Hotel Imperial gains torch and flame endangers guests
Fire at the Hotel Imperial in Knoxville Tennessee destroyed the building injuring two firemen. About 200 guests escaped as the blaze, started reportedly by a lightning strike in the elevator shaft, consumed the hotel with losses estimated at 200000 to 250000 dollars. Adjacent property remained undamaged. Holy Name Society of St Marys Catholic church scheduled a 730 pm meeting with Rev D L McGowan to discuss England and the Catholic Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Hotel Imperial
Holy Name Society of
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary's School
D. L. McGowan
Providence
Fir
England
Hair removal paste promises easy skin smoothness
An advertisement explains a Gelatone paste made with water and delatone powder to remove hair. Applied for about two minutes and rubbed off, it claims to leave skin smooth without discomfort or injury when Teal delatone is used.
Indigestion and Constipation Relief Ad
Indigestion and constipation are common causes of illness. A man feels better when his stomach settles. Take Chamberlains Tablets for quick relief and lasting health. Obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberin
Chamberlain
Mobile Children Celebrate Birthdays at Empire Theatre
The Mobile Item notes four children born in March 1913 1911 1907 and 1903 celebrate birthdays today. Helen W McAtee Mary T Serda Herbert C Henderson and Margaret E King invited to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon with tickets mailed. Birth day Editor invites other March born children to send full details two days ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen W. McAtee
Oak St
Mary T. Serda
Government St
Herbert C. Henderson
Monroe
Margaret E. King
Chatham St
the Item
Empire Theatre
Armor Plate Plant Bill Backed by Swanson in Senate
Senator Swanson urged passage of the Tillman bill for a government armor plant. He warned private makers threaten to raise prices by 200 a ton, costing the government millions during construction. He cited past monopolies and high costs from Bethlehem Carnegie and Midvale contracts, urging action to end the armor plate trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Swanson
Senate
Tillman
Virginia
Bethlehem Company
Carnegie
Midvale
United States
Gun Club Elects Officers for Season
The Mobile Gun Club elected officers for the year with Mark Lyons as president Pat Byrne as vice president R F Neville Jr as secretary Wythe Whiting as treasurer A governing board was named including Dr A G Ward W B Inge Gene Auter C E Vincent and Barney Sheridan Jr The canvassing committee to recruit new members includes Ric Rubira Pat Byrne A Moragues Elmer Maddox and R G Harrison Dues set at 5 for new members 2 50 for members over one year The first shoot is planned for April 1 promising a busy season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Lyons
Pat Byrne
R. F. Neville, Jr
Wythe Whiting
A G. Ward
W. B. Inge
Gene Auter
C. E. Vincent
Barney Sheridan, Jr
Ric Rubira
A. Moragues
Elmer Maddox
R. G. Harrison
Children invited on Know-Your-City trip
School children curious about Mobile industry are invited to join the Know-Your-City committee of the Chamber of Commerce on a Wednesday afternoon tour. The Lerio Turpentine Cup Company plant will be visited. The group meets at the county courthouse at 3 o clock and proceeds promptly. Strangers may join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Lerio Turpentine Cup
Cavalryman Re enlists in Marine Corps after border wait
A former Thirteenth U S Cavalry private, who spent three years on the Mexican border, is accepted for enlistment in the Marine Corps. He laments missing active service while noting his unit later ran into action as he spoke with Sergeant Frank E English at the local recruiting station.
Greece Faces Pressure Over War Entry From Romania Change
Athens reports a shift in Greek opinion as Roumania may abandon neutrality for the Allies. Allies warn Greece of no automatic support and insist cooperation only if Greece acts independently, possibly impacting Macedonia operations and Greek diplomatic stance. Royalist papers mirror a softening toward participation, with conditions tied to Greek initiative and no territorial guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Paris
Roumania
Greece
Macedonia
Verdun
Weather and fire report from Marianna Florida
Weather forecast notes moderate temperatures over the next 24 to 86 hours with rivers Tombigbee and Alabama not changing much. A barometric low covers the central country with scattered precip and warmer pockets. a high over the Pacific coast brings cold fair weather. Fire in Marianna destroys a ten-building block including a Baptist church with livestock losses and an estimated $75,000 insured loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
New England States
Middle Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Middle Atlantic Coast
Albert Ashenberger
Marianna
Fla
Fugitive Returned After Burglary Arrest in Ala
Bunkum Singleton arrested by Deputy Sheriff Lee Soles on burglary charge in Monroe county Alabama was returned to Monroeville Monday. Dr Husk Dies Martyr Laredo reports Dr Carlos Husk of Aurora Illinois died here Monday night from typhus contracted in Mexico during relief work with Dr Peter Olitzky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunkum Singleton
Lee Soles
Monroe County
Ala
Monroeville
Husk
Laredo
Tex
Carlos Husk
Aurora
Ills
Mexico
Peter Olitzky
Whistler Notes Local Lodge Meet and Residents Move
Mechanics Lodge No 69 will hold a meeting on Carr street Tuesday at 7 30. Residents Bessie Campbell Mildred Ortman return to Mobile from Whistler. Harry Collins moves to Detroit with business. Clergy and social visits noted with Annie Schmidtner and Ladies' Aid hosting at the parsonage. Evans Furniture Co. continues its Big Removal and Consolidation Sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whistler
Ala
Mechanics' Lodge No
L O
Carr Street
Bessie Campbell
Mildred Ortman
Mobile
Nettie Halliwell
Harry Collins
Detroit
Mich
Bilbo
Citronelle Methodist Church
Whistler Methodist Church
E.S. Barnes
Mack Graham
Annie Schmidtner
Mobile & Ohio
Gadsden
Ladies’ Aid Society
Maggie Bell
Eva Bell Jones
Motile
Robert M. Peterson
Sutton Drug Clerk Acquitted Of Cigarette Charge
W C Rivers of Sutton Drug Co was acquitted in recorder's court last night of selling cigarettes to a minor. Rivers, a drug clerk not employed at the cigar counter, asked friends to know the charge was entirely unfounded.
