Tanlac credited with restoring health in Ensley woman
Mrs. Orrison, once down to 66 pounds after surgery and illness, says Tanlac rebuilt her health. She reports weight rise to 99 pounds after three bottles, improved appetite, sleep, and strength, and claims the remedy saved her life. Tanlac sold in Mobile by Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris’ Drug Store
Nsley
Ala
J. D. Morrison
F. Ensley
Tanlac’ Company
Evergy
Taniac
Tam
Ensley
Birmingham
Alabama City
Mobile
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Royal and Dauphin Streets
Birthdays in Mobile Celebrate Young Residents
The Item notes mobile children with listed names and addresses celebrating birthdays. It invites girls born in March to submit full details to Birth Stor at the Mobile Item two days prior, mentions birthday parties at Empire Theatre and mailed tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Ford
N. Claiborne
G. A. Knoph
Houston St
Cecil C.croom
Theatre St
Agnes W. Henderson
Monroe
Bennita V. Dulany
S. Hamilton
Empire Theatre
Alabama roads mapped by field engineer Locke
The Automobile Club of Mobile logged four major tourist routes by field engineer Harry Locke with President L. G. Adams, aiming to publish a guide with maps, hotels, garages and landmarks. They reported good roads in Mobile, Washington and Clark counties and noted strong local enthusiasm and memberships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile Club of
Mobile
Harry Locke
L. G. Adams
The
Automobile Club
Mobile County
Locke
Thomasville
Meridian
Greene County
Miss
Leakesville
Lucedale
Semmes
Moffat
Pascagoula
Dickens Ferry
Mississippi Line
Adams
Mt. Vernon
Calvert
Jackson
Grove Hill
Ala
W. D. Harrigan
Tombighbee River
Washington and
Clark
Messrs
Adams and
St. Stephens Road
Whistler
Kushler
Oak Grove
Citronelle
Dwight
Vinegar Bend
State Line
Shubuta
Ohio
Washington County
Wilmer and
Moffat Road
Spring Hill Avenue
Government Street
Fulton Highway
Hall's Mill Road
Mormon Church
Pagcagoula
Theodore and
Delchamps
Spring Hill Shell Road
Big Creek
Bayou Sera
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Alabama
Automobile Club of Mobile
Mr. Locke
Florida
Miss Springtime Nears Hat in The Item Feature
Miss Spring Time visits The Item offices in spring fashion flair. She scolds the paper for omitting her gray imported hat and hints at a streetwide search for the accessory. Readers are urged to spot her in Mobile area stores advertising in The Item with a chance at cash prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring
Reiss Mercantile Company
Mobile
Hammer
Sunday School Body Meets at Whitl er
The Third District of the Mobile County Sunday School Association held its third quarterly convention at Bethany Baptist Church in Whistler Alabama. About 125 delegates attended with county officers including Robert L. Howell Vivian Walker Jerome H. Sheip Jerre S. Davidson and Mr Coffin present. Officers for the year to be chosen at the June 26 convention at Turnerville Methodist Church will be assigned to departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whistler
Ala
Mobile County Sunday School Association
Bethany Baptist Church
Robert L. Howell
Vivian Walker
Jerome H. Sheip
Jerre S. Davidson
Mr. Coffin
Turnerville Methodist Church
Turks Evacuating Konieh as British Vessels Reach Asia Minor
Reported evacuations at Konieh in Asia Minor follow British naval and air attacks. A British destroyer may be lost and patrol vessels sunk amid ongoing actions. In Saloniki, Athens reports a broader push by Bulgarians and Germans into the Allied line with heavy artillery, while Entente observers doubt a capture of Saloniki is intended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konieh
Asia Minor
Athens
Paris
Saloniki
Allied war chiefs in general conference in Paris
Allied leaders meet in Paris at the foreign affairs ministry for the Entente conference the gravest since the war began. Expected attendees include Joffre Kitchener Haig Cadorna Castelnau and Roques as the session opens with a focus on the military situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Joffre
