Local Notes From Grand Bay Area Highlight Socials and Farming
Miss Mattie Freeland visiting in Grand Bay with brother H W Freeland as Rev M Hallman from Canada visits nearby. Miss Imogene Stewart to return from New York while Miss Edith Sutton goes home to Ohio. J W Egan recruiting lodge members. preparations for spring stock in New Orleans. Farmers buy fertilizers for a large potato melon crop. Road work on Freeland avenue praised as community effort. Agricultural meeting held at state bank with J E Waggoner and B A Miller as speakers.
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Mattie Freeland
Mobile Vis
H. W. Freeland
Beete
Rev
M. Hallman
Canada
Imogene Stewart
New
L. B. Freeland
Mobile
Freeland & Seager
Freeland Avenue
J. C. Calhoun
Grand Bay Land Company
George Jackson
A. Johnson
Olaf Schelin
C. Bosarge
State Bank
J. E. Waggoner
International Harvester Co
B. A. Miller
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Waggoner
BromOQuinine Ad Hails Signature Drug Gift
An advertisement urges readers to remember Laxa’ Bromo Quinine with the full name and signature of B. W. Grove AS, promoting the product at 25 cents.
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B. W. Grove
Local Bay Minette notes on leadership and development
Bay Minette Department reports new officers for the year with Mrs. Crockett as president and Mrs. Humphries as first vice president. The group highlights courthouse beautification, planned improvements, and new members. Eastern Star installs officers. Turpentine operators begin seasonal work as sap moves in warming weather. Cecil Waters and brother start ten houses on Powell Heights. Delinquent taxpayers list to be published. a new business lot on Hand Avenue purchased for a future shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 8. Crockett
G. W. Humphries
Thomas W. Gilmer
League
Order of Eastern Star
Gether
Powell Heights
Hig
A. Kahalley
Re. Nelson
Atmore
Hand Avenue
Closing concert ends Flat Rock school term in Owassa
The Flat Rock schoolhouse hosted an elaborate end of term program on Friday with plays such as Attempt to Murder the Prince. Burt Barrow played the king and Miss Warner the queen while Miss Kate Gladwell portrayed the witch. Mr Curtis Barlow spoke on Invention of the Flying Machine and the class sang Rock of Ages. Teacher Maude Stuart from Chipley earned praise for five months of work. Students bid farewell with tears as they thanked their beloved mentor.
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Owassa
Ala
Flat Rock Schoolhouse
Burt Barrow
Warner
Kate Gladwell
Curtis Barlow
Tate
Barlow
Maude Stuart
Chipley
Fla
All Day Singing Draws Near Century Townsfolk
Gateswood Alabama March 10 Nearly 100 residents and visitors gathered for an all day singing at Mr James Jordan's place with a large lawn dinner. Attendees included Leon Chism Robert Boggett James Boggett Walter Chandler and Delia Boggett among others. News notes a birth to C W Foster on March 6 and local job changes at Walnut Hill plus a Methodist church service planned for Sunday morning.
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Ala
Frank
Bodia Garrett
Walnut Hill
Myrick
Methodist Church
Pierce Family Welcomes Baby Boy In Alabama
Theodore Alabama March 10 Mr and Mrs Walter Pierce are proud parents of a new baby boy born Saturday March 6 Mr A L Willard and Mr Glen Lay than made a business trip to Mobile last Saturday The many friends of Mr Grover Lundy will be glad to learn he is rapidly recovering from a severe attack of typhoid fever Mr George Pierce left this week to go to Pierce Level where he will visit relatives for a few days
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Theodore
Ala
Walter Pierce
A. L. Willard
Glen Laythan
Mobile
Grover Lundy
George Pierce
Pierce Level
Local Mt Vernon News Roundup
Mt Vernon Alabama reports visitor notes from Thomasville and Mobile Salvation Army captain Charles Wagner in town Monday. Otis Little of Salco also in town. Methodist Church prayer meetings drew a large crowd last night.
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MT. Vernon
Ala
T. H. Tyson
Thomasville
Charles A. Wagner
Salvation Army
Mobile
Otis Little
Salco
Hogan to Meet Willard-Willard Champ Challenge
Former fighter Joe Cox alias Jack Hogan claims a five round knockout of Jim Willard in 1911 at Springfield Missouri. Panama Pacific Exposition Golf to host world stars in April May with 36 hole championship events and handicap races. Harvard track coaches ban modern dancing for Crimson athletes despite accepting dancing elsewhere.
