Public protests Mobile solvent credit tax in 1908
Mobile residents rally over the solvent credits tax after the Alabama Legislature passed it and the Supreme Court upheld it. The measure, seen as an unfair levy on life insurance and business, could produce six years of back taxes with penalties and threaten the credit system. A protest meeting at the Cawthon Hotel aims to prompt state relief and wider opposition.
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Mobile
Supreme Court
Alabama
Jefferson County
Cawthon Hotel
Montgomery
Chance for the Termagants in British suffrage war plan
A wartime call urges forming a battalion of suffragettes led by General Pankhurst. The plan proposes arming them with modern equipment to capture Hamburg fortifications, claim military prowess for women, and imply rewards in peace if they succeed.
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General Pankhurst
Germany
Hamburg
Public Meeting Planned At Cawthon Hotel To Protest Tax Injustice
Citizens will gather tonight at the Cawthon Hotel to protest taxation injustice affecting the community. Organizers urge peaceful demonstration and call for fair tax treatment.
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Cawthon Hotel
Exposition May Face Postponement Amid War Talks
The San Francisco Exposition, long promoted with a hoped opening date, may be postponed as war and other events disrupt plans. Officials warn that large exhibitions and wartime factors collide, delaying the big show beyond the originally arranged schedule.
Mobile Port Eyes South American Trade Boom
The article argues that inviting foreign shipping under the neutral U S flag could boost Mobile’s commerce during Europe’s war era. It notes Mobile’s line to Argentina and Brazil, the likelihood of rail and steamship groups expanding South American links, and that Europe’s six hundred million dollars in annual South American trade may shift northward as European supplies wane. It predicts this as a major pre Civil War era opportunity.
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United States
Mobile
South America
Europe
Brazil
Important Cattle Sale in Meridian Next Week
Three sales of pure bred cattle including Hereford Aberdeen Angu s and Shorthorn will draw about a thousand cattlemen. Alabama and Mississippi Breed Associations run the auctions with emphasis on fair treatment and true stock value. The meeting features national reputations and key questions on the industry’s future development.
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South
Meridian
Alabama
Mississippi
Moratorium Defined And Wall Street's New Term
Readers learn moratorium means a suspension of obligations during a financial emergency. The term gains traction on Wall Street after a London cable and a U S ticker note suggest a wider moratorium, causing confusion before England’s general moratorium was announced.
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Wall Street
New York
London
England
Wide pay gaps exposed in teachers salaries across districts
A government probe finds wide variation in teacher pay. Public elementary teachers earn as high as 2,400 a year in New York City and as low as 45 a year in some rural locales. Administrative salaries also vary, with county superintendents paid 115 to 4,000 per year and college presidents from 900 to 12,400.
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New York City
Governor ONeal Missed Moratorium Opportunity
Governor ONeal failed to declare a moratorium against the solvent credit tax, missing a chance to pause the impact and protect economic relief efforts.
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O'Neal
European War Seen as a Family Fight Among Monarchies
A Louisville Courier-Journal analysis argues that the European war is a conflict within royal dynasties as intermarried houses stretch across Austria Hungary Germany Britain and Greece. It notes multiple marriages link rulers, crowns, and empires, and warns monarchies pursue advantage as war becomes big business.
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French Republic
Europe
Whene Francie Joseph
Austria
Hapsburg-Lorraine
Hapsburg
Switzerland
Habichtsburg
Hawk's Castle
Francis Stephen
Lorraine
House of Hapsburg
Spain
Charles I
Francis Joseph
Maximilian
Bavaria
Archduke Rudolph
Stephanie
Leopold
Belgium
Hohenzollerns
Frederick of
Greece
Nicholas
Michael Romanoff
Romanoffs
Czar
William
Alice
Hesse-Darmstadt
England
Irene
Sergius
Russia
Constantine
Alexandra
Saxe-Altenburg
Alexandra of Oldenburg
Montenegro
Helene
Italy
Michael
Cecelia
Baden
Anastasia
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Germany
Servia
Turkey
Zorka
Bulgaria
Victoria
Edward, Duke of Kent
George II
Mary Louise Victoria
Francis Frederick Antony
Saxe-Coburg-Saafeld
Frederick
Prince of Wales
Augusta
Saxe-Gotha
Albert
Saxe-Coburg
Edward VII
Great Britain
Denmark
Phillipe
Flanders
Marie of
Leopold II
Archduke Joseph of
Leopold I
Francis
Duke of
Charlotte
Elizabeth
Victor Emmanuel
Norway
Sweden
Holland
Alfonso
Ferdinand
Louisville Courier-Journal
The President's Attitude and Democratic Trade Policy
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt contrasts Wilsonian views with shifting public sentiment. It argues the Democratic stance favors broad foreign trade and interregional freedom, condemns business monopoly, and credits Wilson with challenging the financial oligarchy. The piece cites the Orleans States.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Wilson
Democratic Party
America
Orleans
Constance Medford Pursues Night Contingency
Constance Medford roams the street and stalks toward the Stony Brook bridge after a rumored car crash, fearing Ralph and seeking Tom Morton. John Hale shifts plans to search toward New York as Hen Mickens reports a wreck and the danger of the night grows.
