Mobile County Spark at Wilmer Community Fair Stirs Rural-Urban Ties
Mobiles exhibitors from Georgetown Semmes Iee Level Crary Moffittville gathered in Wilmer for a county fair that showcased crops livestock and home products. City firms in 62 cars and 300 businessmen traveled despite heat to witness rural progress and a campaign for better roads and rural schools.
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Wilmer Asterday
Mobile County
Hort
Mobile Busis
Wilmer
Sput
Mobile
Georgetown
Dickens Ferry
Semmes
Dod River
Iee Level
Crary
Moffitville
Imiry
Recall Petition in Mobile Prompts Civic Turmoil and Debate
A recall petition targeting Commissioner Schwarz triggers a storm of rumors and political infighting in Mobile. The public seeks concrete grounds and acts cited, while backers and hidden sponsors remain elusive amid claims of enforcing or undermining Prohibition laws.
Fifty Years a Bank First National Bank of Mobile Golden Anniversary
The First National Bank of Mobile marks fifty years since incorporation under the 1865 National Banking law. From a small start after the Civil War, it grew into a solid Southern institution respected for stability. The Item joins its friends in congratulating this celebrated Mobile bank on its golden anniversary.
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First National Bank of Mobile
Alabama
First National Bank of
Mobile
Plateau Fair Opens in Mobile County for First Negro Exhibit
In Plateau five miles north of Mobile the first Negro community fair in the county opened Friday and runs to tonight. Exhibits include fancy needlework sewing canned fruits and vegetables field products and work from Plateau Institute pupils and other colored schools. Much will be transferred to the Gulf Coast Fair for display in the Negro building.
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Plateau
Mobile
Plateau Institute
Gulf Coast Fair
Forgiveness as Divine Aim in Cherokee Harmonizer Rant
The Cherokee Harmonizer denounces the legislature as adjourned and criticizes the majority faction in Montgomery. It argues that even powerful men err and later repent, urging that to forgive is divine and that the Good Book supports forgiveness.
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Montgomery
Al Jennings Aims for Governor After Railroad Crimes
Oklahoma figure Al Jennings, once a train robber, ran a credible but unsuccessful gubernatorial bid reflecting forgiveness in the state. After defeat he left for New York to pursue reformer ambitions in the big city.
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al Jennings
Oklahoma
New York
Alabama county fairs draw crowds and teach rural life
Counties and communities across Alabama report fairs growing in popularity and usefulness. The gatherings showcase rural activities and aim to reform bad habits by offering constructive examples.
Lobby and curb list of attendees by city and state
A long roster lists attendees by surname and city from Missouri Louisiana Alabama and Mississippi. Names include Denham Robertson Wallace Bird Coxwell Driver Sly Kleim Olsen Compton Magee Scott Wright Griffis Ellis Kelder Buchanan Keyhart Seitz Hamilton Whalley Ware Boykin Kk Winberg Sevier Speth Connoly Gill Martin Latt Carr Riegers Taylor Levy Mathews Cleveland among others. The item reads like a social register or attendance list.
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Battle House
Allen Denham
St. Louis Mo
Thomas Robertson
New Orleans
J. A. Wallace
Birmingham
Ala
H. H. Jefferson
M. J. Bird
Baltimore
St. J. Compton
Demeplis
E. P. Magee
Laurel
Miss
R. L. Scott
Montgomery
R. E. Wright
Creola
G. E. Griffis
Selma
E. C. Ellis
Battles Wharf
Cawthon—T. ©. Coleman
Charles Kelder
B. V. Buchanan
Atlanta
P. E. Keyhart
Charles F. Seitz
Chicago
Ill
H. H. Hamilton
J. A. Whalley
M. D. Ware
F. W. Boykin
Calvert, Ala
C. S. Kk. Winberg
Silverhill
C. M. Sevier
Robertsdale
Edwin Speth
Augusta
St. Andrews
W. T. Connoly
Chatom
A. J. Gill
Walker Springs
George T. Martin
Elisha
KE. Latt
J. W. Carr
Hudson
L. J. Riegers
Cullenberg
E. A. Taylor
Satipa
Windsor
Samuel Levy
D. N. Mathews
Leaksville
W. J. Cleveland
Summerdale
Van Liew Weighs In as Mobile Police Chief Reported
Street reports in Mobile say Gilbert M. Van Liew, once prominent in military circles, is slated to be named police chief though timing was not learned. Acting chief R L Dorlon received many congratulatory messages for enforcing prohibition with warrants on suspected places. Petitions to recall City Commissioner Laz Schwarz circulate, with unclear filing date and signer counts. potential counter petitions loom.
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Mobile
Mobile Steel Ned
Royal Street
Friends of the First
Frank Crenshay
W. J. Han
Chamberlain
Schwarz
Peter Jackson
John Case
Mike Desmond
Crenshaw
Hanlon
Royal Street Forum
Commission
Laz Schwarz
Gilbert M. van Liew
R. L. Dorlon
City Commission
Price Williams
Probate Court
Friends of
Lyons
Character Girls to Host First Anniversary Ball
The Character Girls will stage their first anniversary ball at German Re lief Hall on Friday October 22. Committee members include Lana Donahue as chairman Inge Lacy Leslie Green Ed Monroe Jerry Donaghane Clarence Cruz George Davis Archie Leibert and Ellis Steber. The pro motors of this dance are Misses Ida Donahue and Margerie Murray.
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German Relief Hall
Lana Donahue
Inge Lacy
Leslie Green
Ed Monroe
Jerry Donaghane
Clarence Cruz
George Davis
Archie Leibert
Ellis Steber
Ida Donahue
Margerie Murray
Special trains to Mobile Gulf Coast Fair announced
General Agent Harvey E. Jones said trains between Meridian Mississippi and Mobile will run daily from October 26 to November 2 to boost Gulf Coast Fair patronage. The Meridian be gins at 6 am arriving Mobile 10 40 am with return service leaving Mobile at 10 pm. Charles Rudolph of the Mobile and Ohio Rail road Company is in Mobile on business.
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Harvey E. Jones
Movobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Mobile
Meridian
Miss
Charles Rudolph
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
St. Louis
Barrett Appointed Notary Public Files Bond in Probate Court
Thomas C. Barrett appointed a notary public by Governor Charles Henderson filed his bond in the probate court on Saturday.
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Thomas C. Barrett
Charles Henderson
Beeswax in honey combs and Kilkenny cats tale
The column explains that eating the honeycomb with honey is proper and harmless, warns about possible mislabeling in honey and adulteration schemes, and recounts a Swift‑era tale of Kilkenny cats tied together whose tails were cut. the officer failed to stop the cruel act.
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Kilkenny
Dean Swift
Ireland
Hastil
Vivid Scene Describes Feral Cat Fight and Ill Patient
The text narrates a man demanding an explanation while a narrator reports two cats fought and devoured each other except their tails. It adds a remark that pleasing a sick man allows him to describe his own ailment in detail.
Jewish association to meet at Bnai Brith Hall
The Young People's Jewish Association will hold a meeting Sunday at 3 30 in the Bnai Brith Hall with a musical program and an address by Leon Schwarz. Guests are invited.
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Jewish Association
Young People’s Jewish Association
Bnai Brith Hall
Leon Schwarz
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