Duroc Jersey Sale Big Success in Mobile County
Pure bred Duroc hogs sold at Wright Sly’s Creola Farm averaged 28 dollars per head, totaling 842 dollars in Mobile county’s first big auction. Buyers from Alabama and nearby areas purchased stock for ranches, with auctioneer Eliza Evans acting and Robert Swine Secretary present. a barbecue and a second sale were announced for January 7.
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Creola
Stoc& Farm
Mobile County
Hoover
Couney
Tone
Y. W.S. Head
Frank An- Fares
F Mobile
Funk Bros
W. F Fitts
Tuscaloosa
Charles Anderson
Axis
John E. Lot
Orrville
J. L. Cox
T. C. Booth
Moce
General Maunoury Honored for Paris Victory
Paris deputies and the Seine department paid tribute to General Michael Joseph Maunoury former military governor of Paris for his victory on the Oureq river against German forces. The address recalls his long wait for this moment and credits his leadership in assembling rail transported forces that turned the tide of the battle.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Department of the Seine
Michael Joseph Maunoury
Oureq
Maunoury
Joffre
Women Invited to Rifle Club Meeting in Mobile
President John A Mahon of the Mobile Rifle Club announces a Monday night session at the Armory. The 7 30 pm meeting will begin with a lecture on army rifle nomenclature, the first key instruction. Doors open to non members especially women to form a Mobile Ladies Rifle Club if enough interest is shown.
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John A. Mahon
Mobile Rifle Club
Mobile Ladies’ Rifle Club
German Submarines Being Supplied At Bay of Biscay Ports
Bordeaux dispatch notes a Bilbao registered steamer carried 300 barrels of benzine to Bay of Biscay while reports say fifty barrels were delivered to a submarine at Concha de Artedo last June. Bilbao advices say agents hunt gasoline in northern Spain for delivery to Bay of Biscay ports.
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Bay of Biscay
Bordeaux
France
Petit Gironde
Bilbao
Spain
Concha de Artedo
Birmingham Veterans Aid Purge of Pension Rolls
Camp Hardee and Camp Raphael Semmes in Birmingham announce readiness to purge the state pension rolls. The joint resolution offers data and active support to stop fraud and increase valid pension payments to entitled veterans.
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Camp Hardee
United Confederate Veterans
Birmingham
Raphael Semmes
Camp Semmes
Suffragist Meeting Postponed Second Time
The Mobile Equal Suffrage Association postponed its regular meeting for a second time due to low attendance. President Mrs. Martin Holbrook announced the delay and set the next session for Tuesday at 5 p m hoping for a full turnout.
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Mobile Equal Suffrage Association
Cawthon
Martin Holbrook
Not on Ship's Manifest and Held as Stowaway
Felix Artago, not a crew member and not listed on the manifest of the steam ship Cratheus, was found in the hold as the vessel docked to discharge sisa from Progreso, Mexico. He was taken by Captain Is to the immigration department and is held at the county jail awaiting immigration investigations.
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Felix Artago
Cratheus
Progreso
Mexico
Artago
Crathens
Immigration Department
Talented Henry and the Lawyer's Payoff
The Boston Transcript quotes banter about Henry tending others’ business and a plan to make him a lawyer to profit from it. A railroad spends much to learn what it already knows, highlighting excessive spending.
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Henry
Boston Transcript
Courage Is Common in This War Advertisement
London reports a social plea praising bravery of English, Irish, and Scottish soldiers while highlighting suffering behind the lines. An advertisement for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery claims to strengthen digestion, purify the blood, and prevent sickness, presenting a tonic and blood medicine rationale for indigestion and catarrh.
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London
Belgium
France
Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
League Standings and Saturday Doubleheader Recap
The M and C League standings show Operating Department and Auditors in a tight race for second with Comptrollers and Freight Claim in the mix. Saturday features Freight Claim versus Comptrollers at Lyons Park and Operating Department versus Auditors at Monroe Park with early starts at 3:30 and 2:30 respectively.
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Freight Claim Department
Comptrollers
Lyons Park
Auditors
Monroe Park
Ops
Comp
How to Make Good As Rotarians Subject of Thursday's Meet
The Rotary club at Cawthén hotel discussed How to Make Good as Rotarians. President Pillans reported few responses to a member query while E C Grace read them aloud and several Rotarians joined in the discussion. The meeting featured a mock Supreme Court with Chief Justice James H Glennon and associates. Dr W H Taylor served as clerk and gifts were given to R D DuBois for his newborn daughter born September 1.
