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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1915

Page

2

Orphan Boys and Girls to Learn Real Farm Life

The Episcopal orphan home on Spring Hill road plans a farm and garden system to teach boys and girls practical farming. George A. Mas Joney mapped ten acres for crops and a sunken garden layout with terraced plots. The program includes dairy, swine, vegetables, and fruits to feed and support the institution and market.

Episcopal Church John Mitchell William Reodt William Monkaré Episcopal Orphans Spring Hill George A. Mas Joney Ponce Et Dem‘ Trator Maloney

Drug Free Through CedarCroft Sanitarium Offer

Advertisement promotes Cedar croft Sanitarium in Nashville Tennessee offering treatment for drug liquor and tobacco addiction. Claims no withdrawal pains and a payment plan due only after a satisfactory cure with options for at home care and a booklet by mail. The appeal targets victims seeking freedom and a return to their true self.

Dom Power Bbie Cedarcroft Sanitarium Box 47 Station 5 Nashville Tenn

Mrs Becker Teaches School After Vow on Husband’s Death

The widow of NYPD lieutenant Charles Becker, condemned for Herman Rosenthal’s slaying, starts teaching in New York public schools. Friends say she will resume efforts to expose police graft once funds allow, while her students warm to her during classes.

Mrs. Becker New York Charles Becker Whitman Husane Herman Rosenthal Becker Gotham Police

Sears suit filed on promissory note against Towle

Attorneys Gordon and Edington filed suit in the law and equity court Saturday afternoon for Mrs. R. Dean Sears against Albert S. Towle for one hundred dollars alleged due by promissory note.

Gordon & Edington Law and Equity Court R. Dean Sears Albert S. Towle

Marine News Highlights From Mobile Port And Nearby Seas

The American schooner Albert D Mills faces crew desertions after port stays as Captain Barkhouse struggles to sail. The Skoda needs a new mast and decking, while the Mary G Dantzler earns praise as a sturdy towage craft. The Cratheus sails to Progreso with coal and lumber, and river traffic expands with Captain May's Demopolis service. The Mariana returns to Mobile with return cargo plans.

Mary G. Dantzler Ollinger & Bruce Dry Docks

Birthday Celebration for Mobile Children At Empire Theatre

The Mobile Item notes children born in September Nina Agatha Leroy Mary Vernon Smith Kathleen Mattei and Maudelle Doyle celebrate birthdays. The paper invites each to host five friends for a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon with tickets mailed. Children born in September are asked to send their full names addresses and birthdates two days prior to publication.

Nina Agatha Leroy Mary Vernon Smith Plateau Kathleen Mattei S. Conception St Maudelle Doyle Wilkinson St the Item Empire Theatre

Shipping activity in New Orleans ports and river trade

Multiple vessels and cargoes arrive or depart including the British steamer Alodia for Munson line, the American schooners John Frances and Albert D Mills, the Verona and Fort Morgan of United Fruit, the Mallory line weekly steamer from New York, and the river packet Peerless. A and N O Transportation barge coal tonnage moves upriver as mines rush orders from New Orleans. If one is young enough, he can usually find an occasion for a celebration.

New Orleans Alodia Munson Steamship Line John Frances Ollinger & Bruce Albert D. Mills United Fruit Company Verona Fort Morgan Mallory Line New York Key West Tampa Fla Peerless Alabama River Tarpon St. Andrews and Gulf Steamship Company A. and N. O. Transportation Company

Big Shake-Up Likely After Clarke's Pirates Departure

The Pirates face a major rebuild as veteran Fred Clarke resigns as manager and speculation swirls about other losses. Max Carey Jimmy Viox and Hans Wagner are named as possible departures, with only Bill Hinchman and Dock Johnston seen as retained by fans.

Clarke Pirates Fred Clarke Pittsburgh Pirates Pirate Max Carey Jimmy Viox Hans Wagner Bill Hinchman Dock Johnston Pittsburgh

Pianist visitor dazzles child with careless performance

A visitor claims piano skill and sight reading, sits at the piano, pounds keys erratically, and then ends with a flourish. The hidden moment shows a child watching as the performer smiles patronizingly, prompting the child to quip she cannot play either. The excerpt ends with a remark on civilization being like cannibalism.

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