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Newspaper

The Mobile News Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1925

Page

13

Health Day in Mobile Spurs Red Cross Seals Drive

Mobile commemorates Health Day as residents urged to buy Red Cross Christmas seals for the Mobile County Tuberculosis Hospital. The Woman's Auxiliary sells seals and will mail $1.00 worth to 2,500 citizens, with headquarters at the Cawthon Hotel from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and mail contributions to 1414 Dauphin Street.

Mobile Red Cross Woman's Auxiliary Mobile County Tuberculosis Hospital Cottage Hill Cawthon Hotel Dauphin Street

Mrs. Cora Snively Named Acting Postmaster at Fruitdale

Mrs. Cora Snively has been appointed acting postmaster at Fruitdale in Baldwin County. The appointment was announced in a postal bulletin received yesterday. Fruitdale is a fourth class post office.

Cora 8. Snively Fruitdale Baldwin County

Cotton shipping rules debated by Gulf Mobile and Northern agents

J. Q Gill, general freight agent of the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad, went to Jacksonville to attend a meeting on proposed cotton shipping rules and regulations.

J. Q Gill Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad Fone Jacksonville

State board intervenes in grain rate case

The Alabama Public Service Commission has intervened in the grain rate case before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The action comes as grain rates in the southeast undergo a rex a and Alabama points are affected by the ongoing proceedings.

State Board Alabama Public Service Commission Interstate Commerce Commission Alabama

Senator Hale and naval officials skip Mobile visit

Senator Frederick Hale of Maine, visiting Pensacola naval air station, did not reach Mobile as per a letter to Mayor George E. Crawford. Secretary Curtis D. Wilbur of the Navy also declined a southern trip at this time. Also noted is that about 700 women physicians work in Japan.

Frederick Hale Maine Pensacola Naval Air Station Mobile George E.crawford Curtis D. Wilbur Navy

All America picks favor Grange and Oberlander

Football experts will almost surely name Red Grange and Swede Oberlander to any All America team. Oberlander from Dartmouth pleased western and eastern voters, and Grange proved his greatness in the Penn game, boosting east confidence.

Grange Oberlander

Oberlander Dominates The Forward Pass Game

The text praises Oberlander for superior passing accuracy and distance, noting his flawless play and lack of weakness. It highlights his standout performance against Cornell, where Dartmouth turned the game with forward passes, completing 13 of 15 and advancing nearly half the field.

Oberlander Michigan Benny Friedman Harvard Cornell Chicago Dartmouth

All America selections spark debate across football

The piece notes the mixed value of all-America honors as fans, critics, and experts weigh in. Coach A A Stagg of Chicago rejects making or supporting all-America elevens citing difficulty and bias in fair selection. Despite this, the practice persists and injustice to stars is seen as likely to continue.

A. A. Stagg Chicago Mr. Stagg

Salvation Army to Put Out Kettles Tonight in Mobile

Major A. F. Storey of Birmingham and Dixie division commander arrives to confer with Mobile unit advisory board. He leads services at the citadel 213 Conti street at 7 30 tonight as kettles are placed on streets Thursday for Christmas offering.

A. F. Storey Birmingham Dixie Division Salvation Army Mobile Storey Citadel Conti Street Army

Curiosities and Quips Echo a Sporting Era

A collage of transient humor and sports allusions critiques figures from King Tut to Tex Rickard. Jokes touch on athletes, education, cross country, and political quips while skimming topics from golf trophies to winter fears and immigrant policy.

Crossword Puzzle 42 Horizontal and Vertical Clues

Puzzle item lists mixed clues across horizontal and vertical sections. Readable entries include farm laborer jack tars decorated metal and many garbled terms. The page presents a chaotic set of word fragments and misread phrases from a crossword style puzzle.

Burgett Elected Cadet Leader as Harris Leaves Mobile

D W Burgett was chosen to serve as first Lieutenant of the Mobile Cadets to fill the vacancy created by Lieut Douglas Harris departing for Augusta Georgia to run the Western Union office. Major Luther Waller and Lieut Bert Heilpren arrived to inventory Cadet property as Burgett prepares for a technical examination for commission. A visiting officers reception was announced at the Battle House tonight.

D. W. Burgett Mobile Cadets Douglas Harris Harris Augusta Western Union Lieut Burgett Luther Waller Bert Heilpren Montgomery Mobile Battle House J. T. Moore

Whiskey Found in Federal Prison Probe Under Way

Atlanta Ga Dec 1 Warden John Snook of the United States penitentiary investigates a large quantity of embryonic contraband as officials seek the source and those responsible for the shipment.

Wm. A. Rogers Kentucky Federal Atlanta, Ga John Snook United States Penitentiary

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Matt and Jeff Kasten A. Weel Soft Mike Mobilians Woman's Auxiliary of Tuberculosis “Association Gill Hale Japan Snevely Tire Co., Inc General Cord Tire Frank L. Roche Tom G. Rorhe Jas. J. Daffy Emile Herpin the Littlesweler Daurah Street Tough Joe Pacific Coast Jimmy Dixon Stanford Jimmy Adele San Francisco King Tut Peckinpaugh Red Grange Tex Rickard Mr. Rickard Bobbie Jones Ned Grange Wheaton Jack Tars Peiat Weeden Gan Seeder Treland Jettuce Cale Felter Chie Meger Lauer Eamesi Price Thomas Jefferson Price Friends of the Casuity Bouth Lafayette Magpalin Bowen Lodge A. M. Whistler A. An&a. M W. M Cox Electrical Engin and Supply Co St. Michael St Men's & Coats Fine Stock
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