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The Mobile News Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1925

Page

11

Ministers Urge Mobile Conference Meeting Details

The Mobile Ministerial Association urged the Southern General Church conference to choose Mobile for its next session with accredited delegates attending. A committee will select the site from Memphis today. New members were inducted and plans for minister services at local sites were announced along with tours for Mobile Winter Visitors and a Green Room program by the Little Theater of Mobile.

The Mobile Ministerial Viatign Ho General Church South Mobile Memphis O. 8S. Welch Espty Pog Christ ¢Hurch W. A. Alexander Central Presbyterian Church J. H. Creighton XM. C. A Ksixons Galvnty Little Theater of Hammond Gayfer Alabama D. F. Green Mobile Baptist J B. Jackson Springhill Avenue Baptist Church

Holiday granted for Immaculate Conception observance

Spring Hill College students received a full holiday for the Feast of Immaculate Conception and townwide leave was observed. A second holiday is announced for Saturday to honor the golden jubilee of Rev Father Theophile DeBourme 8 G a Jesuit priest celebrating fifty years in the priesthood.

Spring Hill College Theophile DeBourme

Griffing 18 Improves and Leaves Infirmary

Hirman Griffing freight agent of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company has recovered enough from illness to leave the infirmary. He is now staying at the home of his sister Mrs Thomas G McGraw 1121 Palmetto Street.

Griffing Hirman Griffing Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company Thomas G. McGraw Palmetto Street

Special Service Tonight at Grace Lutheran Church

W. H. Hafner will officiate a special service at 7 30 tonight at Grace Lutheran Church. The sermon titled The Star of Jacob Decides the Destiny of all Nations. The service opens preparations for the Christmas festival with organist Prof. R W Wismar to perform during the holidays.

W. H. Hafner Grace Lutheran Church Rev. Hafner Jacob R. W. Wismar

Automobile Club of Mobile Plans Monthly Meeting

The board of directors will hold a regular monthly meeting this afternoon at 5 o clock in the Cawthon Hotel lobby. Plans for a membership drive and other routine business will be discussed. Members are urged to attend and participate.

The Automobile Club of Mobile Cawthon Hotel

Denderine Hair Solution Promises Thick Healthy Shine

An advertisement touts Denderine for easy inexpensive hair care. It claims moistening and brushing will double hair thickness, reduce dandruff, stop shedding, and restore youthfulness with a soft fragrance.

Denderine

Wrong girl is named in suit

Alyce Mc Cormick of Omaha, a Zieffeld Follies beauty, has been named as the corespondent in a divorce suit filed by Mrs. Emma Miller against Gen Charles Miller in Franklin Pennsylvania. A second woman with the same name is the actual corespondent. the real corespondent also lives in New York and was not a Ziegfeld performer. Miss McCormick is not mentioned in the suit.

New York Alyce McCormick Omaha Neb Zieffeld Follies Ensemble Franklin, Pa Miss McCormick Emma Miller Charles Miller

Arab Palestine Congress seeks Syrian mandate hearing

Islam Djabir Bey of the Arab Palestine Congress urged the League of Nations Council in Geneva to allow him to present Syrian demands. He asked Signor Scialoia, council president, for a hearing on alleged French misuse of the mandate over Syria.

Geneva Switzerland League of Nations Council Syria Islam Djabir Bey Arab Palestine Congress Scialoia Council League

Mobile churches plan Holy Week union services

The Mobile Ministerial Association met in the M C A tea room and decided on simultaneous evangelistic services for all Protestant churches during next year's Holy Week. All churches will hold a noon union service, with individual evening services.

The Mobile Ministerial Association

Crossword Puzzle Clue Filled Crossword Puzzles

Puzzle text pages list multiple clues and word entries for Horizontal and Vertical sections. The jumble includes definitions such as seed bag reluctant evil and many garbled phrases like Pieces of paper and stop and almost a donkey. The fragmentary letters suggest a historic newspaper crossword with numeric indices and theme notes missing.

Film Makers Shoot Mobile South Coast Picture

A crew from the Harry W. Fitzpatrick Company in New Orleans films a 400 foot coastal panorama titled Mobile-Chicago of the South. The project targets Mobile and cities across the South and will be shown in New Orleans Hattiesburg Jackson Birmingham Montgomery Pensacola and locally. The firm, which opened a Mobile office on North Royal Street, plans an auction of Belle Fontaine Beach lots on December 16 with Belle Fontaine Investment Company supporting development and property sales.

