Alabama Oyster Commission Reelects Lilley Chief Deputy
The Alabama Oyster Commission re elected J W Lilley as chief deputy for the coming season. The group ordered strict enforcement of size rules requiring oysters to be at least two inches, with no allowances for dead shells. They plan a press education campaign to boost oyster consumption and reviewed Prof. Nelson s visit for planting conditions. Commissioner Patterson noted abundant young oysters on Bon Secour reefs and urged closing Bayou Coura reef area for a year. A $5 reward was offered for information leading to trespasser arrests on experimental grounds. Oyster beds on the Eastern Shore are expected to be plentiful and good, with Portersville Bay beds also described as generally solid.
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Alabama Oyster Commission
J. W. Lilley
Lilley
Commission
Thurlow C. Nelson
Alabama
Nelson
Federal Bureau of Fisheries
Patterson
Bon Secour
Bayou Coura
Little Bon Secour
The
Portersville Bay
British News From France Underscores Public Patience
London dispatch notes British public endures suspense as troops fight in a weeklong battle begun August 23. Official reports limit detail, with terse bulletins outlining moves and casualties feared heavy in the next roll.
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Associated Press
London
Rats Caught Free From Plague Mohr Report August
City Health Officer Mohr reports August totals show 3,242 rats caught and 2,272 examined for bubonic plague, all free of infection. Deaths totaled 90 with causes including tuberculosis and Bright's disease. inspections and rat-proofing efforts continue along with rat traps and medical inspectors.
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Mohr
Board of City Commissioners
Royal Street
Grubbs
Graf and Tunstall Dairies Score Best in August
Dairy scores for August were filed by the Mobile City Health Office after 33 inspections. E Graf led with 86.00, followed by William Tunstall at 84.00 and J W Doody with 81.00. Lowest were Brunson and Little Gem Dairy at 64.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile City Commission
E. Graf
Willilliam Tunstall
J. W. Doody
J. F. McGowin
All-Star Cast Delights at Dreamland This Week
Dreamland hosts Norman Friedenwald’s A Night in Old Heidelberg with a top tier company and lavish staging. The show runs afternoons and nights, drawing large crowds including many ladies and children. The Metropole quartet and four dancing acts receive praise, with Schultz Kraussmeyer and the Chesleigh Sisters highlighted. Friedenwald Minstrels follow after the initial act.
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Norman Friedenwald
Old Heidelberg
Whic
Dreamland
George Morgan
Fred Scheiller
Schultz
Frank Rogers
Kraussmeyer
Chesleigh Sisters
May
Irene
British and French Strive to Outflank German Right Wing in West
British and French forces press to roll back the German right wing with bold operations around Rheims Craonne and Betheny as Paris-Washington notes warn of a potential decisive battle. Petrograd reports Austrian forces retreating in Galicia while Cracow fears fall to Russia. The Times lists allied eastern lines from St Die to Lecatelet with fresh forces around Peronne and French troops advancing toward La Fere.
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Sir John French
Rheims
Craonne
Betheny
Berlin
Verdun
Lorraine
London
Napoleon
Blucher
Antwerp
Petrograd
Galicia
Vienna
Przemysl
Russia
Cracow
Lemberg
the Times
St. Die
Luneville
Pont A Mousson
Etiano
Consevoye
Montfaucon
Souain
Noyon
Lassigny
Roisel
Lecatelet
Peronne
St. Quentin
Soissons
Ham
la Fere
Laon
British Munson liner arrives with cargo for South America
The Tweeddale arrived from Port Eads under Munson Line charter to load general cargo for South American ports including St. Lucia, Montevideo, Rosario and Buenos Aires. Also docking were the Ellis with 20 500 banana bunches from Port Limon, Bodo with 16 000 from Puerto Cortez, Wolf released from quarantine with 4 000 sisal bales from Progreso, and Sabine sailing to New York with passengers and cargo.
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Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Wolf
Atlantic & Mexican Gulf Steamship Company
Progreso
Mexico
Sabine
Mallory Steamship Line
New York
Key West
Tampa
Position Wanted Notices From The Lost-Found Column
A set of classified notices includes a one legged young man seeking watchman work with Box 27 in city, a dressmaker's assistant seeking seasonal employment via N. K., and a woman offering general labor services. Also listed is a lost item notice for a pair of blue pants missing on Conti between Broad and Jackson with a Bell phone contact.
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P. O. Box
Club Boy
Conti
Broad
Jackson
Bell Phone
Tragic accident ends life of Union Springs young wife
Minnie Maddox Howard, 19, wife of Will Stephens Howard, was killed when a 38 caliber rifle discharged as her husband was removing it from a closet in the Theodore Walker home near Union Springs Alabama. The couple had been married two years and their six month old daughter witnessed the scene.
