Gulfport Plans Big Reception for Mobile Boosters
Gulfport prepares a big reception and joint meeting with Mobile Gulfport Biloxi merchants for the Mobile Boosters visit. Col J T Jones backs the idea and Gulfport merchants arrange housing at the Great Southern Hotel while streamers banners and souvenirs are prepared. Seventy two firms and individuals have signed up for the trade expansion trip along the Mississippi coast.
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Gulfport
Mobile
E. J. Schwarz
W. B. McAtee
Reise
Retail Merchants’ Committee
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Schwarz
Card
Chamber of Commerce
Great Southern
J. T. Jones
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Great Southern Hotel
Jones
Biloxi
Colonel Jones
Louisville and Nashville
Mississippi
J. M. Lobenthal
Sunflower
Ala
Currency Reform Push Weighs On Extra Session
Speaker Clark visited the White House with Senator Stone as President Wilson discussed currency legislation with Representative Glass of Virginia. Glass heads the last congress currency reform committee and will likely chair the House Banking and Currency Committee. He plans to press a reform bill during the extra session while Wilson watches developments early this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Clark
Wilson
White House
Senator Stone
Representative Glass
Virginia
Glass
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Supreme Court Rules Ticket Revocation Power Expanded
Washington March 10. The supreme court held that tickets to race tracks may be revoked and holders denied admission with only a damages remedy. The decision noted the ruling could extend to theatres and other entertainment venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
The Retreat From Moscow Shown At Bijou Theatre
At the Bijou Theatre manager Joseph Bianchi screens the historical film The Retreat From Moscow. The production features 10 000 participants in battle scenes and follows Napoleon’s disastrous retreat with focus on cold hunger and disease within the Grand Army.
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Bijou
Moscow
Europe
America
Joseph Bianchi
Histori Pn
Mitchells Opening Shows Stunning Hat Styles
In a velvet aisle Mitchell displays a Mobile millinery showcase with Nell Rose hemp shapes, Milan straw, leghorns, and lace crowns. Hats feature red velvet trimmings, blue forget me not bands, pink buds, and gilt ribbons, illustrating a vibrant spring fashion spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Mobile
Maison Louise Pujol
Hats and millinery display with blue velvet and straw
A description of hats in a millinery display featuring yellow straw oval shapes with black velvet brims, blue velvet bows and streamers, wreaths of forget me nots and roses, blue hemp back pieces, and Nell rosebuds. The text notes the Mitchell firm specializes in millinery and the name appears in gold and ivory within satin linings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Mobile Detention Home praised by visiting Gainesville father
J T Bullock of Gainesville Georgia called on Mobile Mayor Laz Schwarz to praise the citys Boys Detention Home. He accompanied his fourteen year old son James who had runaway and was detained there since the previous Monday. Also involved is Louis Turner a sixteen year old Gainesville boy detained with James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Mertz & Co
Laz Schwarz
Reiss Mercantile Co
Yeend-Potter
Seifert-Gower Furniture Co
Mobile Gas Co
B. F. Adams
Mobile Item
Lerio Turpentine Cup Co
McDermott Advertising Service
L. W. Savage
Kelly-Brady How. Co
Mobile Register
W. B. McAtee
E. J. Schwarz
E. 0. Zadek
Adam Glass
English Carriage Co
Bloch Bros
Sherman Stationary Co
Mobile Stationary Co
J. Paul Wilson
W. H. Reynolds
Simon Shoe Co
C. D. Kenny Co
Louis Lowenthal
E. M. Bailey
Sid Berry
Parker Bros
Durham Metal Mfg. Co
Peoples Shoe Co
Julius Goldstein
Baum Clothing Co
Wm. van Antwerp
Union Savings Bank
Bank of Mobile
le Merit Woolen Mills
A. P. Smith
Dave 8. Bauer
Mobile Coal Co
Guy J. Hartwell
City Bank & Trust Co
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Schener-Alidor Electric Co
the Toggery
Walkover Shoe Co
C. J. Gayfer & Co
Mobilé
J. T. Bullock
Gainesville
James
Atlanta
Mobile
Montgomery
Putman
Louis Turner
Turner
Bullock
Putnam
Rev Holzer Addresses Jewish Roots of Christianity at First Presbyterian
Rev Armin A Holzer spoke to about 200 at the First Presbyterian Church on From the Synagogue to the Cross arguing Christianity is fulfillment of Jewish prophecy. He noted his Jewish father and conversion and planned further talks at the Baptist Tabernacle with invited public attendance.
