Opera Olivette for Organ Fund Delights Mobile audience
An audience at the Mobile Theatre enjoyed Olivette for the organ fund of St Marys church. The orchestra and chorus drew praise with Miss Bertha Gale as Olivette and Miss Curtin as the countess receiving particular credit. The chorus and ensemble featured numerous local performers under director Eugene A. OConnor who coordinated the musical presentation.
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Mobile Theatre
Organ Fund
St. Mary’s Church
Bertha Gale
Olivette
Miss Curtin
Ballweg
Alice Cashin
John Toumey
Leo Gaynor
H. A. Seigert
Vince Gunnison
William Gass
Albert Treadway
Joseph Espalla
Gaynor
Valentine
Vance Gunnnison
Katie Brodie
Janie Cashin
Begsie Cronin
Mattie Duffee
Mamie Emrich
Ruth Gale
Marke Lytle
Margaret Murphy
Minnie Schumacher
Nellie Sweeney
Ethel Salvas
Messrs
Leo DeOrnellas
R. Dannenberg
Wallace Howell
James Hooge
Felix Taylor
Harry Schrey
G. Tones
Joseph Goodrow
Georgia Stirling
Robert Dannenberg
John Brady
Clancy Baker
W. D. Wilson
Angelo Suflich
Joseph Hooge
E. 3. Campbell
R. J. Miller
Robert McConnell
Janie Summersell
Eugene A. O’connor
Local residents and visitors greet Mobile during holiday season
Ellen Ruffin sails to Bellomont North Carolina to spend Thanksgiving with brothers and plans visits to Baltimore and Littlestown. Mrs Capell leaves for Tuskegee Hartsboro and Roba Alabama for two weeks. Alice Booth Ella Booth visit D B Booth in Mobile. Various travelers including Knowles family Guinan Glover and Allen, plus Interstate Shows entourage, are noted with arrivals and movements in and around the city.
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Ellen Randolph Ruffin
Bellomont
N. C
Tom
Henry
Visi
Baltimore
Littlestown
B. C. Capell
Tuskegee
Hartsboro
Roba
Ala
Seed Loses Appeal in High Court Over Mortgage Dispute
Special to The Item from Montgomery reports Lieutenant-Governor Walter D. Seed loses in the Alabama Supreme Court. The case stems from a $2,000 mortgage on Seed’s Tuscaloosa property. Seed contends he paid $800. Brown denies payment. The high court affirms the chancery ruling but reverses allowance of certain fees charged against Seed.
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Montgomery
Ala
Walter D. Seea
Supreme Court
Tuscaloosa
Brown
Seed
Burial of A B Jones Youngest son of General Jones
The funeral of A B Jones, youngest son of General and Mrs Harvey Jones, was held Tuesday from Dixon and McKay parlors with interment in Magnolia cemetery. Rev Matthew Brewster of Christ Episcopal Church led the service. Floral designs decorated the grave as pallbearers J S Callaghan N E Stallworth James K Roe Joseph R Little Wiliam T Kelly Thomas F MacKay served.
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A. B. Jones
Harvey ©. Jones
Dixon & McKay
Magnolia Cemetery
Matthew Brewster
Christ Episcopal Church
Messrs
J. S. Callaghan
N. E. Stallworth
James K. Roe
Joseph R. Little
Wiliam T. Kelly
Thomas F. MacKay
Death of Thomas Wooley in Venetia Alabama
Thomas Wooley age about 38 died Tuesday afternoon near Venetia Alabama after a lingering illness. He was a farmer and a native of Mobile county. He is survived by two brothers James and Ollieley two sisters Mrs Jane Pollard and Mrs Amelia Linday and other relatives.
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Thomas Wooley
Venetia
Ala
Mobile County
James
Ollieley
Jane Pollard
Amelia Linday
City Brevities Detain Four in Davis Avenue Gambling Raid
Patrolmen raided a rear Davis avenue pressing club and arrested four on gambling charges. John Richardson, said to run the club, was jailed for permitting gambling. The case goes before Recorder Edington Wednesday afternoon.
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Davis Avenue
John Richardson
Edington
Thanksgiving Day Mass at St Matthew's Church
Thanksgiving morning mass will be celebrated at St. Matthew's Church at seven o'clock. The choir under Miss Katie C Hynde will perform the musical program. Confessions will be heard before the mass.