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Jack Hogan
Hogan
Joe Cox
Willard
Springfield
San Francisco
Charles Templeton Crocker
Bay Cities
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Donovan
Powers
Crimson
Meylan backs four mile race for college oarsmen
Dr. George L. Meylan of Columbia University argues the four mile race is safe for trained rowers and cites the Wisconsin crew withdrawal after a heart enlargement found after the Hyde Park four mile race last June. The debate centers on athletic conditioning and safety in collegiate rowing.
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New York
George L. Meylan
Columbia University
Meylan
Wisconsin
Middleton
Remarkable young boxer Chapman eyed for boxing crown
CHICAGO March 10 Willard Joseph Chapman a Chicago boy aims to become boxing’s outstanding young man with a rare physical build and reversed internal organs. The report notes Boehling’s knee recovery, Griffith’s three year contract for a southpaw, and various baseball and sports personnel movements across clubs in Chicago and Philadelphia. The piece also covers amateur billiard results in Dowagiac and New York with Heddon and Gardner winning rounds.
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Chitago
Willard Joseph Chapman
Chicago
Chapman
Joe Boehling
Clark Griffith
Boehling
Grif
Philadelphia
Charles Heddon
Dowagiac
Mich
E. W. Gardner
New York
Heddon
R. M. Lord
Garnder
Corwin Huston
Detroit
Lord
Lenox News Briefs Highlight Local Happenings
LENOX Ala March 10 Special to The Item Mr L W Mpling made a business trip to Repton with speaking here Monday thought to be a success for farmers. Mr and Mrs E M Musgrove are happy parents of a baby girl. Mother and baby are doing nicely. Miss Ethel Boling entertained friends Friday evening. Charles Hammonds ill and not expected to live. Baby son of Mr and Mrs L W Doling very sick. Stork brought a baby girl to Mr and Mrs W J Dyas. Mr and Mrs Daniel Wiggins returned from Jones Mill. Willie Howington made a business trip to Castleberry Saturday. Sunday school opened with a large membership.
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Lenox
Ala
L Wmpling
Repton
E. M. Musgrove
Ethel Boling
Charles Hammonds
IL. W. Doling
Stork
W. J. Dyas
Daniel Wiggins
Jones Mill
Willie Howington
Castleberry
Hobo Steals Raincoat In Alabama Town
A hobo jumped from a moving train in Dyas on March 8 spied a raincoat in a buggy lineup, fled briefly toward Flomaton and was brought back to Bay Minette. The coat was returned to its owner after the incident.
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Dyas
Ala
Bay Minette
Orange Beach Social and Local News Summary
The De Bay Advancement Association plans a March 14 meeting at 2 p m in Orange Beach. The School Improvement Club to hold a schoolhouse cleanup Saturday with lunch provided. Emily D Cowham completes five months teaching at Orange Beach school. Local residents including Dr James West Hingston and family visit from Chicago. Clafflin and daughter return from Pensacola. Oyster pearl found by Claude Wolbrink near Orange Beach valued around 25 dollars. P J Engstrom dies after prolonged illness. funeral at home with interment at Mifflin cemetery. leaves wife and daughter Miss Myrtle.
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Beach
Ala
de Bay
Chicago
Clafflin
Pensacola
Dan Via
Dan Baker
Jackson
Tennessee
G. Burkhart
Hansville
Claude Wolbrink
C. F. Dietrich
Loxley
Improvement Club
Joe Lay
H. V. Reed
Christ
P. J. Engstrom
Mifflin Cemetery
Engstrom
Portage Creek
Orange Beach
Myrtlé
Gilmore testifies on Kansas City franchise control in 1914 meeting
James A. Gilmore, president of the Federal League, described power to dispose of the Kansas City franchise at a New York meeting October 23 1914. He testified in Kansas City Club injunction proceedings that an agreement to keep the franchise in Kansas City depended on raising 100000 dollars, which never occurred. He said a February 4 1915 meeting with Patrick Powers discussed disposal, and that the franchise was sold by February 9.
