Governor's Day at the Races Opens Mobile Carnival Meet
The Mobile Carnival Association hosts Governor's Day at Gulf Coast Fairgrounds with state governor invited to attend. Races start at 3 o clock Monday and Tuesday, featuring the Governor's Handicap a half mile with eight entries Modesto Bay Asparagus Sam Bill Deichman Belle Terre Ida Spivey Examiner J D Suggs Elizabeth Lee. Admission reduced to 1 dollar good for grounds access. grandstand no extra charge. A brass band will perform and daily track conditioning continues.
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Mobile Carnival Association
Gulf Coast Fair Grounds
Modesto Bay
Asparagus Sam
Bill Deichman
Belle Terre
Ida Spivey
Examiner
J. D. Suggs
Elizabeth Lee
Carnival Association
DINK Hagan Among U A Basketball Stars
Six Alabama players earned their letters after a 17 game season that saw Alabama win 13. Grif Harsh Borwon Wells Smith Hagan Dortch earned letters while Verner Haynes contributed as guards. Hagan, a Mobile product, returned to star as one of the Souths top guards.
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University
Ala
University of Alabama
Grif Harsh
Borwon
Wells
Smith
Hagan
Dortch
Verner
Haynes
Alabama
Mississippi A. & M
Birmingham Athletic Club
Crimson
Georgia
Vanderbilt
Dink” Hagan
Hat blowing on windy days remedy noted outside Fleet Street office
A London notice from a recruiting office advises wearing a khaki cap to keep hats from blowing away on windy days.
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London
Fleet Street
Baseballs spring training miles of players returning south
The article notes players joining spring training across teams with early workouts by Honus Wagner at Forbes Field and Wilfrid Osborne joining the I’m Afraid-to-Come-South faction. It covers Cincinnati, Chicago, and Boston NL squads traveling to Shreveport, Tampa, and Miami for camp with manager changes, travel details, and on train amusements.
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Wilfrid Osborne
Charlie Frank
Louisville Colonels
Osborne
Atlanta Journal
Honus Wagner
Pittsburgh
Wagner
Hinchman
Mamaux
Callahan
Forbes Field
Cincinnati
Shreveport
Herzog
Chicago National Baseball Squad
Tinker
Tampa
Weeghman
William Walker
al Plamondon
Boston
George Stallings
Walter Hapgood
Miami
Fla
John J. Evers
West
Middle West
Braves
New York
Editor mocks reader with seven decades of marriage mishaps
In the Personal Inquiry column an editor reacts to a letter from a reader who says she has lost three husbands and faces a fourth offer. He quips that someone so careless with husbands should not be trusted with a fourth.
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Harvey
Mardi Gras cross country race starts at 3 today
The Mardi Gras cross country run organized by the Mobile Carnival Association will start from the Y M C A building at Conception and Government streets at 3 PM today. Entries include teams from Spring Hill College and Birmingham Y M C A with officials and unattached runners listed.
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Marriott
Physical Department
Conception and
Government Streets
Oon
Wr —V. Schluter
H. Link
S. Green
J. Ae
Kirchner
H. Miller
LaBorde
F. Hoffman
M. Cunningham
E. Milan
J. Bauner
F. Hughes
J. Bermudez
T. Diaz
C. Street
LL. DeLeon
T. Nathis
L. Gianelloni
O. Potter
G. Dillon
New Orleans
R. Davis
W. Davis
A. Norman
W. Breeland
H. G. Clann
J. Peytral
Wagner
Faust
Birmingham Y. M
G. Walker
R. Fuqua
S. Gadd
H. Beatty
D. Beatty
R. L. Jones
W. E. Wiseman
L., di Benedetto
T. Gormley
A. J. Marriott
E. Ash
R. Williams
S. McCants
FE. Overton
Ed Higgins
George
W. Adams
C. Baumhauer
G_ud. Blourney
C. Carmichael
J. H. Hughes
N. Turner
T. Soost
F. Roos
Bb. Kearns
C. Hervey
B. Carlin
M. Steber
J. Grove
J. Ollinger
H. Martin
F. ©. Imler
Boxing Remunerative Business for Kid Lewis
Gordon Mendeloff alias Ted Lewis declares boxing a swell business. The British fighter, now in the United States, has fought twenty six times since last July earning at least $1,000 each bout. He has pocketed substantial sums including $3,500 top prize and $35,000 over seven months, with $65,000 from eight Boston bouts and $40,000 from six Buffalo bouts, sharing half with manager Jimmy Johnston and totaling about $17,500 in six months. In February he added $8,000 from eight fights.
