Mobile Citrus Exhibit Promotes Gulf Coast growers
The Gulf Coast Horticultural Society plans Mobile’s first citrus queen debut at the fair. Local counties including Mobile, Baldwin and Grand Bay will showcase Satsumas, grapefruit, grape, pecan and other fruits with multiple prize classes. Exhibits emphasize commercial citrus, orchard trees, and prize money for best plates and collections.
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Mobile
Gulf Coast Horticultural Society
United States
Gulf
Alabama
Mississippi
VU. F. &. Winberg
Satsumas
Turpentine
Mobile County
Grand Bay
Irvington
Baldwin County
Gulf Coast
Mississippi River
Satsuma
Mail to Argentina by Parcel Post Begins October 1915
Postmaster J Blocker Thornton announces a U S Argentine Republic parcel post accord to start October 15 1915. Packages must not exceed eleven pounds or three feet six inches in length and six feet combined girth. postage 12 cents per pound in the U S and 30 centavos per kilogram in Argentina. No registration allowed. Mails for Argentina to be made up at New York.
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J. Blocker Thornton
South America
United States
Argentine Republic
New York
Overlook Sanitarium to Rise on Mobile County Pine Land
Dr E A Peterson of Mobile begins construction Monday on the Overlook Sanitarium a tuberculosis institution to be built on forty acres atop Mobile County pine land purchased through E M Bailey. The $5000 first phase aims for early occupancy with plans for a cottage style colony and ad to Mobile’s image as a health center.
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Mobile County
E. A. Peterson
Mobile
E. M. Bailey
Gulf Coast
Overlook
Peterson
Mobile City
Bay
Eightmile Creek
Pine
Bailey
Travelers Day Parade Planned at Gulf Coast Fair
Traveling men meeting at the Cawthon Hotel formed committees to organize a motor parade for Travelers Day on October 30 and to recruit local car owners to assist. About 300 traveling men are expected for the Gulf Coast Fair. The parade will travel to the fair grounds after the march.
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Travelers’ Protective Association
United Commercial Travelers
The
Commercial Travelers Association
Cawthon Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Mort Bixler
Fair Association
Morris Gardner
G. Mertz
B. B. Marshall
H. J. Cashman
A. R. Block
H. M. Harper
L. Daly
Tom Steely
Chamber of Commerce Directors Meet Tuesday
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce board of directors will meet Tuesday night at 7 30. President Walsh calls all members to attend as business of importance is to be transacted.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Walsh
Police Continue To Hunt Tigers Throughout City
Police and detectives in Mobile intensified a crackdown on illegal liquor sales on Saturday. J William Schroeder was arrested after 27 bottles of beer were found at the Southern hotel. Effie Gamble admitted a half pint bought from Schroeder. Schroeder faces prohibition charges. Detectives found 31 half pints at Marshall Thomas's home and beer at John Adams oyster stand. Adams cited for prohibition violations. Chief Dorlon ordered beat cleanups and suspension threats for drunkenness and blind tigers.
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Mobile
J. William Schroeder
Prohibition
Southern Hotel
Conti
Water Streets
Commerce
St. Francis and
Comme Street
Joachim Street
St. Michael
Adams and Lipscombe
St. Francis
Water and
Terminal Drug Store
Beauregard
St. Joseph Street
Walter Burch
Effie Gamble
Wilkinson Street
State
William Schroeder
State and
Wilkinson Streets
Schroeder
Gamble
Lacey
Burch
Murphy
Marshall Thomas
Thomas
Dorlon
Lacey, Murphy, Burch and Pearson
John Adams
South Conception Street
Luke Smith
Adams
Smith
Adam's Place
Bride of long ago showcased in Wilmer with century-old trousseau
Mrs. M. E. Bailey of Wilmer guided visitors through an exhibit of wedding garments nearly eighty years old. The antebellum pieces feature fine handwork and reflect a bygone era. The Semmes Sewing Circle contributed infant’s dress and heirloom textiles to be shown in Mobile and neighboring communities.
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Trousseau
Wilmer
M. E. Bailey
Mobile
Direct Plea For Goods From Mobile South America Trade
A South American agency lists urgent requests from Buenos Aires and Montevideo for cotton seed oil rice oysters textiles hosiery paints papers and more. Mobile is urged as the shipping point for American goods to Argentina and the broader South American market.