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Chicago
Kansas City Federal League
New York
James A. Gilmore
Kansas City
Newark
Gilmore
Madison
Irwin R. Kirkwood
Kansas City Club
Haff
Bill James Reports For Spring Training With Boston Nationals
Macon Ga March 10 Bill James pitcher for the Boston Nationals began spring training with the squad after a delay cited as a salary dispute with club owners. James declined to discuss talks with Federal League officials in Chicago. Manager Stallings called the incident closed.
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Bill James
Macon
Boston Nationals
James
Chicago
Stallings
Fifteenth American Bowling Congress Opens in Peoria
The fifteenth annual American Bowling Congress tournament opens in Peoria on March 10 with 165 teams entered. Five man Peoria teams will operate the alleys during the opening session.
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Peoria
Ill
American Bowling Congress
An Old Recipe to Darken Hair
An old recipe purportedly darkens hair using sage tea and a homemade compound. The article claims it restores natural color, evades detection, and costs about 60 cents for a large bottle. It instructs applying the mixture strand by strand with a sponge or brush to blend gray or faded hair for a younger look.
VESSELS IN PORT LISTING READS AS OFFSHORE DEPOT
The notice catalogs ships in port with destinations and docking facilities. It lists vessels including Oscar G Henry Crosby Clara Look Goldfield Pleroma Angelina Margret G Hatholnen Santa St Paul and others along with ports in the Gulf Dry Docks Marine Ways Municipal Docks Elsinore Puerto Cortez Puerto Limon Liverpool and River Plate docks and various river and port entries.
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Oscar G
Henry Crosby
Clara EB. Look
Goldfield
Angelina
Margret G
Community notes and visits in Dawes Alabama
Mrs Bes sie Bower returns from Minnesota after December visit to Rosenquist parents. Mr and Mrs H M Dyar travel from New York City after a week at Central Farm with EB K Dyar family. C B Beech and R C Dawes of Chicago with Katheryn and Donald Dyar of Mobile guests at Central Farm. Mrs J M Byrne injured a hand in a field accident. School improvement association meets at Highland Inn with repairs planned. Progressive Club hosts large dance at school with Parks’ Voices providing music. N O McMahan improves Rearis Place, orange and pecan trees planted, lawn with shrubs. Mobile and Ohio auditor finds E M Dawner's Dawes accounts in order. George March Jr builds a new house. Mr Butler also constructing a cottage nearby.
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Dawe
Bessie Bower
Minnesota
A. Rosenquist
H. M. Dyar
New York City
EB K, Dyar
Central Farm
C. B. Beech
R. C. Dawes
Chicago
Katheryn
Donald Dyar
Mobile
J. M. Byrne
School Improvement Association
Highland Inn
Progressive Club
N. O. McMahan
The
Loulaville Courier
Rearis
Mobile and Ohio
Dawes
E. M. Dawner
O. K
George March, Jr
Butler
Oyster loaves offered at Charlies Schimpf Restaurant
Advert states 26 cent oyster loaves at Charlies Schimpf Restaurant 3-5-7 North Royal Street. Fresh opened plant oysters sold by the dozen in loaf for 25c, 1-2 loaf 15c, toasted 6c extra. Raw oysters available at stand, plants 20c per dozen, 1-2 dozen 10c.
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Charlies Schimpf
North Royal Street
Bay Minette Visit Highlights Incomplete Local Notes
DYAS DYAS Alabama March 10 mentions Clymer and Mrs M E B visiting Bay Minette Tuesday. Mr C T Rogers made a business trip to Bay Minette. J L Pate of Missouri called in Century Florida about his mother's illness. Halls Forks Improvement Association meeting drew large attendance with plans for upcoming entertainment.
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Dyas
Ala
Clymer
Mrs
M. EB
Bay Minette
C. T. Rogers
J. L. Pate
Century
Fla
Halls Forks
Dodson's Liver Tone replaces calomel for cleansing
A hempen style ad promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe herbal alternative to calomel. It claims calomel damages bones through salivation and digestion and asserts Dodson's Liver Tone cleanses the liver and bowels without causing salivation. The copy promises vigor by morning and urges purchase at stores.
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Dodon
Dodson
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