Earl Kitchener
Douglas Haig
Count Cadorna
Castelnau
Roques
Russians Drive Germans Back on Dvinsk Front
Reports from London say a Russian offensive on the Dvinsk front has pushed German forces from key sectors around Jacobstadt and Narocz Lake. The main push toward Eventsiany could threaten the Vilna Dvinsk railway line as Germans retreat to fortifications west of Novo Alexandrogsk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dvinsk
Petrograd
London
Jacobstadt
Narocz Lake
Eventsiany
Vilna-Dvinsk
Novo Alexandrogsk
Berlin
St. Eloi
Mokrzyce
No infantry action in Verdun region says Paris
Paris reports there were no infantry actions in the Verdun region last night while artillery roared east of the Meuse along the Douaumont Vaux line. West of the river the night was comparatively quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdun
Paris
Meuse
Douumont-Vaux
Bandit Pursuit In Wilds Ends with Attacks and Executions
Villa band group battles in Laguna and Dinamita neighborhoods result in the deaths of two members and ten prisoners executed. Federal forces under Pershing pursue the runners in the race for the Wilds, amid ongoing clashes and casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laguna
Dinamita
Struggle for Rail Access Delays American War Supplies
In San Antonio on March 27 the advance force pushes 250 miles inland as Villa flees toward Guerrero. General Funston seeks access to the Mexican Central line El Paso to Chihuahua but waits for Carranza's reply to permit transport over the Mexican Northwestern. Officers warn railroads are an imperative military necessity for success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Villa
Guerrero
Pursing
Funston
el Paso
Chihuahua
Carranza
Washington
Western land men entertained during brief stay
Delegation from Chicago led by Herbert A. Cole and Edward Judd visited Mobile with 75 Chicago Real Estate board members and 35 Kansas City men. They were hosted by Cawthon manager C. B. Hervey and toured suburbs gathering dogwood blossoms. The party planned a 45 minute stop in Biloxi and Pass Christian before continuing to New Orleans for the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Real Estate Board
Herbert A. Cole
Edward 8. Judd
National Association
Kansas City Party
H. R. Ennis
C. L. Simpson
F. C. Sharon
Kansas City Board
E.E. Peake
American Good Roads Association
C. B. Hervey
Cawthon
J. D. Andrews
Ways and Means Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Biloxi
Pass Christian
New Orleans
Delegates Arrive in New Orleans for Realty Exchange Meet
Delegates from across the country arrive in New Orleans for the ninth annual National Association of Real Estate Exchanges convention. Sessions begin tomorrow with registration and committee meetings followed by executive sessions and stockholders’ meeting. A reception for delegates’ wives and daughters is planned this evening as the event anticipates 700 to 1,000 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
National Association of Real Estate Exchanges
Board of Managers and
Secretaries’ Association
International Realty Associations
Early Break in Ties Over U Boat Acts
Reports say Germany may disavow the act and offer reparations to avert a diplomatic break with the United States. The German ambassador Count Von Bernstorff is linked to the retirement of Grand Admiral Von Tirpitz after recommendations to the chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg on submarine warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Count von Bernstorff
von Tirpitz
Becaus
Count von Brnstorff
von Bethmann- Hollweg
No American Dead in Sussex Disaster Despite Passenger List
The American Embassy reports no Americans died in the Sussex disaster. All listed American passengers are accounted for, though it remains possible some others aboard may have perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sussex
Paris
Professors Baldwin and Jame Safe After Accident