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Constance Medford
Hale
New York
Elras
Tom Morton
Tom
Ralph
Constance
Homewood Avenue
Stony Brook
Stony Brook Bridge
Mr. Hale
John Hale
Jonh Hale
Robert
Mickens
Eufaula Plans Highway Linking to Montgomery
Eufaula Alabama August 6. Business leaders push a project to connect Eufaula with Montgomery by upgrading the Eufaula to Batesville and Comer road and extending to the Bullock county line to meet the Midway road. The plan aims for a first class year round highway through Barbour Bullock and Montgomery counties with Commercial Club backing.
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Eufaula
Ala
Montgomery
Board of Revenue of
Barbour County
Batesville
Comer
Bullock County
Eufaula and
Barbour
Bullock
Commercial Club
Sayville Wireless Sending Code Messages
Atlantic Communication Company's Sayville tower sent coded messages to German warships off the coast despite a Wilson order banning un neutral transmissions. A German employee says the codes came from cable offices of Postal Telegraph and Western Union in New York City.
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Associated Press
New York
Wilson
United States
Atlantic Communication Company
Sayvill
L. L
Postal Telegraph Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Cable Regulations Require French Messages to Switzerland
Western Union announces that all cable messages to Switzerland must be written in French and that no code messages will be transmitted. The decision was disclosed at the cable office in New York.
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Associated Press
New York
Switzerland
Western Union
Washington Fine Arts Commission Designs Capital Improvement Plan
The Washington Fine Arts Commission and its members outlined proposals for a 60 000 seat stadium in Potomac Park and parkway improvements. They discussed statues for Hamilton and Jefferson near the treasury and state department, public boathouses, golf, arboretum, and memorials to Meade and Green among others. The commission also reviewed portraits of Supreme Court jurists and other national heroes.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
Aug. T
Fine Arts Commission
Sien
Congress
Daniel C. French
Glendale
Mass
F. L. Olmstead
Brookline
Cass Gilbert
New York City
Edwin H. Blashfield
Chas. Moose
Detroit
Mich
Pierce Anderson
Chicago
William W.harts
Engineer Corps
District of Columbia
Thomas Hastings
National Capital
Department of the Interior
United States
Hague Peace Palace
Potomac Park
Potomac River
gseNate
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Capitol
Union Station
Hamilton
Treasury Building
Jefferson
State Department
United States Army
Treasury
Weehawken
Aaron Burr
France
Fuller
Supreme Court
Meade
Gettysburg
Nathaniel Green
Fox
South
Farmers foresee how wheat windfall will move money
H A Selden of Topeka speaking at Raleigh says Kansas farmers will receive more than 100 million from wheat this year. They will pay banks 25 million in notes and 15 million for harvest expenses, with 10 million for other notes. They will settle 25 million with local merchants and wholesalers, and may lift mortgages worth 25 million. Ten million may buy autos, and about 15 million will go to banks as future funds.
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H. A. Selden
Topeka
Raleigh
Kansas
Washington Post
Cotton Not Ready for Weeks War Outlook in 1914
The Birmingham Ledger predicts the cotton harvest won’t reach market for six weeks. It notes war in Europe likely to last six weeks to two months with Germany and Austria as dominant forces. It argues prices may dip in September but rebound to natural levels by October.
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France
England
Europe
Germany
Austria
Birmingham Ledger
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Emer
Virginia Terhune van DE Water
Sayville Wireless
Cable Regulations
Old Mobile
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