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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1912

Page

3

Madame Sherry at Mobile Theatre This Saturday

Seats are selling for two performances of Madame Sherry at Mobile Theatre with Saturday matinee and night shows. Ada Meade, acclaimed Kentucky singer and actress, stars in the musical bouffe praised by the Nashville Tennessean as a top vein of American opera. Adele Krueger, soprano soloist, is noted for the Philadelphia festival project, while the Mobile Frohsiun backs her selection as soloist for an upcoming concert in Philadelphia.

Madame Sherry Mobile Theatre Nashville Tennessean Ada Meade Kentucky Vendome Theatre Miss Meade Nashville America Adele Krueger Mobile Mobile Frohsiun Shaffer Miss Krueger Philadelphia

Lyric Theatre Show Highlights Paul Stephens One-Leg Acrobat

The Lyric features Paul Stephens, a one legged slack wire artist, drawing praise since his debut Monday. Trapeze acts earn applause and new moving pictures begin tonight as part of the bill.

Lyric Theatre Paul Stephens The Lyric Stephens

Dreamland Comedy Bill Draws Capacity Crowds

Dreamland at the popular playhouse shows strong attendance as Chandler and Ames perform in a “Devil of a Mix-Up” with an orphan baby central to the plot. John B. Vincent delivers a top notch blackface act, Joers and Hogue showcase “Just Ac Count,” Haley and Haley perform ragtime numbers with a trained monkey, and Selig's “The Double Cross” offers a thrilling continental race to a mine with vivid Colorado backdrops.

Dreamland Chandler Ames John B. Vincent Joers and Hogue Haley Colorado

Mexico Audits Cathedral

In concise prose a fragmentary line critiques the cathedral and links Mexico to a civilizational thread, invoking broad cultural benchmarks and a sense of Western heritage. The text juxtaposes national identity with religious and historical symbolism.

Mexico Crade

Old Mexico 1847 Spectacle Brings Cathedral to Life

The exhibition portrays the Sagrario facade and Mexico City’s great cathedral in vivid tableaux. It notes the 1573 to 1657 construction, near two million dollar cost, a twenty six ton silver-ornamented choir, a missing gold Assumption statue once valued at over a million, and a famed gold lamp later cleaned away. Captain Grant in the drama later became U.S. president.

Sagrario Old Mexico China Spain Acapulco Vera Cruz Mexico Grant United States of America

Continuance Granted in Schreiner Case Over Billiard Rooms

Ed Schreiner, manager of the Burney poor rooms, faced perjury charges for permitting miners to play in his billiard rooms. In Recorder's Court, Schreiner asked for time to hire counsel, and the case was postponed to the date named in October US.

Ed Schrineer Burney Recorder’s Court Schreiner

Bank Discount Rate Hiked in Germany

Berlin, Metropolis, 24. The Imperial Bank of Germany raised the discount rate from four and one half percent to six percent today, affecting money markets and lending conditions across the country.

Berlin Imperial Bank of Germany

Live Stock Outing Planned At Mobile County Fair

Members of the live stock committee of the Mobile and Gulf Tropical Fair Association discussed a forthcoming live stock exhibit. The committee runs an energetic campaign among stock raisers to make this department the best ever with no professional entries and attractive prizes. Several exhibits have been secured and past entrants are being canvassed. Comfortable stalls will be provided and the department will be made attractive.

Meridian Railroad Crossing Overhead Bridge Planned

Vice President and General Manager R W Taylor General Counsel SS R Prince and President J T Schley returned from Meridian Miss where they discussed a crossing solution. An overhead bridge will cross the M and O tracks and the New Orleans and Northeastern lines. Grading advances between Meridian and Union on the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago line reach about one third with most bridges completed.

R. W. Taylor SS. R. Prince Mobile and Ohio J. T. Schley Meridian Memphis Miss M. and New Orleans Union Mobile Chicago

Cochrane Urges Taft To Welcome Gulf Fleet In Mobile

President John T. Cochrane of the Chamber of Commerce and Business League, returning from the East in his car Mobile, urges President Taft to arrange for the Atlantic fleet to visit Mobile during its Gulf voyage. The fleet was slated for Mobile Pensacola and Galveston, with a formal message requesting advance notice for proper reception.

John T. Cochrane Chamber of Commerce and Business League Mobile Taft Pensacola Galveston William H. Taft Washington D. C Panama Canal Gulf of Mexico President Chamber of Commerce

Effort To Straighten Dominicans Hints At New Govt

In Santo Domingo the commission studying conditions on the island recommends giving Dominicans authority through a popular ballot to choose an entire new government. To prevent further disorder a popular election is suggested with some provisional form of government to be installed.

Washington Santo Domingo

A Lady Praises Medicine and Religion in Letter

A reader letters Dr S B Hartman of Columbus Ohio praising the article medicine and religion as a unifying trend. She supports Peruna and recommends its use, noting reluctance to medicine but enthusiasm for the piece and potential sales. Special notice mentions old Peruna renamed Katarno and directs inquiries to the Katarno Company in Columbus Ohio.

S. B. Hartman Columbus Ohio Spr The Times Pe-ru-na Company Katarno Katarno Company

Tainted Oysters Shipped to Gadsden

Secretary J A Joullian of the Alabama Oyster Commission has been notified of tainted oysters shipped to Gadsden Alabama in the past week. An investigation will be made into the affair and the offenders will be punished.

J. A. Joullian Alabama Oyster Commission Gadsden Ala

In Our Stock at All Times Goods Make Home

The fragment notes goods kept in stock to ensure a continuous supply for homes. It emphasizes available household items and inventory readiness, suggesting a focus on consistent stock levels for domestic use.

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