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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1916

Page

5

Gulf Coast Fair Promoters Highlight Regional Agricultural Exhibit

The Gulf Coast Fair promoters say the agricultural and horticultural exhibit will be unmatched by any Southern fair this year. They urge citizens of Mississippi Florida and Alabama to attend to see exhibits from Jackson Perry George and Clarke counties and nearby areas, showcasing farm factory and home products and the Mobile trade territory's resources.

Gulf Coast Jackson Perry George Clarke Mississippi Baldwin Butler Monroe Choctaw Mobile

Special Train Service For Mobile Fair Announced

Special trains on all railways entering Mobile with a 3 cent per mile rate plus 25 cents round trip. L and N will run from Georgiana on Friday November 3 returning at 9 p.m. Mobile and Ohio to Bay St. Louis after fireworks. Southern Railway keeps Thomasville train to 9:30 p.m. New Orleans Mobile and Chicago runs three specials from Hattiesburg Laurel with round trips costing 1.0.

Mobile L. and N. Railway Georgiana Fair Grounds Bay St. Louis Ohio New Orleans Chicago Hattiesburg Laurel

Miss Katherine Stinson to Highlight Mobile Opening Day

Special features announce aviatrix Miss Katherine Stinson as the headliner for Mobile events with flights after four. Children under 12 admitted free when accompanied by a parent or guardian. The program includes the Wonderful Whip ride, Thursday boxing by known favorites, Friday fireworks, a Sunday school day, and a sermon by Edwin Leon Hughes on Christ the Cosmopolitan.

Katherine Stinson Mobile Edwin Leon Hughes Christ

Holiday observances listed for November first week

The document lists observance days for Friday November 3 and Saturday November 4 including School Day with admission ten cents Mississippi Day Boy Scouts Day Corn Club Day Waterworks Day and Commercial Travelers Day Gulf Coast Press Day.

Gulf Coast Press

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