London-born Davies, intimate of Dickens, dies in Mobile
Charles Dickens circle associate and University of Alabama figure Mr. Davies dies after illness at the Pythian Home in Springfield Missouri. Born in London in 1835 he lived in Mobile most of his life and taught at a university before joining the Battle House faculty. He enjoyed friendships with Prince Edward and Queen Victoria and served with Egyptian royal circles. Funeral services are set for Monday at Roche Burke parlors with Magnolia cemetery burial.
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England
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Calais
Trance
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Red Cross Lodge of
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Roche & Burke
Magnolia Cemetery
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Burials of Mrs. Carrie Ingersoll and Capt. Hopely E. Anderson
Mrs. Carrie Ingersoll was buried Sunday at 2 p.m. in Whistler cemetery after services at her North Mobile home conducted by Rev. Harris. Pallbearers were I. Bryant, J. W. Lilly, R. L. Shaw and E. L. Patterson. Captain Hopely E. Anderson was laid to rest after the Louisville and Nashville train arrival from Gulfport. Raphael Semmes Camp escorted the body to the cemetery, floral tributes came from Galfport and Mobile friends, and Bugler Michael Judge sounded taps. Pallbearers included Toomer, W. H. Bancroft, George A. Jones, H. A. Lockwood, Thomas Dennis, Captain A. C. Danner, and Judge Saffold Berney.
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Whistler
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Mobile
Mr. Harris
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J. W. Lilly
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E. L. Patterson
H. E. Anderson
Hopely E. Anderson
Louisville and Nashville
Gulfport
Miss
Raphael Semmes Camp
United Confederate Veterans
Cemetery
Galfport
Mobile Friends
Michael Judge
Semmes Camp
Toomer
W. H. Bancroft
George A. Jones
H. A. Lockwood
Thomas Dennis
A. C. Danner
Saffold Berney
Funeral for Francis M. Davidson At Monroe Street Home
Francis M. Davidson's funeral was held Sunday at 4 30 PM from the family home on Monroe Street near Dexter Avenue. Rev E D Monroe of Oakdale Baptist church led services. Delegations from Raphael Semmes Camp Confederate Veterans and the Young Men's Benevolent Association attended. Burial followed at Magnolia cemetery with many flowers. Pallbearers were Ferdinand Koppersmith John J O Connor John H Moore D Gimon Edward Yeend and William Paulin.
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Francis M. Davidson
Monroe Street
Dexter Avenue
D. Monroe
Oakdale Baptist Church
Raphael Semmes
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Young Men’s Benevolent Association
Magnolia Cemetery
Ferdinand Koppersmith
John J. O’connor
John H. Moore
D. Gimon
Edward Yeend
William Paulin
Keep Your Skin Clear and Healthy with Life Pills
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as the sole method for a clear healthy complexion. It claims the pills move the bowels aid the liver cleanse the system and purify the blood. A spring medicine priced at 25 cents per bottle.
Abandoned Alabama Artillery Camps Prompt Rabies Alerts
The War Department canceled the Anniston and Tobyhanna training plans due to no congressional appropriation and troops on the border. Alabama field artillery officers will miss 1916 instruction, shipped to Tobyhanna instead. Rabies outbreaks alarm Alabama authorities with dozens attacked. Dr. Sanders urges universal dog muzzling and stray dog control to curb hydrophobia.
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Alabama
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Sanders
State Medical Association
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Many Civil Service Jobs Open in City Examinations
The United States Civil Service Commission announced numerous competitive exams to be held in this city from June 6. Positions include epidemologist, cheesemaker, medical interne, metallurgist, plant disease insect specialist, shop superintendent, engineer, fur farm keeper, junior chemist, physical laboratory helper, mining draftsman, transportation assistant, entomology preparator, mineral technologist, expert radio aid, and cook and baker with varied salaries and June dates.
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Government Hospital For the
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Cooperative effort to exterminate the disease by muzzling dogs and maintaining the policy until the disease is certainly exterminated.
President Wilson Completes Cruise From Newport News
President Wilson ended his weekend visit and sailed on the Mayflower for Washington. He felt steadier after the outing and watched flying boats from the local aeronautical school. The party later rode the Sylph up the James River visiting historic sites before returning to Newport News.
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Newport News
Wilson
Washington
Aeronautical School
Hampton Roads
Bartonian of 1916 Dedicated to Mr Sutton
The Bartonian of 1916 from Mobile High School honors Mr M D Sutton faculty member. It lists editors E Garner Hoffman John Shackleford Ethel Kilby Bailey Westbrook Ethel Davis Mildred Bates Clara May Hall Margaret Gould and staff Harry M Wilson Willie Hempstead Eu lalie Hagan James Maury George Cammack network.
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Mobile
M. D. Sutton
Garner Hoffman
John Shackleford
Athletic
Ethel G. Kilby
Bailey Westbrook
Ethel Davis
Mildred Bates
Clara Mayhall
Margaret Gould
Harry M. Wilson
Willie Hempstead
Eulalie Hagan
James Maury
George Cammack
Two Road Houses Raided for Liquor in District Sweep
Deputy sheriffs raided the soft drink stands of William Ransom on Dog River and Eula Stroup on Pine Crest Road Sunday afternoon finding small quantities of liquor at each. Repeated complaints mark both as in the road house district to be broken up. The Battle House was raided Saturday afternoon twice with quantities of liquor found on both visits.