A dispatch from Wimereux dated March 25 reports Prof. Baldwin and Prof. Jame saved after an incident near Joshua Dickinson Armitage, New York. Mrs. Elizabeth Baldwin is seriously injured and hospitalized in Dover, with recovery expected for the latter. The letter, dated Wimereux, asks Donald Harper in Paris to spread the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jame
Baldwin
Mrs
Wime
Joshua Dickinson Armitage
New York
Dover
Wimereux
Donald Harper
Paris
Nm & Platt
Harper
Elizabeth
Deaths and Funerals in Mobile for Wakeley and Sherry
Daniel Webster Wakeley of Mobile died Sunday at 894 Dauphin street after a long illness. Born August 19, 1852 in Wetumpka Alabama he was a merchant and active socially. Survived by wife two sons Earl and Cecil Wakeley two daughters Mrs Earle E Jenks and Mrs E Steel Partridge and other relatives. Funeral was Monday at Pine Crest cemetery. Joseph M Sherry a 55 year old marine engineer died Sunday at a local sanitarium. He is survived by three brothers John T Sherry James Sherry and Arthur P Sherry all of Mobile and six daughters residing in Biloxi Mississippi. Body sent to Biloxi for burial Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Webster Wakeley
Mobile
Dauphin Street
Wetumpka
Ala
Earl
Cecil Wakeley
Earle E. Jenks
E. Steel Partridge
Wakeley
Rescue Lodge 24
Knights of Pythias
Pine Crest Cemetery
Joseph M. Sherry
John T. Sherry
James Sherry
Arthur P
Sherry
Biloxi
Miss
Agnes Maitland Peck
Ipswich
England
C. F. Peck
L. 8. Cole
Obituaries of Peck Gass Sims and Whatley families
Agnes Maitland Peck widow of Captain C F Peck dies at 74 in Mobile after a long illness. Gustave Gass musician and former band member dies after brief illness. funeral from 5 North Cedar Street to St John’s church with burial at Magnolia cemetery. Thomas Shelton Sims attorney dies. funeral held at 4 pm from 20 LeMoyne Place with Magnolia cemetery burial. Della Whatley, 69, Alabama native resident of Mobile, dies after long illness. funeral at Roche Burke parlors and burial in Whistler cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelton Sims
Thos
LeMoyne Place
Mobile Bar Association
Matthew Brewster
Christ Episcopal Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Charles Hall
James H. Webb
Frank E. Overall
Henry Hall
Francis J. Inge
Norton Williams
Important Meeting of Mobile Country Club Tonight
An important meeting of the Mobile Country Club is set for Monday night at the Battle House. A virtual reorganization may be effected and plans to cooperate with the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club to create the finest golf and country club in the South will be discussed. Committees from both groups are expected, and all officers and members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Country Club
Battle House
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Mobile
South
Country Club
Closing services mark climax of Alabama colored churches session
The fortieth annual session of the Congregational Association for Colored People in Alabama held at First Congregational Church concluded with Dr. H Paul Douglass of New York delivering the sacramental sermon and administering the Lord's Supper. Laymen from Birmingham and Florence participated, and Rev L M McCallum spoke Sunday night on Thy Kingdom Come. The Women's Missionary Union and visiting missionaries from Africa were featured in sessions through Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Association For Colored People
Alabama
First Congregational Church
H. Paul Douglass
New York
American Missionary Association
Willam McAlpine
Birmingham
J. W. Youngblood
H. Roger Williams
L. M. McCallum
Florence
Women’s Missionary Union
L. H. M. Devampert
T.W. Woodson
Africa
Mobile bankers hail tourist draw and water praise
The Alabama Bankers Association group meeting in Mobile featured an autoride banquet at the Gulf One Otanne Club. Speakers urged Mobile as a South tourist center, praised local water, and highlighted hotel upgrades and regional resorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Alabama Bankers’ Association
R. A. Foote
Federal Reserve Bank
Atlanta
Florida