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Rotary Club
Cawthén Hotel
Pillans
E. C. Grace
Stewart LeBlanc
Palmer Pillans
E. O. Fowlkes
J. W. Hunter
Thomas J. Eaton
H. T. Inge
Supreme Court of the Southern Jurisdiction
Rotary
James H. Glennon
J. J. McMahon
8. A. LeBlanc
W. H. Taylor
R. D. DuBois
Youngest Robber to Be Tried in Federal Court at Biloxi
William Henry Harrison Wortham, a 10 year old boy from Richton, Mississippi, is slated to be tried in Biloxi federal court for a post office robbery. He was moved to the Biloxi jail, with a February trial date before Judge H Co Niles, and may seek clemency due to his youth.
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Biloxi
Miss
William Henry Harrison Wortham
H. Co. Niles
United States
Wortham
Bilox
Marshal Money
Richton
Gulfport
Soldiers of Biloxi Welcome Veterans at Confederate Reunion
Soldiers of Biloxi will greet veterans from the Confederacy when the old soldiers of the gray visit Biloxi for a reunion on September 28 29 and 30 at the Jefferson Davis Confederate Home Beauvoir They will be hosted by more than 240 veterans led by Superintendent J K Mosby and plan a large barbecue on September 30.
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Biloxi
Miss
Jefferson Davis
Beauvoir
J. K. Mosby
Thirteen Boys Join the Mobile County Pig Club
George A. Maloney, county agent, reports 13 members of the Mobile County Pig Club. Each boy received a $16 loan on a pig from the Clearing House and is busy raising feed. The program aims to repay loans as the pigs are raised and sold.
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Mobile County Pig Club
Mobile County
George A. Maloney
Little Man at Ticket Desk Moves Angry Passengers
Homer Clarkson, returning with his wife's body and two young sons to Creaton New York state, waits at a Southern Railway ticket desk in Battle House. Three travelers clash with delays as Clarkson explains he must escort his wife’s body home after her sudden death.
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Southern Railway
Battle House
G. C. Robson
Washington
New York State
Agent Robson
Robson
Homer Clarkson
Mann
Bay Shore
Creaton
Mizpah Lodge to Meet. Local Social Notes
Mizpah Lodge No. 22 B R C of A will hold a regular meeting at Odd Fellows Hall at 7 30 tonight. Miss Ethel Hubbard of Jacksonville Fla is visiting Mr and Mrs L W Hatchell. Mrs Minnie Williams of Gulfcrest is visiting her sister Mrs Charles Welch. Mrs Helen Baumhauer returns from visit to Theodore C Baumhauer in Missouri. Mr and Mrs T L Crabtree and son Lee Jr return from Galveston Houston Texas. Mr C C Hartley of Satsuma ponders shop duties. William E May returns from visits to Birmingham and Cincinnati and resumes duties at the shop gate. Jesse Pittman of Prichard takes a job in the repair department. Mrs Robert Wicke and children return from a month in Palestine Texas.
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Theodore C. Baumhauer
T. L. Crabtree
Lee, Jr
Galveston
Houston
Texas
C. C. Hartley
Satsuma
Ala
Carriment
William E. May
Birmingham
Cincinnati
Ohio
Jesse Pittman
Prichard
Robert Wicke
Palestine
Biloxi Debates Retention of Deputy Customs Collector
Biloxi residents protest the transfer of the deputy collector’s office to New Orleans and urge retention of the local post. Officials including Senator James K. Vardell and Congressman Harrison press Treasury head McAdoo to keep Curtis in Biloxi during the inquiry. the mayor and Biloxi Commercial Club join the appeal.
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Biloxi
Miss
Cor P. Harrison
James K.man
Washington
UK States
Harrison
Treasury
McAdoo
Lewis BE. Curtis
New Orleans
Curtis
Percy Mobile
Grand marshal named for Biloxi fire company parade
Congressman B. P. Harrison selects grand marshal for the annual parade in Biloxi Mississippi on September 20 marking the thirty fifth anniversary of Volunteer Steam Fire Co No 1. Harrison will name thirty or more aides in the next days. The event is billed as one of the coast’s finest and largest spectacles.
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Biloxi
Miss
B. P. Harrison
Volunteer Steam Fire Co No
Freesman Harrison
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