Hardware Men of Alabama to Convene in City
Hardware men from across Alabama gather in Mobile for the ninth annual Alabama Retail Hardware Association convention. Sessions run Tuesday to Thursday at the Battle House, with a boat ride and dance on the steamer Charles E. Cessna, city tours, and a program featuring addresses by J. W. Beasley and W. P. Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Alabama Retail Hardware Association
Battle House
Charles E. Cessna
America
Batt
E House
Harry Pillans
J. T. Walsh
Chamber of Commerce
R. O. Crawford
Astrict
Association
J. W. Beasley
Birmingham
Secrtary
J. D. Martin
Clanton
Monaghan
Unemployed Austrians Barred Without Money, Officials Say
In Minneapolis on May 15 officials declared that Austrians seeking to enter the United States must possess funds to gain admission. The statement frames immigration criteria for unemployed individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
United States
Theodore Theodore Community Notes and Plantations Update
A social at Mr and Mrs John Jacksons drew a large crowd with refreshments and good cheer. The Carol Plantation Company plans substantial land clearing for orange cultivation with about seventy five workers. Fred Ensor manages it and Lester Smith oversees the Mobile Plantation Company project with Ensor as general superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Cain
Bayoula Seatre
L. E. Goodgame
Mobile
Theodore Baptist Church
Ladies Aid Society
The
Baptist Church
Lillian Lowry
Irvington
Frank Godwin
John Wilkerson
Crichton
R. H. Fletcher
Jessie McGuire
Teodore
Carol Plantation Company
Fred Ensor
Mobile Plantation Company
Lester Smith
Ensor
Picnic crowd from Suggsville at Prestwick dam outing
A lively Prestwick day drew a large Suggsville group by the 8:15 a m Southern train to Bassett Creek dam for a day of fishing. They cooked the catch in T B Sullivan’s kitchen and shared a meals on crossties, returning fulfilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prestwick
Ala
Suggsville
Bassett Creek
T. B. Sullivan
C. F. Dahliburg
Dora Dahliburg
Alice Deas
Mattie Deas
M. A. Walker
Tom Creah
W. E. Cammack
Leo Cammack
W. D. Bumpus
Irma Portis
Alice Portis
Beulah Tarleton
O. L. Davis
W. M. Barnes
Maryland
Malcolm
Southern
Hunter
Mamie Young
Laubenthal
Sunflower
Will Stoker
Bowling Timber Co
Lisbon Bombardment by Rebels Crashes Across City
In London reports say revolutionary rebels seized Lisbon, bombarding the city from Portuguese warships. Scores killed and wounded as civilians flee. premier Alfonso Acosta assassinated. The rebellion allegedly aims to restore a real republic while leaders meet aboard the battleship Vasco da Gama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
London
Alfonso Acosta
Madrid
Manuel de Arriaga
Portugal
Revolutionary Committee
Vasco da Gama
Badajose
Adamastor
Alcantara
Red Cross Proper Medium for Giving Aid to Sufferers
Mabel T. Boardman urges aid through the American Red Cross noting duplication by volunteers wastes funds. She cites $379,380 sent to Europe with $197,700 designated and $181,680 undesignated, and lists war relief supplies purchased or donated including cotton, gauze, medicines, hospital garments, and field outfits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mabel T. Boardman
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Europe
Congress
Geneva
War Department
Wilson
The
Plaster of Paris
Serbia
Bush Terminal
Brooklyn
Cleveland Dodge
Burial for Mrs H Cznowski Held at St Marys
Funeral services for Mrs Helen Cznowski were conducted Saturday at Berenson Sands parlors and St Marys Catholic church with Rev Father Cassidy and Rev Father Lauzen officiating. Burial followed in Magnolia cemetery with pallbearers W G Rohmer S M LeBaron Arvine Carlin. W W Boyd died at 68 at his daughter's residence on Third Street Whistler after nine years in the town. He leaves two daughters Mattie Darley of Atlanta and Willie Lyons of Whistler and seven grandchildren. Interment will be in Whistler cemetery tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Cznowski
Helen Cznowski
Berenson & Sands
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Father Cassidy
Father Lauzen
Magnolia Cemetery
Messrs
W. G. Rohmer
S. M. LeBaron
Arvine Carlin
W. W. Boyd
Montgomery County
Ala
Willie Lyons
Third
Whistler
Mattie Darley
Atlanta
Methodist Church
Repton couple seeks health at Mississippi mineral spring
