Gulf Coast Fair prompts school holiday and local events
Baldwin county schools will close for one day so students may attend the Gulf Coast Fair. The notice invites Mobile area communities to visit Friday October 29 with reduced admission for students and teachers. Railroads offer special rates and the Dawes fair adds free events to spur regional development. Local fairs spread to Citronelle and Wilmer with a large barbecue planned at Wilmer. In other news Brigadier General A B Hamilton commands British forces at Saloniki.
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Alabama
Ppi
Peter Billiken
Peter the Great
Lexington
Flower Direct
Fearn
gMobile
Mobile
Dawes
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Women's Pioneer Club of
Citronelle
Wilmer
Fair Association
Gulf Coast
Gained 32 Pounds And Kept It Four Years
Boston reader Mrs Abbott praises a weight gain through the Dr Whitney Nerve and Flesh Builder treatment. The ad claims lasting results, improved color and health, and offers a free trial with a 50 cent treatment for first takers, including a coupon. It promotes bust enlargement options and urges sending the coupon with 10 cents for packing and mailing.
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Dr. Whitney
C.L. Jones Co
Friend Bldg
Elmira
N. Y
King Victor Emmanuel and Prince Humbert Reunited Friends
A recent photo shows King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and his son Prince Humbert sharing a warm moment. The monarch and the young prince appear close as new tensions and war loom across Europe.
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King
Italy
Pals
Victor Emanuel
Humbert
Prince
President Wilson and Edith Galt Toasted At Philadelphia Game
President Woodrow Wilson and his fiancee Edith Bolling Galt drew a vast crowd at the Philadelphia ballpark as George Foster pitched a storied World Series game. The pair rode through cheering fans, shared a seventh inning stretch, and joined in a patriotic moment as The Star Spangled Banner played.
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Philadelphia
Edith Bolling Galt
George Foster
Mrs. Galt
Phillies
Red Sox
White House
Boston Band
Tessie
Courts Transact Business in Mobile Session Reports
Circuit Court and Law and Equity Court sessions list demurrers overruled sustained and petitions granted in various suits. Notable items include Mobile Light and Railway Co. demurrers sustained, United States removal granted, and several weekly case calls. Detroit strike at Michigan Alkali Co. plants ended with a 50 cent wage increase.
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Circuit Court
Samuel B. Browne
H. E. Carney
Mobile Light and Railway Co
Garard Williams
Southern Railway Co
United States Court
Mattie Neice
William H. Harrison
Labuzan
Walker Baker
T. Perry
Walter Morrisette
Georgia Loan Co
Spencer Newell
Henry Brannan
M. L. Davis
N. Bressler
John Simmons
T. B. Pace
Union Naval Stores Co
John L. White
Mobile Hoe Co
Detroit
Mich
Michigan Alkali Company
Ford Village
Wyandotte
Doughty Policeman Tracks Writhing Monster On Dockside
Policeman Helton trails a wriggling rope and a great snake like mass along Commerce street and toward the Mobile Towing and Wrecking Co. He confronts a seven ton rope being moved by a switch engine and questions Manager Claude Kimball about its ownership. Navy reports wireless messages between President Wilson and President Cabrera marking farthest south wireless reach. A violent gale and heavy snowfall hit Lake Superior with no distress reports.
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Pike’s Peak
Commerce Street
Policeman Helton
Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company
Helton
Claude Kimball
Kimball
Washington
Wilson
Cabrera
Guatemala
Navy Department
Hand nurtured corn outshined by ordinary acres in two counties
An Alabama report notes a prize hand nurtured acre of corn lost to 34 ordinary acres, highlighting variability in yields across Baldwin and Mobile counties. Farmers anticipate about one dollar per bushel at Gulf Coast Fair as European demand supports corn prices, while northern districts face delayed ripening and frost damage.
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Baldwin
Mobile
L. K. Rhodes
Baldwin County
Alabama
Corn Club
Gulf Coast Fair
Bushel
John Hill
United States
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Florence Anderson
Old Shell Road
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Thomas Cona
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Roxas
Foster
Doughty Policeman
Ee Farthest South Wireless
Marquette
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Norfolk
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C. J. Gayfer & Company
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