YMCA Plans Fall Meeting And Night School Expansion
The Young Men s Christian Association board will hold its first fall and winter monthly meeting in Mobile on Monday at 6 30. Reports on the first fiscal quarter and policy for the season will be adopted. A special committee will study basement changes for locker and social rooms. The night school resumes with enrollment urged before the 23rd. Prof. A E Marriott arrives as new physical director with no early schedule changes. An opening athletic committee meeting is set for September 19 with plans for fall and winter activities.
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The
Young Men's Christian Association
Mobile
Association
F. O. Immler
A. E. Marriott
Wheeling
W. Va
Marriott
Buffalo
Preparing for the Mobile Fair
At a Chamber of Commerce meeting Mobile fair organizers laid plans for an extensive event in November. Made in Mobile displays progress in the mercantile building, with farm products and a wide citrus and garden exhibit to draw strong county farmer support. The Item will publish the premium list in forthcoming issues.
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Fair Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Mercantile
Mobile County
Vital Statistics of Mobile County Week Report
The Mobile County vital statistics record lists marriages births and deaths for the past week. It enumerates White and Colored couples for marriages and births with names such as Jesse Everitt Georgia Turberville Joseph Gordon Bennett Emma Chat tuck Grover Cleveland Day Gladys Miller Pickens and Edward Alexander Malone Jr Viola May Cashen plus births for White and Colored families and a deaths section naming several individuals.
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Mobile County
Jesse Everitt
Georgia May Turberville
Joseph Gordon -Bennett, Jr
Emma Elizabeth Chattuck
C. L. Agregaard
Dollie A. Wells
George’ Kennth Donald
Christobel Hempstead
Shirley Hall
Miriam Andrews
Grover Cleveland Day
Gladys Miller Pickens
E. A. Waltman
Nevada Cowart
Jackson Bester
Stella Cowart
Edward Alexander Malone, Jr
Viola May Cashen
William Henry Jones
Annie Minnie Reed
Arthur Thompson
Mary Chasam
Willie Mumphord
Fannie Moody
Frank Clark
Mary Eskew
Grant Burden
Aline Coleman
A. N. Burroughs
Hattie F. Fornes
T. Z. Turner
Hattie L. Grimes
White
John
Daisy B. Winter
Harry S
Daisy B. Wolfe
Edward
Agnes L. McGrath
J. A. McQuillan
R. C
C. K. Herndon
B. N
Flora Belle Cromier
Artemus
Carrie Watson
Cecil
Lucille Bowen
Lester
Maud T. Jackson
Edward M
Mary Fowler
Daniel
Nellie Barrett
Emile
Hellberg
August
Annie Stroecker
Willie
Sarah Stephens
James
Estelle Pollard
Frank
Lucy Madison
Rufus
Sarah Young
Thomas and
Joanna E. Butler
William
Willie Gates
John J. Bromley
Oo C. Welch
Alice
Annie Loughry
Bama Tillman
Pigford
Lillian M. O'Connor
Til Herrin
Archie
Cement barge stuck on pilings in Mobile River mouth
A newly constructed cement barge, claimed to be the world’s only one, is wedged on two pilings in the Mobile River at the river mouth near the ee cue prone have bottom, causing a navigation hazard and prompting inspections.
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Mobile River
Ee Cue
Steamer Viator Battles Storms Near the Coast
The Norwegian steamer Viator of United Fruit entered Mobile Bay after two days of 60 mile per hour winds and heavy seas. Captain Eriksen reported the ship rode the storm safely with deck gear secured as the vessel navigated into Mobile River following a rough passage from Puerto Cortez.
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Viator
United Fruit Company
Lnc
Mobile Bay
Mobile River
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Fort Morgan
Sne
Eriksen
Annual Outing of the Beavers Held for Poor Children
The Mobile Lodge of Beavers announces via The Item its annual outing for the city’s poor and orphaned children on Wednesday September 25. Distressed families are invited with free special cars for distant attendees. Children assemble at Bienville square at 8 am and depart at 8:15 am for Monroe Park with refreshments, games, sports, and prizes.
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Mobile Lodge of
Beavers
Bienville Square
Monroe Park
Oyster Commission Conference on Oyster Prices and Boxes
The Alabama Oyster Commission led by President Craft and officials met with dealers catchers and cultivators to discuss oyster prices. They reviewed shipments of oysters in barrels that were measured illegally, noting harm to legitimate trade.
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Alabama Oyster Commission
Craft
Charles Clark
J. A. Joullidn
Comacth
New Year Sermon by Dr A G Moses at the Temple Shaari Shomayim
Rev A G Moses delivers temple New Year sermon using Genesis to reflect on life time and conduct. He contrasts Jacob the elder pursuer of meaning with Pharaoh the idle ruler, urging honest self reckoning of past year deeds and the pilgrim path of lifelong growth. Continues on Page Two.
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A. G. Moses
Temple Shaari Shomayim
Joseph
Jacob
Pharoah
Fathers
Egypt
Pharaon
Mobile Co. School Board fills vacancies in teaching corps
The executive committee appointed teachers to fill vacancies across grade levels Yerby Fifth Grade Oakdale Sixth Grade and the colored schools Owens Council and Booker Washington. The contract to print rules and codified laws was awarded to Mobile Bookbinding Co. for 180.76 with several competing bids listed.
