Royalty and festivity crown Mobile carnival week
The Mobile carnival closes with royal pageantry at the Lyric Theatre and Banquets at the Athelstan Club. Guests include Governor Henderson and judge Anderson, with numerous society figures attending luncheons and balls. The O. M. and K. O. R. events highlight the social calendar as Baby Week and school committees promote public celebrations.
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Hi Nival
Elks
J. M
Athelstan
J. W. Hunter
Henderson
Harry T. Smith
John T. Anderson
Montgomery
Cured of Pellagra Prompts Hopeful Testimony
Miss Ida Creel of Ratliff writes she has regained health and weight after using Baughn’s Pellagra remedy. She reports freedom to eat and improved symptoms and urges others to request the free book from American Cine Co Box 2049 Jasper.
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Baughn
American Cine Co
Jasper
New Life Pills Promoted as Ideal Spring Laxative
An old advertisement touts Dr Kin[e]s New Life Pills as a reliable spring laxative. It claims the first dose energizes sluggish bowels, cleanses the system, and purifies blood, urging readers to try the remedy.
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Kine
Social Calendar Highlights Midweek Gatherings
Wednesday events list the H. S. Club meeting at 3 p m with Miss Edith Metzger and the Annual Ball of Blue Birds at Battle House Auditorium, also 3 p m. Busy Vega and Mrs E H Johnson host activities. Callenthas leads the Blue Bird Mask ers at 3 p m. Thursday features Spend-the-Day party for Miss Myrtle Murray ending with Miss Charlotte Thornton of Birmingham at Doe river. Friday Bridge Club convenes at 3 p m with Miss Celia Webb. Saturday includes skating events concluding at Cen-
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G. B. Armstedt
North Claiborne Street
Bluebirds
Battle House
FE. A. Pigford
Meridian
Charles Hall
Mobile
Cecil Pigford
Waynesville
Miss
Mattie Belle
Mary
Russell Pigford
R. A. Fowler
Eugene Fowler
Marion
Fetr
Schumann Club
H. S. Club
Edith Metzger
Blue Birds
Battle House Auditorium
Busy Vega
E.H. Johnson
Callenthas
Blue Bird
Myrtle Murray
Charlotte Thornton
Birmingham
Doe River
Celia Webb
Auto and Wagon Collision injures horse in Dauphin incident
An auto driven by Mrs. A. W. Christian passing Joachim on Dauphin Tuesday afternoon collided with a horse attached to a Salvation Army wagon. The horse broke a leg and was killed by a police officer.
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A. W. Christian
Joachim
Dauphin
Salvation Army
SERV US girl with a smile waits for this week's Larsen event
A readable line from the page notes a girl described as cheerful waits for an upcoming Larsen event this week. The fragment mentions the phrase waiting and a referenced name or brand Larsen, implying a local community activity or column item.
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Larsen
Birthday greetings for mobile children at Empire Theatre
Valentine B Malone born March 8 1908 is eight years old. The note invites the birthday child and five friends to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon. Tickets mailed. March birthdays urged to send full names addresses and birthdates to the Birth day Editor Mobile Item at least two days before the birthday.
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Valentine B. Malone
Adams St
the Item
Empire Theatre
Senate confirms Baker as U.S. Secretary of War
Washington dispatch reports Newton D. Baker’s nomination as secretary of war was confirmed by the Senate with unanimous cabinet support at the Tuesday meeting. General Hugh L. Scott was noted in the coverage as part of the proceedings.
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Senate
Baker
U. S
Washington
Newton D. Baker
Hugh L. Scott
Secretary of War Ad Interim Says Selection Favored
The ad interim secretary reported to the president that the selection had been very favorably received among army officers.