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ST. Matthew's Church
Katie C. Hynde
St Matthew’s Rectory Progress In Three Days
The rectory at St Matthew’s advances toward a new church site as Rev. Father Dunne continues parochial duties during construction. Today the Le Blanc Ardoyne wedding will be held in the rectory parlor with Dunne accepting inconveniences to hasten the project.
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ST. Matthew's
Father Dunne
le Blanc-Ardoyne
Convict Wille Testimony Ties Larceny Case in Mobile
Alger Jones, a white man convicted in Mobile city court at the June term and sentenced to one year at hard labor, was brought to Mobile Tuesday night to testify in the Willie Scott grand larceny case heard in city court Wednesday. Jones was convicted of larceny of a cow he allegedly killed and then sold the meat.
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Alger Jones
Mobile
Willie Scott
Jones
Louisiana Railroad Board Opens Wreck Probe
The Louisiana railroad commission began an inquiry into the Texas and Pacific wreck near Alexandria on Monday that killed two people and injured several. Interstate Commerce Commission inspectors Lawson and Bailey will meet with state investigators.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Railroad Commission
Texas and Pacific
Alexandria
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lawson and Bailey
Louisiana
Winter Aids to Beauty by Mme D MIlle
Beauty tips from Mme D MIlle cover darkening thin brows using pyroxin, growth of lashes, a Mayatone witch hazel lotion for a lasting complexion, Mothers Salve for throat and chest ailments, removal of facial hair with dela tone, and dry shampooing with ortis root and therox to energize roots.
Formal charges against Dolphy in forged check case
Harvey Dolphy 27 taken from 133 Old Shell Road after alleged suicide attempt with laudanum. He faces first degree forgery charges for signing a Merchants Bank check for 15 dollars. Police plan a preliminary hearing. Dolphy remains in custody without bond.
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Harvey Dolphy
Old Shell Road
John Turner
Broad
Government Streets
Turner
Dolphy
Merchants’ Bank
Amusements at Lyric with Exposition Four and More
A musical bill at the Lyric features the Exposition Four the Five Bragdons the Longworths and Miss Sisson offering good music and singing Leonard and Alvin dance well Miss Sisson receives flowers. A Thanksgiving matinee Thursday at 3 seats on sale. Other shows at 7 45 and 9 15 p m.
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Lyric
Exposition
Five Bragdons
Longworths
Miss Sisson
Leonard
Alvin
Governor Blease Frees 32 Prisoners Before Thanksgiving
Governor Coles Blease of South Carolina released thirty two prisoners from the State penitentiary and county jails. He granted twenty nine paroles and three pardons including a full pardon for James Stobbo Young former secretary of the Seminole Security Company. Several inmates serving life terms for murder were freed.
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Columbia
S. C
State
Coles Blease
South Carolina
James Stobbo Young
Seminole Security Company
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OPERA
Quire
Dreaper
Burns
Dauphin ST
Mobile, Ala
Alice Booth
Prattville, Ala
Ella Booth
Nashville, Tenn
D. B. Booth
South Claiborne Street
Clark Booth
Claiborne Street
O. F. Knowles
L. B. Guinan
Larry
Sunny Brook Distillery Company
Louis- Ville
Memphis
W. H. Glover
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Little Rock
Ark
Interstate
Monroe Park
Tampa
Fla
Southern Railway
Porter King
John M. Allen
Tupelo, Miss
Dan J. Murphy
Boston
Mass
Battle House
George H. Terriberg
New Orleans
Gov
HIGH
Armory Hall
Mobile Dam of
Beavers
H. Harris
T. T. Palmer
Homer Jones
Flat Top
Retail Merchants’ Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Gulfport
Miss
Gulf Coast
Louisville and Nashville
Louisville
Henry A. Schwarz
Mobillan
I. Trager Company
Distillers and Bfenders
Cincinnati
Ohio
Victor Lyon
Schwarz
Laz Schwarz
Sol Piser
Mr. Schwarz
Mme. D'Mille
City Hospital
Crenshaw
Young Dolphy
Chief Crenshaw
America
Aat
Orrine
Dave S. Bauer
Pauphin
PLOWS
Harrow
John Deere Plow CO
Prairie Rose
Packing House
A. D. Davis
Mobile Gas Company
SMITH
Ithaca
Parker, Fox
Winchester
Remington
Barney-Cavanagh Hardware CO
Harrison
Comstock Produce Co
California
Comers
Gulf City Dye Works
S. Conception St
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