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Gordon Mendeloff
Ted
Kid) Lewis
United States
Bradstreet
Boston
Buffalo
Jimmy Johnston
Lewis
Could He Lick a Postage Stamp Angers Marine
Buffalo news item recounts Sergeant George McGee, a United States Marine Corps recruiter, angrily reacting to a slur about his abilities while in a post office lobby. A veiled woman asks him to lick stamps. he obliges, placing several stamps on her parcels and quipping the Marines will lick stamps for fair damsels.
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Buffalo
N. Y
George BR. McGee
United States Marine Corps
McGee
Confessions of a Wife Dire Fate Plays Trumps
A nurse recalls a strained romance with Harvey Peyton, torn between a wealthy family’s marriage plans and true affection. After a dying patient, Harvey’s absence and a key letter reveal mounting complications and a dangerous emotional crossroads. The tale ends with a long drive and a collapsed arrangement, to be continued.
University of Alabama Engineers' Club to open employment bureau
A new employment bureau operated by the University of Alabama Engineers' Club will seek summer jobs for engineering students and regular jobs after graduation. The initiative aims to connect employers with the training of Alabama students and expand opportunities.
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U. Engineering
Eddie Pullen Wins 100 Mile Auto Race at Ascot
Eddie Pullen won the George Washington sweepstakes a 100 mile race at the New Ascot speedway in Los Angeles with a time of 1 hour 30 minutes 42 seconds. Bob Burman finished second and Earl Cooper third with times of 1 32 48 and 1 32 44 15 respectively. Pullen and Cooper led for most of the distance.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Eddie Pullen
George Washington
Ascot Speedway
Bob Burman
Earl Cooper
Pullen
Cooper
New Donts for the Amateur Golf Player
Frank L. Woodward of Denver, president of the U S Golf Association, tightens rules for amateurs. Amateurs may keep their status even if they write paid literary pieces and publish articles.
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Simon
Frank L. Woodward
Denver
U. S. Golf Association
Under their names they may lay out golf courses
They will be permitted to lay out remodel or construct golf courses while all other commercial enterprises remain forbidden. The text notes rights under their names for such development, with other businesses barred.
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Cough Syrup Ad
An old advertisement promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey cough syrup in 25c bottles. The formula lists compounds like Pine Tar Aconite Hyssyamus Ipecac Rhubarb Mandrake Capsicum and Balsam Honey with glycerine. It claims instant relief and urges buyers to insist on the package with the formula.
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Dr. Bell
Oliver J. Semmes Seeks Circuit Court Judge Seat
Oliver J. Semmes announces candidacy for the Circuit Court of Mobile County in the Democratic primary on May 9, 1916. The City Court, Mobile, Alabama, is noted in connection with the bid.
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Circuit Court
Mobile County
Oliver J. Semmes
City Court
Mobile, Ala
Norvelle R. Leigh Jr
Mobile
Ala
Chancery Court
Thomas H. Smith
Edward D. Laurendine
John
Drago
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Mobile Coal CO
ST. Francis Street
Bell Telephone
Toledo
Commercial Acw Company
St Michael Street
D n-Taylor Realty Co, Inc
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Null City Dye Works
Taree
Xion
Ollars United
Troy
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Meridian
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Information City Ticket Office
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H. E. Jones, JR
Palmetto St
Phelan B. Dorson
Roper Street
Saffold Berney
Law and Equity Court
Lex H. Smith
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