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School Board OF Mobile CO
Board of School Commissioners
Yerby
Olive Austin
Jones
Russell
A. F. Trulich
Oakdale
Georgia Ter
Fannie Ghickstein
Owens
Marie Blanford
Fu‘le Bonner
Euna Fickens
Daisy Holman
Booker Washington
Fitzat Thomas
Mobile
Hawes '& Co
W. B. Delchamps
Gill Printing Co
Powers Printing Co
On the Hunt for City Positions
A. L. Picker of Mobilian fame seeks the post of city license officer now held by Theodore Guesnard. Leonard Jarvis files for police work. Dr F Cullen of Spring Hill proposes to swap for city jobs, offering to run waterworks and sewers for 100 dollars monthly with city provided horse and vehicle.
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Picker
Theodore Guesnard
Leonard Jarvis
F. Cullen
Spring Hill
Schwarz
Cullen
Commission
Cotton Exchange Damaged by West Indian Storm
The Sutton Exchange building suffered severe damage from a West Indian storm early Saturday. A second floor window facing Commerce Street blew out, attic panes shattered, and the roof sustained leaks, with the northwest corner losing roofing material. Temporary repairs were made afterward.
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Sutton Exchange
Commerce Street
Train derails after blast near Southern railway unit
Police officer Wolf reports a senile car on the Southern railway was blown off the tracks in the Southern Padad yesterday morning during a blast or explosion.
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Southern Railway
Wolf
Padad
Will Fight to Retain Mobile Medical College
A special committee met at the Chamber of Commerce to plan a strong campaign to keep the medical college in Mobile. They set a sleeper for Mobile’s departure Monday night and will join the Tuscaloosa trustees meeting with Congressman G W Taylor and Sen Robert E Spraggins. E J Buck was elected chairman and D H Fid AlMeton secretary to coordinate efforts and arrange speakers.
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Tuscaloosa
University At
Ne Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Medical College
G. W. Taylor
Robert E. Spraggins
Junteville
E. J. Buck
Caieman
D. H. Fid AlMeton
Daphne Normal Opens Tuesday For Sixth Year
The sixth annual session of the Daphne state normal school opens Tuesday September 17 with expected record attendance. Supervisor M R Baker of the Montgomery department will speak on Murmal School Education for the Rural Schools. Rev Hurlbach of the Daphne Baptist church assists at 10 oclock. Faculty includes B B Baker W S Speer Mary B Merritt G R McGehee Ethel F Cortright Janie C Orman Floy Pettus Lilla Simmons Louise Goldsby with McGehee in science and athletics.
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Daphne State Normal School
M. R. Baker
Department of Education
Montgomery
Baker
Hurlbach
The
Baptist Church At
Daphne
Lilla Simmons
Model School
Louise Goldsby
McGehee
Valparaiso University
Bids Sought in Mobile for Isthmian Canal Work
The Isthmian Canal Commission seeks bids in Mobile for rubber seals iron washers untreated piles and spud timbers. The schedule is at the Chamber of Commerce for interested parties with Secretary Troy offering assistance. Bids must be filed with the canal commission purchasing agent in Washington and opened at 4:30 p m on the 28th.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Troy
Canal Commission
Washington
Assault charge filed against Jim Nicholas in county court
Jim Nicholas was arrested Saturday afternoon by Sheriff Deschamps on charge of assault and battery. The suspect allegedly beat T. Stevens, a white man, causing injuries in the incident.
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Jim Nicholas
Ween
Deschamps
T. T. Stevens
Pythian Grand District Lodge Meest Tuesday
The seventh district Pythian Grand District Lodge meets with lodges Mobile Whistler Plateau Bayette Fairhope and Magnolia. Convention convenes at 2:30 p m with a second session at 7:30 p m. Proceedings include welcome address by Mobile Mayor and readings, committee appointments, and discussions on Pythian ideals.
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Pythian Grand District Lodge
Pythian Gran Lodge
Mobile
Whistler
Plateau
Bayette
Fairhope
Magnolia
Pythian Castle Hall
Bult
Henry Simon
Mayer W. A Ridge
Mobile Lodge
W. H. Harding
Magnolia Springs Lodge
Milb and Ohio and LGN railroads save docks with loaded cars
Railroads Milb and Ohio and Louisville and Nash filled ships with loaded boxcars to shore up wharves against high water. The wind was light, water did not rise enough to threaten the docks, only some lower deck areas touched by flood remained at risk.
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Milb
Ohio
Louisville and Nash
Pilot Boats Weather Gale in the Lower Bay
Advices from the lower and in Mobile Bay report a gale in the lower bay. The Grenell rode out the storm and returned. both boats and shore stations endured the weather with the Alabama following farther out.
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Mobile Bay
I Bay
Fail
Alabama Furth
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Little
Mobile County Jaw
THEY
MCA
Wyatt H. Brown
L. H. Sanford
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Vital Statistics OF
Daphne Normal
Eastern Shore Institution
FOR Land Commission
Order of the Grand
Monroe Bloch
Moses
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