Seized schooner tied up with whiskey cargo unloaded
A seized schooner arrived with a cargo of liquor that was said to be intact. Trucks moved the whiskey to a private warehouse as investigations continue in Biloxi. The Coast Guard ordered Tallapoosa home from the Atlantic patrol. a court hearing on the Wanderer case is set in Biloxi.
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Biloxi
New Orleans
Eeenett
Curtis Batee
Mobile
United States
Gdara
Tallapooga
Atlantic
MoBi
Tallapoosa
North Atlantic
Air Mail Service Planned Via New Orleans and Chicago
Mobile merchants pledge 7523 pounds of mail daily as air routes plan to stop in Mobile. The announcement favors an air mail link with New Orleans and Chicago, highlighting Mobile as a mail stop on the route.
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New Orleans
Chicago
Mobile
Crescent City
Local Veterans Bureau staff take vacations in Florida
R G Prescott, manager of the local Veterans Bureau sub station, returns to the customs house after a three week vacation toured Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Miss Margaret Dickson, assistant manager, will visit Coral Gables Miami Jacksonville and Pablo Beach Florida next week for her vacation.
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Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Exas
R. G. Prescott
Veterans Bureau
Customs House
Margaret Dickson
Coral Gables
Mami
Jacksonville
Pablo Beach
Fla
Rector to Instruct at Summer School in Sewanee Tenn
Rev. R. A. Kirchhoffer, rector of Christ Church, will leave today for Sewanee Tenn to serve as an instructor at the Summer School of the University of the South. He will travel with his family and return about September 1. R. A. Pearce, chaplain of the Church Institute, will occupy the pulpit during his absence. Union City barbers strike led to free shaves to avoid long hair, as townsfolk were kept comfortable during the stoppage.
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R. A. Kirchhoffer
Christ Church
Sewanee, Tenn
University of the South
OW Does All Her Work Run Wisconsin
Incomplete text from a Wisconsin piece notes someone who does all the work. The fragment includes garbled phrasing and a stray line about a person or place, offering minimal readable context.
Elaborate Fete Planned for Sailors at Port Lyttelton
U S Omaha and fourteen destroyers will visit Port Lyttelton. Elabo rate entertainment includes civic reception balls luncheons and a smoking concert for enlisted men. Hamilton plans a liquor free dinner for the sailors during grand national race week.
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Wengton
N. Z
A.p.christ Church
U. S
Omaha
Port Lyttelton
Hunt Club
Hamilton
Plan to Move Water Street Traffic Stop Startles City
Mayor Harry T. Hartwell announced a traffic ordinance changing Water street priority. Cars would gain right of way on Water street and stop for entering streets Govern ment Conti Dauphin and St Francis would be removed. Drivers on those streets would still stop when entering Water street.
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Harry T. Hartwell
Water Street
Conti
Dauphin
St.Francis
St. Francis Street
Kentucky man is head of Rotarians
L G Boone of Eirkdom Kentucky was re elected for a third term as president of the American Retailers Association at the convention in St Louis. All other officers were re elected and directors increased from fifteen to twenty one. About 4000 delegates attended with forty one states represented in the two year old association.
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ST. Louis
A.P
L. G. Boone
Eirkdom
American Retailers’ Association
Paris Style Hints on the Poke Hat
Style hints from Paris describe the poke as a popular headpiece in modern fashion. The article notes variations with straw plait, ribbons, flowers, and organza fabrics, and mentions different shapes like broad brims and large sailors.
Scrap Iron Dealers Fight Rate Change
Scrap iron dealers of Mobile oppose the proposed freight rate increase from Mobile to Birmingham and North Alabama. R G Cobb of the Chamber of Commerce will represent the dealers at Monday's Montgomery hearing. They say higher tariffs will hurt their Birmingham Mobile trade and make competition with Pensacola impossible.
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Mobile
Birmingham
Alabama
R. G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery
Pensacola
Farmer Injured as Autos Collide on Hall’s Mill Road
Irvington truck farmer Co. E. Dixon sustained leg injuries when his auto truck and a touring car from J. Hempstead of Waterman Steamship Co. collided on Hall’s Mill road near Nesheta road. Both cars suffered heavy damage, per County Traffic Officer Will Ernest. Hempstead drove from a side road when the collision occurred.
Miss Grace Not To Wed Army Captain
New York Aug 8 The first intimation that Miss Emmeline Marion Grace daughter of Eugene G Grace president of Bethlehem Steel and a Scottish baronet Sir Michael William Selby Bruce is not to be married reached New York City today A cable dispatch announced that Sir Michael a captain in the royal field artillery and Somme wounded veteran is to marry Miss Doreen Danziel Greenwall in London tomorrow.
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New York
Emmeline Marion Grace
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel
Ane
Michael William Selby Bruce
New York City
Michael
Royal Field Artillery
Somme
Doreen Dalziel Greenwall
London
Tommorrow
Dollar exchange to be abolished in Austria
Vienna reports the president of the Austrian National Bank will abandon the dollar exchange in Austrian kronen due to large currency surpluses. The move is seen as a sign of financial recovery and ends the practice that fixed the dollar value, stabilizing the kronen in 1923.
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Vienna
Austria
Austrian National Bank Today
Mobile Negro Delegates Named for National Educational Conference
Mayor Harry T. Hartwell announced Mobile delegates for the Negro National Educational Conference in Kansas City from August 25 to 29. Appointed were Dr. H. Williams, W. H. Brazier, E. B. Peters, C. W. Allen, Dr. E. P. Belson, J. R. Knox, Dave Patton, R. E. Eastland, Sadie B. Jenkins, Ella Eastland, Frederica Evans, Jane Ballasco, Della Goode, Josephine Allen, Olivia Packer, and Fanny Williams.
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Harry T. Hartwell
Kansas City
Dr. H. Williams
W. H. Brazier
E. 8. Peters
C. W. Allen
E. P. Bélson
J. R. Knox
Dave Patton
R.E. Eastland
Sadie B. Jenkins
Ella Eastland
Frederica Evans
Jane Ballasco
Della Goode
Josephine Allen
Olivia Packer
Fanny Williams
Positive ID of Walnut Creek murder victim named Barbe
The charred body found in the Pacific Cellulose Company laboratory at Walnut Creek was identified as G. Barbe, a stint laborer. Cecil Baker, Placerville undertaker and Barbe acquaintance, identified the body after viewing it in the San Francisco morgue. The bride is said to be the daughter of a British army colonel.
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San Francisco
Pacific Cellulose Company
Walnut Creek
G. Barbe
Cecil Baker
Barbe
Sabotage Rumor Denied in De Pinedo Flight News
Reports from Brisbane claimed the hydro airplane of Commander Francesco de Pinedo was sabotaged, but authorities vigorously denied the rumor. The craft, piloted with his mechanic Campenelli, is attempting a Australia to Japan flight, with both men aboard. Meanwhile, reports from Tetuán describe an attack in Morocco as of August 8.
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Brisbane
Australia
Francesco de Pinedo
Japan
Campenelli
Water Sells For Five Cents A Gallon In PahNev
In the small desert town of Pah, Nevada, water is priced at five cents per gallon reflecting the frugal生活. The note captures a sparse, standalone price listing from a local market or service page.
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Little Desert
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Rotarians
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Anne English
Farmer
Miss Grace
Tetuan
Morocco
Palliser Beverage Co., Inc
Dauphin Street Bell
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