Spring Hill Football Game Scheduled Early for Gulf Coast Trip
The Spring Hill college team will kick off at 2 p m on Saturday at Maxon field due to travel by train to Gulfport. Coaches Rush and Harris praise the fast pace of this season’s squad and new plays shown in practice. Special cars will run to the game and the Exelsior brass band will provide music.
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Spring Hill
Gulf Coast Mill- Pace
Beacemy Boys
Gulfport
Spring Hill Corps
Rush
Harris
Maxon Field
Excelsior Brass Band
G S and F seeks bonds to buy locomotives and cars
The Georgia Southern and Florida railroad asked the state railroad commission for authority to issue 450000 in equipment trust bonds to purchase two passenger locomotives, two passenger coaches, 130 steel gondolas and 350 steel box cars. Also: Sergeant Pahnke of the U S Army Sanitary Corps tours Mobile instructing troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
Georgia, Southern and Florida Railroad
State Railroad Commission
Gerard Refuses to Discuss Potsdam Conference
Ambassador Gerard declined to discuss for publication his hour long conference yesterday with Emperor William at Potsdam. The interview occurred in EPRLIN and was not elaborated by officials.
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Gerard
Kaiser
Eprlin
Emperor William
Potsdam
Sergt John Sweeney to Join Bay Minette Contingent
Sergt John Sweeney of the A S A has been on duty in Mobile with the local contingent for three weeks and left Wednesday for Bay Minette where he will stay with the contingent. He is expected to return for the military day at the fair.
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John
Sweeney
Mobile
Bay Minette
Crowded Harness Races End With Fist Fight and Fast Times
Crowds packed Mobile fairgrounds for harness racing with fast times on three tracks. Miss Woodbine won the 2:15 trot with Fernwood second, while Hazel Princeton led the 2:25 trot. A physical altercation erupted between drivers Ben Whitehead and John Fitzgerald after a contested heat, with Whitehead’s purse split and Fernwood falling in a later heat.
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Mobile
Fair Grounds
Ben Whitehead
John Fitzgerald
Negro Preacher
Dr. Banks
Hazel Princeton
Eckehart
Tango Girl
Princeton
Miss Woodbine
Fernwood
Sam Schwartz
Joe Hal
John Thomas
Walter F
Louis K
Lebanton
Everett Up
May Harvey
Servience
Fitzgerald
Whitehead
Fred Edman
Allie Watts
Fitzgerld
Palin
Ee Eckehart
Alexander
Campbell
Edman
Ethelego
Thomas
George D
A . Nigger Preacher
Banks
BANE
Hess
Touart Wins Motorcycle Contest At Gulf Coast Fair
On a two-rider race due to machine troubles Foster Touart led from the first lap and stayed ahead on his Indian as T M Spotswood Jr. rode a Harley Davidson with no chance to overtake. The event drew a big crowd at the Gulf Coast Fair grounds track.
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Foster Touart
T. E. Spotswood, Jr
Harley-Davidson
Gulf Coast Fair Grounds
T. Tf. Spotswood, Jr
Touart
O B Players Barred From Winter Games With Feds
President Johnson of the American League and the national commission warned contract players not to take part in post season games against teams featuring Federal Leaguers. Reports said Scott and Weaver of the Chicago Americans played a Watseka based team with Gilmore and Chouinard. The commission issued an explicit ruling and violating players risked severe penalties.
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Chicago
Johnson
American League
National Commission
Scott and Weaver
Chicago Americans
Watseka, Sr
Grover Gilmore
Felix Chouinard
Haggin estate dispersal sale opens in Lexington
In Lexington Kentucky the Haggin estate sale begins under Charles H B Berryman with the dispersal of the Elmendorf Farm thoroughbreds and Jersey cattle. The Clay Brothers stud from Paris Kentucky also listed for auction along with stallions Ballot Hessian and Sain, sixty eight brood mares and thirty one weanlings.
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Lexington
James Bb. Haggin
Elmendorf Farm
Charles H. B. Berryman
Jersey
Haggin
Clay Brothers
Paris
Ballot
Hessian
Colorado Liner Crew Arrives in Baltimore After Abandonment
Captain L. E. Congdon and 35 crew members of the Mallory Liner Colorado reached Baltimore aboard the Suwanee after abandoning ship off Cape Romain, S.C. The Colorado had sailed from Charleston to New York with a cotton cargo when the fire forced detour.
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Baltimore
L. E. Congdon
Colorado
Cape Romain
S.C
Charleston
New York
Pope Benedict Sets Day of Prayer and Aid for Poles
The Vatican announces Pope Benedict has asked Catholic bishops worldwide to declare Sunday November 21 as a day of prayer and offerings for Poland. The pope promises a special blessing to all who aid Poland by word or deed.
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Rome
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Pope Benedict
Poland
Court transactions in law and equity session
Law side business included many dismissals by the State in the Hatter Brannan Turner Shepard Jett Brannan Leatherbury Everett Miller Vigor Brannan Bressler Pace Lloyd Wilson Andrews W Smith Simmons Durant Mays etc. Demurrers overruled against Louisville and Nashville line. second count demurred. Junger Gass withdrew as to Sallie Williams Tompkins Kirkpatrick. Craft v Travis judgment for plaintiff $137.50. O Connor v Guesnert dismissed for want of prosecution. Pittsburgh Plate Glass v Maxwell et al. judgment for plaintiff $14. Thursday’s call listed several cases including Walker Wade McGinnis Neal Penny McCarty Neese Dees Bibb Sewer Pipe v Simmons and Ferguson v Vizard. Circuit Court Judge Browne heard Schwarz v Williams probate matter. Mobile Light and Railroad Co v Palm Oil Co referenced. Men note mock quote about restraint on drinking.
