Mystics Chinese Fete Highlights Society Ball
The Mystics held their anniversary ball at Battle House Auditorium with a Chinese tea garden scene. Folly and mandarins led dances as Miss Hortense Reiss Miss Claudia Friedenthal and Miss Helen Schuster attended, while guests wore yellow silk costumes and Chinese lanterns and umbrellas decorated the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle House
Drago
Deo Donis
Union
Chinatown
Folly
Claudia Freidenthal
Helen Schuster
Gulf City
Selma
Miss Reiss
Miss Freidenthal
Friedenthal
Schuster
H M. Friedenthal
Henry Hess
Alec Bloch
Hugo Brown
H. Piser
Laz Schwarz
Lee Zimmern
J. M. Friedman
Ingersoll and Moses Quotation Debate Echoes
The speaker rejects hearing Ingersoll on Moses but offers ten dollars to hear Moses on Ingersoll. The text references George Washington’s honesty, the absence of hackmen on the pier, and a grim comparison about freedom and danger for the Indian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingersoll
Moses
George Washington
Vitalitas Demonstration Draws Southern Visitors to Memphis
Visitors from across the South tour the Vitalitas display in Memphis and hear famed claims of the tonic’s health benefits. Charles McDonald of Marie Arkansas and E. O. Branch of Woodstock Tennessee praise Vitalitas for indigestion and stomach issues, while touting its purity and purported cures. Sutton's Drug Store offers the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Memphis
Chas. McDonald
Marie, Ark
Sutton’s
Adv
Mobile Social Aboard Guests From Michigan and Local Visits
Personal items note Mr and Mrs James Lacrone of New Buffalo Michigan arriving in Mobile March 10 for a three week stay. They lodge at 715 Dauphin near Mr and Mrs H C Schwenk and plan gulf coast visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lacrone
New Buffalo
Mich
Mobile
Lacrone
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Gulf Coast
Dauphin Street
H. C. Schwenk
John T. McGrath
Hot Springs
Ark
Memphis
Birmingham
Martha Bradshaw
E. J. Gower
Birmingham News
Ed Fennon
Waukesha
John Calametti
Fennon
Eugenia Ormond
J. B. Marshall
Hilda Meyer
Rudolph Richards
Broad Street
Joe Bibb
Selma Journal
Unruly Girls Face Water Cure Reported at Hudon School
A New York legislature report details alleged abuses at Hudson state training school for girls. It cites use of discipline nicknamed the water cure, including mouth washing with chemical blends and, in severe cases, restraint with handcuffs and leg irons while a nurse applies a wet towel to the mouth. The report calls for the removal of superintendent Dr. Hortense V. Bruce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Hudson
Department of Efficiency and Economy
Hortense V. Bruce
Troop Transports Lined Kingston In War Warning
Passengers aboard the American steamer Almirant report seeing nine British transports at Kingston Jamaica ready to move troops to Europe. Four British warships lay nearby with one identified as the Sydney famed for sinking the Emden last November. Sydney’s Atlantic presence had not been recorded before.
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New York
Almirant
West Indies
Kingston
Jamaica
Europe
Sydney
Emden
Cocos Island
Atlantic
Weather forecast and river outlook across regions
The report notes 28 degree protection for 36 hour northbound shipments and moderate temps east and west. It forecasts Tombigbee river levels to fall in two days and the Alabama to drop. Overall, fair, moderately cold conditions prevail across much of the U.S. with a high barometer crest over the Mississippi valley and light frosts in parts of Alabama and the South Atlantic states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombigbee
Alabama
United States
Rocky Mountain
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi Valley
South Atlantic
Florida
North Atlantic
New York City
North Pacific Coast
Mobile
Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Young Burglary Suspect Arrested by Deputies
Deputy Sheriffs August Oberhaus and Lee Soles arrested John Battles aged 15 on a burglary warrant after he was accused of entering the Turner Hartwell Docks tool house. A white man frightened a Kling household cook with a knife and stole a sack of oatmeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August
Oberhaus
Lee Soles
John Battles
Turner-Hartwell Docks Company
August Kling
North Jackson Street
Woodmen Leave Selma for Home After Biennial Meet
The Head Camp Woodmen of the World of Alabama closed its fifth biennial convention in Selma with a grand ball at the Albert Hotel. Dothan was chosen as the next meeting site by an overwhelming vote, with Birmingham Mobile and Montgomery among those supporting other cities. A special train carried hundreds of Woodmen and Ladies of the Circle to Birmingham for morning departures.
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Selma
Ala
Dothan
World of
Alabama
Albert Hotel
Birmingham
Mobile
Montgomery
Gadsden
Anniston
Union Station
Order
North
Boston Shoe Shop Opens New Conti Street Plant
The Boston Shoe Shop moves into its handsome new Conti Street plant at 65 and 67 Centi, reopening this afternoon at 4:30. Proprietors RB. H. Pake and L. H. Metzger supervise about twenty staff in a modern quick repair facility praised for comfort and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Shoe Shop
Conti Street
Mobile
Boston
RB. H. Pake
L. H. Metzger
Four men arraigned on gaming charges in afrior criminal court
Joe Patterson Dave Watts Sam Coleman and Charles Turner were arraigned on Thursday in the a f f i o r criminal court on the charge of gaming and each fined 1 or ten days. Charles Campbell and Joe Patterson were discharged for lack of evidence. John Davis and Aimee Lewis on the charge of jumping on moving trains were fined 10 and costs and remanded for sentence.