In Repton Alabama on May 15 special report notes Mr C H Moorer took his wife to a Mississippi mineral spring for her health. They were joined by Miss Bessie Straughn. O S Ivey returned with his bride and moved into a new home in the town's southern part. Mrs Allen Baggett died near Brewton and was buried at Spring Hill cemetery. Nored from Jay Florida is visiting with cattle interests for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Repton
Ala
C. H. Moorer
Mississippi
Bessie Straughn
O. S. Ivey
Allen Baggett
Brewton
Spring Hill
Nored
Jay
Fia
White Alabamian Working Wonders for the Negroes
In Seale Russell county Alabama Colonel T M DeGraffenreid county superintendent of education leads education reform aimed at reducing illiteracy. He hosts a courthouse gathering with a monster barbecue two sessions and showcases Tuskegee Institute speakers Rosenwald Fund and The Negro Farmer editor Isaac Fisher to illustrate benefits of colored schooling and agricultural education. Trustees vote to back his program for better schools for all children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seale
Ala
Alabama
T. M. DeGraffenreid
Russell County
DeGraffenreid
South
de Graffenfeld
Joseph L. Sibley
State Department of Education
Colonel DeGraffenreid
Tuskegee Institute
Rosenwald Fund
Tuskegee School
Negro Farmer
Ifenreid
Isaac Fisher
de Graffenreid
Fisher
Be Calm in Crisis Cardinal Advises
Baltimore Md May 15 Cardinal Gibbons urged calm in crisis saying he feels sorrow and horror at the tragedy. He advised leaving destinies to the president and government and urged fervent prayer for guidance to the best solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
London Fences Guard Indian Soldiers Camps
London reports women’s zeal for hero worship led to high fences around hospital camps where Indian soldiers recover. Amsterdam notes Kaiser orders a grand Bismarck statue on French soil now held by Germany. Dublin recounts George Bernard Shaw arrested by a town constable at Birr for photographing the Duke of Cumberland statue, mistaken as a German spy.
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London
Amsterdam
Kaiser
Bismarck
Dublin
George
Bernard
Shaw
Birr
Duke of Cumberland
Fairhope News Bids Farewell to Visiting Family
Mrs. Dupuy and children and her mother Mrs. Wilcox left Fairhope for Joliet Illinois after months at the Anchorage. The School Improvement Association held its last regular meeting at Mrs A O Berglins with large attendance and officer elections. Northern families plan to depart as school ends and a large summer colony builds, with bathing already fine and water warm and clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhoph
Ala
Dupuy
Wilcox
Anchorage
Joliet
Ill
Association
A. O. Berglin
B. Gaston
Bayard
Robert
J. M. Alexander
Nashville
Tepai
R. Leach
Spanish Honduras
Vaccan Bros
New Orleans
Laceipe
Clayton’ Baldwin
Wheeler Mercantile Company
National Soldiers’ Home
Johnson City
Tenn
Feast of Shabooth to be Observed at Jewish Temple
Beginning Tuesday evening the Feast of Shabooth will be observed by Mobile Jewish citizens at both Reform and Orthodox temples. Dr. Alfred G. Moses will officiate Tuesday at 8 o clock with a floral Sabbath school service afterward. The event commemorates Sinai revelation and is marked by services Wednesday at 10 a.m. No confirmation services will be held this year at Temple Shaarai Shomayim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Mount Sinai
Moses
Alfred G. Moses
Moonlight Ride for European Sufferers
The central branch of the National German-American Alliance plans a moonlight excursion on the steamer Cessna Monday night May 31 to aid the German Austrian Hungarian Red Cross. A committee led by President Joseph Friedhoff and Secretary EB. A. Brunnier coordinates the event with members including Otto Nack R. Kirchner and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
German-American Alliance
Cessna
Red Cross
Joseph Friedhoff
EB. A. Brunnier
Otto Nack
R. Kirchner
Eichold
P. Kenstler
A. J. Roh
Charles Tobler
G. Mertz
B. Fischer
Richard von Zakobiel
August Konstanzer
A. A. Lagner
Adam Sieben
Funeral of W. D. Sharpe Camden Ala
The remains of William D. Sharpe were interred in Camden cemetery after serious mining injuries near Birmingham. He left a wife two children and a family including a father mother and several siblings. Sharpe was born and raised near Camden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Sharpe
Camden
Ala
William. D. Sharpe
Mr. Sharpe
Birmingham
Glass brother from Dayton visits Mobile for week
Andrew Glass, brother of the late Adam Glass, staying a week in Mobile as a guest of the Glass family at 105 St. Emanuel street. He is a Dayton Kentucky real estate dealer and traveled here for his brother’s obsequies.
