Prussian Regulation of Waterways Policy Shifts
Vice Consul Poole outlines Prussian waterway law authorizing state funded hydroelectric development on the Weser and Lippe. State builds power plants and distributes electricity, with bonds or treasury notes financing. The 1913 act divides waterways into three classes with state ownership and eminent domain. local associations aid navigation, flood protection, and water management under state supervision.
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United States
de Witt C. Poole, Jr
Germany
Prussia
Lippe
Hamm
Weser
Dorveden
Upper Weser
Locke
Treasury
Ministry of Public Works
Rhine-Weser
Baltic
Empire
The Mobile Item Company Personnel and Contact Line
The Mobile Item Company of Mobile Alabama lists James C Van Antwerp as President and C B Hanson as Vice President and General Manager. Albert Hanson is noted as Foreign Advertising Manager with additional Mobile and New York contact details. Sunday-only edition info and carrier rates are briefly described.
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the Mobile Item Company, Inc
ST. ST. Mobile
Ala
James C .van Antwerp
Antwerp C. B. Hanson
Oe v. Bush
Associated Press
International News 8
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Albert Hanson
Item Bufidine
Mobile
Fifth Ave
New York
Aiusiness
Eistorial
News Bell
Home
Bel
A Line o Cheer Year Opening Poem By Bangs
A LINE O CHEER Each Day o Year by John Kendrick Bangs invites readers to escape the busy markets for starry nights and tropical days. It extols nature, woodlands, meadows, hills, blue skies, and serene air as gifts that bring joy away from daily cares.
Inviting the President to Mobile for Panama Canal Celebration
A Washington telegram outlines mobilizing a strong Southern Commercial Congress push to invite President Wilson to Mobile for the Panama Canal Celebration on October 27. Alabama leaders, with governors and interstate delegations, plan a broad invitation effort across multiple states and Piedmont cities to draw vast crowds.
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Washington
Southern Commercial Congress
Mobile
D. C
Panama
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
North Carolina
Virginia
South
Louisiana
Birmingham
Montgomery
Gadsden
Decatur
Anniston
New Orleans
Atlanta
Charlotte
Spartansburg
Raleigh
Salisbury
Goldsboro
Piedmont
Governor Hall
Association of Commerce of
Owens
Woodrow Wilson
Why Not Mobile for Armor Plant
The article argues for locating a government armor plate plant in Mobile citing its sheltered harbor close Gulf of Mexico access and potential free site offers. It notes southern raw materials, Alabama’s rail and river links, and the strategic Gulf location as essential for national needs and wartime efficiency.
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Daniels
Mobile
Gulf of Mexico
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Carribbean Sea
Panama
Congress
South
Alabama
Ala- 1
Atl
Press and Railways Alliance urges cooperative community growth
President W. W. Finley of the Southern Railway told the North Carolina Press Association that press and railways share core goals in local development. He urged fair criticism grounded in economic realities to aid transportation facilities and avoid prejudice.
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W. W. Finley
The
Southern Railway
North Carolina Press Association
President Wilson names literary men to European ambassadorships
The president signals a shift in diplomacy by appointing literary figures to European posts. The move, viewed as expanding cultural influence, could reassign duties from traditional political envoys to authors and scholars.
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Wilson
Kaieas City
New Members Face Office Crunch in Early House Expansion
Washington dispatch details how thirty six new House members, after the 435-seat reapportionment, must occupy Maltby building quarters or camp on the sidewalk. Leaders pledge an extra story to ease the shortage, while newcomers grumble at being treated as marginal legislators.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
House
Congress
Baltby
Chamber
Arizona
New Mexico
Capitol
Doolittle
Country's Resources Make Big Fortunes
New York dispatch surveys wealth estimates of Anthony N Brady and other magnates. Official appraisals show far lower totals than sensational guesses, with Brady and Vanderbilt fortunes explained through trusts, family transfers, and controlled holdings rather than direct wealth.
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New York
Anthony N. Brady
William C. Whitney
C. P. Huntington
E. H. Harriman
William’ H Vanderite
Vanderbilt
Commodore Vanderbilt
Brady
New York State
Carnegie Trust
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Carnegie
Steel Corporation
Carnegie Steel Company
Word Crafting by the Bard and His Wife Joke
A London dinner tale recalls a famed poet who woke his wife at 4 am to jot down a good word. After an hour a new spark struck, and he woke her again to note a better word. An American guest quips that if she were his wife she would say get up yourself I thought of a bad word.
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London
Maria
Alpheus
Brady’s Vision and Wealth Shaped New York Transport History
The narrative praises Anthony N Brady and contemporaries like Carnegie and Phipps for turning opportunity into wealth. It notes Brady’s Albany ties, his push for urban transport expansion in Greater New York, notably Bronx growth, and his faith in public service boards guiding electricity fueled development.
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Anthony N. ‘Brady Haze
Will
Brady
Theodore N. Vail
United States
Albany
Public Service Board
Russell Sage
Anthony M. Brady
William C., Whitney
Roswell P. Flower
Greater
New York
Broadway
Bronx
City of
Brook
Long Island
Governor Flower
Cremiu Peertecision
Kings
Caps
Usex
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Gaandits
Boes
OUTA
Taxe Medicing
Sik
ME Alone
Opfman
John Kendrick Bangs
Press and Railways
Washington Comment
Holland
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