Judson College Address Foregrounds People of Fiction
Mobile speaker R V Taylor at Judson College commencement in Marion Alabama argues fiction shapes history and character. He warns against gender norms, asserts women’s scope within home life, and extols poets dramatists and novelists for moral instruction and entertainment.
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Marion
Ala
R. V. Taylor
Mobile
Judson College
Edward L. Russell
Adoniram Judson Russell
Meridian
Taylor
Happy Home
Helen of Troy
Homer
Milton
Eve
Adam
Shakespeare
Lord Bacon
Hamlet
Stefansson Sets Four Year Quest for Arctic Continent
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmar Stefansson plans a four year journey from Victoria British Columbia to search the Arctic for a mystic continent believed to span over one million square miles. He describes living among the Blond Eskimos and argues they descend from Norse explorers who reached Greenland before Columbus. Stefansson hopes to return with valuable scientific data and reports of discoveries.
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America
Greenland
Stefansson
Arctic
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Stefanssoy
Toulminville Child Killed by Fall Into Well
Albert Imsand two year old son of Mr and Mrs Fred P Imsand of Toulminville was killed after falling into a well at his home. J H Street a dairyman recovered the body from the bottom after being lowered into the well. Funeral at 2:30 Sunday at the residence with burial in Pine Crest Cemetery.
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Albert Imsand
Fred P. Imsand
Toulminville
J. H. Street
Little Albert
J. Frank R. Imland
Roche & Burke Undertaking Company
Pine Crest Cemetery
Imreand
Entertainment for Conductors Auxiliary in Honor of P M Hickey
Members of P. M. Hickey Division 290 Ladies' Auxiliary hosted a program with guests featuring Mrs A Murray Mrs B Conley and Mrs E N Davis. Music recitations and prizes were awarded with Mrs Francis Poggie winning first and Mrs A Stubbs second. Conductor P M Hickey urged attendance at Memorial Day services on June 16.
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P. M. Hickey Division
Order of Railway Conductors
A. Murray
B. Conley
E. N. Davis
Paul Wilson
Francis Poggie
A. Stubbs
P. M. Hickey
November term closes as court reconvenes for May session
The U S district court for the southern division of Alabama adjourned the November term sine die under Judge Harry T Toulmin ahead of the May term opening. About a hundred witnesses are summoned for the May grand jury and several important cases await its attention.
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United States District Court For
Southern Division
Southern District of
Alabama
Harry T. Toulmin
Stefansson Aims Arctic Continent Quest From Beaufort Sea
Stefansson sails from the coast with ten scientists, twelve crew, to reach Nome Alaska and round Point Barrow by late July aboard the Karluk. The Canadian government funds the expedition with seventy three thousand dollars, targeting Arctic continental hypotheses and long term scientific work beyond Peary's pole reach. Stefansson, born in Winnipeg to Icelandic parents, studied at Harvard and earlier explored Eskimo tribes, including the Blond Eskimos with blue eyes and red hair.
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Peary
Arctic Circle
Stefansson
Beaufort Sea
Arctic
Nansen
Amundsen
Nome
Alaska
Point Barrow
National Geographical Society of Washington
American Museum of National History of
New York
Winnipeg
Iceland
Piles Cured at Home by New Absorption Method
If you suffer from bleeding itching blind or protrusion Piles send your address I will tell you how to cure yourself at home by the new absorption treatment and will also send some of this home treatment free for trial with references from your locality if requested Immediate relief and permanent care assured Send no money but tell others of this offer Write today to Mrs M Summers Born Notre Dame Ind
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M. Summers
Notre Dame
Ind
School Matter Before Commission Tuesday
The president of the board of school commissioners has called the adjourned meeting moved to Monday morning at 10 to review the executive committee report on the legal form of letter to the city commissioners about site selection and erection of new school houses in connection with the proposed bond issue.
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Board of School Commissioners
Gibbons Scores Brutal Ten-Round Victory in New York
Mike Gibbons of St. Paul delivered an estimated 300 blows to Jack McCarron of Allentown in a ten round bout in New York. The win partly avenges his prior poor showing against Eddie McGoorty. Gibbons' brother Tom also scored by defeating Young Mike Donovan.
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Mike Gibbons
St. Paul
Clarke County Centenary Event Planned at Grove Hill
Clarke county Alabama celebrates its centennial with a June 19 program at Grove Hill. The agenda includes invocations, welcomes, a response, and multiple addresses by local and regional figures on topics from Clarke County history to notable residents and Confederate heritage.
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Clarke County
Alabama
Grove Hill
John S. Frazer
Mobile
Oak Grove
J. T. Lackland
J. W. Boyles
Thomasville
F. BE. Chapman
Greensboro
E. 8. Pugh
Union Springs
Jere Austill
Fort Sinquefield
Isham Kimball
Jackson
John Y. Kilpatrick
Camden
T. H. Ball
Indiana
W. H. Dunn
Confederate ‘Navy Yard
J. W. Mathews
T. Hadley Tyson
Palmetto Beach Boy Camp Preparations and Plans
Boys Work Director Wright reports from Culver Indiana that the Palmetto Beach camp will be the Mobile Y's largest with registrations starting this week. Selma Y M C A plans to send forty boys for the first ten days if transportation is arranged. New Animatograph stereopticon arrived for illustrated talks by F W Evans and will be used to enhance camp programs. Boating and fishing arrangements are underway with potential rowing races as an added feature.
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Wright
International Conference of
Boys’ Work Directors of the World
Culver
Indiana
Palmetto Beach
Mobile
Selma Y. M
F. W. Evans
Davenport
Iowa
Gulf Coast civic groups to unite at Biloxi meeting
The Gulf Coast Federation of commercial organizations forming from Mobile and Mississippi coast cities plans a June 16 Biloxi meeting led by President J A Osoinach. Delegates from Mobile Biloxi Pascagoula Gulfport and likely Ocean Springs and Moss Point will participate, Gulfport pending. Bay St. Louis and New Orleans have not joined yet.
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Gulf Coast Federation of Commercial Organizations
Mobile
Mississippi Coast
Biloxi
J. A. Osoinach
Osoinach
Bay St. Louis
New Orleans
Gulfport
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Y M C A Directors Meeting Announces Annual Board
The regular monthly directors meeting will be held in the association rooms Monday night at 6 80 o clock. This is the annual meeting and election of officers for the ensuing year. A full attendance is expected.
Rev W P Wilks to Speak at Escambia County High School
The Rev W P Wilks of Tabernacle Baptist church has accepted an invitation to deliver the commencement sermon for Escambia County High School in Atmore Alabama on June 1.
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W. P. Wilks
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Escambia County High School
Atmore
Ala
Country Life High School Suggested for Mobile County
A letter from the Mobile County Chamber of Commerce and Business League proposes a country life high school to counter declining rural interest and city life temptations. It envisions farm equipped campuses with dairy, canning, and gardening to offer girls equal opportunities, with board action expected at the next meetings or committee study.
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Country Life
Mobile County
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Board of School Commissioners of
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