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Armin A. Holzer
First Presbyterian Church
Holzer
Baptist Tabernacle
Good workmanship as a magnet for favorable attention
The saying emphasizes quality craft as the surest way to attract praise and maintain a positive reputation. It frames skilled workmanship as both a draw for favorable notice and a sustaining factor for continued regard.
Dr King’s New Life Pills Advertised as Quick Cure
An advertisement promises quick relief from constipation by taking Dr King’s New Life Pills. It claims liver stimulation and toxin elimination improve digestion and health, with a price of 25 cents at druggists.
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Dr. King
Twenty Dollar Dress the Limit at St. Vincent's School
Pupils at St. Vincent's Select School for Girls vote to cap graduation gowns at twenty dollars with similar outfits for the June exercises. Mothers are not yet consulted though expect broad support as the plan aims to replace the former sixty to seventy five dollar gowns. The sisters, wary of being dictatorial, sought student input and anticipate parental approval before finalizing details for the graduation ceremony.
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St. Vincent's Select School For
Mobile
St. Vincent's School
Pupas
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Isabella Johnson
Mrs. Isabella Johnson of Mobile died Sunday at 5 15 after a lingering illness. She was 80 and widow of William Johnson. Survived by three sons T A Johnson Curtis Johnson John Johnson. six daughters Mrs Curtis Wilson Mrs Kate Van Denes Mrs Annie Hanwich Mrs Margaret Harris Miss Ceshing Johnson Miss Carem ille Johnson. one brother William Ladnier. three sisters Mrs George Cook Mrs George Steiner Mrs James Mallon. twenty seven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
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Isabella Johnson
Mobile
William Johnson
T. A. Johnson
Curtis Johnson
John Johnson
Curtis Wilson
Kate van Denes
Annie Hanwich
Margaret Harris
Ceshing Johnson
Caremille Johnson
William Ladnier
George Cook
George Steiner
James Mallon
Report on Alabama oysters and Mississippi Sound beds
A bulletin describing the 1910 11 survey of Alabama oyster beds and barren bottoms in Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound. It details survey methods locations extents areas and contents of beds plus barren bottoms and outlines culture prospects and industry implications. It notes availability from the Alabama Oyster Commission and ends with a parred quip about a two dollar banquet.
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Mississippi Sound
Ala
H. F. Moore
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Fisheries
George M. Bowers
Alabama
Alabama Oyster Commission
John Craft
Congress
Mobile Bay
Fish Hawk
Mobile
Mississippi
State Oyster Commission
No Case Against Negro Pool Room
City commissioners reviewed petitions from residents near Dauphin street and Spring Hill avenue seeking closure of Arthur Leland's negro pool room. After two hours of testimony, they found no justified case against Leland and deemed noise no worse than other pool halls. They warned officials to notify police if disturbances recur. The fifteen thousand dollar board paused city business during the hearing.
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Dauphin Street
Spring Hill Avenue
Arthur Leland
Foster K. Hale
Leland
Sentences Imposed in Inferior Court for Vile Language and Theft
Yancey Hogan faced a $51 fine or 30 days hard labor for vile language. Henry Johnson received 60 days hard labor on a county road for stealing a $2 watch from Charles Knowlton. Meder Monroe, labeled a vagrant, was fined $10 or 50 days hard labor.
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Yancey Hogan
Inferior Criminal Court
Henry Chamberlain
Henry Johnson
County Road
Charles Knowlton
Meder Monroe
Chamberlain
Renal palliative touted to halt degeneration and Bright's disease
An advertisement asserts a new renal palliative can stop renal degeneration and Bright's disease. It claims albumen and casts disappear by day twenty in fit hearts, offers quantitative test formulas, and promotes Fulton’s Renal Compound via Van Antwerp's Drug Corp of San Francisco.
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van Antwerp’s Drug Corp., Inc
Fulton
John J. Fulton Co
San Francisco
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E. G. Bradley
A. G. Woodbury
H. W. Macon
H. B. Greenleaf
George Co. Brown
A. W. Ellyson
J. Wheeler
R. R. Moyers
James 8. Lynch
R. L. del Buno
H. E. Matson
C. W. Thomas
Commodore J. T. Vawter
Franklin
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D. A. Planck
Rogers Orchestra
Mobile Highchool
Nona Duffee
Emma la Pra
E Tam
Ida B. Cole
Union Sunday School
State Sunday School
Nell Bunnell
A. M. Hawks
Rodgers Orchestra
Beilharz
Ida Cole
Miss Bunnell
Everett Kemp
Sunshine Hawks
Round Table
Bellhart
Lyric Glee Club
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Rev. A. M. Hawks
Sunshine” Hawks
Thomas Green
Moving Pictures
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St. Vincent School
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