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Joe Patterson
Dave Watts
Sam Coleman
Charles Turner
Afrior
Charles Campbell
John Davis
Aimee Lewis
Children Celebrate March Birthdays In Mobile Item
The Mobile Item lists seven children born in March including Peter J. Brown Inez A. Pierce Myrtle L. Holland Mamie Petrich Walter H. Dodd Jr Agnes Meyer and Elmer Delhome. The paper invites them to a birthday party at the Fire Theatre this afternoon with five guests each and notes tickets mailed.
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Peter J. Brown
Selma St
Inez A. Pierce
Florida St
Myrtle L. Holland
Prichard
Mamie Petrich
S. Dearborn St
Walter H. Dodd, Jr
Parker St
Agnes Meyer
Dauphin St
Elmer Delhome
N. Lawrence
the Item
Fire Theatre
New York Woman Honored by Joffre for Tobacco Gift
Paris reports General Joffre responds to Mrs. Clara Washington Lopp of New York with sincere thanks for her large tobacco dispatch to French soldiers. He commends Americans for supporting the brave troops and calls the gift a source of joy amid their defense of a noble cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Joffre
Clara Washington Lopp
New York
America
Mrs. Rockefeller Dies at Pocantico Hills Home
New York March 12 Mrs John D Rockefeller died at 10 20 this forenoon at the Rockefeller country home in Pocantico Hills near Tarrytown after a prolonged illness Her husband and son were in Ormond Fla and a special train was dispatched to reach New York tomorrow Mrs E Parmalee Prentice her daughter was the only close relative present at the end
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Tarrytown
Ormond
Fla
Arkansas racing bill heads to governor for action
A bill permitting horse racing and the use of pari mutuel machines advanced to Governor Hunt after quick passage in the House just before adjournment. The Senate had approved the measure earlier. Hunt said he would not comment on his decision for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pheonix
Ariz
England Offers Coal to Switzerland at Cost Price
Germany told Switzerland export of coal will soon be barred and England offered unlimited coal to Switzerland at cost price to meet its needs. The message came via Paris from Geneva dated March 12.
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Geneva
Paris
Germany
England
Switzerland
Mussel Shoals Project Not Dead
Chairman Sparkman says if government revenues improve the rivers and harbors bill may cover key projects. The Mussel Shoals water power plan in Tennessee could be visited in May with a federal $18 million appropriation to develop water power, reimbursable to the government. Other items include canal purchases and canalization work on the Cumberland above Nashville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sparkman
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Mussel Shoals
Tennessee
California
Army Engineers
Underwood
Chesapeake and Delaware
Cumberland River
Nashville
Crossties Destroyed in Alabama Fire Near Rail Line
Nearly four hundred crossties owned by C. D. Scott burned near Yellow Pine Alabama one mile from town. Fire cause not yet determined. Loss estimated around 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Pine
Ala
C. D. Scott
Maloney to Lecture Cultivators on City Vacant Lots
George A. Maloney the government agent and Chamber of Commerce adviser will give a free lecture to garden cultivators at the Alba Building Royal old St Michael Monday afternoon at o'clock. The Home Garden Association aims to aid unemployed workers by supervising and testing each lot and providing lime as needed. Cultivators will learn soil preparation and truck types. attendance is urged and the event is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Maloney
Chamber of Co.m
Mobile Home Garden Association
Alba
Royal Old St. Michael
Home Garden Association
Lillian Russell Returns to Crown for Final Mobile Showing
Lillian Russell star of Wildfire returns to the Crown Theatre Friday. The mogul group secured World Film Corp permission for a final Mobile engagement, with long lines and peak box office, praising the film as a masterpiece and a record attraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian RK
George Broadhurst
George Hobart
Crown Theatre
King
Maurice F. Barr
World Film Corporation
Lillian Russell
Mobile
the Crown
Rev Hensley to Prea Two Sermons
Sunday Rev P H Hensley will preach at Broad Street Presbyterian Church at 11 a m and Franklin Street Church at 7 30 p m. The 11 o clock topic is The Deity of Christ from Romans Ephesians and Philippians. The 7 30 p m topic is A Peculiar People or The Priesthood of Believers and non sacerdotal character of the ministry.
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P. H. Hensley
Broad Street Presbyterian
Franklin Street
Christ
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News OF the Social World
Sara Teasdale
Harper's Magazine
Vince
F. W. Crenshaw
Myers
Petersburg
Chism
Fares Point
Somerville
Phares Coleman, Jr
Rose Owen McDavid
Carrie
Y. W. C. A. Gymnasium
Moose Auditorium
Government Street
A. W. Metcalf
Stanford
R. J. Walter
Magnolia Street
Biloxi
Mark Twain
Arkansas
Woodstock
Dansante
New Battle House
Roe Shad
Florida Fish CO
Gulf City Dye Works
Bell
Croup
Vaporub
Vicki Steph
Onia Salve
The
Lillian
Russell
Lionel Barrymore
Muscat
Eries
Mrs. Rockefeller
Maloney
CROWN
Hensley
van Antwerp
Huyler
Cotteolene
Chicago
Zhenk Fairbank
Sonpar
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