Naked Truth at Empire Friday
George Kleine presents The Naked Truth a five part photoplay based on Henry Bataille's novel set in Paris Latin Quarter famed for its artists salons and show places Mile Borelli stars as Lolette in lavish stylish production described as gripping and virile by Broadway critics.
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Candler Theatre
New York
Broadway
White Light District
George Kleine
Empire Theatre
Henry Sataille
Paris
Latin Quarter
Mr. Kleine
Cines Organization
Antony and Cleopatra
Mile
Lyda Borelli
Lolette
Borelli
Hattiesburg Wins Insurance Rates Fight With Savings
Hattiesburg Mississippi city officials and the Commercial Club report a successful rate reduction after Mayor T E Batson returned from Vicksburg. The plan, tied to purchasing a modern automobile pumper engine for 8000 dollars, promises annual savings exceeding 10000 dollars.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Commercial Club
T. E. Batson
Vicksburg
Grape-Nuts Promoted As Ideal Food By Patient Testimony
A Washington woman credits Grape-Nuts with curing long lasting stomach illness and aiding her recovery after four months in bed. She reports her baby gained fat from the cereal and she now relies on it for nourishment. The ad claims the product digests in any stomach and promotes overall health.
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Washington
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Tainsettle
Mobile Interests Safe Says Cobb After Washington Hearing
Traffic Manager R G Cobb of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce reports Mobile protected in the New Orleans cotton rate case before the Interstate Commerce Commission. He expects a favorable differential for Mobile and notes consensus among carriers and eight railroads. Louisville Nashville argued a 15 cent differential due to Mobile to New Orleans trackage costs. Most evidence points to competition shaping rates rather than distance.
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Washington
Mobile
New Orleans
Interstate Commerce Commission
R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Cobb
National Capital
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
State Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Begin November Terms
The regular November term of the state supreme court and court of appeals opened with organization and preliminary details. No cases will be heard until Tuesday when the first division, covering Baldwin Clarke Mobile Monroe and Washington counties, will convene. After a Saturday special term issuing decisions, new rulings are unlikely soon as the docket was cleared.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Baldwin
Clarke
Mobile
Monroe
Washington
County to hire engineer to succeed Fay McClure
John A. Boudousquie, noted civil engineer, has filed for the county highway engineer post to replace Fay McClure when his term ends. More applications are expected as a new board of commissioners decides whether to hire an expert engineer despite the exhausted good roads bonds.
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John A. Boudousquie
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Fay McClure
Board of Commissioners
Death of Louisville Kentucky journalist Jack J. McGrath
T J McGrath of Spring Hill College notified Monday night of the death of his brother Jack J McGrath a renowned newspaper man in Louisville and Lexington Kentucky. He died in Denver Colorado at 82. A Brookhaven Mississippi native he attended Spring Hill College and in 1900 earned top honors in Christian doctrine and mathematics and served as city editor of the Lexington Herald.
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Spring Hill
T. J. McGrath
Spring Hill College
Jack J. McGrath
Louisville
Lexington
Denver
Colo
Brookhaven
Miss
Lexington Herald
Movie Con test draws hundreds of votes in The Mobile Item
The Mobile Item reports a strong start for its Movie Con test with hundreds voting in the first rounds. Twenty four stars each hold broad support as three more Sundays of ballots follow, inviting readers to submit votes quickly.
Mrs Margaret Nolan Dies at Laine Miss
Mrs Margaret Nolan aged 65 died at her Laine Mississippi home after several months illness. She lived in the locality her entire life, born at Orange Grove. She survived by several children and many relatives. Interment followed Sunday at the Catholic cemetery in Pascagoula.
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Laine
Miss
Margaret Nolan
Orange Grove
Pascagoula
Weinackers Sued Over Auto Dealers License Fees
Alabama Attorney General Robert C. Brickell filed suit in the law and equity court against Weinacker Bros to recover license money for motor vehicle dealing for 1912 1913 and 1914.
