Great Exhibits Show Who's Who at Mobile's Fair
A lively tour of Mobile's Gulf Coast Fair highlights key horticultural and stock exhibits. Griffing Brothers supplied trees for the grounds while J M Kroner showcases a cozy horticultural corner. Padgett Nursery and Pioneer Nursery earn praise for quality, and Mobile Nursery attracts wide admiration. The Creola stock farm Duroc Jersey herd and W J Davis Company cattle receive high marks alongside Morton Crabb stock. The piece invites readers to visit and enjoy the fair’s diverse displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffing Brothers
J. M. Kroner
Pioneer Nursery
Padgett Nursery
Mobile
Despereda Stock Farm
Billy Baxter
Creola Stock Farm
W. J. Davis Company
Morton
Crabb
Commerce Commission Hearing Dates Listed for Birmingham Area
Interstate Commerce Commission announced hearing dates in multiple cities including New Orleans Birmingham Madison Sioux City Houston and others. Cases involve the Freight Bureau of Merchants and Manufacturers Association versus Alabama & Mississippi Railway and other rail carriers with class rates at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Orleans
Joint Traffic Bureau
Alabama & Mississippi Railway
Birmingham
Ala
Freight Bureau of Merchants and Manufacturers Association
A., B. & A. Railway
Madison
Wis
Madison Board of Commerce
C. & N. W Railway
Sioux City
Iowa
Traffic Bureau
The
Sioux City Commercial Club
Alexandria & Western Railway
Houston
Texas
Railroad Commission ‘of Louisiana
St. Louis & Southwestern Railway
St. Louis & San Francisco and
T. Railway
Eastern Texas
Shreveport
Demonstration Farm Ties Railroads To Local Fairground
The Mobile and Ohio and Southern Rail road Companies establish a permanent demonstration farm near the Gulf Coast Fair race track. President Fairfax Harrison promised the project months ago, with Vice President Richard W. Taylor stating the farm will reach high cultivation and host expert instructors for intensive farming to aid planters in the county and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile and Ohio and Southern Railroad Companies
Fairfax Harrison
Richard W. Taylor
Mobile and Ohio
Alabama
Mississippi
Taylor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sonal
Gulf Coast
Pioneer Orchard
F. T. Nye
Prop
W.H. Pollock
Pres
Mgr
Blantyne Stock Farm
A. B
R. J. Paterson
Meridian, Miss
Creola, Ala
Jersey
the Gulf
Coast Fair
Point Comfort Herefords
la Vernet
Jackson, Miss
W. J. Daris & CO
Alec Corbett
Point Comfort
America
Sultan Boy
Morton C. Crabb
Gallion, Ala
Commerce Commission
Busy Bee
Grand Bay, Alabama
J. M. Kroner Nursery
Satsumas
Grape’ Fruit
Washington Naval
Dawes
Kroner
Lespedera Farm
Hickory Valley, Tenn
Will
Gulf Coast Fair Grounds
American Breeders’ Association
C. M. Jones
Cobb& Derby
York Lumber Co
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