Easter Week Social Planned by Cathedral Ladies
The Mobile chapter announces a major Easter week event March 28-29 at the cathedral library with a ball following on April 1 in bright sequence. New features and prizes promise strong attendance while attire remains formal. A meeting Monday at 4:30 at the Scottish Rite Cathedral will consider the officer resignation and the Barton scholarship matters.
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W. G. Stevens
I . Miss
Flames H. Patterson
Barton
Turmoil Over D A R President General Race
In the D A R ranks a stir rises as April Congress nears with cries of treason in many chapters. Some members fear the publicly debated race for the President general of the national Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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America
National ‘Society of the Daughters of the Ameri
Memphis
Tenn
Semmes
Story
Bryan
Matthew ‘I. Scott
Congress
Wv. A. x
Gulf City
Mobile
Rhett Goode
Abs
Chariel
Shawnan
John T. Cochrane
Virginia Cavalier Chapter
Mute ‘Churber
If This Is Your Birthday Forecast
A pleasant and successful journey lies ahead with caution on new friendships. Those born today will be clever and enjoy traveling. A vocation calling them to foreign lands suits them, though danger comes if they quarrel and fail to tolerate others.
Marie Corelli Sues Actor Over Sketch The Peoples King
London reports novelist Marie Corelli seeks an injunction in chancery court to stop George Gray vaudeville from presenting a sketch titled The Peoples King. Corelli contends the piece dramatizes Temporal Power, while Gray claims the script predates the novel.
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Marie Corelli
London
Chancery Court
George Gray
Mme. Corelli
Gray
Easter Frolics and Masquerade Plans for Local Children
The notice outlines an Easter Monday party on March 24 hosted by Selwyn Turner and parents. Mothers of children invited to German Relief Hall 11 to 1 to view dress patterns and masques. A Story Hour at 4 o'clock tomorrow at the Y M C A Auditorium features Sunshine Hawks performing for the children.
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Selwyn Turner
Horace Turner
Ghana
Sunshine Hawks
Fort Payne Industry Progress at Davis Hosiery Mills
Special to The Item reports Davis Hosiery Mills in Fort Payne Alabama expanding daily with new machinery and full plant lighting by its own electricity. The semi monthly payroll exceeds 2200 dollars per payday, about 4600 dollars monthly, all spent locally in Fort Payne.
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Fort Payne
Ala
Davis Hosiery Mills
Engine Dumps Freight Engine Kills Toinette Agent
News from Mobile reports a Southern Railway freight engine overturned at Toinette Alabama on Wednesday. Station Agent Scott was killed as he rode the engine during car switching. Engineer Morrison was badly bruised and must use crutches after traveling to Mobile for treatment. the accident followed a fill weakened by heavy rains. Morrison arrived in Mobile Thursday afternoon for care. The victim was buried at Toinette.
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Mobile
Toinette
Ala
Southern Railway
Scott
R. Morrison
Morrison
Gasoline Explosion Burns Garage In Elmira
Fire in a garage in Elmira New York caused by a gasoline explosion destroyed the structure and incurred substantial damages. Firefighters fought the blaze with water streams and limited spread to adjacent buildings. No injuries were reported and investigators began examining the incident for the cause.
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Associated Press
Elmyra, N. Y
Women Protest High Meat Prices
The National Housewives' League rejects President Leonard of the Union Stock Yards in Chicago explanation that cattle shortages justify high prices. Mrs. Julian Heath says wholesalers and retailers insist that demand is low enough that reduced supply would not lift prices to current levels.
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Associated Press
New York
National Housewives’ League
Leonard
Union Stock Yards’ Company
Chicago
Julian Heath
League
Eufaula Bank Boosts Capital and Declares Dividend
Eufala Ala March 14 The Commercial National Bank raises capital from 100000 to 160000 funded by undivided profits of 78000 and profits of 28000 with a 10 percent quarterly dividend to be distributed April 11. Led by J P Foy president and C P Roberts cashier the bank has paid eight to twelve percent annually.
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Eufala
Ala
Commercial National Bank
J. P. Foy
C. P. Roberts
Destructive Cyclone Strikes Buenos Aires
A cyclone in Buenos Aires on March 14 killed twenty people and left many injured. The disaster caused very heavy property damage across affected areas.
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Associated Press
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Foundation laid for Sylacauga ice plant
Sylacauga Alabama March 14 foundation work on the Sylacauga Ice and Cold Storage Company plant is finished with contractors predicting rapid completion of remaining work. Machinery will be installed soon and the plant, a fifteen ton facility, aims to run by mid April serving Sylacauga and nearby towns.
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Sylacauga
Ala
Sylacauga Ice and Cold Storage Company
Dougherty Aims at Blackmailers
New York officials announce a special police squad to curb East Side bombings and mailer rage incidents. Deputy Colm Dougherty cites more than 106 bombs and 10 explosions in 1912 as threats to public safety and vows action against the gang activity.
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New York
Associated Press
Colm Dougherty
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Marie Corelli Sues Actor
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