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William Ransom
Dog River
Eula Stroupé
Pine Crest Road
Road House
Battle House
Hitt Lumber Company Leases Spencer Plant
Hitt Lumber Company has leased the A. J. Spencer Lumber Company plant, which was partially destroyed by fire weeks ago. Hitt, based in New Decatur, Ala., has also acquired J. D. Cameron & Son mill and several Alabama hardwood mills, initially planned for Mobile but later abandoned.
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H. H. Hitt Lumber Company
A. J. Spencer Lumber Company
Spencer
The
Hitt Company
New Decatur
Ala
J. D. Cameron & Son
Mt Vernon
Jackson
Mobile
Protest Funeral Plan Doling Out police Deteration
Police in Cleveland plan to block a protest funeral for Joseph Feld a 38 year old baker killed by pickets at an Edward Rosen bakery during a bakery strike Feld's body would be paraded past Rosen's bakeries and Feld's home Rosen his two sons and son in law are jailed charged with Feld's murder
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Ohio
Joseph Feld
Eine Baker
Edward Rosen
Feld
Rosen
Trans continental aeroplane race planned for prize hunt
The Aero Club of America announced a planned trans continental aeroplane competition with prizes potentially totaling 100000 dollars. Ralph Pulitzer of New York proposed the idea and donated a trophy for the annual contest to bolster national defense through aviation.
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Aero Club of America
Ralph Pulitzer
Langley
Wrights
Gurt
Protests and patrols across borders and states
The report tracks a Niagara River water protest to Washington via Ontario and Dominion channels. In Wilmington, militia guarded a county jail after fears of a race-based jail escape, later relieved. Tralee linked capture man who aided Sir Roger Casement. A Charities Conference resolution to end liquor trade was ruled out of order. Berlin reports 225000 ton ships sunk. German German states discuss new taxes in Berlin. Brenham and Hughes School co-owner William Hughes dies at 50 after surgical complications in Tennessee.
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Germany
Fire at Virginia Carolina Chemical plant sparks fertilizer base blaze
A fertilizer material called bases caught fire Saturday night at the Virginia Carolina Chemical plant in Pich ard and burned into Monday. The large building housing the base was largely undamaged. Loss from the fertilizer will run to several hundred dollars. Odors from the burning material awakened residents across the city, with many comparing the smell to a stale cigar.
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Virginia- Carolina Chemical Company
Pichard
President Wilson Returns From Naval Yacht Cruise
President and Mrs. Wilson arrived at the White House from a weekend cruise aboard the Mayflower on the James River. The homeward trip was routine and no special events occurred. Largely, the president read dispatches on Mexico and planned meetings with senators and representatives, including Governor Dunne of Illinois.
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Wilson
White House
Mexico
Bliss
Dunne
Illinois
George County Plans Space At Gulf Coast Fair Display
George County Mississippi selects a space at the Gulf Coast Fair. President W H Stinson says the county will have a handsome representation. Secretary E H Bixler aims to encamp local Boy Scouts near Mobile if enough groups join and they will camp at Arlington Park near the fair grounds.
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George County
Mississippi
Board of Commissioners
Stinson
E. H. Bixler
Mobile
Arlington Park
National Committee Issues Contest Hearing Date In Chicago
The Republican National Committee called a meeting for June 1 in Chicago to review seating contests and pre convention business. Four years after a large number of contested seats, 44 remain, mainly from Georgia and Louisiana, with factional splits noted.
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Oklahoma
Major J T Moore Dies at Fort Bliss in El Paso
Major James T Moore of the Sixteenth Infantry died at Fort Bliss El Paso Texas May 15. A veteran of the Spanish American War he fought at Bacolod Mindanao in 1902 and later took part in the campaign against Villa before falling ill two weeks ago at Namquipa. He was 49.
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EL Paso
Texas
James T. Moore
Sixteenth Infantry
Fort Bliss
Bacolod
Mindanao
P. I
Villa
Namaquipa
Moore
Mothers Day Observed With Crowded Churches In Mobile
Observance of Mother's Day was general in Mobile on Sunday with crowded churches and ministers preaching on the day. Hundreds wore carnations and over a thousand men attended Sunday school classes featuring a Mother's Day program. Government Street Presbyterian led in attendance, followed by Du Bose's Men's Bible Class and First Baptist Church closely behind.
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Mobile
Government Street
Butcher Shop Robbery Reported in City
Police headquarters received a Sunday morning report of an unidentified burglar entering G. W. Emerson’s butcher shop at Scott and Congress streets late Saturday night and stealing beef, a pork loin, and two butcher knives.
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Congress Streets
Four Houses Damaged and Fire Suspected on North Franklin Street
A Sunday night blaze on North Franklin Street damaged four dwellings after sparks spread from an origin at 610 North Franklin. The house at 604, owned by Steve Clark and occupant Norman Richardson, burned. 608 and 612 were also scorched. Unoccupied homes on the row suffered roof damage. A nearby barn on Etta Lartigue’s Cedar Point road was destroyed with no insurance.
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Franklin Street
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Norman Richardson
H. Ching
Etta Lartigue
Cedar Point Road
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