Parade film crews film Mobile Confederate reunion
Pathe Brothers and Universal Film Company sent operators to Mobile to capture the Confederate Reunion parade from Conception to Dauphin street. The Item arranged a rain shed location at Gayfer’s for optimal views and Mrs. L. M. Bashinsky's portrait as part of the footage. Films will be ready within two weeks and shown first at the Empire Theatre with nationwide distribution via Pathe and Universal circuits.
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Mobile
United States
Canada
Pathe
Universal Film Company
Mobile Item
John Craft
Gayfer
FE. B. Steene
Pathe Brothers
J. P. Harding
C. J. Gayfer & Co
Dauphin Street
Steene and
Harding
Conception
L. M. Bashinsky
Alabama
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Steene
Universal
Messrs
Empire
Indian Held for Firing a School at McHenry Mississippi
Gulfport Mississippi October 24 Trailed by hounds Irwin Rowe a half breed Indian Negro is jailed in connection with the burning of the McHenry schoolhouse Thursday night Authorities telegraphed for dogs to McHenry and followed the trail to Rowe his home Rowe a leader among local Negroes is held amid white resentment over funds for Negro schools An angry crowd injured him in Gulfport before he was taken into custody
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Gulfport
Miss
Irwin Rowe
McHenry
State Penitentiary
Rowe
Regro
Dep
GIVES WIFE BEATER ANOTHER CHANCE ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN
White a laborer was fined 10 or 30 days with 90 days hard labor after assaulting his wife in a Friday incident. He allegedly struck her when she refused his demand and tried to arrest him with a shotgun. The Recorder postponed further action on behalf of the children.
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White
Edington
Southall
Pass
Anon
Democratic reply ridicules Carnegie Hill funding charge
The Democratic National Committee counters the Republican claim that Andrew Carnegie and James J. Hill finance its campaigns. It notes it cannot cover printing or postage costs and cannot send speakers without travel funds, calling the accusation a huge joke to those aware of the truth.
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Democratic National Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
Wilson
Andrew Carnegie
James J. Hill
New Orleans Chef Serves Real Oyster Stew to Fire Chiefs
In New Orleans on October 24 Fire chiefs attending the Oyster Steam at Spanish Fort tasted 20 000 oysters prepared by chef B A Hints with a floating Bayou St John boiler and soups. The event included New Orleans cocktails served in miniature extinguishers, vaudeville acts and dancing. The feast set records and was marked by generous oyster donations to Confederate soldiers after the reserve was declined by the diners.
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New Orleans
Spanish Fort
Bayou St. John
Trachina‘s
B. A. Hints
East
New York
Behrman
Camp Nicholls
Boehler
Veterans Dance Planned in Bienville Square Falls Short
Crowds numbered around 100 gathered on St. Joseph street in front of the Peoples Bank for an al fresco veterans dance with old time music. Police could not clear a path as the crowd surged, forcing abandonment of the event despite prior planning by Raphael Semmes Camp and the reunion committee.
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L. A. Hood
Raphael Semmes
St. Joseph Street
Bienville Square
Hood
Jacksonville
Peoples Bank
Dreamland Shows After the Ball Tonight at 3 PM
Dreamland Theatre offers the photoplay After the Ball as a Sunday attraction. Manager Chapelle notes the film runs in multiple reels with admission set at 10 cents due to a heavy royalty. The picture features high drama and powerful scenes.
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Chapelle
Dreamland Theatre
Citizens Urge Removal of Dead Trees in Mobile Streets
The Mobile Floral and Horticultural Society calls on loyal citizens to remove dead and dying trees from streets and walks. It warns Lombardy poplars and maples are ill suited for ornament and Lombardy poplars are often infested with San Jose scale, a deadly parasite to trees.
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Government Street
Mobile Floral and Horticultural Society
Mobile
Boy to Be Tried for Stealing Auto Horn
Pete McMillan a Negro boy was arrested for larceny and was brought before the recorder's court on Saturday afternoon the case was set for October 27 and will be transferred from there.
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Pete McMillan
Recorder’s Court
Man Loses Legs In Dredge Accident At New Orleans
In New Orleans on Oct 24 a dredge boat accident left Frank Londahl a 31 year old Danish native with both legs lost after a fall between dredge machinery at the Dixie near Napoleon avenue. Police logged several minor incidents in the past day.
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New Orleans
Dixie
Napoleon Avenue
Frank Londahl
Denmark
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Pathe Weekly
Out Country
Captain
Dauphin
M’henry
Doremus
Goodyear Raincoat — Company
Woolworth
OUR
Goodyear
Oodyear Raincoat — Company
Dreamland Today
Floral Society
Percy Marchadile
Poydras Street
Illinois Central Railroad
Poydras and
Galvez Streets
Isaac Handelman
Orleans Street
T Company
Richard McCloskey
Cific Avenue
Algiers
William O'Brien
Thalla Street
Constance Galennie
Claiborne
Seredo G
John Farley
St. James Street
Burial Association
South Conception Street
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