Coast Satsuma becomes the earliest and highest priced orange on the market.

Gulf Coast Satsuma

Scott's Emulsion Aids Bronchitis With Cold

When acid settles in the bronchial tubes, a tickling cough appears and fever may follow. Immediate treatment with Scott's Emulsion is urged to drive out the cold, ease mucous obstructions, and aid healing membranes. The product claims forty years of relief and notes it is free from alcohol or drugs.

Scott Scott & Bowne Bloomfield N. J

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