Why Delay Carnival Decision for 1917 Mardi Gras
The article argues delaying the 1917 Mardi Gras carnival hurts Mobile’s image and economy. It urges immediate planning, public funding pledges, and clear budgeting to ensure a creditable event, noting haste costs more and past attempts were inadequate. It calls on merchants and citizens to act now to avoid repeating errors and to compare costs with past efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnival Association
Mobile
Mobile Carnival Association
New Orleans
Hervey Down
Chamber of Commerce Sees Reorganization and Growth
The Chamber reports reorganization of a long idle factory with foreign and local capital moving toward a paint plant, plus plans for a creamery and a new small factory venture. Delegates will publish a wide circulation booklet promoting Mobile, form a clubhouse committee with local clubs, and partner with civic groups to improve the Home Garden Association. By-laws are revised as membership rises, urging business leaders to join and support the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Mobile Country Club
Mobile Rotary Club
Home Garden Association
Chamber
Horoscope for Tuesday March 21 1916 Anxious economic note
The column predicts a mixed spring ingress affecting US international affairs and business. A London astrologer foresees senate scenes, possible ill health for the president, Canada’s bright future, a surge of women and children bringing prosperity, and a return to romantic drama and a new acting school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
London
Senate
Canada
Notable Visitors and Tourists in Mobile Gather for Conference
A swarm of travelers and businessmen including Hartwell Douglas and 8. 8. Mims in Mobile attend the Southeastern Claim Conference events. Guests hail from Montgomery, Birmingham, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and beyond. Several plan stays of several days, with many visiting the climate and local hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartwell Douglas
Alabama State Convict Department
Mims
Oscar McDade
Montgomery
Mobile
P. B. Coffin
C. E. Lyons
Frank
J. A. Roger
Chicago
Ill
Walter C. Scott
Napierville
N. M. Jacknell
Jacksonville
L. M. Lamped
Shreveport
William Walker
Pensacola
Fla
W. K. McClellan
Louisville, Ky
J. P. Gribben
St. Paul, Minn
J. H. Patterson
Mobile & Ohio
Atlanta
Southeastern Claim Conference
Fairhope Notes and Local Events Highlight Week
Baptist Ladies Aid served ice cream on the Home Telephone lawn. Rev. T. C. Swabbard preached on Man As a Fallen Being. Marietta L. Johnson returned from an East lecture tour with Carnegie Hall engagements. A K of P excursion to Dauphin Island is set for March 30. A new water tank foundation began on Section street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhope
Ala
Baptist Ladies Aid Society
Home Telephone
T. C. Swabbard
Mobile
The
Baptist Church
Marietta L. Johnson
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Organic
LeFlame
Apollo
K. of P
Dauphin Island
Marion Overton
Sweetwater Branch
Hazel Bowen
Section Street
Fairhope Avenue
I. S. Balfrey
Harrisburg
Will Wren
Gavin Hunter
List of Names and Places Mentioned
A long OCR fragment lists numerous individuals and their locations across Mississippi Alabama Georgia Tennessee Louisiana and beyond including Meridian healing springs New Orleans Tampa New York City and St Louis. The item reads like a roster of people with associated towns and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R D. Stringland
B. B. Guthrie
E. H.norton
Charleston
J. H. A. B. Wilks
Meridian
Miss
Margaret A. Tucker
H. H. Case
Gadsden
Ala
M. B. Brooks
Cost Haddam
Conn
C. W. Park
A. Hoff
B. Wilson
New Orleans
L. Moore
Theodore
J. C. McLure
New York City
C. Williams
Little River
Winnie Kirby
Scottsboro
Tompkins
Stockton
Benny H. Moran
St. Louis
T. A. Roberts
Aurley, Miss
Question Box Answers on Religion Electors Postal Terms
A compiled set of Q A items covers origins of Presbyterian and Methodist churches in Scotland England and America and details on presidential electors voting process rural free delivery boxes and the Bank of England anecdote about the term namby pamby with notes on Ambrose Phillips and the poets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Presbyterian General Assembly
John Knox
England
Presbyterian Church
Synod of
Philadelphia
John Wesley
Thomas Coke
America
Washington
Senate
Congress
Ans
Bank of England
William Patterson
Ambrose Phillies
Carey
Pope
Spoons Full of Salto Believes Aching Kidneys
A writer warns excess meat damages kidneys forming uric acid that hinders filtering. Backache and dull kidney pain signal meat overindulgence, with advice to cut meat and purge poisons to relieve headaches, stomach sourness, and bodily weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SALTO
