Memorial Day ceremony honors Union and Confederate veterans
Flowers adorned the National cemetery graves as Fort Morgan artillery and a post band participated in ceremonies led by Chaplain-Major Newsom. Judge Browne spoke on Civil War events while wreaths were given to Union and Confederate memorial figures. Veterans from both sides and a large local crowd joined parade to Confederate Rest with wreaths, ending in reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cemetery
E. P. Newsom
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Morgan
Chaplain Newsom
Wilson
Raphael Semmes
U.C. V
R. E. Daly
United States
Veterans of the Blue and Gray
Magnolia
G. A. R Post
Mobile
W. W. Shumaker
Reedsburg
Wisconsin
Deaths and Funerals in Mobile Area Notables
Charles Dick Pohl a Mobile County native landscape gardener died Friday afternoon at his home after twelve weeks illness. He leaves three sisters and a brother. Alf Everett Percy Jr died Friday afternoon at 3 26 at the family home in Oakdale after a short illness. His mother, Mrs Isabel W Waggoner, survives. Mrs Isabel Weakley Waggoner of Mobile died Friday morning at 4 30 in Jackson Alabama. Funeral and interment in Pine Crest cemetery coordinated through Roche Burke Undertaking. Surviving include two daughters Mrs J Julian Bartee and Mrs John Wright two sons Norman Waggoner and Col Clarence Waggoner. William F Eisner prominent Chicago merchant died Friday afternoon at Citronelle. body sent to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dick Pohl
Mobile County
Co. Ravier & Sons
Selma Street
Sylvester Steiner
Alice Hawkshead
Coster Alexander
Fred W. Pohl
New Orleans
Alf Everett Percy
Alf Everett Percy, Jr
Franklin Avenue
Kelly Street
Oakdale
Isabel W. Waggoner
Moonue
Jackson
Ala
Isabel Weakley Waggoner
Mobile
John Wright
Nashville
Roche & Burke Undertaking Company
William F. Eisner
Chicago
Citronelle
What Pew Asks of the Pulpit in Selma Address
Rev C F Johnson of Mobile urged Selma University graduates to raise the pulpit’s standards. He said pews demand learned, tested sermons and ministers must study scripture to inspire growth, with laymen preferring sober, reputable preachers over eloquent but tainted ones. He spoke at the ye ingen Association meeting as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
C. F. Johnson
Mobile
Selma University
Johnson
Rev
Rev. Johnson
Yelngen Association
Dreamland Theatre Becomes the Savoy Post Change
Dreamland Theatre on Conception Street will be renamed the Savoy starting next week after a recent shift in ownership and management. Manager Leon D. Brooks cited the name change as reflecting the new era and announced that all programs and advertising will bear the Savoy label. A Auburn New York man later praised Foley’s Kidney Pills for a lasting cure of kidney and bladder trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon D. Books
Dreamland Theatre
Dreamland
Conception Street
Vaudeville Playhouse
Savoy
Brooks
Police Court Docket Sets June 3 for Bertolotti Case
Norman Bertolotti faced arraignment on a furious and reckless driving charge tied to a case in Recorder Ndington's court. The state said W S Jemison, allegedly run over, remains hospitalized. Other matters included sailors fined for disorderly conduct and a man dismissed for interfering with an officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Bertolotti
Ndington
W.S. Jemison
Bertolotti
Greek man Nick Marks arrested for petit larceny
Nick Marks a Greek was arrested on a petit larceny charge on complaint by John Livik, another Greek. The case was dismissed in the recorder's court Saturday morning as recorder Edington ordered Livik arrested for frivolous prosecution for failure to appear. Livik will be given a hearing Monday after court adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Spencer
J. F. Haley
Recorder’s Court
Daniel Taylor
Taylor
Nick Marks
John ‘Livik
Recorder’s
Edington
Livik
War Picture At The Crescent Draws Crowds On Dauphin Street
The Crescent Theatre on Dauphin Street attracted moviegoers this morning for a strong bill led by Under Fire, a notable Bison war picture. Manager Frenkel promised an excellent program and expected large crowds for today’s showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent Theatre
Dauphin Street
Crescent
Frenkel
Cellenunday
Jbill
Agricul tural and Mechanical College Negro Commencement
The 28th annual commencement at the Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes in Normal Alabama closes with fifteen graduates from the rural department and eighteen from industrial divisions. Dr G S Gavin urged loyalty to faith and opportunity while highlighting the value of a schoollike normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ala
Agricultural and Mechanical College For Negress
Joseph W. Falls
William Fenney
J. M. Herbert
James M. Hunter
Rosalyn V. Harris
Elias J. Murdock
Rosa Belle Black
G. S. Gavin
First Baptist Church
White
Huntsville
Tsr
Dr. Gavin
Willis E. Sterre
Deercisescatur
Dorsey Payne
Ashburn
Trick neatly turned on would be strikers
In Prattville Alabama on May 81 a group of ten to twelve Continental Gin Company workers planned a walk out to demand higher wages. The superintendent halted the protest by firing them and barring return on criminal trespass charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prattville
Ala
Continental Gin Company
Davis Beauty Sues Father for Damages Over Slander
Irene B Geare files suit in New York alleging her father George H Davis slapped her and used an epithet in front of her sister Elsie Davis. The case seeks 326000 dollars in slander damages amid disputed apologies. Davis family linked to soda firms in Rockville Centre L I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geare