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Buenos Aires
Mobile
Montevideo
United States
Monetvideo
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
South American Agency
James Building
Chattanooga
Tenn
Gulf Coast
Mississippi River
America
Michigan
Argentina
Republic
Charleston
C. L. Chandler
Plans Perfected to Market Pecans and Citrus Fruits
Plans perfected to market all citrus fruits and pecans grown by Gulf Coast Citrus Exchange members. The group has arranged ready sales at top eastern markets, with strict packing and inspection to ensure attractive packaging. Directors present included Dr O F E Winberg and J T Rhodes among others as they reported bright prospects.
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Gulf Coast Citrus Exchange
Cawthon Hotel
O. F. E. Winberg
Silver Hill
Ala
J. T. Rhodes
Bay Minette
H. B. Powell
R. P. Earnhardt
Ocean Springs
W. H. Reynolds
Mobile
Colin Macdonald
Grand Bay
G. B. Green
Irvington
C. M. Deever
Robertsdale
Rhodes
Knights of Columbus to Install Officers At Meeting Monday
Newly elected Mobile Council No. 666 Knights of Columbus will install officers at the weekly meeting Monday night. Representatives from Birmingham Montgomery and Meridian councils will attend the installation. The line of officers includes Grand Knight Jake H. Fermier Deputy Grand Knight N L Vickers Chancellor Edward J Grove Lecturer John E Toomey Financial Secretary C B Alverez Treasurer Peter Burke Recording Secretary C B Edwards Warden John Phelan Advocate M L Campbell Inside Guard Frank Dooley Outside Guard D Baludy Trustees M J Vickers James K Crennon T J O Connor and Chaplain Rev Father R O Gerow.
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Mobile Council
Knights of Columbus
K. OO
Birmingham
Montgomery
Meridian
Jake H. Fermier
N. L. Vickers
Edward J. Grove
John E. Toomey
C. B. Alverez
Peter Burke
C. B
City's Authority Over Sand Islands Is Not Curtailed
Mobile's authority over the sand islands below Choctaw Point remains unaffected by the state harbor commission law. The Mobile Item summarizes changes, noting the consolidation of three boards into a single seven member state harbor commission empowered to govern port, pilotage, and harbor lines, with duties and funding rules set by the new charter bill.
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Mobile
Pillans
Choctaw Point
State Harbor Commission
Claude A. Grayson
Grayson
Harbor Commission
Ala
Mobile River Commission
Mobile River
Tensaw River
Alabama
Board of Commissioners of
Mobile Bay
State Charter Commission
Boards of Commissions
Mobile County
Jefferson, Walker
Tuscaloosa
Treasury
Fort Morgan
Little old lady pushes Colorado idea in Mobile county school exhibit
A Wilmer community exhibit features the McCrary school on Moffet road near Semmes. Miss Margaret Quein, daughter of the eager organizer Mrs W B Quein, brought a Colorado idea to Mobile county teaching children to work with hands and minds. The display drew praise from about 300 locals and reporters noted its craftsmanship and educational value.
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Wilmer
Colorado
Mobile County
McCrary
Moffet Road
Semmes
McCrary School
Item
Margaret Quein
W. B. Quein
Wilmer Community Fair Praised By Mobile County Official
George A. Maloney, farm demonstrator for Mobile County, hails the Wilmer district fair for its variety and quality. He claims Mobile County can raise almost everything and extols the district products observed at the Wilmer fair.
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Wilmer
Alabama
Mobile County
George A. Maloney
Wilmer and Mobile Host Neighborly Community Fair
Wilmer and Mobile residents met on a shaded road and grove to celebrate a spur of the moment community fair. Mobile’s visitors admired 180 varieties of corn and many sweet potato displays while Wilmer farmers claimed they regularly produce top crops. J A Joyner and Dewitt Driscoll won premiums as Mobile offered a friendly, if self interested, greeting.
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Wilmer
Mobile
Mobile Slamméé
Moffet Road
L. C. Irvine
New Enterprise Brings Saw Maker to Mobile Trade Hub
James Ohlen & Sons Saw Manufacturing Company opens Mobile branch to serve Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and eastern Texas. J E Casey of Atlanta named manager. Full line of Deer Head saws and mill accessories to be stocked with repair shop to follow. Established 1852, the firm traces roots to Columbus Ohio with branches nationwide.
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James Ohlen & Sons Saw Manufacturing Company
Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
J .E. Casey
Atlanta
Ohlen Company
Ohlen Manufacturing &Co
Deer ‘Labs
Thre
Columbus
Ohio
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Theulf Coast Fair
Benit Clace
Rtmie Wranoe
Delaware
Pines Sanitarium
Star OF Bethlehem
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Prince of Peace
Mount of Olives
Bethlehem
Gulf Coast Exchange
Sand Islands
C. Grayson
State OF Alabama
South
James Ohlen & Sons Saw Company
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