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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1912

Page

6

Sailors Arrested After Beer Box Disturbance on Royal Street

William Caffey John Flanagan and James O Neal followers of the sea landed in jail Sunday morning with a box of three dozen bottles of beer. Deputies Lynch Casalas and Del Champs warned them to desist but were ignored. A struggle followed before officers filed charges of public drunkenness.

William Caffey John Flanagan James O'Neal Sea Royal Street Depuw Lynch Ccazalas Delchamps

Miss Robinson Crusoe at Crown Theatre Tonight

Today only at the Crown Theatre Thanhouser pictorial gem Miss Robinson Crusoe shown in two reels. Advertisement.

Crown Theatre Thanhouser Miss Robinson Crusoe

The Wrong Use of Thought and Its Dangers

A discussion on how thought shapes brain and behavior shows experiments with puppies reacting to color and food, proving thought can alter brain cells. It warns against teaching children to kill insects for prizes, arguing such early conditioning risks moral and mental deterioration.

Notable local residents visit Mobile leaders and officials

The article lists several notable visitors to Mobile including W. F. Fastburn manager of the Gonzales Fish and Oyster Company who is home ill on Church and Claiborne streets. Also present are Mrs H B Kamber of Pensacola at the Battle House and Professor Isaac W Hill attached to the U S government education department.

W. F. Fastburn Gonzales Fish and Oyster Company Church and Claiborne Streets H. B. Kamber Pensacola, Fla City Battle House Isaac W. Hill Barton Academy Educational Department United States Government James P. Rock Belle Alliance, la Mobile the Cawthon

Al G Field Minstrels at Mobile Theatre

Bert Swor leads the Al G Field Greaterr Minstrels at Mobile Theatre with Matinee and night shows on Thursday. He presents a new monologue The Rathskellers and appears in Minstrelsy Past and Present. He also stars in The Opening of the Panama Canal as part of a patriotic pageant.

Bert Swor al G. Field Greaterr Mobile Theatre Rathskellers Panama Canal

Al G Field Greater Minstrels open seat sale

The article previews the Al G Field Greater Minstrels with Johnny Healy Eddie Dunigan Johnny Dove Hal Orvin Master Alsey Sexton and others in Minstrelsy Past and Present an opening spectacle. The show traces minstrelsy from its old form to the modern stage with tropical settings and electrical effects. Seat sales begin Tuesday morning.

Johnny Healy Governor Bowen Eddie Dunigan Johnny Dove Hal Orvin Alsey Sexton Segson al G. Field Army of Laughter al G. Pield Greater Minstrels

All Star Vaudeville at the Lyric This Week

Manager Fourton presents five big acts at the Lyric with motion pictures and World Series views. Headliners include George Wilson musical dogs Harry Bouton Co Newkirk Evans Sisters Inza and Lovella and a comedy knock about act. Performances daily at 3 745 and 9 18 p m Seats on sale now.

Lyric Fourton George Wilson Musical Dogs Harry Bouton & Co Newkirk Evans Sisters Inza Lovella

Minister to Broadcast Election News from Church

Reverend George McAdam of Joliet plans to use a leased wire to relay Chicago election returns from his church on November 5. He promotes a saloon free setting with a menu featuring Republican parties Democratic sandwiches Bull Moose soup and Prohibition coffee as an alternative to saloon attractions.

Stanton S. Field Dies in 1912 at Age Last Year

Died Monday morning October 14 1912 at 530. Stanton S Field aged nearly last year. Funeral services from 353 North Lafayette Street this Monday afternoon at 6. Interment Shuqualak Mississippi.

Field Stanton S. Field Lafayette Street Shuqualak Misa

Morlan to Establish Shipping Case Plant in Mobile

James L Morlan a veteran paper expert in the shipping case industry is in Mobile With the Chamber of Commerce officials he is shown advantages of Mobile The plan calls for a light shipping case plant using wood and corrugated paper with an investment of 8000 to 10000 dollars expected to be made ready for operation.

James L. Morlan United States Mobile Morlan Chamber of Commerce and Business League Mr. Morlan

Mobile leaders head to Meridian fair opening

Several well known Mobilians left today for Meridian to attend the Mississippi Alabama Fair, opened by Vice President and General Manager R. W. Taylor of the Mobile and Ohio. Russell Houston of the Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railroad plans to travel tomorrow for the event.

Meridian R. W. Taylor Mobile and Ohio Russell Houston Alabama,Tennessee and Northern Railroad

Public Schools Close in New Orleans Over Diphtheria

Diphtheria presence leads to temporary closure of three New Orleans public schools as a precaution. Josephine Louise Dormitory at Newcomb College is cleared but Newcomb College head Dixon orders a two day college shutdown for inspection. Daily case counts show seventy two new cases yesterday and about two hundred since last Monday.

New Orleans City Board of Health Josephine Louise Newcomb College Dixon of Newcomb

Towage Charge Investigation Draws Mobile Officials

Chairman Joseph C. Rich leads a special Chamber committee to probe towage pilot and port charges in Mobile. A 7 o clock meeting is set in the Chamber rooms with pilots and shipping interests to follow up on earlier attendance gaps.

Mobile Joseph C. Rich Chamber of Commerce and Business League Pilots Association and Shipping Pilots’ Association

Game sters Captured by Flying Squadron

The flying squadron of the sheriff’s department and Deputies Lynch Delchamps and Cagalas netted twenty six gambling suspects in three raids across the city. A gambler on Davis avenue near Hamilton tried to flee from a second story window but was stopped.

Sheriff's Department Lynch Delchamps Cagalas Davis Avenue Hamilton

Catholic Men Parade Silence to Protest Profanity

In Columbus Ohio on October 13 over 7,000 Holy Name Society members walked in silent protest against profanity. The group, joined by Trinity Episcopal Church chimes, gathered at St Joseph's Cathedral where Bishop Hartley led a renewal of vows to refrain from profane language.

Columbus, OO Holy Name Society Trinity Episcopal Church St. Joseph’s Cathedral Hartley

Next in Boston If Giants Win Today

New York Oct 14 The Giants win today to decide the next game location. Garry Herrmann announced that the Boston tie game was not decisive and that any tomorrow game would be moved to Boston under the rules.

New York Giants Boston Garry Herrmann

Foreclosure Notice on Mobile County Mortgages

Default on two mortgage loans by Eugene A Lavallet to Marcella F McDonald prompts public sale of Mobile Alabama real estate. Property lies on Marine Street near Palmetto in Mobile City, with sale set November 18 1912 at 1 PM in front of Mobile County Courthouse to satisfy indebtedness secured by the two mortgages. Attorneys Ervin and McAleer listed for the Mortgagee.

Eugene A. Lavallet Marcella F. McDonald N. S Mobile County Alabama Eugene A. Lavaillet Mobile Marine Street Marine and Palmetto Streets Mervin Ervin & McAleer

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