Alabama convention plans municipal league formation
A 1914 Tuscaloosa meeting invites mayors and city officials to form a state municipal league. Address welcomes by University leaders and local officials outline focus on taxation and city government. The program includes talks on legislation and school funding with Tuscaloosa slated to host discussions.
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Alabama
College of En- Soeering
Tuscaloosa
G. HB. Ken
J. Robertson
Oliver
Romaime Bord
A. Smiegrtt
Novgies Wilson Sees No Increase in Next Year’s Appropriations
One Novgies Wilson told callers there will be no increase in next year’s appropriations. The state department will focus more on war-related activities and measures.
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Wilson
State Department
Cotton Sells for Seven Cents at State Capitol
Montgomery reports Middlins cotton sold for seven cents at the Montgomery cotton exchange yesterday. The price reflected improved demand and offerings, plus word from New York that the exchange may resume business next Monday.
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Montgomery
Montgomery Cotton Exchange
New York
Mooring Replaces White in Montgomery Tax Hearings
Hétry White, associate member of the state tax commission, traveled to Birmingham to attend hearings connected with a tax raise case. John S. Mooring served as chair to lead the Montgomery session as White was absent.
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Montgomery
Hétry
White
State Tax Commission
Birmingham
John S. Mooring
Mr. Whites
Government to hear coal monopoly case arguments
New York November 16. Final arguments by the government to break up the alleged coal monopoly proceed tomorrow before Judge Hough in the U S district court. The Department of Justice filed its brief in the anti trust suit against the Lehigh Valley Coal Sales Company. The suit claims the group through subsidiaries monopolized coal production transportation and sale from mines along the Lehigh Valley railroad.
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New York
Hough
U. S
Department of Justice
Lehigh Valley’ Coal Sales Company
Bisl
Lekigta Valley
European War Talk Highlights Economic Causes and Social Shifts
Lang, a graduate of Darmburg and reader at Presbyita College, spoke on Europe’s conflict tracing it to economic aims and trade patterns. He predicted Russian capital moving to Constantinople if Allied goals succeed and urged social adjustments to ease postwar commerce. Next week Yale graduate Niel Sterne will discuss international correspondence preceding a formal declaration.
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George Ang
Presbyita College
Baimburgh University
Mir
Lang
Niel S’. Sterne
Knox, Acker, Dixom and Sterne
Yale
Rockefeller Brother Pleads Not Guilty in Antitrust Case
A photograph shows the brother of John D. Rockefeller arraigned before a district court in New Haven. He pleads not guilty to criminal indictments accusing him of conspiracy to violate the Sherman Antitrust Act in the railroad swindle.
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John PD. Rockefeller
Peten
Crimon Penal
Ditriet Court
New Haven
Use More Cotton Goods Says Hon Champ Clark
Montgomery November 10. Chap Clark speaker of the national house urges more cotton goods for home use to aid cotton farmers. He says the buy a bale movement helped but domestic manufacturing of eleven kinds of goods will have longer lasting benefits than wartime efforts. He predicts the war will last until both sides are exhausted.
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Montgomery
Clark
Missouri
Keller and Boyd Attend American Pond Congress in Atlanta
Montgomery November 16 W Keller state highway engineer and MP Boyd assistant engineer have gone to Atlanta for the American Pond Congress in session this week. Keller will speak Wednesday on Engineering Supervision of Reowed Construction.
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Montgomery
Keller
Meieer
Mfp
Boyd
Atlanta
Monopoly pressures reshape ant race region mining
In the ant race region monopoly forces have led to drastic cuts and absorbed competitors. Output reductions follow purchase contracts, with coal firms planning a spirited defense against the moves.
Suffrage Fight Heard At Southern States Conference
Chattanooga Missouri March campaign to push suffrage before state legislatures opened at the Southern States Suffrage Conference with over three hundred attendees. Mrs C H Belmont of New Year will address delegates while Cristobel Pankhurst of London attended.
