Jefferson Birthday Retold as Nation’s Founding Figure
A 1916 remembrance celebrates Thomas Jefferson born in Albermarle County Virginia one hundred seventy two years earlier and dying on July 4 1826. It highlights his presidency 1800 election with Adams Burr Pinckney Jay and the House decision, the Louisiana Purchase, diplomacy, embargo against England and Spain, and his Jeffersonian democracy legacy.
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Jefferson
Ah Jefferson
United States
Albermaarle County
Virginia
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Adams
Burr
Pinckney
Jay
American Republic
Louisiana Purchase
Francce
England
Spain
Congress
Letter on Fly Swat Appeal During Clean-Up Week
A reader in The Item critiques the timing of the city health authorities fly-swatting appeal tied to a governor issued clean-up week. The writer suggests better outreach to houses and women’s clubs and notes barrels near mutual sheds as mosquito breeding sites needing eradication.
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Henderson
Moses
W R Nelson Dies in Harness Leader of Kansas City Papers
W R Nelson owner and editor of the Kansas City Star and Times died Tuesday morning after a lingering illness. A powerful journalist and political influence, he shaped Republican strategy west of the Mississippi and backed honest elections to the end. The Democratic party owes him a debt for helping secure a major victory years ago.
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W. R. Nelson
William Rockhinl Nelson
Kansas City Star
Kansas City Times
America
Horace Greeley
Charles A. Dana
James Gordon Bennet
Henry W. Grady
Henry Grady
Nélson
Republican Party
Mississippi River
United States
Nelson
Taft
Kansas City
Associated Press
Democratic Party
Steel billets shipped from Birmingham via Mobile liner
The British steamship Alexandrian, cleared from Mobile yesterday by Mobile Line, carried 1 525 tons of steel billets from Birmingham mills. With Warrior River locks and dams due mid month the Alabama mineral district gains river transport to cheaper bunker coal and lower shipping costs, boosting Mobile as a shipping hub and the region as a steel supplier.
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Alexandrian
Mobile Linery, Inc
Steel Mills
Birmingham
Mobile
Alabama
Warrior River
Alabama Mineral District
Mobile citrus growers organize for mutual gain
Mobile County growers imitate the Florida Citrus Exchange model to unite farmers and build the infant citrus industry in southern Alabama. The piece notes that hard times educate and stresses keeping unity to avoid dissension harming collective profits.
Growers urged to unite for better fruit marketing
The Item notes dissension among growers and urges counties to form and coordinate citrus producer organizations. It praises county efforts to create local corporations and recommends a parent mutual-benefit body. An exchange under Chamber of Commerce oversight is in embryo, aimed at fair handling and growth of Mobile county farming. Time to organize is now.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mobile County
ARDENT SUPPORTER CALLS FOR TIMELY CLEAN UP WEEK AID
A reader questions why Health Department clean up appeal was delayed a week and urges faster action to back Governor Henderson's April 5 clean up week. The writer credits the Federation of Women's Clubs for Mobile's efforts and warns water barrels under municipal sheds bred mosquitoes last year, risking sickness.
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Health Department
Henderson
Alabama
Mobile
Federation of Woman's Clubs
Bank Sues McAdoo and Williams Over Damaging Efforts
Riggs National Bank of Washington filed legal action against Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Comptroller Williams. The bank seeks to halt alleged efforts to ruin its business and protect its operations.
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Bank
McAdoo
Williams
Washington
Riggs National Bank
Escaped Convict Shot and Captured in Birmingham
The convict department announced the capture of Louis Newton a desperate white convict after he shot at officers yesterday in Birmingham Alabama Newton had escaped from the state stockade at Spencer's March 1 and was serving twenty years for larceny.
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Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
Louis Newton
Newton
Spelgner
Austria to Cast Out Refugees From Galicia Province
London April 13 A Budapest dispatch reports that Austria and Hungary will expel Galician refugees counted in hundreds of thousands as undesirable aliens. Austria will place those crossing its border into concentration camps.
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Austria
Galicia
London
Budapest
Post
Hungary
Czar Honors French Officers and Soldiers
Paris dispatch says the Emperor of Russia decorated sixty one French officers five hundred non commissioned officers and seven hundred soldiers for bravery. Officers received the orders of St Vladimir St Anne and St Stanislaus non commissioned officers the Cross of St George and the men the medal of St George.