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Law and Equity Court
State
T. B. Pace
F. L. Lloyd
R. E. Wilson
F. B. Andrews
J. W. Smith Et al
John Simmons
Plaintiff
Co. H. Myers
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Theo
H. Guesnert
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Maxwell , Decorating Company
Walker Wade
Nicholas McGinnis
Quinn
Nellie
Z. Penny
M. McCarty
James Neese
Peoples Pank
J. M. Dees
Bibb Sewer Pipe
Simmons
Young
Mary Ferguson
William Vizard
Jap Will Make Do Or Die Dash For Title
Koji Yamada the Jap billiardist announces a do or die dash for the billiard championship. He has spent years in the United States and learned from top cue stars including Hoppe Slosson and other leading players. He will enter major tournaments to test his improved game.
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Koji Yamada
Yamada
United States
Hoppe
Slosson
Milan Report Claims Prince Promised Bride Before Attack
Fraulein Kamilla Rybicka allegedly killed to avenge a broken engagement after Prince Leo pold of Coburg did not marry her. An autograph letter from Paris dated 1914 claimed he would wed within a semester and name her heir, with 2,000,000 crowns to her if he died.
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Milan
Italy
Leopold of Coburg
Kamilla Rybicka
Fraulein Rybicka
Secolo
Jena Sertung
Paris
Look for a Lost Boy In Alabama Police Notice
A letter from F B Waller chief of police Gessemer Alabama asks local officers to search for O A Bates a seventeen year old white boy believed to have run away from home to take a ship from Mobile for England The article adds a remark about endurance and hung juries.
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F. B. Waller
Gessemer
Ala
O. A. Bates
Mobile
England
Thursday Entries Announced for Gulf Coast Fair Races
Secretary Spanier of the racing department lists Thursday entries for the fair races. First Race at 2:20 features Onward Allerton Red Dean Likeness Pathen Maid The Woodman Maple and more. Second Race at 2:15 Pace includes Online Hat Arkansello The Judge Black Edward King Onward Sweet Myrtle Gentry Gem Yankee Girl Miss Patsy Sassel and more with a half mile dash run by May Hardy Crysel Tonka Girl Loose Gay Sir Abra Speedling Lebanton Everitt Ringer.
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Spanier
Racing Department of the
Gulf Coast Fair
Allerton
J. C. Canfield
Red Dean
Dr. Banks
Likeness
John Thomas
Pathen Maid
J. E. Harrison
the Woodman
John Fitzgerald
Maple
S. F. Palin
Online Hat
Arkansello
Fred Edman
the Judge
Rex Campbell
Black Edward
C. L. Allen
King Onward
R. C. Schwartz
Sweet Myrtle
Ben Whitehead
Gentry Gem
Yankee Girl
Frank Predmore
Miss Patsy
Sassel
May Hardy
Crysel
Tonka Girl
Loose
Gay
McGuire
Sir Abra
Speedling
Lebanton
Everitt
Ringer
Martin
Emancipation Proclamation Copy Sold at New York Auction
An authorized facsimile of Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation with Lincoln and Seward signatures sold for 515 dollars in New York during a sale of Lincoln literature from John E. Burton’s Milwaukee library. The document was prepared for the 1864 Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia.
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Lincoln
New York
Philadelphia
Seward
John E. Burton
Milwaukee
Virginius Mayo Sued for 250000 by New Haven Wife
Virginius St Julian Mayo, a New Haven manufacturer linked to a double life scandal, faced a $250,000 fraud suit from his wife Wilhelmina Mayo in New Haven. She alleges he posed as a single man to win her marriage, with potential annulment of their union if she prevails. The action follows a related Philadelphia- Scranton divorce case and notes Mayo's Brooklyn residence with Mrs Louis Dudley. President Wilson accepted an invitation to speak in Columbus on December 10 before the Federal Council of Churches.
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New York
Virginius St Julian Mayo
New Haven
Lillian Cooke
Wilhelmina Mayo
Sargol Weight Gain Plan for Thin Folks
A magazine style claim urges thin people to take a Sargol tablet with each meal to convert eaten fats sugars and starches into body fat. It promises weight gain in two weeks and guarantees money back if weight does not increase, listing Van Antwerp Drug Co as seller.
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van Antwerp Drug Co
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Pahnke
Alabama National Guard
Sergt. Sweeney
Morris & Company
A. D. Davis Wholesale Distributor
Everett
Effington
Mce-Guire
Servicence
O. B
Feds
Nujol Reg
U.S. Pat
William Arbuthnot Lane
Standard Oil. Company
New Jersey
Bayonne
Pope
Circuit Court
Samuel B.browne
Hos
Yrmada
Vienna
Virginius Mayo
BELL
Delione
DRS. Granade
Dauphin ST
U.S. Marine
U. S. Marine
Kentucky
U.s.marine Cut Plug Tobacco
Mise
American Tobacco Company
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