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Andrew Glass
Adam Glass
Mobile
Mr. Glass
Dayton
Cincinnati
Ohio
Glass
St. Emanuel Street
Local Social Notes Highlight Doings in Lucedale
Drs J A Dor sett W W Bley and R F Ratliff attend State Medical Association in Hattiesburg Lieutenant Governor Bilbo travels northern George and Greene counties for speaking engagements Mrs J N Williams and baby return from Jackson Ala visiting relatives Miss Josie Russell of Russell Miss visits brother J R Banes and takes daughter Grace back to school Mrs F J Roberts visits relatives in Escatawpa Hon L C Helms spends week in Biloxi Mr F M Hammer in Mobile on business Dr W B Brewton and children visit Tay Mrs Mary Ruth Boye returns from Newton to Lucedale Mrs B V McKay departs for Mt Olive Miss Grace Russell inspires surprise party at Miss Hortense Hayles home Miss Candle Hinson hosts rock and heart party for Grace Russell Rev R H Russell attends Baptist convention in Houston Tex D Hayles of Hattiesburg visiting his mother Hon John Cook in Mobile on business
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Lucedale
Miss
J. A. Dorsett
W. W. Bley
R. F. Ratliff
State Medical Association
Hattiesburg
Bilbo
George
Greene Counties
J. N. Williams
Baby
Jackson
Ala
Josie Russell
Russell
J. R. Banes
Miss Grace
F. J. Roberts
Escatawpa
L. C. Helms
Biloxi
Mobile
W. B. Brewton
Skinner
Tay
Mary Ruth Boye
Newton
B. V. McKay
Mt. Olive
Grace Russell
Hortense Hayles
Banes
John Cook
Austrian Unemployed Army Plans Invasion Of United States
An advance group of about three Austrian unemployed soldiers reached Otterburne with Canadian soldiers and US immigration officers seeking to turn them back. A second group of over 1 000 Austrians was to depart for the United States later in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Winnipeg
Advand
U States
Otterburne
Canada
Cers
States
Orange Grove Social Notes Mix Local Travel and Trade
An Orange Grove roundup lists residents and visitors including Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Miller and Sadie Jones with Leslie Miller, Geo. T. Frazer and Moragues Lumber Co of Mobile arranging shipments to South America, J W Petty inspecting lumber for Europe, Delmas hosting farm gathering, Coca Cola Bottling Co. of Mobile representative visits, and GE Jones, Cassibry, and Murray families among the week’s social contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Grove
T. J. Miller
Sadie Jones
Leslie Miller
Jackson
Geo. T. Frazer
Moragues Lumber Company
Mobile
Vesseile
South America
J. W. Petty
States Shipping Company of
Europe
Ganges
Jet Delmas
Delmas Farm
Pascagoula
John HH Campbell
Company of Mobile
Grove
J. B. Jers
Lumberton
Iva. Dickson
R. A. Roberta
Anema
Clarke
J. H. Jones
Moss Point
Pete Cassibry
Emma Cassibry
Willie Johnson
A. J. Murray
Rainy Day Postpones Camden Recital
Camden Alabama reports a rainy day causing the postponement of a local musical recital. The Bible Class met at the Presbyterian church. Mrs M B Curtis attends a convention in Bessemer. Mrs W J Sessions also attends the Bessemer convention. May Day and Mothers Day observances appear in local school and church activities. Mrs Clarence Hestle of Pine Hill visits Mrs Taylor in Camden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Ala
Presbyterian Church
M. B. Curtis
Bessemer
U. D. Ci
W. J. Sessions
Clarence Hestle
Pine Hill
Taylor
Miracle Hair Removal Ad Promises Safe Under Skin Effect
An advertisement touts De Miracle hair remover claiming it attacks hair under the skin and provides lasting results. It warns against rival pastes and rub-on products and offers a refund if unsatisfied. The ad lists Park Ave and 129th St, New York, as contact points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave
Genter
de Miracle Chemical
Dept. A
Park Ave
129Th St
New York
Ady
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Thomas E. Green
H. MH. Green
Box O
Palm Beach
Lyric Dry Cleaning and Pressing CO
Jackson Street
Geo. Schwenk
Mgr
Bauer
Freda Rose
Theodore
Emerson Square
St. Anthony St
Zemeto CO
Dept
Milwaukee
Wis
National City Bank
National City Certificate of Deposit
Miss Boardman
Burton K. Standish
Cardinal
Fairhope
Chas. E. Cessna
Loyal Order OF Moose Social Club
Tensas River
Fort Blakely
Drago
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