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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1914

Page

16

Fruitdale Social News Highlights Local Arrivals and Purchases

North Fruitdale residents enjoy an entertainment visit as Enid and Amelia stay with Dr. and Mrs. H. C. VanAirs- for several days. The group toured nearby farms and purchased land from S. K. Shan se with Edward Blake present. Oregon bound Cameron travels with family to a Fruitdale Development property. Fruitdale Development Company reports sale of a farm near town to Mr. Bickers of Illinois who will begin improvements.

North Fruitdale Mary Enid Amelia Allan E. S. Hawley Miss Nunning Texas H. C. VanAirs S. K. Shanse Edward BE. Blake John C. Blake Fairhope W. H. McDavid and Blake W. Graham E‘ Blake Robert O. Blake James Ke Thomas Blake Mobile Cameron Oregon Fruitdale Development Com H. Hanson Magnolia Street Frank Westover Buckatunna H. C. Gilmer Ruth Currens Fruitdale Development Company Mr. Bickers Illinois

Madison Street Ways Purchased by McTage & Thompson

The foot of Madison Street boat works owned by Joe Dooley, Peter Clausen and Frank McConnell was bought by McTage & Thompson, launch and yacht builders. They will relocate from Islaiva Street and add a 70 by 30 foot shed with an air construction area to build boats, as partner Mr. Mc previously spent about twenty-two years in Mobile boat trade. The schooner Falcon is currently on docks for repairs.

Madison Street Joe Dooley Peter Clausen Frank McConnell McTage & Thompson Launch, Sail and Yawl Builders Islava Street Ness Mobile Falcon Fort Gaines Jsen Pnited Fruit Company Bocas del Toro Pan Puerto Barrios Guat Kronstad Fesse Progreso Mex Atlantic and Mexican Gulf Steamship Company Hunter-Beanmpany Wolf Cox Mexican Gulf Steamship Line Fijell Johanen Ibbard Zemurray Comay Puerto Cortez Darleydale Gulfport Miss John Quill Jones’ Ff

Heathen’s Wife Resigned to Uncertain Future

A fragment notes a spouse’s stance toward an uncertain path and possible outcomes. The text hints at resignation and the prospect of future events affecting a man named Heathen, but details remain unclear.

Heathen

Social News from Whistler Community Ties and Travels

Social notes recount Mrs. F A Brewer and sister Miss Bula Boone returning from St. Louis. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Dempster left for Columbus Mississippi after a week with relatives. Mrs Charles Crabtree traveled to Meridian to visit her mother Mrs E T De la Bar.

F. A. Brewer Bula Boone St. Louis Gilbert Dempster Columbus Miss Charles Crabtree Meridian E. T. de la Bar J. F. Boggot Vicksburg Misa W. J. Shelton Joe Pine Chas. Brown Toulminville Visi Sarah Spicer Roy Pullen Mobile Ohio Ed Bent Jackson Tenn Pat McDonough Ben Crabtree Claud Tucker Wolston Hattiesburg Maud Odom Whistler Railroad Peterson’ & Son Whistler William Finnegan

New Members C of C Planned Membership Campaign

Mobile Chamber of Commerce set to outline an aggressive membership drive at a Ways and Means Committee meeting Monday night led by J M Ponder appointed chairman. Members to report attendance and active participation on returned cards. Acting secretary George Do. Card notes strong replies and expected large turnout.

Mobile Chamber of Commerce Ways and Means Committee J. M. Ponder Ways and Means George Do. Card Ponder

Keith Orpheum Show at Lyric Second Week

The Lyric Theater opens its second week of Keith and Orpheum vaudeville with an all star lineup. Genaro and Bailey perform a high priced dancing act, Mack and Orth headline, Lynch and Zella present il luminated hens and juggling, Mollie Grey and company juvenile skit, Kells accordion duo with Clarabelle Farjeon, and the Four Athletes headline a daring feminine quartet. Three days and three nights of bargain prices.

Keith and Orpheum Lyric Theatre Rex The Lyric Genaro and Bailey Mobile Ray Bailey Mack Orth Orpheum Lynch Zella Mollie Grey and Company Kells Clarabelle Farjeon

Clark Predicted As Strong Contender For Honors Next Week

The program promises three daily performances with matinee and two evening shows. It adds tabloid acts, vaudeville, and several first class motion pictures. A Thursday bill change will occur and Wednesday night will feature Suprise Night at the Hippo drome, started by Lew Rose last week.