Confessions of a Wife and a Real Friend
The narrator recalls attending Eleanor Fairlow's funeral and fears gossip. Annie, a close confidante, visits with her daughter Margaret Ann, deepening the bond as Annie reflects on motherhood and friendship. The entry ends with a hint of healing and a question about the narrator's back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Fairlow
Eleanor
Annie
Margaret Ann
Anne
Margaret
Tim
Eliene
Ireland
Miss Margaret
Sonny
Speeding on Government Street leads to fines for two chauffeurs
Elmo Nelson and Thomas West brook were fined $10 each in the recorder's court Monday for speeding. An officer said they treated Government street as a race track and exceeded thirty miles per hour. Nelson claimed the facts were disputed by his boss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Nelson
Thomas Westbrook
Recorder’s Court
Government Street
Pinex cough syrup touted for fast relief and value
An advertisement extols Pinex cough syrup as the leading home remedy for chest and throat coughing. It explains a 2 1/2 ounce bottle mixed with sugar syrup costs little, tastes good, and quickly soothes dry hoarse coughs. The ad notes guaiacol rich Norway pine extract and offers a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co. Ft Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabeare
He Pinex Co
Wayne
Appeal Requested Then Bond Signed After Return
The defendant said to take an appeal while away and would sign the bond upon returning. upon arrival he remained in custody and paid the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jat
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Court Monday
The probate court issued licenses Monday to Stephen N. E. Townsend and Carrie T. Stein Fred Marcillo Hutchins and Carrie T. Stein Frank King and Annie Blank Gillard Hearin and Mary Houstis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veaa Brats
Ant Fianes Co
Stephen N. E. A. Townsend
Fred Marccil
Oama Hutchins
Carrie T. Stein
Frank King
Annie Blank
Gillard Hearin
Mary Houstis
A Medicine of Merit Lydia E Pinkham Ads
The grande sale of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is said to stem from genuine merit. The ad claims the old fashioned root and herb medicine helps women with ailments peculiar to women and notes forty years of use by American women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pink
America
Granger Liver Regulator Promises Health Benefits
An old health ad argues nine out of ten illnesses come from ignored minor digestive problems. It promotes Granger Liver Regulator as a safe, vegetable remedy free of chemicals, sold in large tin boxes for 25 cents.
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W. M. Clemens
United Press Wire Report
Associated
Ape
Bureau OF
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Swolle
S. C. Beckwith
New York
Tribune
Third National
Franklin
Iry
Phares Coleman
Birmingham
R. A. Blumberg
Dayton
Hattiesburg
A. J. King
E. W. Hayes
Kansas City
J. W. Pratt
S. S. French
G. F. Gilmer
Fulton, Ala
J. L. Bedsole
Thomasville
F. J. Bedsole
R. R. Rush
Grove Hill
W. H. Turner
Kokomo
Ind
J. Uv. Alll and Son
Omaha
Neb
E. A. Kieselhorst
Carl §. Pick
Citronelle
W. E .Altley
N. BE. Turner
Vinegar Bend
T. J. Jones
Troy
John B. Moran
Newark, N. J
Frank A. Leonard
Charles Henderson
R. L.goodman
Rochester, N. Y
South
H. Daniels
Chattanooga
Tenn
R. F. Callaway
E. C. Bennett
M. Killian
D. Brisolera
A. M. Berdler
L. R. Millar
Tll
W. K. McClelland
Louisville
J. H. Maloney
Boston
Mass
O. S. Smith
C. A. Walters
Washington, D. C
E. A. Hauss
Mis
A. W. Rooney
Century
E. R. Simpson
Palmer, Ill
R. L. Long
Evergreen
J. B. Moran
Newark
A. R. Chisholm
Buffalo
F. Herz
Charlotte
N. C
S. H. McLoughlin
Laurel
Miss. Bienville
M. J. Seaton
Denver
Colo
A. Regg
EB. P. Magee
W. P. Penn
Selma
J. T. Cecil
F. B. Harcourt
Springfield
Ills
R. A. Morton
Mason City
Iowa
C. R. Goodrich
N. M. Newell
Coy
J. H. Harwod
F. W. Carnich and Family
J. H. Hastly
E. Farrington
A. T. Donnell
C. B. Boland
Cawthon
A. B. Samson
Rochester
N. Y
Howard Douglas
Ned M. Jacknell
H. F. Grandall
A. N. Houston
Edward H. Barnes
C. J. Head
S. S. Mims
George H. Albin
M. F. Dallett
M. S. Phillips
Charles Brown
Richmond
Maggie Adams
Jackson
Neil Robinson
Misses Grace
Louise Robinson
W. Va
F. C. Griffin
Fort Morgan
C. B. Smuck
Battles
L. 8S
Ham
A. A. Weiland
Charles
J. Hardy
S.newsbaum
S. H. Lennish
Pa. Klosky
C. B. McGuire
N.le
Eaain Somsandere Savage
T. HH. Oe P
Desner
Milwaukee
Wis
C. Schwartz
Pat Recente
Mice Penne
Sarleee
Linea
Wright
Kesner
United
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