Best Feature of Mobile Fair to Crown Babies Contest
Mobile plans a Better Babies Contest at the Gulf Coast Fair with eight classes for infants and toddlers. Dr. leading physicians will judge physical and mental development, awarding gold prizes and blue ribbons. Mrs. G. J. Crossland coordinates the program at the woman’s building. entries offered by mail or phone.
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Mobile Fair Association
Mobile
G. J. Crossland
Crossland
Caroline Avenue
Bell
Dave Bauer
Bauer
County Superintendents to Discuss Educational Laws
Alabama county superintendents of education are to attend an executive session in Montgomery on October 20. They will discuss the educational laws enacted at the recent legislative session.
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Montgomery
Superintendents of Education of
Alabama
Wm. F. Feagin
Fragmented Market Notes From Scattered Prices
A brief string of numerals and symbols appears to show scattered price marks and weights including 20c 106 gr Be 180 1l¢ 5¢ 56. The text is incomplete and reads like rough catalog or ledger data without clear context.
East Gulf Shore Battered by Blow
Storm damage along the east shore of Mobile Bay. Battles resort areas sustained severe destruction to Sea Cliff Dryers Moog's and Velanta wharves with thousands in losses. Zundela wharf and Point Clear bathhouses reported badly damaged. some residences lightly harmed. no lives lost. Coastal vessels escaped major harm aside from the yacht Cricket.
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Mobile
Pleasure Bay
Apollo
Mobile Bay
Battles
Fairhope
Magnolia Beach
Zandels Wharf
Point Clear
Zundela
Cricket
Storm Ravage Daphne Piers and Dryer's Wharf
A severe storm in Daphne Alabama caused extensive damage to bathhouses and several wharves. Dryer's Wharf was badly torn up with many posts demolished and overall losses running into thousands of dollars.
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Daphne
Ala
Damaging storm harms Volanta and nearby wharfs at Fairhope
The Oct 1 storm wrecked the Volanta wharf tearing over half away. Fairhope pier head suffered minor damage with repair cost about 25 dollars. Point Clear and Battles wharfs sustained heavy damage while the mail boat, the Apollo, made the Eastern Shore run. Leonard Payne his wife and brother Henry arrived from a Mississippi cruise begun July 1 in Lake Michigan.
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Volanta
Fairhope
Ala
Point Clear
Battles Wharf
Apollo
Leonard Payne
Henry
Mississippi
Lake Michigan
Small Piers at Battles and Bathhouses Are Gone
The October 1 report from Battles Alabama notes wind caused little damage but water caused extensive destruction. Piers and bathhouses along the coast including the Point Clear hotel complex, Merry & Weil wharf, and several others were washed away or destroyed. A lumber cargo pier at Fairhope and multiple local piers suffered severe damage, along with a car track and a bridge at Point Clear creek.
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Battles
Ala
Zundels
Point Clear Hotel
Old Battles
Merry & Weil
Soost
Stoll
Metzger
Ward
Julia Russell
Mobile County Road Commission to Attend Clarke County Meeting
The Mobile County board of revenue and road commissioners will attend the Clarke County good roads meeting in Thomasville on October 6. Captain John Craft read a telegram from Thomasville Mayor Tyson urging full representation, and J P Bogue will mobilize automobile owners for the trip. Washington County is expected to send a large delegation. A Cadillac Motor Co. party led by Charles W. Harrington plans to join. A mass meeting in Stockton, Alabama, set for Friday aims to send a Mobile Baldwin county delegation to the Cawthon Hotel meeting Saturday at 10 30 a m to back the highway project.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Mobile County
Clarke County
Captain Craft
J. P. Bogue
Thomasville
Cadillac Motor Company
Mobile
Baldwin
Quail Open Season Delayed Until November First
Local sportsmen dispute claims the quail season opens October 1 in Mobile and Baldwin counties. The bill to change the opening date remains before Governor Henderson with an anti signing push. Meantime shooting young quail before November 1 is illegal.
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Quail
Mobile
Baldwin Counties
Henderson
Street Cleaning Dept Clears Storm Rubble Citywide
Acting on Mayor Pillans orders, Superintendent Helter's force has mopped streets for two days and aims to finish by Saturday morning. Fire Chief McCosker provided crew support to wash mud from the wholesale district into the river using hoses and fire plugs. Creole Company No. 1 tied up at Merchants Banks Street after a cellar incident.
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Pillans
Helter
McCosker
Fire Department
Creole Company No. 1
As Merchants Banks St.ee Cacey Ater
Confessions of a Wife Read by Margie and Dick
A dialogue between Margie and her husband Dick debates Mollie’s suitors Jim Edie Chadwick Pat Sullivan and Hatton. They debate Mollie independence money love and loyalty as Mollie faces marriage choices and the men’s worth. To be continued.
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Mollie
Margie
Jim Edie
Chadwick
Pat Sullivan
Hatton
Pat
Jim
Paderewskys
Waverly
Daily H
Whistler News Notes Weather Damage and School Plans
Whistler Alabama reports Wednesday night wind damage minimal to property with downed trees and fences and pecan losses. Electric lights died from fallen wires while streets near the schoolhouse buzzed with morning activity. Principal remarks predict enrollment this year will outpace last year. Local residents recover from typhoid illness and notices on shop bulletin boards set new eight hour shifts. Community events include Pentecostal arbor service and a Whistler School Improvement Association meeting planning mid October entertainment.
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Whistler
Ala
Fisher
Leonard Lyle
Charles W. Hill
Mobile
Frank W. Roberts
Joseph J. Harris
St. Louis
Whistler School Improvement Association
Fairhope Civic League Pushes Improvements and Waterworks Plan
Mr J W Byrd of Houston visited Fairhope but became violently ill and left next morning. The Civic League urged removing the unsightly bay front stable and rubbish to improve impression on visitors. Directors were asked to call a mass meeting to discuss ambitious sidewalk expansion funded by bonds for waterworks and electric light. T W Niels, guest at the Gables, is a consultant with the state railroad commission. Car 1 of the People’s railroad has been out for repairs and will run again by Thursday. The School of Organic Education and the Fairhope papi school plan to open next Tuesday.
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Fairhope
Ala
J. W. Byrd
Houston
Texas
Mobile
T. W. Niels
State Railroad Commission
People's Railroad
Thuretay
School of Organic Education
Fairhope Papi
Sage and Sulphur Tonic Restores Hair Color
An advertisement touts Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound as a cent bottle remedy that darkens gray hair evenly, thickens, and relieves dandruff. It claims hair becomes glossy, lustrous, and full after nightly applications without noticeable regrowth.
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Wyeth
Old Iron Roof Vitalitas Mound Promises World Benefit
Geologists report the Vitalitas mound on Texas coast preserves a crystal iron crust forming an inverted bowl roof. Described as the world’s oldest iron roof, it may hold a mineral blend with health benefits. Liquid Vitalitas is sold by Sutton's Drug Store and others.
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Vitalitas
Texas
Sutton’s
Daphne Personalities Highlight Local School News
In Daphne Alabama the legislature’s failure to raise the school’s appropriation drew disappointment, while Professor H. H. Holmes announced plans to boost local schooling. The community hosts a reception for Holmes and his wife at the Normal Friday evening and William Hunt joins the teaching staff of the model school. A college student is seen with an oversized pipe, drawing attention to cigarette concerns.
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Daphne
Alan
H. H. Holmes
Peeleaior Holmes
William Hunt
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