Florida, On Either the East Or West Coast Had Nothae
Coden
Dauphin Island
Mobile Bay
Gulf Fishing and Hunting Club
J. L. Taylor
Jimmy Quinn
Freddie Lee
McLane Tilton, Jr
State Bankers Association
Alabama
G. H. Mathis
Seattle
Iowa
Gadsden
Emmett A. Jones
Immigration and Markets Bureau
Department of Agriculture and Industries of
G. B. Bush
Butler
Ala
J. S. Crum
W. T. Neal
Brewton
E. A. Jones
L. W. Staler
Montgomery
R. J. Goode
Gastonburg
S. H. Andrews
Jackson
Hattiesburg
Miss
Fred Curtis
Pollard
E. F.goldsmith
J. H. Williamson
Atmore
R. G. Dunning
Thomasville
Clay Sheffield
Pine Hill
McLane Tilton
Pell City
J. W. Egan
Frank Casper
Grand Bay
E. W. Barrett
Mattie Beall
Birmingham
Garden seeds arrive to aid Home Gardens Association
Officers of the Home Gardens Association announce an abundance of garden seeds now on hand and ready for distribution to applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Home Gardens Association
Bottling Plant 15 Established Here in Mobile
The Mobile Cola Company opened a bottling plant at 62 South Commerce Street Mobile with a $15,000 capitalization employing ten men and planning expansion. O W Elliott serves as president and O J Angle as secretary treasurer and manager. The Angle family brings a decade of bottling experience from Jackson and Samson Alabama and previously Greenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Cola Company
South Commerce Street
O. W. Elliott
O. J. Angle
Angle
J. W. Angle
Traveling Agresman
Mobile
Jackson
Samson
Ala
Angles
Greenville
Further Advances In Coal Rates Sought To Mississippi
Railroads affected by the Interstate Commerce Commission coal rate decision asked additional increases of 5 to 15 cents per ton to Mississippi valley points. Proposed adds include 15 cents to Jackson, 10 cents to Hattiesburg and Laurel, 10 to Ellisville, and 5 to Enterprise, with origins in Alabama Illinois Kentucky and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alabama
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Jackson
Hattiesburg
Ellisville
Laurel
Enterprise
Circus bill poster killed in New Mexico
A Q O Cadman of Lyons Georgia, bill poster for John Robinsons Circus, was shot and killed at Mt Riley New Mexico on Friday by a railroad section boss. Cadman, a Spanish American War veteran, was mistaken for a Mexican while seeking lodging. United States troops were at the scene and an investigation was under way. The death will be addressed by circus management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. QO. Cadman
Lyons
John Robinson
Mt. Riley
N. M
C. Ward Brown
Mobile
Cadman
Brown
Two Night Police Officers Suspended After Fight
Two more members of the night police force, Ollie Broadus and Ben Burch, are suspended after a clash in Oakdale at about 8 30 p m. Burch alleges Broadus struck him with a club. Broadus claims Burch abused him. The incident prompted relief from duty and a mayoral investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Broadus
Ben Burch
Burch
Broadus
Oakdale
Dorson
Pennington
New
Pittman
Pat J. Lyons
Lyons
Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey Cough Syrup Ad
An old advertisement promotes Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey cough syrup in 25c bottles. It lists ingredients Pine Tar Aconite Hyoscyamus Sassa fras Peppermint Ipecac Rhubarb Mandrake Capsicum Muriate Ammonia Honey Glycerine and claims quick phlegm relief. The copy urges buyers to insist the formula appears on the package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bell
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Sloan
Liniment
Mallory Line
Tampa
Key West
Smallory Steamship CO
B.F. du Bois
Tent & Awning Co
Cit
BELL
Utta
Sayville
Overseas News Agency
Pershing
I. Schwartz's
Agnes M. Peck
Gustave Gass
Gass
Mobile Theatre Orchestra
Mary Dauner
William Gass
Junger-Gass Company
German Relief Association
Della Whatley
Lee Whatley
Rosa Whatley
St. Louis Street
Roche & Burke
Whistler Cemetery
Horlick
Circus Bill Poster
New Mexico
Curlew
Corliss
B. M. Bower
Art Acord
Nita Davis
Andy
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