Davis
Cashman
Rockville Centre
No Loss of Life Reported After Norfolk Storm
Associated Press reports indicate no verified deaths from the 80 mile gale that swept Norfolk last night. Several boating parties had narrow escapes and there was property damage with hail injuring crops in parts of Norfolk County’s truck belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Norfolk County
Twelve miles of paving completed in Pensacola
Pensacola Florida May 31 final payment of 69500 to Southern Paving and Construction Company for twelve miles of new concrete paving was made by the city board of trustees after final inspection and acceptance by the chief engineer. Bond was given to keep the pavement in condition for five years and settlement covers all work by the Southern Company during the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Southern Paving and Construction Company
Board of Trustees
Southern Company
Architect Swope Inspect Lyons Park Work
Landscape Architect E. B. Swope of Cooke and Swope in Mobile to review Lyons Park progress with Commissioner Pat Lyons. He expressed satisfaction with current development as the park is graded for landscape gardening under his plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Swope
Atlanta
Cooke & Swope
Mobile
Lyons Park
Swope
Pat J. Lyons
ELOPING COUPLE WED UNDER ELECTRIC LIGHT
Florence Alabama May 31 Miss Donner Shepperson of Tuscumbia and Harry Bradford of Sheffield were married in an automobile at Tuscaloosa and Poplar streets at 9 oclock Thursday night The license had been kept secret and the couple then left for a bridal trip to Tennessee and Kentucky
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Florence
Ala
Tuscaloosa
Poplar
Donner Shepperson
Tuscumbia
Harry Bradford
Sheffield
Christian Church
J. T. Harris
Bradford
Tennessee
Kentucky
Voter Boost Prompts With 30 000 Extra Votes On Various Labels
A garbled list shows 30,000 extra votes attached to dozens of items including Argo Starch Cartons Blue Ribbon Bread Labels Z Tags Gulf City Dye Works Slips Cherokee Bouquet Soap Wraps Crown Theatre Tickets Carre-Cola Coca brands and more with numerous packaging labels and certificates referenced for additional voting credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf City
Cherokee Bouquet
Crown Theatre
Columbia
Edge
Femina
Kingsford
Knox Kill
Norris
Swift
Swifts Pride
Swift's
Uneek
Weinacker Bros
R. C. Harris
H .S. Tuthill
Jas. McPhillips
W. T. Goubil
A. M. Bright
Digest it pills promise to curb indigestion and aging
A promotional text urges Digest it tablets as a new treatment for indigestion and stomach disorders. It claims the product works by aiding digestion rather than stomach rest and invites readers to invest 26 cents for a trial package.
Wife Granted Divorce as Husband Is Found Dead
New York May 31 The interlocutory decree in the divorce suit of Mrs Kate Gittleman preceded the discovery of Samuel H Gittleman body in the East River. He had warned his lawyer he would kill himself if the case went to trial and vanished. The body was identified and buried by his brother. Mrs Gittleman later learned of a Virginia divorce alleging abandonment and moved for the review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
New York
Supreme Court
Kate Gittleman
Samuel H. Gittleman
Gittleman
Crescent Theatre Screenings Highlight Two-Real Thrillers
Today shows include She Never Knew and Under Fire a thrilling two reel military feature. Sunday presents Black Jack's Atone ment a Powers comedy and A Daughters Sacrifice a great two reel feature drama.
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Powers
Closing Exercises of Pensacola High School
Pensacola Florida May 31 graduation ceremonies were held at the high school with a large audience. The 15 graduates presented diplomas included Newton Axelson Mattie Lee Bell Lucile Boyer Albert Caro Harry Gibbs Lucile Gray Walter Hoer Mary Jones Oliver Harston Natalie Moffett Lucile Nobles Elmyra Richards Jodie Sullivan Ford Thompson Ruth Van Pelt. Class officers were Lucile Gray president Walter Hoer vice president Lucile Boyer secretary Harry Gibbs treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Neve
F. E. Brawner
County School Board
Newton Axelson
Mattie Lee Bell
Lucile Boyer
Albert Caro
Harry Gibbs
Lucile Gray
Walter Hoer
Mary Jones
Oliver Harston
Natalie Moffett
Lucile Nobles
Elmyra Richards
Jodie Sullivan
Ford Thompson
Ruth van Pelt
Doan s Kidney Pills Benefit Mobile Resident
Mrs. M. I. Malone of Mobile Alabama reports Doan s Kidney Pills improved her kidney disorder and backache after use at Van Antwerp s Drug Store. She says the symptoms left and she has had no further need for kidney medicine. Doan s Kidney Pills are sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
M. I. Malone
N. Conception St
Ala
Doan
van Antwerp
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
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Sue and
Gray
Confederate Rest
Mobile Negro
Byuticura
Auburn
Foley
J. A. Farmer
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Police News
Jack Stanley
S. Peterson
N. Harris, Jr
Charles G. Ollinger
W. M. Patterson
W. N. Harris, Jr
Negro College
W. H. Councill
Davis Beauty” Sues Father
Associated Press
Imperial Laundry
Sherwin-Williams
Argo
East River
Crown Theatre Team
Gibb’s Lady Baseball Nind
Monroe Park
Pensacola High School
Merita Brands
Billie Burke
Graham Waters
BORAX
PRIDE
MEEK
Magnolia Coffee
Knox Knit
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