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Weinackers
Robert C. Brickell
Alabama
Law and Equity Court
Weinacker Bros
Army Recruiting Ad Campaign on the Gulf Coast
Sergeant Maguire of the local army recruiting station sends Private W F Hubble to Gulfport Mississippi for a week of recruiting ads. After forwarding six applicants to Jefferson Barracks near St Louis last week two more applications arrived and one candidate is accepted for the hospital corps awaiting transport.
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Maguire
Army
W. F. Hubble
Gulfport
Miss
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Poses for Portrait in $1,003,000 Costume
Empire Theatre owner Joseph Bianchi buys a life size painting of Miss Alice Joyce a Mobile star. The portrait by Apedo of New York shows Joyce in a $3,000 Luelle gown and $1,000,000 in jewelry from a Fifth Avenue jeweler. it arrives soon for exhibition.
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Empire Theatre
Joseph Bianchi
Empire
Alice Joyce
Joyce
Apedo
New York
Luelle
Lady Duff- Gordon
Fifth Avenue
Today and Tomorrow at Lyric Promises Strong Attendance
Amusements notice shows Today by George Broadhurst and Abraham Schomer at the Lyric tonight and tomorrow with a matinee Wednesday. It calls the drama of unusual constructive strength and a study of a woman's soul. The Broadhurst Schomer production was a sensational New York success, with a cast led by George MacQuarrie Helen MacKellar Helen Judson Charles N Greene May Herbert Amelia Mayborn Frank Kimball Jane Wallace.
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George Broadhurst
Abraham ‘Schomer
Harry von Tilzer
Lyric
Broadhurst-Schomer
New York
Forty-eighth Street Theatre
George MacQuarrie
Helen MacKellar
Helen Judson
Charles N. Greene
May Herbert
Amelia Mayborn
Frank Kimball
Jane Wallace
The Ham Tree at Lyric in a rollicking revival
Saturday and next Saturday matinee and night performances present John Cort's revival of George W. Hobart's The Ham Tree. Mc Intyre and Heath lead a lively, comic show with no serious plot and a strong chorus of dancers and singers aged 18 to 22.
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John Cort
George W. Hobart
McIntyre
Heath
On the Stroke of Five leads Empire bill with stars
Darwin Karr and Naomi Chil ders star in On the Stroke of Five a two reel play at the Empire today. The third reel is The Telltale Knife with Tom Mix and Goldie Colwell. The Sorceress a Lubin drama headlines Wednesdays bill and The Fable of How Uncle Brewster Was Too Shifty for the Tempter comes tomorrow as an Essanay reel.
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Darwin Karr
Vitagraph
Naomi Childers
The
Empire Today
Tom Mix
Goldie Colwell
Uncle Brewster
George Ade
Essanay
Dreamland Continues to Attract With May Lawson Show
Dreamland theatre hosts the third week of the May Lawson musical comedy. crowds fill Monday matinee and night for Thank Goodness the Table Is Spread. George Gardner earns ovations for rapid humor while Ada Davis with the Blue Ribbon Chorus repeats her big songs. audience demand prompts a repeat tonight and tomorrow.
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Dreamland
May Lawson
Dreamland Theatre
George Gardner
Ada Davis
Blue Ribbon
Chappelle
Tango Night and Chorus Girl Contest Planned Next Weekend
Tango Night returns Thursday with a prize for the couple scoring best the Texas Tommy. Manager Chappelle schedules a Chorus Girl's Contest Friday night. Each chorus member performs a unique stunt, unveiled only to the audience, who will judge the prize winners.
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Chappelle
Little Rock Man Guilty in Rock Island Robbery
Homer Heard of Little Rock was found guilty in federal court of robbing a Rock Island express car near Hot Springs on April 9. W. W. Dunn, also of Little Rock, was convicted as an accessory. The robbery netted about $13 500 and rested on the testimony of express messenger William Ahring who confessed to allowing the robbery.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Homer Heard
Rock Island Express
Hot Springs
W. W. Dunn
William Ahring
Messenger
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