Clark Hippodrome Lew Rose

Jolly Girls Lead Hippodrome Vaudeville Week

The Hippodrome bills three vaudeville acts and a musical tabloid comedy with Mack and Hastings presenting The Isle of Nowhere as headliner. Acts include William Clark world’s greatest juggler Beulah Bair and the Raymond Children. Mobile audiences can expect singing dancing and comedy across a strong seasonal show.

Hippodrome Mack and Hastings Jolly Girls Isle of Nowhere Wil'am Clark Neulah Bair Raymond the Raymond Children Willie Clark Miss Beulah Bair

Walking 100000 Miles Tells of Travels Sunday

Julius Rath the newsboy chosen from one hundred to walk around the world will lecture at the Hippodrome Theatre Sunday on his eighteen year trek covering 100000 miles visiting every country. He started January 1, 1897 in St Louis and plans to finish in San Francisco with a $30000 purse if all rules are met. He travels by foot through many regions and travels with a half Russian wolf and half husky dog.

Julius Rath Hippodrome Theatre Rath St. Louis San Francisco Cal Mobile Montgomery Atlanta Savannah Florida Havana Galveston New Mexico Arizona Nome Alaska

The Secret of the Will at Empire Saturday

Empire Theatre presents Kalem drama in two parts on March 14 with a plot about an unscrupulous man plotting to cheat a cousin of a fortune. An adopted child and a lawyer scheme intertwine as Dolly uncovers the villains and the audience follows the downfall.

Empire Theatre Moore Lane Willis Dolly Villians Kalem Anna Nilsson Big Harding Davis Bessie McCoy Kinemacolor Biograph Claire Mc

Man Seeks 5000 Damages Over Amputated Arm

Co. D. T. Atkinson sues Home Industry Iron Works for 5000 in law and equity court claiming negligence while operating a plane in the plant caused him to be thrown onto machinery and have his right arm crushed and amputated at the wrist.

Hay Pauncefote Treaty analyzed by London Law Review

The London Law Review charts American rights in the Panama canal noting there is no international obligation to submit the executive act to arbitration and that aggrieved parties may seek relief in the U S Supreme Court. The full article appears in the November 1912 Law Review.

New York The London Law Review Panama Canal Supreme Court of United States New York Bar Association Columbia University Law Review

Gambling defendants arraigned in Recorder court

Alfred McCoy and Jim Hubbard both charged with gaming were arraigned before Recorder Edington and fined 10 dollars or twenty days each. Ralph Richards surrendered at police headquarters on a charge of reckless and furious driving and was discharged after arraignment.

Alfred McCoy Jim Hubbard Edington Ralph Ichards Eeorder Edington

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Fruitdale Als Madison Street Ways McTa Art & Thompson Knudsen S. S. Cratheus Kross Vie’ Bay Amschr Alice ‘Lord Kelly San Br Bocas d del Toro Nor. S Gaines Nor. S. S. Kronan Entego Bay S. Wolf Eng Cawthon Vineyard Francisco Loretta New Orleans Social News of Ways _and’Means Committee Vodevil Raymond Children Beulah Bair Yric Keith -Orpheum Rane Clarabelle Farjeo Lynch and Mollie Grey & CO Mack and Orth N and Company Kelli Mack and Hastings’ N Girls Company Empire Oreeui Laat Chance Todaew Cora Youngblood Corson Frank King Alvin Theatre Government Home Industry Iron Works International News Service Empire Theatre Program Kinemacolor Ac Essanay G. M. Anderson Buffalo Jim Vitagraph Selig Dorothy Kelly S. Rankin Drew William Humphreys Edison R. C. Travers Irene Warfield Bryant Washburn James Morrison Gladden James Lillian Bruns Mohave Desert California Hiram's Hotel John Brennan Ruth Roland Lillian Drama Herbert Prior Elsie Macleod Arthur Housman Pathe Weekly Ruth Stonehouse ER. H. Calvert Pathe Ceylon Lubin Hk Ye Iy Tr
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