Czar Appeals Russian Shell Production to Halt Invasion
The czar urged Russian initial manufacturers to speed shell production to sustain the war effort. He called the duma session a unifying force and pledged personal attention to the effort to equip armies and quell foreign invasion. The conference linked government, parliament, institutes, and industry to boost war supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicho
Russo
Duma
Hag
Russia
Special Board
Hells
Czar
Mobile girl Eleanor Burch sets world record in baseball throw
Eleanor Gladys Burch of Mobile occupies 245 feet with a baseball throw at Lyons Park, surpassing the former 206 foot mark. The 20 year old sister of City Detective Warren Burch aims for 260 feet and speaks of girls playing boys games while praising sportsmanship and early coaching from her grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Gladys Burch
Illinois
St. Stephens Road
Warren Burch
Glenn White
Joliet
Ills
Burch
Eeme
Lyons Park
Miss Burch
Dolly Varden
Deaths and Funerals for George Seifert and Sister Mildred Kane
George Seifert of Mobile aged 53 and vice president of Seifert Gower Furniture died at home after a long illness. He is survived by wife, one child, sister Mrs Louise Balzli and other relatives. member of German Relief Association and YMBA. News also reports Sister Mildred Kane of Mobile died in Sherman Texas after service in St Vincent de Paul and missions. survived by parents James E Kane and Mrs Mary Kane plus a sister Mrs W L Gaines and other relatives.
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George Seifert
Mobile
Seifert-Gower Furniture Company
Augusta Street
Louise Balzli
Seifert
German Relief Association
Young Men's Benevolent Association
Mildred Kane
John E
Mary Louise Kane
St. Vincent's Select School
St. Louis
Sisterhood of
St. Vincent de Paul
Evansville
Ind
Sherman
Texas
James E. Kane
W. L. Gaines
Ocean Springs Love Feast Honors Sheriff-Elect Parker
The Ocean Springs love feast at Fireman's hall drew 150 attendees from diverse circles to honor Sheriff-elect Parker. Mayor W. T. Amos Alderman Duncan Minor James A. Ashworth and S. C. Broom spoke alongside the guest of honor. The Ocean Springs Concert band provided music.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
Fireman's Hall
Parker
W. T. Amos
Duncan Minor
Jas. A. Ashworth
Ss. C. Broom
Miss Glenn White The Joliet Pitching Prodigy
Fifteen year old Glenn White of Joliet works with a boys team daily. She is four feet eleven inches tall and weighs 103 pounds with eight inch arms and a 28 1/2 inch length. Professor A P Holderby calls her long limber and lean with a keen wit and fleet foot, predicting she may top women athletics. White is a southpaw and aspires to high achievement in ball toss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Burch
Glenn White
Joliet
Jess Willard
A. P. Holderby
The
Illinois
Steel
Glenn
White
Storm Warnings Down As Sunday Brightens
Open Season for Jokers begins as weather notes mark warnings lowered and coastal centers move inland. A Mobile man riffs on joke ads while Georgia storms ease. Atlanta reports 24 mph winds and Birmingham rain totals around 1.18 inches. Partly cloudy ends the quip.
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Climate Factory
Washington
East Gulf Coast
Georgia
Bowie
Jack Slaton
T. T
Montgomery
Birmingham
Atlanta
Mobile
Opening of Downing Industrial School At Brewton
Brewton Alabama opens the Downing Industrial School with record enrollment. Rev Dr Murray of First Baptist delivers the teaching address. Talks by Rev Mr Duncan Hon J M Davison and E Downing Sr accompany the ceremony. Miss Ella Malone returns from St Louis and Hiawatha. Miss Lucia Cunningham sails to New York to buy stock for Robbins McGowin Store. Mrs W H Strong runs Walker House boarding house on Bellville. Mrs Downing Jr of Castleberry visits her mother for an operation recovery proceeding smoothly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewton
Ala
Downing Industrial School
Murray
First Baptist Church of
Duncan
J. M. Davison
E. Downing
Ella Malone
St. Louis
Hiawatha
Kans
Mildred Street
Downing
ALCO PUBLIC SCHOOL TO OPEN WITH MONTGOMERY TEACHER
ALCO Alabama public school opens on the 6th with Miss Ruth McCullough of Montgomery as teacher. The school improvement association hosted an ice cream supper on the lawn at M. R. McLellan's home. Mrs. Willie Barrett returned to Greenville on the 27th. Henry Weaver Sr. is here with a son ill with typhoid fever. Miss Zade Weaver visits relatives. Mrs. Elizabeth Bates of Poarch visited Mrs. Sam Coale. Mrs. Charles Hammett has returned from Dothan.
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Alco Personals
Alco
Ala
Ruth McCullough
Montgomery
School Improvement Association
M. R. McLellan
Willie Barrett
Herome
Greenville
Henry Weaver, Sr
Zade Weaver
Elizabeth Bates of
Poarch
Sam Coale
Charles Hammett
Dothan
City Brevities Include Escapees and Scout Meet
Edward Smith, a man held for disorderly conduct, escaped police custody and was rearrested by Saturday. He faces trial in the recorder's court Monday. J C Lacey reports a theft of a $25 suit from 653 St Michael street. Mobile Boy Scouts plan meetings Tuesday and Thursday at Lyons Park for scoutcraft and signaling with 6 o'clock arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Smith
Ludlow
Recorder’s Court
J. C. Lacey
St Michael Street
Lyons Park
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Satsuma
Margaret Linbach
Jude Wink
Academy
Carpenter
Cox
Bay
Atkins of
Fairhope
W. S. Getty
Eczema
Lenoir’s
Cawthon-Coleman Company
Selma
York
New York
Sallings
Tampa
Key West
Mallory Steamship Company
B. F. du Bois
Meyer
California
Henry C. Meyer
Miss White
Boyle
A. Bug
Brewton Personals
Jas. McPhillips Grocery Co
National City Bank
National Bank For Savings
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