Census in Alabama to get 1600 enumerators and nine supervisors
Washington reports Alabama will receive 1600 enumerators and nine supervisors for the next census with about 4000 clerks to be employed in the bureau in the capital. The plan faces Senate and House dispute over residency proof for appointments and July 1 funding delays. Representative Clayton says Jimison Harmon’s reelection as Ohio governor could put him in line for the 1912 Democratic presidential nomination.
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Advertiser
Washington, D. C
Alabama
District of Columbia
Congress
Clayton
Jimison Harmon
Ohio
Gray
Johnson
Good Roads Link Farm Welfare and Rural Growth
A National Grange backed push echoes Roosevelt era reforms linking road quality to land values and rural vitality. A 1904 survey shows states with better roads have higher population density per mile, boosting farm appeal and school access while reducing urban migration.
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Country Life Improvement
Country Life Commission
Roosevelt
National Grange
Department of Agriculture
United States
Jury panel exhausted in Hains murder trial
A special panel of 150 talesmen in the Captain Peter C. Hains Jr murder case failed to produce a juror as most prospects declared bias or moral objections. Only five men remain in the jury box as the trial stalls amid divergent views on the defendant’s guilt.
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Flushing
Peter C. Hains, Jr
William F. Annis
Annis
Hains
Albany style shows town keeping own plant for reliability
City officials who visited Albany report praise for its self owned light plant kept ready for operation. Albany relies on its own setup rather than cheaper external current, while the Coctawhatchee bight and Water Pier Co eyes a deal with Dothan to supply and resell current, leveraging water power for possible savings.
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Albany
Coctawhatchee Bight and Water Pier Co
Dothan
Mr Rockefeller's Eagle Stone and Superstitions Echoed
A long column mixes anecdotes about famous figures who kept lucky tokens from Napoleon to Nelson, then shifts to local notes about Dothan visitors, a fire alarm drill, and a personality essay arguing self destiny. It weaves superstition with civic events and a motivational tone.
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John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Augustus
Napoleon
Grant
China
Admiral Nelson
Victory
Lord Wolseley
Cobb
Dothan Officials Inspect Albany Water Works and Power
A six member Dothan Alabama delegation toured Albany’s municipal water works and electric light plant at noon to study the system and the contract with the power company. The visit aimed to assess Albany’s electrical setup and potential for Dothan’s planned water power plant project.
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Albany
Power Company
Dothan
HA. Tarve
8. B. Brown
C. W. Tift
The
Water Works and Electric Commission
First National Bank Capital Stock and Surplus Listed
The page lists bank equity figures with capital stock and surplus totaling $550,000.04 and mentions officers including Carmichael as President, RK Malone as Vice-President, Malone as Cashier, and Robi Boyd as Assistant Cashier. The item is described as the largest bank in Southeast Alabama with a courteous customer approach.
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Alabama
Carmichael
Ib RK. Malone
If. Malone
Robi Boyd
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Haines
W. S. Harlan
Lockhart
Covington County
Senator Cummins
Iowa
Igador Aldrich
MR. Rockefeller
Sherils
Tarver
Gamewell
James
Daily Eagle
First National Bank
United States Depository
Sea
Prejudice
America
Grant Clothing Co
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