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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1915

Page

2

Home Garden Association holds planning meeting in Alba building

Tomorrow at 2 PM the Home Gardeners will meet at 57 N Royal Street upstairs to learn cultivation methods from demonstrator George A Maloney. Lots will be allotted tools provided and plowing arranged. lime and fertilizer tenders noted. citizens with vacant lots urged to attend and donate land or labor.

Alba N. Royal Street George A. Maloney Home Garden Association Weinacker Brothers Barney- Cavanagh Co Chas. Cunningham Co H. M. Price & Co McGo The Association Edward Quincy Norton Alba Building A. G. Moses Temple Government Street M. J. McDermott Bank of Mobile U. S. Agricultural Department

Freak colt with two heads among Cambridge Spring livestock

Reports from Pittsburg describe a mare at Cambridge Spring giving birth to a colt with two heads two necks and two bodies. The animal had four legs and is joined by cows delivering five calves in one day. The notice requests owners to report details and submit lots for a farm association lease while plans for competitive gardening are discussed by the Home Garden Association with prizes to be offered.

Pittsburg Cambridge Spring Joseph Bradie John Linneber

Oyster loaves at Charles Schimpf Restaurant offer fresh plant oysters

Advert says 25 cent oyster loaves sold at 3-5-7 North Royal Street in the Charles Schimpf Restaurant. Loaf is a dozen oysters for 25 cents with 16 cents extra for toasted. Raw oysters available at the stand with 20 cents per dozen and 10 cents per extra dozen.

Charles Schimpf North Royal Street

Training School to Open Sunday

The Baptist training school for Sunday school and B Y P A workers opens today and runs through the 19th with a special teaching and soul winning course. A mass meeting for Sunday school workers is at 3 p m in the First Baptist church auditorium. Rev W S Wiley of Muskogee Oklahoma will be the speaker.

Baptist Training School First Baptist Church W. S. Wiley Muskogee Okla Baptist State Board of Missions Lillian Forbes Birmingham Ala Harry JL. Strickland The Baptists of Alabama Oklo Wiley Southern Baptist Convention Harry 8. Strickland State Board of Missions North Side First Church Dauphin Way Tabernacle B. Y. P. A Tabernacle Calvary Oakdale

Dance in Court Room Proves Tango Thefts

In San Francisco a girl on trial for pocket theft demonstrated a dance move that could remove money from a man’s hip pocket unseen. The prosecutor and Mary Griffin staged a fox trot and a hug during testimony. The judge watched as Mary produced the purse contents from the prosecutor’s pocket. the girl was convicted.

San Francisco Mary Griffin McGee Mary

Week of Marriage Licenses Births and Deaths Issued

The probate court issued marriage licenses for the week ending March 13 to White M. Diamond and Elsa Hubbard. J E Meyer and La verne McGregor. Samuel O. Wilson and Mary Antoinette Green. Otto Forshlon and Emma Howell. Edward Gaines Cowart and Lervene A. Dees. James Milberry and Matilda A. Barnes. Vital statistics list multiple deaths and births by white and colored individuals, including names such as Jesse Stone Steele, Edith M. Lewin, Vernon Coleman, Lola Huston, and several children born to listed couples.

Ross M. Diamond Elsa Hubbard Lincoln JE. Meyer Laverne McGregor Samuel O. Wilson Mary Antoinette Green Otto Forshlon Emma Howell Edward Gaines Cowart Lervene A. Dees James Milberry Matilda A. Barnes Stephen Davis Jessie Davis Eli Donald Dugrue Littlefield Woodie Trotter Helen Ford Board of Health Jesse Stone Steele Joseph A. Long John T. Donovan Daniel Brogan Desire Christopher Edith M. Lewin Martha F. Snow Mary L. Sandoz Mary Brown Steele Ida Pearl Mahonny Stella J. Carney Vernon Coleman Lou James Larkins Sandy Cherry Leo Solomon Willie Washington John Robinson Hanna Reed Lola Huston Ada Ellas L. Ward Gussie Williams Mary Hayes Goronwy Claudia E. Glidden Frank G Helen E. Dahlgren Henry D Lillian Hickman T. M L. D. Adair Ernest Mary Swaner H. A H. J. Mangold Frank Katie Lou Arthur H Ruth Emma Crouch Nick Clara Andrews Willie and Essia Mealia Bailey Enoch Annie Bolton Elisha Clara B. Warren Elizabeth McNeil Monroe Mary Jackson

Curfew Enforced in California Village for Children

In Loli Cal on March 18 the council unanimously orders strict curfew for all youths. School children must be off streets after 8 30 pm until June 1 when the limit extends to 10 pm. Readily visible curfew aims to curb wandering after dark.

California Loli Cal

Old Battleship Maine Towed to Drydock in Brooklyn Yard

The Maine, the second of that name, was towed into drydock at the Brooklyn navy yard after an explosion blew out her keel plugs and threatened sinking. She remains in service as a receiving ship for the reserve.

MAINE New York Brooklyn Navy Yard Eee Tone

She Weds Maker of Baby Carriages in Elopement

In Chicago, Henry L. Whitney Jr. of Keen Whitney Co and his bride, Mrs. Henry L. Whitney nee Waite of St. Louis, eloped from her home at 5630 Theodosia Ave. They married just days ago, then arrived in Chicago to announce the match. The couple owns about 9 000 baby carriages and plan to travel after a brief wedding, sending photos to St. Louis.

Chicago Henry L. Whitney Keen-Whitney Company Waite St. Louis Theodosia Avenue Drexel Arms Hotel Whitney Whit

Model business man held as auto bandit

Philip T. White a Brooklyn paint company manager and hailed as a model young businessman was arrested as head of an automobile bandit gang that tried to steal 9500 from two Brooklyn employees. White lives in Elizabeth New Jersey and has a wife and two children.

New York Philip T. White John W. Masury Paint Company Brooklyn White Elizabeth N. J

Can a Wooden Leg Tango Knees to Dance

San Francisco report on Colonel Edward Howland Green asking if an artificial leg can be steered through tango steps. Professor Sladen of London and Paris assists, and Green asserts the leg once played baseball, but whether he can tango remains to be seen.

San Francisco Edward Howland Green Hetty Green Sladen London Paris

New York Refutes Chicago Trouserets Fashion Claim

A Chicago dispatch claimed trouserets would gain vogue beneath skirts. New York houses deny the report as baseless. An authority on fashions says no style began in Chicago.

New York Chicago Dispatch

Varnish Coat In Medical Mishap Report

In San Bernardino Kenneth McRae was rushed to Ramona hospital after an automobile crash with internal injuries, where he was treated with a varnish coat. The incident details are sketchy in the fragmentary clipping.

San Bernardino Cal Ramona Hospital Kenneth McRae

Fr Dorsey Colored Priest To Conduct Mission in Mobile

The Rev John H Dorsey S S J a noted Black Catholic priest will open a three week mission at the Church of the Most Pure Heart of Mary colored in Mobile Alabama on Davis avenue and Sengstak street He will preach nightly at 745 o clock through April 4 inviting all Colored Catholics and non Catholics to attend

John H. Dorsey United States Church of the Most Pure Heart of Mary Davis Avenue Sengstak Street Mobile Father Dorsey

Man Recovers After Bridge Crash Sparks Leg Repair

In a wreck on the Lytle Creek bridge McRae was thrown several feet when the automobile axle broke. He escaped injury, but his artificial wooden leg was marred and varnished at the hospital to repair the damage.

Lytle Creek McRae

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