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Paris
Russia
St. Vladimir
St. Anne
St. Stanislaus
St. George
Fairhope Briefs: births, injuries, visits noted
The school improvement association met at Mrs. A. O. Berglin's. Mrs. Roy Hauser of Mobile is visiting her parents, the G. A. Mershons. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Thornton in east Fairhope. Irene Bell injured her hip in a fall at the country club house but recovery is hoped. A son arrived to Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Horning. Crichton visitors included Mr. T. J. Price and wife and Mrs. Anderson with hosted visits to local residents.
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F. L. Horning
T. J. Price
Anderson
Crichton
Mrs. Price
E. C. Sloosson
D. S. Magnuson
Chamber of Commerce Membership Committee Meeting
The membership committee of the chamber of commerce will meet at 2 45 oclock Wednesday afternoon in the chamber rooms to discuss plans for enlarging the organization. Regular weekly meetings will be held at this hour henceforth until further notice, announced by Chairman W W Croom.
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Ways and Means
The
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
W. W. Croom
Popular Craze Sparks Faith and Dance Debate
A Kansas City Journal item notes adults once were expelled from church for dancing while contrasting attitudes toward clergy and community norms. The piece reflects ongoing tension between modern behavior and religious guidance within the flock.
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Dancng
Papas Cemene
Kangas City
The Foundling Soldier Marries for a Widow’s Aid
Wounded Corporal Martin recounts a nontraditional marriage to a woman who saved a dying girl by reviving her and later wed to secure government support. He discovers his wife is truly Marie, and a nurse helps reunite them, ending the doubt of divorce.
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Martin
Mademoiselle
Mardemoiselle
Maidemoiselle
DeBriere's Cafe Wins Best Coffee Flavor Title
Readers praise DeBriere's Famous Java Coffee as the top brew at the cafe. The article highlights the cafe’s quick service and popular cooks delivering standout coffee in a busy wartime era.
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Cup DeBriere
Fantasma at Empire brings Hanlon Brothers to town
The Hanlon Brothers famous Fantasma spectacle returns in a five part Edison adaptation at the Empire starting tomorrow. The act, dating back to the Civil War era, features Pico the clown played by George Hanlon Jr. and showcases renowned stage tricks. Admission is 5 cents for children and 10 cents for adults.
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Hanlon Brothers
Edison
Empire On
Seven Hanlon Brothers
Europe
Win Clark
Prince
le Voyage En Suisse
George Hanlon, Jr
Pico
Empire Amusements Show Runaway June and More Tonight
The Empire screens the thirteenth Runaway June episode with Hazards of Helen and Hearst Selig News Pictorial. Fantasma, five reels, opens tomorrow with Hanlon Brothers cast led by George Hanlon Pico. Adults 10 cents, children 5 cents.
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the Empire
Helen
Helen Holmes
Hearst-Selig News
Edison
Hanlon Brothers
George Hanlon
Pico
Marriage Vows In Presence Of Priest And Nobility
Corporal Martin declares he will only be truly married after his lieutenant, a priest, pronounces him man and wife. He asks Yvonne de Pelizy Lussac to witness, expressing joy at being wed before clergy and nobility. The moment astonishes him as he contemplates his union.
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Corporal Martin
Marie
Yvonne de Pelizy-Lussac
Street Car Workers Press for Fair Wages in Transit Debate
A committee of Mobile street car employees told the Finance and Taxation Committee that they are mostly family men and permanent residents earning living wages. They argue jitneys, paying 12 to 12.5 cents per hour and not taxed or insured, create unfair competition and could drive wage reductions. Street car workers report grueling hours from 4 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. in all weather while jitneys operate on flexible hours.
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Finance and Taxation Committee
Mobile
Sing Sing Prisons Adds Telegraphy School
Western Union officials announced aid to Sing Sing convicts learning telegraphy and aiding release. Telegraph equipment has been sent for a school of telegraphy with sixty prisoners enrolled.
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New York
Sing Sing Prison
Western Union Telegraph Company
Sing Sing
William Rockhill Nelson dies aged 74 editor of the Kansas City Star
William Rockhill Nelson, editor and owner of the Kansas City Star, died at his home in Kansas City on April 13. He had been in ill health for months and confined to his house since December. Uraemic poisoning was the cause. He remained active in Star management until about a month before his death and had long served as an Associated Press director.
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Kansas City
William Rockhill Nelson
The
Kansas City Star
Nelson
Star
Associated Press
Give Me Ammunition If You Want Results Says General French
Field Marshal Sir John French urged more ammunition at a London recruiting meeting saying heavy fire saves lives and will allow a great move to break through the Germans. He asserted the need to pound the enemy regardless of expense and shells used. Also an ad promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as invigorating and malaria-fighting.
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London
John French
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