Wear the Southern Cross and Buy a Confederate Flag
The article urges mobile residents to buy and wear miniature silk Confederate flags to support a veterans’ reunion fund in Richmond. Mobile County veterans seek aid for travel to the reunion, with Alabama National Guard members organizing the drive led by the Mobile Rifles, as young girls and matrons offer flags to passersby.
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Southland
Gettysburg
Mobile County
Lee
Jackson
South
Richmond
Alabama National Guard
Mobile Rifles
Mobile
Essentials to Health Warns on Overheated Unventilated Rooms
The New York State Commission on Ventilation summarized by Prof. C. E. A. Winslow warns that temperatures above 70 degrees impair vaso-motor function, raise pulse, lower blood pressure, and reduce mental and physical efficiency. Overheating congestion of nasal mucous membranes can lead to colds and germ diseases. fresh air is essential in factories, tenements, homes, and schools. The piece notes Mobile’s belief in ozone theory and cites concerns about insanitary conditions and poor ventilation among residents and inf orkers in Mobile and the city.
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New York State Commission On
C. E. A. Winslow
Mobile Delegation Backs University of Alabama Medical School
The Mobile delegation in the legislature unanimously supports the Mobile Medical College, urging state action to uphold the high standard set by the faculty and local backers who established the school for the state.
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Mobile
School of Medicine
University of Alabama
Mobile Medical College
Iation
Amortization proposed to ease farmer loans and boost Mobile
The article explains amortization as a borrower paying principal over time to end debt, using European and U.S. land banks as models. It highlights the Harding plan for a state controlled land mortgage bank in Mobile with profits funding schools and roads, backed by collateral bonds and local supervision.
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Land Mortgage Bank
America
Mobile
Europe
United States
Muscle Shoals water power name spelling debate
The Huntsville Daily Times notes the ongoing dispute over the spelling of Muscle Shoals in relation to the Tennessee River hydroelectric project. State papers differ on Muscle versus Mus sel while the office itself weighs in on the issue, asserting sentiment is mixed but the place derives its name from the juiey shell fish.
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Muscle Shoals
Huntsville Daily Times
Tennessee River
Huntsville Times
Former Mobile engineer joins fight against typhus in Servia
A Mobile native and Old Barton graduate, George H. Hazlehurst, has enlisted to aid in ridding Servia of the typhus plague. Hazlehurst, son of J. N. Hazlehurst, earned a master of civil engineering at Harvard after Mobile’s Mobile High School and worked as an city engineer. Relatives here express pride and wish him success in the humanitarian mission.
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Old Barton
George H. Hazlehurst
J. N. Hazlehurst
Mobile
Prof
Strong
Harvard
Flags in Mobile Signal Two Campaign Motives
Two flags will be displayed in Mobile one silk flag bearing Cause lost, but not forgotten and another flag linked to The Item column showing progress in the campaign to retain the franchise in the Southern League of Baseball Clubs in Mobile These flags stand for a worthy purpose and should be supported by the community.
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Mobile
Southern League of Baseball Clubs
Mmity
Round Table closes anniversary meeting until November
The Round Table concluded its anniversary session on Tuesday and adjourned to meet again on the second Tuesday in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tule
Novambac
Call to Prayer Read in Methodist Churches for Peace
Washington, May 20 1915 The bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church issue a Call to Prayer to be read in all Methodist churches urging incessant intercession for the peace of Europe and the world. The plea emphasizes universal brotherhood, critique of imperialism, and urging prayers in daily life and public worship. The message, signed by Ear Ranston, calls for sustained prayer until war ends.
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Methodist Episcopal Churches
Europe
Washington, D. C
Methodist Ton of
Washington
Wesley
Methodist Episcopal Church
Kingdom of God
Jesus Christ
God
Universal Brotherhood of Man
America
Epworth League
Ear Ranston
Arrival of Perpetua at Crown Theatre
Shu bert feature in five parts stars Vivian Martin in The Arrival of Perpetua. Critics praise her, noting it as an improvement over The Wishing Ring and Old Dutch. The program includes a Keystone comedy with an all star cast and the Mutual Weekly news reel, making today’s show doubly appealing.
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Perpetua
Shubert
Vivian Martin
Crown Theatre
Miss Martin
Lew Fields
Keystone
Mutual Weekly
Empire presents Means and Morals with Washburn and Mayo
Empire Theatre features Bryant Washburn and Edna Mayo in a two part drama Means and Morals. Lubin two reel Who Bears Malice? stars Edgar Jones and Justina Huff. Tomorrow Betty Gray Harry T Morey star in The Girl Who Might Have Been a touching drama. Also Ruth Stonehouse and Bryant Washburn appear in The High Roller and the Buzzing Blondine. Admission five cents.
