Thanksgiving Observances Bring City Wide Cheer in Mobile
Clear weather aided a broad Thanksgiving observance in Mobile as courts recessed and most businesses closed. Churches reported large congregations and charities served abundant dinners at multiple orphanages and homes with support from Rev. A F Owens and local merchants. Football games social events and balls highlighted a festive day for both rich and poor alike.
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Mobiljians
Orphan's Asylum
Female Orphan's Asylum
Church Home
Detention
Salvation Army
Poor Asylum
Hannah Home
A F. Owens
Government Street Presbyterian Church
Os Circle
King’s Daughere
Fidelia Club
the Loyal Order of Moose
German Relief Association
Parlor rifle injures Ashland worker in city
T A Seaton an employee of Peerless laundry was shot in the ankle Thursday forenoon while passing through Ashland place. He says the bullet came from a parlor rifle and identified a young man as a possible shooter. Recent complaints describe youths handling parlor rifles carelessly and several near misses. Police once banned stray rifle use after prior injuries.
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Ashland Place
T. A. Seaton
Peerless
Seaton
Baldwin Circuit Court Concludes Docket
The Baldwin circuit court adjourned the fall term in Bay Minette on November 29. Juror verdicts included a not guilty finding for David Chambless of Perdido Station on an assault and battery charge against Bert McGill from last August. Local animosities between Chambless and McGill families were noted. Judge Gamble expedited proceedings to allow Thanksgiving at home. Several lawyers hunted with seventeen fox hounds brought from Lowndes County.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Baldwin Circuit
David Chambless
Perdido Station
Bert McGill
Chambless
McGill
Gamble
Lowndes County
Runaway Blind Horse Causes Street Damage in Augusta Area
A blind horse owned by Lee Giblin ran loose on Augusta street Thursday, damaging a fence at 32 Chatham and tearing a gate from a nearby residence. A young man named Jarvis driving the horse sustained an injury as the animal halted after colliding with the fence. The horse itself was injured in the incident.
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Augusta Street
Lee Giblin
Chatham
Augusta Eets
of Jarvis
Chatham Street
Birmingham Landmark Wiped Out by Fire
Fire destroyed the interior of the old three story Peo Telephone building on Highteenth Street and Third Avenue in Birmingham Alabama. The building was unused after Tell Telephone Company acquired it and stored a large quantity of equipment there. Bell company manager F Trumbull estimated the loss would be heavy.
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Birmingham
Ala
Highteenth
Et'mear Third Avenue
Tell Teleoné Company
Cominy
F. Trumbull
Bell Company
Vilas Memorial Statue Placed At Vicksburg Park
Mrs. William F Vilas and Mrs. William Fox arrived from Milwaukee for the informal dedication of the Vilas memorial statue in Vicksburg National Park. Adolph A Weinman of New York City placed the statue at Union avenue and Baldwins Ferry road, with formal exercises planned for November 30. The inscription honors Lieutenant Colonel William F Vilas of the Twenty third Wisconsin Infantry in the 1863 siege.
Five Halls Required for Southern Educators
In Louisville Kentucky today five halls were needed to host sessions of the Southern Educational Association. Delegates heard addresses on diverse educational topics across the South. The day featured a planned report from a committee on improving education for Black students and a visit to an open air school.
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Louisville
Southern Educational Association
Three Negroes Lynched by Louisiana Mob
Wood Burke Jim Heard and Silas Jimmerson escaped deputies at Caddo parish jail and were lynched near Vanceville after ambushing Deputy Sheriff Ed wards of Bossier parish. Edwards was beaten into unconsciousness on September 10 and remained seriously injured. Burke was captured Wednesday.
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Shreveport
Wood Burke
Jim Heard
Silas Jimmerson
Edwards
Bossier Parish
Caddo Parish
Benton
Vanceville
Haughton
Bodieu
Burke
Heard
Jimmerson
Organ Hoodoo Linked to Negro Church Votes
In Steubenville Ohio a donated church organ was returned after two Black men drove it into town and said it was a hoodoo and not worth the votes it secured. Local investigation sparked county politicians to a private prosecutor hearing over alleged frauds.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Embezzlement Charge Arrests Man in County Jail
Walter Gill was arrested Thursday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Lynch on a charge of embezzling one dollar. He remained in the county jail until bond was posted for his appearance before Judge Chamberlain in the inferior criminal court. Willie Goodman was the complainant.
