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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1914

Page

6

Sanitary Laws to be Discussed by Medical Society

The Mobile County Medical Society plans a Saturday evening meeting on September 19 to discuss Sanitary Legislation. Hon. B. B. Chamberlain will present a paper. Attendees include nominees for representative and state senator, city and county officials, judges, health committees, and state officers Dr. W. H. Sanders and Dr. W. H. Oates. The session begins at 8 p.m. in the society hall.

Mobile County Medical Society Ruffin A. Wright B. B. Chamberlain Mobile Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club

Baptist Tabernacle Congregation Making Splendid Progress

The Baptist Tabernacle at Church and Claiborne has grown with 45 new members in six months. All home expenses are met and $600 paid on debt. Home Mission Board will cover remaining mortgage of $1,000 this fall. Rev. J. B. Barnes preaches on the Holy Spirit with revival to begin October 12 led by Pastor-Evangelist Curtis B. Shugart.

Baptist Tabernacle Church and Claiborne Streets Home Mission Board of Atlanta Home Mission Board J. B. Barnes Evangelist Curtis Shugart

Foley Booms in Baldwin County Says Commissioner Cooney

Commissioner P J Cooney of Baldwin County praises Foley as a center of agricultural progress. The Baldwin County Producers Corporation reports shipments nearing 100000 dollars by year end and Foley pioneers have shipped oranges upland rice and pears from Alabama. Nearby Satsuma orange groves and nut orchards grow under his guidance with road improvements and a growing local economy.

Foley Baldwin County Alabama Imperial County Baldwin P. J. Cooney Cooney Mobile Van Particulr Baldwin County Producers’ Corporation Baldwin—County Producers’ Corporation Waley A. Boller Rock Island, HI Fred Steiner Chicago South Baldwin Harmony Hotel Adam Frishkorn Adam Frishkorn and Is Operated By Him. Mr. Frishkorn Patrick J. Cooney South Baldwin County

Chilean professionals plan to visit to foster ties with this country

Business leaders from Chile propose an early next year visit to strengthen relations between the two republics. The initiative aims to build closer commercial and diplomatic links and expand cooperation across sectors.

Chile

Sienkiewicz Arrested by Austrian Soldiers

Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, creator of Quo Vadis, was seized on his Galician estate by Austrian troops and sent to Cracow, as reported from Petrograd on Sept 12 by International News Service.

Petrograd Henry K. Sienkiewicz Cracow

Salute to Old Glory Triggers Alarm in Mobile

A 21 gun salute by the US Revenue Cutter Winona for the Stay Spangled Banner anniversary stirred concern in Mobile as locals checked phones and asked if a battle was underway. Salutes from posts, ships, and cutters circled the globe and echoed from Mexican and West Indian waters to European seas aboard Tennessee and North Carolina.

United States Revenue Winona Mobile Item Office Fort Morgan Wilson Tennessee North Carolina

Noted Sport Figure James Considine Dies in New York

James P. Considine aged 52, a prominent figure in New York sports, was found dead of heart trouble in his room at the Hotel Normandie. The Considine family formerly owned the Hotel Metro pole.

New York James P. Considine Sporting Life Hotel Normandie Considines Metropole

Sunday Ticket Sale At Coden Bayou La Batre

Tickets priced at 50 cents for a round trip offerings. Information available at the City Ticket Office located at 33 South Royal Street with hours 9 to 12.

Coden Bayou la Batre S. Royal Stree

Charles May To Resume Independent River Packet Service

The light draught river packet Charles May will enter the Alabama river packet service Friday evening after repairs at Ollinger Bruce Docks. Captain Cas May says the steamer will operate independently and depend on shipper patronage with Peach Tree and intermediate landings on its route.

Charles May Ollinger-Bruce Alabama River Packet Service Peach Tree Cas May May

New Rules for State Trusties Adopted by Board

The state convict board adopted new rules for trusties at the state prison and convict camps. Cardboard copies will be posted at camps and prisons. The meeting, attended by Hartwell Douglass president J M Austin and Len F Greer associate members, and Governor O Nea l, approved the changes.

Montgomery Ala State Convict Board Hartwell Douglass J. M. Austin Len F. Greer O'Neal

Horticulturist Meet Thursday Exterminating Citrus Canker

The Gulf Coast Horticultural Society will meet Thursday September 17 at 1 PM in the Great Southern hotel Gulfport. The program focuses on eradicating citrus canker in Gulf states with talks by W H Reynolds George A Maloney and Prof J A Dew. Mayor W H Bousley will give the welcome and Theo Bechtel will respond.

Louisville and Nashville Gulfport Gulf Coast Horticultural Society Great Southern Gulf States W. H. Reynolds Mobile George A. Maloney Mobile Chamber of Commerce

Educational survey in three Alabama counties

Educational conditions in Macon Morgan and Covington counties were surveyed by the Alabama state department of education. Professors N R Baker and J L Sibley prepared the findings, compiled in bulletin form for the department, announced by state superintendent W F Feagin.

Montgomery Ala Alabama State Department of Education W. F. Feagin J. L. Sibley Macon Morgan Covington

Gulf Coast Society Delivers Citrus and Entomology Talks

The Gulf Coast Country and Horticultural Society presents a program with talks by G A Maloney on cooperation, Dr F A Wolff on citrus canker, Prof J A Dew on citrus insect pests, and Prof R W Harned on Gulf Coast insects, in Mobile Alabama.

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Bar Oldstein Ewelern Royal Street Society Baptist Tabernacle Congregation David Holt France Hires Condensed Milk CO Philadelphia Sienkiewicz International News Service McDonald Optical Co Dauphin ST Bell Phone COR New Fall Gingham Children’s Gingham Abc Horticulturist van Antwerp Seed Store Mobile, Ala van Antwerp’s Drug Corporation, Inc
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