Mobile Chicago New Orleans Hattiesburg Jackson Birmingham Montgomery Pensacola Harry W. Fitzpatrick Belle Fountaine Beach Fitzpatrick Ny-Ahs North Royal Street Battle House Jerry Rice Rice Belle Fountaine Investment Company H. S. Matthews

Preservation of Old Jail Sought by Lions Club

A Lions Club committee, urged by Dr. J H Dobson, aims to work with Mobile authorities to save remnants of the old jail building including granite cells and chains. Recently sold by the board of revenue to Marine Junk Company. The club also proposed traffic safety measures at Old Shell Road intersections.

Rcommitee Lions Club J. H. Dobson Mobile Board of Revenue The Marine Junk Company Robert L. Marshall City Commission Old Shell Road Catherine, Lafayette and Ann Streets

St Vincent's Girls Stage Minstrel Tonight at School

Pupils of St Vincent's Select School with alumnae will present a minstrel show at 7 20 p m in the school auditorium on Savannah Street. The entertainment is titled Moonbeams and features an engaging program prepared for the occasion.

St. Vincent’s Select School Savannah

Prisoner Prefers Death Over Life as Court Takes Case Higher

Vucco Perovich, a Leavenworth prisoner who favors death over life, prompts the Justice Department to seek a higher court review of presidential clemency powers. A 1909 commutation to life followed a 1905 Alaska conviction. Attorneys consider returning him to Alaska to face the original sentence.

Washington Vucco Perovich Leavenworthederal Department of Justice Perovich Alaska Pollock Kansas Sargent United States

Mayor Proposes Traffic Change For City Streets

City commissioners consider a plan from Mayor George E. Crawford to modify right turns on Conception and Dauphin, Day and Royal, and St Francie with Royal tradeoffs. They also approved memorial naming for General Henry D. Clayton on Stone Mountain upon request by Confederate veteran Michael T. Judge.

George E. Crawford Conception Street Dauphin Day Royal Streets St. Francie Royal Trests Henry D. Clayton Stone Mountain Memorial Michael T. Judge Harrison Bros Mobile & Gulf Navigation Company Palmetto T. L. Crabtree Arlington Ann Street Mary’s Lane Kirkland Avenue

Corn growers urge price hold at $1.15 a bushel

Des Moines reports show the National Corn Growers Association unanimously endorsing a plan to hold corn until Chicago market prices hit $1.15 per bushel. The group also seeks removal of discrimination against corn sugar for manufacturing on par with cane or beet sugar.

Des Moines Iowa Tds Chicago National Corn Growers’ Association

Count Salm Hoogstratten Censured by Davis Cup Committee

Vienna reports the American Davis Cup committee censured Count Ludwig Salm Hoogstratten for conduct during last summer's matches against Ireland. The European zone committee findings and Umpire appeals sparked strong Viennese anger and questions whether he can again represent Austria in international tennis.

Vienna Austria Ludwig Salm-Hoogstratten Millicent Rogers European Zone Committee Salm Hoogstraden

Vanderbilt Smith Wedding Date Set

The marriage of Miss Consenlo Vanderbilt to Earl E T Smith will be January 7 in New York. The ceremony will be at the family home with relatives present and officiated by Rev Thomas Murphy of St Patrick's Cathedral, who wed the bride’s parents in 1899.

New York Consenlo Vanderbilt

Sure Way To Get Rid of Dandruff

An advertising claim promotes using four ounces of plain liquid arvon applied at night to moisten the scalp and rub in. By morning dandruff may disappear and continued use is said to dissolve all signs, stop itching, and leave hair fluffy and glossy. Squidarvon is available at drug stores.

Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Brings Quick Relief

A feverish sufferer with intestinal indigestion and gas describes near despair until a lodge brother's gift of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy produced immediate relief. The ad asserts the preparation cleanses catarrhal mucus and reduces inflammation to ease stomach, liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis and offers a one dose money back guarantee.

Lodge Mayr

Don’t Let that Cold Turn Into Flu

An old newspaper ad warns that a cold can become the flu or pneumonia if untreated. It promotes Musterole made from oil of musk, camphor and menthol as a counter irritant that stimulates circulation and helps break up congestion without blistering.

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