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Walter Gill
Lynch
Chamberlain
Willie Goodman
Ely's Cream Balm for Catarrh and Cold Relief
Miserable from catarrh or head cold find instant relief with Ely's Dream Balm. Cleanses and heals sore membranes, relieves nasal congestion, and stops discharge. Mercury and cocaine free, easy to apply, 50 cent bottle available from G. Van Antwe and Son.
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Ely
G. van Antwe
Son
Noted Portrait Painter Sues Mrs Gouraud in New York
Walter Morgan Russell, renowned portrait painter, sues Mrs Jackson Gouraud. Lawyers refuse to discuss the suit and neither party can be located, leaving the case shrouded in mystery.
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New York
Walter Morgan
Russel
Jackson Gouraud
Russell
Patrick Freed After Dix Pardons Rice Murder Conviction
Albert T. Patrick, once on death row for the William Marsh Rice murder, was pardoned by Governor Dix and released from Sing Sing. He said he would vindicate his name, return home to his ailing wife, and plan his future after a long incarceration.
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New York
Albert T. Patrick
Sing Sing
William Marsh Rice
Dix
Clement Avenue
Officers elected by the Mobile German American Alliance
The Mobile branch of the German American Alliance held its annual meeting at German Relief hall with a large turnout. Officers named for the next year include A Scwuerger president Godfrey Mertz first VP A J Becker second VP H P Loding third VP A J Roh fourth VP R Kirchner fifth VP A Strauss treasurer E A Brunnier secretary who was re elected. Dr Joseph Patt was re elected grand marshal.
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Mobile
The
A. Strauss
E- A. Brunnier
Joseph Patt
Historic Washington Blaze Destroys Town Remnants in Texas
Brenham Texas November 29 The last remnants of the historic town of Old Washington on the Brazos river once Texas capital and where Texas independence was proclaimed were wiped out by a blaze yesterday. The fire began in a small store and spread rapidly destroying fourteen buildings including the Masonic Temple.
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Brenham
Texas
Old Washington
Brazos River
Underwood Heads to National Capital for Washington Duties
Congressman Oscar W. Underwood left Birmingham for Washington after a Thanksgiving dinner at home. His departure was delayed nearly a week by a minor operation he underwent the previous Thursday.
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Underwood
National Capital
Birmingham
Ala
Oscar W. Underwood
Washington
Wake Up Your Lazy Stomach with Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for dyspepsia caused by rapid eating. It claims the tablets digest all foods, aid absorption, and revitalize the body, noting the product sells for 60 cents a box through druggists.
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Stuart
Minnesota Embezzler Caught in West Point Georgia
West Point Georgia November 29 a suspect believed to be H W Parker a Bank of Commerce official from Winnebago Minnesota was arrested at the instigation of Mayor Johnson and detectives. He lived in West Point since June under the name J M Long recently married a Georgia woman. Long alias Parker is held at Winnebago police request as officers head to West Point to identify him.
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West Point
Johnson
H. W. Parker
Bank of Commerce
Winnebago
Georgia
Long
Parker
Winnebago Police
Minnesota
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FIA
Wisconsin
William Vilas
Vicksburg Cemetery
Louisiana
Gatarrh
Mrs. Jackson Gouraud
Patrick
UNION
Pet
Beacon Shoes
Beacon Shoe Store
Dauphin St
F. M. Hoyt Shoe CO
Manchester
New Hampshire
C. S. Partridge Hardware Co
OUR Bon Secour Oysters
Southern Hotel Buffet
E. Cor
Harry Horlock
Prop
Castoria
Crichton Lurmber Co
Roche
Northeast Corner
St. Joseph
State Streets
Ballweg
Dauphin
Bank of Mobile
National Banking Association
Basiess
Mobile’s
Merchant
Home
Mobile Electric CO
N. Royal ST
J.B. Webster
Government Street Mobile
P. O. Box
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