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Army
Pascagoula Bridge Fleghion Bond Election Planned
Jackson county will hold a special election on May 2 to decide an 85000 bond issue to bridge the Pascagoula River near Pascagoula. The vote, requested after petitions from 20 percent of voters, centers on developing a route inland through the county’s northern area. Ocean Springs Pascagoula district, a major tax contributor, is reported solid for the measure. Also, John Odell of Champaign County Illinois died at 82 after an apoplectic stroke at a local Pascagoula hotel.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
Jackson County
Pascagoula
Board of Supervisors
John Odell
Champaign County
Ill
Soldiers Learn To Operate Armored Cars In Coop School
Soldiers at New York army posts have funded a cooperative school of instruction to learn operating armored motor cars and automobiles used in scout and transport service. Captain Gordon Johnston of the Eleventh Cavalry, aide to General Leonard Wood, directs the program as men complete the course they become eligible for appointment as chauffeur-sergeants from the army lists. The goal is a corps of trained officers ready for the next annual maneuvers.
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New York
Army
Gordon Johnston
Eleventh Cavalry
Leonard Wood
Enlisting Nashville Men for Training Camp
Lieutenant Colonel H. T. Allen of the Eleventh United States Cavalry and W. J. Bass, secretary of the Southern military camp, visit Nashville to raise the city’s quota for the Fort Oglethorpe training camp starting April 3.
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Nashville
Tenn
H. T. \. Allen
Eleventh
United States Cavalry
W. J. Bass
Fort Oglethorpe
McLeod's Big City Minstrels Close at Columbia Theater
Matinee at 3 PM and two evening shows at 7 30 PM today as McLeod's Big City Minstrels perform. Tickets 10 20 cents matinee 10 20 30 cents night. The company claims top singing and dancing with clean humor and no smut. Running for Congress musical comedy to follow on Thursday matinee with Columbia's usual prices.
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McLeod's
Big City Minstrels
Columbia Theater
Columbia
Congress
King’s New Discovery Fights Coughs From Fall To Spring
Advertisers claim Dr. King’s New Discovery relieves cold symptoms quickly. The potion reputedly stops the cough heals inflammation and soothes raw airways. It comes in a 50 cent bottle with a money back offer. An endorsement from W C Jesseman of Franconia New Hampshire is cited.
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Dr. King
W. C. Jesseman
Franconia
N. H
Adv
Army recruit drives planned for four camps in South
Colonel Allen will speak tonight to Nashville business men. Chattanooga promises 400 men for the four camps and Knoxville 300. One thousand recruits are expected for the first camp.
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Colonel Allen
Nashville
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Cadet Band Praised for Valued Services at Mobile Carnival
The Auburn College brass band sent to Mobile serenaded hotels and newspapers Tuesday night then performed in the Cawthon Hotel lobby. The carnival committee thanked the band leader and members for services, noting they supplied most concerts in Bienville Square and were always ready to perform. Three cutting affrays were reported with several stabbed individuals on streets including St Joseph Beauregard and Royal Lipscombe.
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Huyler
van Antwerp Company
Van's
J. Gaillard Hamilton
Benn
F. G
Bromberg
J. Curtis
Bush
H. J. Buck
Daniel W. Burgett
Tom Boone
J Wr Ll. Ga
Cameron
O. F. Cawthon
H. G. Barclay
H. H. Wefel, Jr
St. John Wilson
Charles D. Willoughby
W. P. Burgett
D. R. Burgess
Dr. W.M. Mastin
Harry Pillans
Gregory L. Smith
J. Howard Wilson
Knights of Revelry
Felix III
Katherine
The
Elks
Battle House
S. K. Taylor
J. W. Phillips
George T. Rossen
R. E. Wilson
C.S. Shawhan
F. L. Ward
F. I. Thompson
Gregory I. Smith
A. J. Wildman
G. R. Sossaman
Hunter O'Rourke
H. C. Partridge
J. J. Quill
J. W. Hanlein
B. E. Dawson
W. G. de Molly
R. T. Erwin
Joseph. R. Michael
Joel Pettus
James Drahan
Milton Ladd
Tuscaloosa
Hilda Winholat
South Orchard
Gabriella Cook
Evelyn Br Nnan
Woman’s College
Montgomery
Mobile
Auburn College
Cawthon Hotel
Carnival Committee
Bienville Square
Tom Stark
St. Joseph
Beauregard
Alex Norris
Walter Smith
Conception Street
Dauphi
St. Francis
Andrew Orr
Royal and Lipscombe Streets
Jim
Carson
Ala
Orr
Cinders Spark Fire at Southwest St Michael House
A two story dwelling at southwest St Michael and Lawrence streets was slightly damaged by fire Wednesday morning about 10 oclock. Hot cinders ignited the woodwork and the alarm came in from Box 42.
