Pathfinding Tour Begins From Mobile This Week
On Wednesday morning November 17, Steven Quigley leads a Ford on a four month pathfinding trip for the Old Spanish Trail committee. The car travels east to the Atlantic, through Florida and Georgia, with a newspaper staffer as advance agent collecting city data and road conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Steven Quigley
Quigley
Ford
Execu
Atlantic Ocean
Florida
Georgia
L. G. Adams
Baldwin County
Alabama
Adams
Old Spanish Trail Committee
Los Ange
GetS-It Corn Cure Promoted Nationwide
An old time advertisement touts GETS-IT as the world's great corn cure. It claims quick corn removal without pain, promising relief from limping and bleeding when treating corns and calluses. Sold in stores and by mail order, 25 cents a bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon
Nce & c O
Chicago
War mystery stalks broker murder in Chicago
Federal investigators probe the killing of Frank R. Voorhes, a millionaire broker and munitions trader, fearing war fallout. The Chicago murder triggers a hunt for a phantom slayer linked to wartime tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War
Clew
Broker
Chicago
Europe
United States
Frank R. Voorhes
Secret Service
McGill Night School Opens With Large Enrollment
The McGill night school opened with eighty five working boys and young men enrolled. About twenty five study stenography and bookkeeping while the rest pursue arithmetic English spelling reading and penmanship. The program aims to better equip students for various occupations in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGill
Mechado the Dictator Is Dead in Brazil
United Press reports Pinheiro Mechado, Brazil’s dictator, was murdered in a Rio lobby on September 6 by Francisco Manso de Paiva Coimbra. Mechado’s death sparks massive public displays. Coimbra claims the act was nationally applauded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Rio DE Janeiro
Mechado
Pinheiro Mechado
Francisco Manso de Paiva Coimbra
Rio Grande Do Sul
Coimbra
Machado
Rio Grande de Sul
Jose Gomez Pinheiro Machado
Federal Senate
Brazil
Luiz
Antonio Pinheiro Machado
Venancio Ayres
Dom Pedro
Republic
Fairhope Prepares for State Highway Funding and Local Meetings
Fairhope Alabama reports plans to use 11 000 dollars in state highway funds for a road into Fairhope after state engineer Garrett visits with surveyors Parker and Pilcher. Local leaders from Daphne tour the route while school officials discuss abolishing the school board. New winter arrivals and community events are noted along with visits from several civic figures and club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhope
Ala
Garrett
Parker
J. M. Pilcher
Daphne
Ingalls
School Improvement Association
Rochelle
Brown
St. Paul
Lewis
Iowa
Sumner
Cleveland
Ohio
Warren Burnham
Yost
Minnesota
J. de Wolf
Evergreen
Grant Minnich
Dewey Wheeler
Massachusetts
Marietta L. Johnson
School of Organic Education
Greenwich
Conn
Lydia J. Cummings
Federation of Women's Clubs
Montgomery
Charles Nelson
Co operative Egg Selling Success at Mississippi A and M College
The October payroll of the Co operative Egg Selling Association at Mississippi A and M College brings over one hundred dollars in egg money to eighteen farmers. The group ships 90 dozen eggs weekly, receives 27 cents per dozen while 3 cents covers express and crating, with no charge for handling by E P Clayton. The venture boosts returns and promotes better farm methods. Information on organizing is offered by the Poultry Department of the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural College
Miss
Co-operative
Mississippi A. and M. College
Mississippi
E. P. Clayton
Poultry Department
Vicksburg Widow at Center of Sudden Marriage Bid
A widow in Vicksburg, Miss., Mary Higgins, rejects a suitor, Frank Lyle, who offered $40,000 and jewelry to wed her after a brief acquaintance. He pressed his case at her South Washington Street home, but she refused and left the matter unsettled as the night ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg
Miss
Frank Lyle
Mary Higgins
South Washington Street
Lyle
Mamie Abate
Will
Marriage on a Fast Track Ends in Fraud Arrest
Cornelius Bell is the owner of a Texas street building permit for a one room addition. Lyle misled a bride and became wed to Mrs Roberts without funds to cover the license, pawned jewelry, forged a check, and faces drunk and fraud charges. Mrs Lyle seeks divorce.
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Cornelius Bell
Texas Street
Cedar
Warren Streets
Also Mentioned on This Page
Land
Frank R- Voorhees
Old Shell Road
Oscar L. Gray
Dauphin Street
Compos Electrical Supply Co
S. Joachim St
Wade and
Delivme
Friedenthal’s
Te Ee Ieee
Joachim
Nish
Serbia
Teutons
Belgrade
Rev. L. L. Roberts
Reiss Mercantile Co
Mobile’s Style Center
Reiss Mercantile,Co
Aise Waheer
Everett
Sea Island
Darvan
Review
Darphin
FS Emanuel
Sanita
Wayne
Knit
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