Mobile fair adds vocational work for Mobile schools
An expert from the Southern Railway will head a new department at the Mobile Fair and Interstate Exposition to guide farm demonstrations and rural education. The plan promotes soil, plant food, seed selection, and marketing to give every Mobile child practical agricultural knowledge and pave the way for vocational training in Mobile schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mort L. Bixler
Central Fair Committee
J. C
Faiix Harrison
Southern Railway
Piney Woods
Conwith
Mobile
Duggar
Alabama
Agricul
Fragmentary OCR Note From Local Page
A sparse OCR fragment from a local page provides unreadable text with partial words and unclear names, offering minimal readable facts and no coherent event. The legible portion hints at weather or services but lacks decisive details.
Lovell Cotton Case Heads to U.S. Court of Appeals
The cross-bill of the cross-complainants seeks to establish a trust and recover or subrogate certain funds tied to Knight, Yancey & Co. bankruptcy. It alleges a $98,000 transfer to the cross-complainants and challenges a transfer to Latham & Co. of France. The Mobile bankruptcy case shook Southern cotton trade and several smaller firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knight, Yancey & Co
Latham & Co
France
Ted
Messrs
Knauth
Nachod & Kuhne
Mobile
South
Mobile Port Hailed for Naval Repair Base Fight
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce led by A J Parsons and Congressman George W Taylor campaigns for Mobile to be designated a naval repair base and a port for shore leave for sailors. Taylor pledges to push the case, aided by Secretary Daniels, highlighting Mobile's geographical and industrial advantages and aiming for naval patronage and federal recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
George W. Taylor
Mobile
A. J. Parsons
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Gulf
Daniels
Oscar Gray Well Received at Oak Grove Speaking Event
Oscar L. Gray spoke in Oak Grove Alabama despite rain causing delays. A good crowd welcomed him as he delivered a concise review of Alabama's resources past conditions and future opportunities with a political but restrained appeal for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Ala
Oscar L. Gray
Alabama
Mr. Coset
Chamber Plans Feasibility Study on Mobile Barge Line
A chamber committee to be appointed by A J Parsons will study a self propelled barge line between Mobile and Alabama coal fields. If feasible, efforts will push to establish the service. John H Bernhard noted a 75 cent drop in coal transport costs to New Orleans, from 1.25 to 0.50 per ton, after a congressional briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Alabama
A. J. Parsons
Chamber of Commerce
John H. Bernhard
Alabama-New Orleans Transportation Company
Alabama Coal Fields
New Orleans
Tuscaloosa
R. G. Cobb
Contributions for Music Fund Appeal to Kindergarten Supporters
The advisory committee for kindergartens asks 1600 voters who backed the campaign last spring to donate to a music fund. A money mailer accompanies the appeal asking for a coin contribution to cover piano payments and musician salaries still owed. The letter cites depleted treasury and honors prior commitments by school improvement associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honorable Board of School Commissioners
Save Your Hammer Slips
A fragmentary note titled Save Your Hammer Slips appears in a historical page segment. The readable text hints at a cautionary phrase or slogan possibly connected to a craft or labor theme, but no clear event, person, or organization is identifiable.
Army Entries Face Expense Rule At Horse Show
International News Service reports that a pending amendment to the army appropriation bill would bar U S Army officers enlisted men and horses from using any funds for horse show expenses. The National Horse Show Association opposes the measure which could end Madison Square Garden international jumping events. Military teams have competed with foreign armies and abroad with some costs covered by the War Department and private funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
New York
United States Army
Congress
Army
House
National Horse Show Association
Madison Square Garden
Russia
France
England
Italy
Holland
London
William McGowan Dies After 23 Years with Mobile Fire Dept
William McGowan, twenty three years a member of the Mobile fire department and attached to Engine Company No. 2 on St. Louis street, died yesterday after a long service with the city fire service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McGowan
Mobile Fire Department
St. Louis Street
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Southern Demonstration Farm
Wdge Price Williams
Lovell Cotton
U. S. Court OF Appeals
Toulmin
Knight-Yancey
MR. Taylor
Parsons
Naval Base
Oscar Gray
Marechal Niel
Killarney
Rhea Reid
Yellow Kaiserin
Helen Gould
Etoile de France
Mary van Houtee
Madame Lambert
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria
Mamon Cochet
Niel
Maryland
Cochet
Kaiserin
Ste Vives Oslew
Francisco Kruger
Erwin Craighead
Milton Brown
Walter K. Linscott
Teke
Kirby
Whittemore
William M’gowan
Hammel’s
Cone
Copenhagen
Failles
Ildren
Mobilé
Dts
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