Tobacco from Mobile brings joy to soldiers in French trenches
A 1916 account details the Over-Seas Tobacco Club raising funds in Mobile to ship tobacco and 80 million cigarettes to British and Belgian troops. Letters from Liverpool Scottish and other units describe grateful soldiers in France enjoying fags, sharing thanks to donors, and singing On Mobile Bay amid cold trench conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fobacco
Mobile
Europe
Over-Seas Tobacco Club
S. K. Taylor
City
Pracy
Tobaco
Club
Taylor
Mobilians
Mobile Bay
Mr. Taylor
France
Stewart K. Taylor
Detroit
Mich
Liverpool Scottish
Theorld
Ty Cobb
27Th Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
Turner
Liverol
London
Raymond C
J. Harding
G. Ferguson
B. BE. F
Bilious Attack Relief with Chamberlains Tablets
A description of bilious attack symptoms such as severe headache coated tongue and nausea with vomiting. It advises relief by taking three Chamberlains Tablets and notes they are prompt and effective and available everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Cigarette Shortage Note From Liverpool Scottish
A postcard from France dated 27 February 1916 thanks for cigarettes received this morning. The writer from the 10th Battalion Liverpool Scottish notes fighting is rotten without fags and signs GEO Hinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
10Th
Liverpool
GEO
Hinton
Mobile Couple Weds Quietly in Pascagoula Ceremony
Claude Thomas Bromley and Miss Annie Ollie Ward of this city were married quietly last Friday night in the rectory of a Pascagoula Catholic Church. The couple will reside at 208 South Jefferson Street in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Thomas Bromley
Annie Ollie Ward
Pascagoula
Miss
Fr. Reilly
Bromley
South
Jefferson Street
Bis City
Photographers Organize The Mobile Camera Club
A Thursday meeting at the Cawthon Hotel aims to form The Mobile Camera Club with charter members. Amateurs are urged to attend to gain access to a dark room, equipment, exhibitions, and a library, with women welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cawthon
Mobile Camera Club
Photographists Shape Monthly Magazine’s Visual Style
A line notes a page from a monthly magazine features photo art by women photographers. It highlights the craft as a notable example within the issue and points to broader contributions by female visual artists in the publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women Photo
Building Contract At Atmore Let for Carney Milling Co
Hutchisson and Denham announce the letting of a contract for a two story brick building for Carney Milling Company at Atmore Alabama. The structure will have two stores with two street fronts and cost about 26000 dollars. Construction will be modern in every respect.
Coast Guard to Patrol Mobile River Waters for Navigation Law
Officials announce the launch Alert under Lieutenant G. W. Cairnes Sr. will cruise Mobile river and shores to enforce navigation laws. Motor boat owners must equip crafts per Department of Commerce circular 236.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Coast Guard
G. W. Cairnes Sr
Mobile River
Department of Commerce
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