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Union Springs
Ala
Will Stephens Howard
Theodore Walker
Howard
Minnie Maddox
T. P. Maddox
Start Remodeling Ryan Monument In Mobile
Work on the Rev Father Abram J. Ryan monument at Ryan Park began Tuesday morning under Elmer Maddox. The project by the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the original committee adds a raised statue, terraced ground, two bronze tablets, and front electroliers to improve visibility from Spring Hill Avenue.
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Mobile
Abram J. Ryan
Ryan Park
Elmer Maddox
Order of Hibernians
Pat J. Lyons
South
The
Edward P. Allen
Henry P. Weiss
Paul E. Rapier
Hibernians
Frank J. Thompson
John A. Hughes
George J. Sullivan
A. H. Downey
Sid Berrey
J. C. Sullivan
Spring Hill Avenue
Erwin Craighead
Lyons
Maddox
Dr Grubbs urges women to aid rat banishment in Mobile
Dr S B Grubbs of the U S public health service spoke to the Home Economics Club on What Mobile Needs. He said Mobile has fought bubonic plague by rat proofing and sanitation measures and urged housewives to avoid street trash and use garbage cans. He described rat related disease and prevention efforts and mobile's sanitary opportunities.
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Mobile
S. B. Grubbs
United States Public Health Service
Ladies of the Home Economics Club
Chamber of Commerce
Grubbs
San Francisco
Przemyśl under siege as Russian forces close in
Russian reports say Przemyśl is invested and bombardment is ongoing. Jarosław fortress is attacked while Dubiecko on the San is captured, severing western links. General Dankl withdraws toward Cracow with Austrian and German corps in a difficult position after being driven from south Poland.
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Galicia
Petrograd
Jaroslav
Przemysl
Dankl
Cracow
Dubiecko
Poland
Vistula
Baranow
Law and Order League Loses Citronelle Election
Citronelle voters chose Adrian H. de Long for mayor by a 20 vote margin over Dr Means Blewett. De Long’s allies E G Bradley J F Manley R P McCaa H W Fisher and S T Jones will hold office or serve as cemetery trustee while Blewett ticket candidates R R Moyers G T Jordan J S Lynch J T Whisenhunt F E Matson lose council seats and cemetery trustee post.
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Law and Order League City Administration
Citronelle
Means Blewett
Adrian H. de Long
Judge de Long
E. G. Bradley
J. F. Manley
R. P. McCaa
H. W. Fisher
S. T. Jones
Blewett
R. R. Moyers
G. T. Jordan
J. S. Lynch
J. T. Whisenhunt
F. E. Matson
Funeral for Mrs. Joseph W. Johnson Held at Oakdale
From 514 South Scott street the funeral of Mrs. Joseph W. Johnson was held Monday at 4 30 p m. Rev George W McRae of Oakdale Baptist church conducted the services and Magnolia cemetery was the place of interment. Pallbearers were Thomas Hansen H L Burgess J C Anderson and A Mandeville.
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South Scott Street
Joseph W. Johnson
George W. McRae
Oakdale Baptist Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Thomas Hansen
H. L. Burgess
J. C. Anderson
A. Mandeville
Remains of William Savage Brought Home for Burial
The remains of William Savage a well known millman who died at Quitman Mississippi on Monday morning were brought to Whistler on Monday night at 6 o clock and taken in charge by the Roche Burke Undertaking Company Deceased was 54 a native of Whistler and had many friends in Mobile He is survived by one sister Mrs Alice Tew of Whistler and other relatives.
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William Savage
Quitman
Miss
Whistler
Roche & Burke Undertaking Company
Mobile
Alice Tew
City Commissioners Approve Gulf Coast Fair Lease
Regular session actions include approving a lease of land in the Bascombe tract for park use to the Gulf Coast Fair. An amended ordinance on killing cattle outside legal abattoirs was adopted. Bulkhead work to prevent earth sliding at the wharf was authorized with sheet piling. Other routine items and adjournment followed.
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Board of City Commissioners
Bascombe Tract
Pillans
Dauphin
St. Michael Streets
Lyons
Lills
R. E. Brighton
Plac
Chang
Muscat & Lott Brodie Company
St. Michael
Mobile River
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Langan Hat CO
Dauphin &T
France
Moar
Graf and Tunstall Dairies
Heidelberg
Munson
Tweeddale
South America
N. K
W. S. Howard
Minnie
Ryan Monument
DR. Grubbs
Rat
LAW and Order League OF Citronelle
J. W. Johnson
Bascomber
City Wharf
Dolly 'Varden
Louisvile
Ces
T. G. Bush Grocery Co., Distributors
Mobile, Ala
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