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Bryant Washburn
Essanay
Edna Mayo
Empire Theatre
Miss Mayo
Mr. Washburn
Vettine
Rdgar Jones
Justina Huff
Betty Gray
Harry T. Morey
Mr. Morey
Vitagraph
Ruth Stonehouse
Blondine
Why They Like Item's Funnies From The Mobile Item
Readers from Mississippi and Alabama praise comic page favorites Slim Jim and Buster Brown for humor mischief with harmless intent. Submissions note Old Slim’s bold roasts and Buster’s clever lessons, kindness to Tige, and accountability when pranks backfire.
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Papa
C Yeates
Buster Brown
Tige
Nine
Ratneak
Josie M, Kopf
Naugth Conception St
Crichton
Ala
Buster
Recorder's Matinee Fines in Traffic and Theft Cases
Recorder Edington fined two violators of section 2 of the traffic ordinance twenty five dollars each for stopping a street car to load or discharge passengers. Jitney driver Lawrence C. Hughes and Tom Adams were named. Henry Coleman received five dollars or ten days for leaving his vehicle at a nonstand. Ross Robinson, a negro, faced burglary charges with case continued to Saturday for alleged break in at Pike Grocery Company on Davis avenue with a ring bracelet and a small sum of money stolen. Officer Walter Burch made the arrest.
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Edington
Lawrence C. Hughes
Tom Adams
Henry Coleman
Ross Robinson
Robinson
Pike Grocery Company
Davis Avenue
Walter Burch
Sugar theft arrest in Ambrose Hall case
Ambrose Hall, a Black driver of 409 Delaware street, was arrested Thursday by Officer Pistole on a warrant from Henry C. Meyer for petit larceny. He is accused of stealing seventeen pounds of sugar from Meyer's grocery store.
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Ambrose Hall
Delaware Street
Pistole
Henry C. Meyer
Meyer
Domestic Strain Tests Isabel and John Over Dinner Plans
Isabel weighs finances and a new maid as John urges early entertaining. She shields savings meant for clothing and dinners while contending with the cost of a better-serviced home. The couple debates guest list and the pace of social hosting as Jennie the new cook settles in.
Harding Land Loan Bank Editorial Praised
A reader from Mobile endorses the Saturday Evening Post editorial urging the Harding Land Loan Bank proposal. He requests copies be mailed to commercial bodies legislators and bankers across the state.
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Harding Land Loan Plan
Argum Torn Didtesak Baer Eaanek
Saturday Evening Post
Harding Land Loan Bank
Bill
Farm Loan Bank
Spring Hill Lecture Promises Rich Treat Tonight
Rev. Father E C de la Moriniere speaks on Richard the Third at Spring Hill College tonight at 7 45. The Spring Hill orchestra under Professors Staub and Suffich will provide music for the lecture.
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Springhillians
Spring Hill College
E. C. de la Moriniere
Richard
Monarch
Sere
Toutor
Lear
Staub
Suffich
Fairhope Local and Personal Glimpses May 20
Local notes from Fairhope Alabama cover a cottage sale and return to Ohio, visits to Men ton Stevensville Ontario Bay Minette court, trips to Stucky Indiana Illinois Missouri, and arrivals from New Orleans Geneva Ohio. Social events include church supper at Whittier Hall and a Five Hundred Club gathering at Wilder farm. Crabbing season begins with a 160 crab catch by Paul Latriste.
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Fairhope
Ala
Sumner
Winterhaven
Ohio
C.moormans
Mentone
E. A Zavitz
Stevensville
Ontario
A. O. Berglin
Bay Minette
J. M. Beckner
Millie
Stucky
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Robert J. B. Osborne
New Orleans
Leon Phillips
Geneva
J. J. Murray
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Christian Church
Whittier Hall
North River Park
Fish River
Wilder
Wilder Farm
Closing exercises at Cooper Graded School held at Gaiety Theatre
Tuesday night closing exercises for Cooper Graded School took place at the Gaiety Theatre with Dr. E. T. Belsaw serving as chairman. A large attendance of friends of the school was present led by Alice L. Cooper.
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Cooper Graded School
Gaiety Theatre
E. T. Belsaw
Alice L. Cooper
Prinet
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