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St. Michael and Lawrence Streets
Book for Biloxi's Tourists
Biloxi Tourist Club, highlighting rock grounds in Biloxi, seeks approval from the Biloxi Commercial Club and city officials. They aim to join a national association and host tournaments drawing hundreds of winter visitors. The mayor and aldermen will consider rock playing at a meeting tonight.
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Biloxi
Bilox
Miss
St.Petersburg
Fla
Florida
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Anna Boulet
Marion McDuffie
Marion Walters
Ruth Allen
South Monterey Street Improvement Association
W. H. Paton
Athlestan
Athlesian Club
Yester
B. F. Paton
Los Angeles
B .F. Adams
H. D. Maury
J. <.Rich
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Joseph Stanfield
Stanfield
Ledbetter
Jamies R. Hagan
Erwin Craighead
Louis Kidd
Anniston
Harry T. Inge
U. Ss. D
Inge
Ed Meredith
E. D. Ledyard
Jack Meredith
Pride Jones
Henry Hall
Order OF Myths
Order
Golem
Clara Schumann Club
Century Book Club
C. H. Burkett
Howard Walker
Manassas Club
Van
Lyric Theatre
Irwin Fearn
Geraldine Hill
Washington, D. C
Doris Moughan
Lucile Horn
Nancy Palmer
Evanston
Lonnie Lyons Wangs
Louise Amsler
Hempstead
Tex
Chantilly
Hilda Winholdt
South Orchards
Elizabeth Hopper
Jean Hafer
Annie Moore Provost
Martha Collins
Philadelphia
Mary Knight Rush
J. T. Barbee
Jackson, Tenn
Harris Vaughn
Lucius Burch
C. B. Hays
C. M. Otts
Beverly R. Wilson
Mrs Anderson
Harry Smith
John C. Anderson
J. C. Dickens
John McAlpine
John T. Schley
L. J. Davis
King Felix
Alfred Staples
Katherine St
Cheron Monk
Will Moore
Gabriella Cooke
Cecil Bates
Julian McPhillips
Henry Izard
Allie Fowlkes
Lonnie Lyons Vassad
J. H. Harrington
Lucile Horn Herman Wefel
David Goode
Alson Wilson
Winslow Partridge
Otis McMahon
Harry Clifton
Frank Ellis
Roy Cox
W. H. Monk
Jack Courtney
Ulmer Hearin
MR. W. M. Marshall
W. M. Marshall
Henry Goldthwaite
Mark Bristol
Elmo Davison
Horton Fall
Julian Watters
Andrew Pickens
Alexandria
Murray Wheeler
Dakin
Chicago
Tiger
Percy Atkins
Recorder
L. H. Cummings
Fairhope, Ala
Esther Serrate
John H. Stone
Cuba
G. H. Coleman
Kalamazoo, Mich
Jennie Hughes
Gulfport
Isabel Zimmern
C. E. Wetherell
Fall River, Mass
Salome Garnet
Woman's College
Hattiesburg
Marie “Merrill
New Orleans
John Montgomery
Hal Pillans
Coast Artillery
Fort Moultrie
S. C
Norma Boulet
W. L. Dorr
J. T. Schley
Claudine, Meant
Carrie Eserman
City
Madge Booth
Lela Booth
Florence "Nightingale
Wilmer
L. S. Henry
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cawthon
Tom Akers
Marie Pappenheimer
Alfred Meade
Stella Smith
J. J. Grimmer
Memphis
Kate Watts
York
Evelyn Jones
Scranton
F. D. Irwin
Fairhope
Ives Mer
Pascagoula Bridge
Fleghion
Columbia Theatre
J. C. Houston
Evarts, Ky
Cuticura
Dept. T. Roseton
BIG
Minstrels
American Fuel Company
Commerce ST
Mobile, Ala
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