Griffing Honored with Key Rail Freight Posts
Hiram J. Griffing, president of the American Association of Freight Agents and Mobile and Ohio Railroad local agent, has been informed of his appointment to the committees on weighing and on packing marking and handling of freight for the American Railway Association. This is the association’s first such recognition. Griffing notified General Secretary W. F. Allen of the news.
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Hiram J. Griffing
American Association of Freight Agents
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
American Railway Assation
Griffing
W. F. Allen
American Rail
Agent Harris Heads to Guatemala for Three Week Assignment
Garrard Harris, former Mobile newspaper man, now a U S Department of Commerce special agent, reports a profitable Belize visit and Belize and Honduras. His next stop is Guatemala City for a three week engagement with the central American assignment and a pledge to serve at all times to the best of his ability.
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Garrard Harris
Central America
U. S. Department of Commerce
Belize
British
Honduras
Guatemala City
Way Association
Young Train Robber Makes Narrow Escape In Window Leap
Alfred E Oliver, wanted for a Gentilly L & N robbery and a Flagman Eglin killing, leaped from a Pullman washroom window on Texas and Pacific No 52 near Marthaville La at 10 PM. Shackled deputies pursued as Oliver, aided by a hidden spring lock, vanished into the night as the train stopped and resumed. The luggage of the deputy and assistant reached New Orleans with conductor Arnemann reporting the escape.
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New Orleans
Pullman
Texas and Pacific
Alfred £. Oliver
Arnemann
Fern Street
Marthaville
Bailey
Oliver
P. Bailey
Five Dollar Hat Store Opens in Mobile
Mobile launches the Five Dollar Hat Store with a large female turnout. The chain's Mobile branch, under general manager Robert E. Murphy and manageress Mrs. Miller, offers a wide range of black velvet to blue hats all priced at five dollars, including models trimmed with aigrettes, ostrich, and rose accents.
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Mobile
Alabama
South
Hickey & Lyons
Robert E. Murphy
Fisk
Hyland
Hague
Kaiser Faces German Plans and British Watch
UK observers weigh the German push toward Calais and a long-held scheme to harass England against possible retreat if progress stalls. Official dispatches stress cautious reconnoitering amid uncertain village loyalties and contested coastal monitors.
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Calais
England
Admiralty
Belian
G Ns
Vis
London
Warfield Delights Lyric Crowd In The Auctioneer Revival
The Lyric Theatre fills to capacity to see David Warfield in The Auctioneer a revival hailed for its balanced company. Crowd applauds after the three hour performance praising Warfield for his varied humor and moving sincerity.
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Lyric Theatre
David Warfield
Belasco
Warfield
Lee Arthur
Charles Klein
Mobile
Pitched Battle At Gateswood Ends With No Injuries
Bay Minette Oct 27 More than twenty shots were fired in a pitched battle between white farmers and tur pentine negroes at Gateswood in the eastern part of the county Sunday afternoon no one was injured. Witnesses and exhibits were reported to Sheriff O B Richardson who urged arrests to prevent further trouble. A negro named Roland threatened B H Lee with a knife and Will Smith fired at bystanders. several baseball players nearby left the game and armed groups gathered before restraint prevailed.
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Bay Minette
Gateswood
W. L. Lee
B. H. Lee
W. D. Owens
Roland
Will Smith
Mr. Kelly
Pennsylvania
W. W. Lee
Troy
Alabama
Germans Detained From American Tug by British Crew
In St John New Brunswick on October 27 a British boarding party from the Sixty-second Regiment boarded the American tug Security, owned by Standard Oil. Four crew members were taken including three Germans. one released. Papers showed three signed as subjects of Germany, Britain’s wartime foe.
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ST. John
Security
Standard Oil Company
Sixty-second Regiment
Great Britain
Germany
Field Rents Theatre for Union Labor on Show Day
Al G Field the minstrel man rents the Lyric Theatre to employ union men in every department for the Tuesday matinee and night performances. Field led a mobiled parade through Mobile to celebrate the arrangement with a royal welcome. Mrs Field and Mrs Eddie Conrad with Edward Conrad's family joined at the Cawthon Hotel as the show prepares to present in every detail including the music at both performances.
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Y Associated Press
al G. Field
Lyric Theatre
Field
Mobile
New Orleans Cotton Markets Edge Higher on Bullish Signals
In New Orleans on October 27, cotton futures rose with January at 7.08 cents, up 13 points, after Manchester cable indicated stronger cloth and yarn demand. Dallas spot prices gained a eighth of a cent, and exports remained heavy with Galveston clearing 26,431 bales. spot Quotations ranged across Savannah to Dallas from 6 1/2 to 6 5/8 cents.
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New Orleans
Manchester
Dallas
Galveston
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Augusta
Houston
Schwarz Returns From Absent Week Visit to City Office
City Commissioner Schwarz returned Tuesday morning after a week away. He spent three days in St. Louis at a Supreme Knights of Honor finance committee meeting and two days in Memphis visiting relatives.
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Laz Schwarz
Schwarz
St. Louis
Supreme Knights of Honor Finance Committee
Memphis
Tuberculosis Insured After Recovery Claim
A reader from 237 Dean St Brooklin describes night sweats cough and weakness then says a physician confirmed early consumption. After using Alterative the night sweats stopped and health improved allowing acceptance by two insurance companies for coverage of his care.
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Dean St. Brooklin
Unds
Insu
Nurse's Enduring Health Boost From Pinkham’s Compound
A long patient testimonial from Euphemia Ohio reveals a nurse in her forties reporting improved health after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for changes of life. She notes avoiding doctors for years, then credits the remedy with sustained vitality, work capability, and a better life, praising its impact across decades. An unrelated clipped note mentions a hat bullet incident from a Sunday battle with a negro suspect.
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Kansas
Mter
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
L E. Pinkham
Lyn Adelia Sre
Euphemia
Bane
Bens
Grocery Prices From Local Sale List
A scanned sale sheet lists items and low prices including granulated sugar 17 pounds for 1.00 with groceries, Irish potatoes per peck about 20 cents, flour sacks ranging 44 to 96 pounds, table talk and pioneer self rising flours, macaroni and spaghetti 15 cents, asparagus 13 cents, seedless and currants raisins, coffee with chicory 18 cents per pound, baking powder Calumet one pound, rice six pounds, big red tomatoes six 5-cent cans, cream six 5-cent cans, and various canned goods and spices.
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iSetan Maka Csitee
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Dusic Ous
Harris
Guatemala
Louis G. Gerald
Charles S. Earl B. Watts
Florida
W. T. Lowenstein, Jr
S. Dear
Moses L. Frank
Church St. Marie Savage
Eslava
Bertha Toussell
Washington
A. Howard Hamilton
Parham
Laura Renauld
S. Scott St
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Empire Theatre
Dren
le Gay
Pts
Chilvast
Barr and
Brunswick
Jimmy Hayes
Muriel” Selig
Tom MIX
George Ade
Cophone
Oliver Owes
Rom Train
Chageled
Eouapso
Tom Eglin
Mobile Man
Captor
Five Dollar Hat Store
Kaiser
Dodson
Kolonos
Pratt
Colgate
Horlick
Mulford
Jalon Rugber Goons Colgate
Lyons
Lée Va
Japalac
I Jae
Neval Aeseee
Lee
Jardinieres
Chambray
Madras
Elassme
BELL
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