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Chattanooga
Editors to Meet on Cotton Acreage Reduction Plan
Announcement from Memphia Texas that department of agriculture representatives will join editors at a conference to organize a cotton acreage reduction and crop diversification campaign. Delegates from cotton growing states are invited to send representatives to the November 12 meeting.
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Mempria
Texees
Department of Agriculture
Southern News
Ieee
German South Africa Invaded by French Forces
London reports German South Africa invaded as French forces press a campaign in the region. The damaged German cruiser Emden reportedly sank after engagement with Sydney, leaving many dead and crew losses. Russians widen offensive along the front from Chemostow to Ora-Cow as entrenchments deepen.
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South Africa
London
Rimechem
Teedian
Warsteige
Sydney
Bengal
Admiralty
Tragedy Strikes French Belgian Front Amid Dense Fog
In France and Belgium, heavy fog hampers troops and artillery. Reports describe soldiers firing on comrades and bayonet attacks as Ypres burns and Staden lies in ruin.
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Paris
France
Belgium
Ypres
Atliens-Algeria Prepares War Effort and Coastal Mines
Reports indicate Atliens-Algeria plans military readiness with mine placements in the Lagos Gulf near the Aegear Sea to deter attacks on Bulgarian shipping. Strong entities include Atliens-Algeria, Lagos Gulf, Aegear Sea, Bulgarian shipping.
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Atliens
Algeria
Lagos Gulf
Neam
Aegear Sea
British ships seize Koenigsburg in German East Africa
British vessels have captured the cruiser Koenigsburg and imprisoned the crew. The Admiralty announced the action today, signaling a decisive step in the campaign in German East Africa.
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London
Koenigsburg
Admiralty Aeeme
North Carolina Blown Up in Beirut Rumor Spreads
Rumors claim the U S battleship North Carolina was blown up in Beirut and have circulated in several eastern cities. No official confirmation was available as reports remained unverified.
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Washington
U.S
North Carolina
Beirut
Deaf Mutes Wed in Silent Ceremony in Atlanta
The deaf couple McCrary and Patton Rovers married in a unique silent ceremony at the home of a county police officer. Hundreds of guests attended as the service used sign language and reading aloud for non signers. The event crowned a romance that began at the Cave Spring school for the deaf, with wedding gifts totaling over $1,000 from the local police force.
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Atlanta
McC
Bho County
Tennessee North Carolina boundary dispute decided
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of North Carolina in the long running boundary dispute with Tennessee. The decision was announced on November 10.
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Washington
Tennessee
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Turkish Prisoners Captured as A Stan Armies Advance
In Armenia officials report Turkish prisoners taken by An Stans at Titlis Kardrevit. Turkish forces regroup after an assault near Ereram on the river’s left bank as a Roglan army of about six hundred thousand men aided by field artillery moves toward the Portine Mountains.
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Petrograd
An Stans
Armenia
Titliss
Kard
Thas
Ereram
German and Allied Battles Reported at St Marie Pass and Ypres Fronts
Official news states the German attack near Ypres mouth was repulsed and French gains occurred between Ypres and Armentieres. British troops repulsed German assaults while fighting continues along the northern line. Allies consolidate from the canal to the region and advance. New German attacks on St Marie Pass in the Vosges were repulsed.
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St. Marie Pass
Paris
Ypres
Armentieres
Germams
Theoevre
Wamade
Vosges
French Invasion Report from Kamne Colony Capture
Frenela forces claim a successful advance in Kamne run South Africa, capturing Nola and Rasemeca with prisoners and munitions. The official release states a column moved on October 2 and seized German equipment.
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South Africa
Paris
Kamnerun
South Afeberst
Nola
Rasemeca
Good Roads Delegates Hear Convicts Sing
Atlanta delegates to the American Road Congress hear singers during a welcome event at the state imperial hosted by Governor and Mrs. John M. Slaton. Mrs. Slaton heads the entertainment committee as prominent women assist in showing Atlanta as the best town on earth.
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Good Roads
Atlanta
American Road Congress
Jobm
Slaton
Geerela
Congress
Slatom
Thee
Weonans
Makime
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