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W. C. Rivers
Sutton Drug Co
Recorder’s Court
Rivers
Eha
City Briefs Highlight Rail Travel and Business Trip
O L Mitchell traveling passenger agent of the Big Four lines based in Chattanooga Tenn is in Mobile on business. H A Henderson and wife left Mobile Tuesday via the Louisville and Nashville road for a business trip to New York city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. L. Mitchell
Big Four Lines
Chattanooga, Tenn
Mobile
H. A. Henderson
Louisville and Nashville Road
New York City
Court actions list in Chancery Court session
Hon. Thomas H. Smith presides as multiple matters advance. Motions by St Louis Union Trust Co delay sale in the Alabama Lodge case. Morse and Morse and Puckett cases include testimony orders. Phillips versus Demarest moves on pleadings with decree pro confesso. Courtright estate administrator discharge. Parker versus Parker advances with decree pro confesso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Court
Thomas H. Smith
St. Louis Union Trust Co
Alabama Lodge No. 1
Louis Morse, Jr
Ella May Morse
Hattie Puckett
Richard Puckett
J. W. Phillips
John Demarest
Anna M. Courtright
Georgia Parker
Samuel Parker
Traveling men are for sanitary hotels in Alabama
President Louis J. Adler of the Alabama Travelers' Association via Secretary A. Coke Smith has sent letters to all hotel proprietors and managers in Alabama urging posted notices of sanitary hotel laws under a $25 fine for noncompliance. The missive also notes hotels lacking individual towels and the removal of roller towels in wash rooms. Adler urges clean beds table linen and towels and wholesome meals to keep traveling men loyal and supportive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Adler
Alabama Travelers’ Association
A. Coke Smith
Alabama
Adler
Mobile Rifle Club to Use Fort Morgan Range
Mobile Rifle Club members will soon practice on an outdoor range at Fort Morgan under Major W L Guthrie U S engineer in charge. Since last September the group has done indoor drills and will now begin real outdoor rifle work with rifles ammunition and targets available. Y M C A directors to meet Tuesday evening at 6 30 at the association building to transact important business. Militiamen L A Leahy E M McDonald and Grover Harrison of the Mobile battalion First Regiment A N G were jailed on commitment papers from Col Maddox for failing to attend muster and will face a court martial after bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Rifle Club
Fort Morgan
W. L. Guthrie
U.S
Mobile District
Association
L. V. Leahy
E. M. McDonald
Grover Harrison
Mobile Batallion
First Regiment
Col. Maddox
Local Social Notes From Oakdale and Nearby
Oakdale Alabama residents share visits locations and family news with relatives in Laurel Mississippi and Birmingham Alabama. Mrs Ankerson Mae Ankerson Agnes Ankerson Mrs Walker Mildred Gatewood Mrs Hume Mrs Morrison Mrs Walters Mrs Cooper Mrs Beckham and baby travel for family illnesses and gatherings.
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Oakdale
Ala
Albert Cooper
Ankerson
Mae
Agnes Ankerson
8. Walker
Laurel
Miss
Mildred Gatewood
Oliver Hume
Morrison
Walters
MISSISSIPPI WOMEN LOSE IN LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Mississippi senate votes down a constitutional amendment to allow women to be school superintendents and serve on boards of trustees for state institutions. A separate item notes a Chicago sender requesting locate of his stepmother Mrs Elizabeth Gholson, formerly of 605 South Conception Street, with origins in Cleveland Ohio. A private notice advertises big price cuts at the Evans Furniture Co Removal and Consolidation Sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Senate
Emanuel Marshall Gholson
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Elizabeth Gholson
South Conception Street
Cleveland
Ohio
Evans Furniture Co
Ady
Simple home remedy dissolves blackheads with powder
A local ad promotes using two ounces of plain powdered neroxin on a hot wet sponge to rub and wash away blackheads. It claims dust and secretions clog pores and that squeezing irritates, while aerexin dissolves them leaving pores clean.
Healing of pulmonary tuberculosis and Eckman’s Alterative
Dr. Oster notes in 1892 that clinical healing appears with sputa showing elastic tissue bacilli and granulation products forming scar tissue. He says smaller caseous areas calcify with lime salts and cautions that healing requires such conditions, mentioning Eckman’s Alterative as worth trial due to safety and lime salt content. Sold by Braswell's Drug Store and leading druggists.
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William Oster
Regius
Oxford
Eckman
Braswell
Adv
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
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By Cliff Sterrett
Feere
Holy Name Meetings
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Mobile Gun Club
Peeh
Richardson
Tale
Silas Conp
Harbin &Hancock
Tombigbee
Allen
Mississippi
Dr. Oster
John
Robinsons Tae
Arenic Shonderland
Seautifl
Rand
PPO
Albright & Wood Drug Store
St. Francis and Royal Sts
Circuit Court
Mobile County
Oliver J. Semmes
City Court
Mobile, Ala
Norvelle BR. Leigh Jr
Atow
Poage
Edward D. Laurendine
Palmetto St
Phelan B. Dorson
Roper Street
Saffold Berney Law and Equity Court
Lex H. Smith
Price Williams
P. Williams
Claude A. Grayson
van Antwerp Bldg
Edward J. Huet
Dr.n. A. Madler
St. Francis St. Mobile
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