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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1912

Page

3

Roosevelt to Speak in New Orleans and Montgomery

The article notes Colonel Roosevelt is slated to address audiences in New Orleans on September 27 and in Montgomery on September 28, with a planned route through Mobile and Nashville en route for Montini that night. It mentions Republican efforts in the city to secure Theodore Roosevelt for an address in late September.

Ir W. F. Tebbetts Theodore Elt Roosevelt New Orleans Mobile Louis Nashville Montini Montgomery

Personal News Fragments From City Visit Montgomery

Messrs Walter Yonge and L F Wilson have returned to the city from a visit to friends in Montgomery. Gene Sullivan, chief delivery clerk at the Western Union Telegraph Company in this city, returned yesterday from a visit to New York and Washington. W D Owens Jr and C B Thomp

Messrs Walter Yonge L. F. Wilson City Montgomery Gene Sullivan Western Union Telegraph Company New York Washington

Fair 10 Be Held at Monroe Park

A Monroe Park county fair plan is outlined by the Chamber of Commerce committee led by President John T. Cochrane. The general exhibits will be free, with Monroe Park chosen for the fair site, and a permanent organizing option to be discussed at today’s meeting.

John T. Cochrane Ber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce Monroe Park Rev. H. Sanders J. L Friedman W. & Foley E. L. Flynn Ds Gower Henry Hess T.J. Loding F. M. Maddox James MacPhillips M. Price Thad Partridge John Reath George W. Threefoot Stephen Touart Frank N. Ross, Jr J. H. Ponder M. T. Judge Benjamin Thurley M. J. Vickers D. M. van -Lieu W. L. Woodruff Paul Wilson W. T. West Colin Brown

Wanda Wanda Held as Fugitives Under White Slave Act

Sheriff Hood of Montgomery issues a warrant for Mrs. Mary Wanda alias F C Farrar alias M G Clark for alleged white slave act violation. She is jailed as a federal prisoner in our county and faces charges of obtaining two trunks under false pretenses with bank funds claimed.

Palmer Hood Montgomery Mary Wanda F. C. Farrar M. G. Clark Montgomery County R. L. Wood Wanda

Prison Term Ordered For Debt and Work Claim

Forest admitted the debt and said he was employed and sought work. The court fined him 51 dollars or 30 days at hard labor. Unable to pay, he will serve the thirty days on the county roads.

Henry Chamberlain Inferior Criminal Court Frank Forest Nottlere Ae Pop Forest Forest

Bids Sought for Printing Binding and Numbering Receipts

Bids for printing binding and numbering 18 250 tuition receipts and the school board rules will be received at the office of the Board of School Commissioners until noon September 12 1912. Bids will be opened then and the right to reject any or all bids is reserved.

Board of School Commissioners

Hunters Target Violations of State Game Laws

Sheriff office launches crackdown led by Field Deputy Hugh Gillis with six affidavits filed against Mobile residents for hunting on others lands without permission. Reports note hunters from Mobile use Buck's crossing area to shoot ducks at dusk, while local youths shoot bats. Crawford Smith arraigned for shooting bats near Prichard and fined ten dollars or ten days. W. M. Johnston Jr departs for University of Alabama to study mining engineering.

Sheriff's Office Hugh Gillis Mobile Gillis Buck's Crossing Southern Railway Inferior Criminal Court Crawford Smith Prichard Crawford Smith Chamberlain

Bullbat shooting banned by court in rural areas

Court orders end to the practice of shooting bullbats observed near city outskirts and in country towns during late afternoons. Law targets the common pest control method to curb hunting of the insects’ pursuers.

Misses Duggan Return From Sans Souci Beach Visit

Misses Hattie and Olivia Duggan return from a ten day stay with Miss Anna Louise Johnston at Sans Souci Beach. They were honored with dances boat rides and a spend the day party at Dauphin Island during the visit.

Hattie Olivia Duggan Anna Louise Johnston Sans Souci Beach Dauphin Island

Thelma in Three Reels at Crown Theatre Tonight

The Thelma feature in three reels from Réliancé Company adapts Marie Corelli's classic novel. A single showing tonight at the Crown Theatre.

Thelma Réliancé Company Marie Core Crown Theatre

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