Steamer Line Quarantine Rule Sparks Port Debate
The States Public Health Service enforces vessel quarantine at disembarkation ports causing delays and added costs for mobile steamship operators. The local firm argues the policy unjustly penalizes them, seeks relief, while praising health safeguards at the Port of Mobile. The Chamber of Commerce backs a balanced stance and awaits guidance from the attorney general.
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States
Public Health Service
Fly
Disd
Steamship Company
Eady
Chamber of Com
Steamship Com
Mobile
Canjon
Good Roads Day Call Urges Alabama Citizens Aid Roads
Charles Henderson urged Mantion residents to join Good Roads Day by contributing to road sections in their communities. He described existing roads as needing ongoing maintenance and argued for organized efforts to fund and complete road projects.
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Charles Henderson
Alabama
Georgian Navy Exonerates Col Perkins After Eight Years
The long saga of Col Constantine M. Perkins, a Georgian from Rome, ends with restoration to his navy rank after a decade of persecution. Described as the Dreyfus of the American Navy, Perkins faced a hostile clique that sought his resignation and branded him insane. Congress and the Taft administration ultimately vindicated him, with Secretary Daniels supporting the restoration and the ring criticized for years of political maneuvering.
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Col
Constantine M. Perkins
United States Navy
Dreyfus
Col. Perkins
Rome
Col. Perkina
Taft
Congress
Tropics
Canal Zone
Washington
Navy
George von L. Meyer
House Naval Committee
Senate
Mann
House
Josephus Daniels
Naval
Alabama leaders push aid for the blind and a workshop school
The piece highlights Helen Keller and Birmingham native Lilith Woodruff, who promote blind support, and Representative John Laverty’s proposal for a $25,000 State Industrial School and Workshops for the Blind. It argues such work would transform blind residents into productive workers and notes curiosity about lawyers’ next moves regarding the Thaw case.
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Alabama
Helen Kellar
Helen “Lilith Woodruff
Birmingham
New York
New York Society For the Blind
John
Laverty
Talladega
Mobile Visit Highlights L N Railway Officials and Local Notes
Louisville and Nashville official Charles Marshall visits Mobile for business with Grand Bay legal matters delaying, while expressing strong freight and passenger outlook and plans for Sunday excursions next year. Local residents urge street repairs and Pratt Consolidated expands coal exports with the Maxine derrick barge boosting bunker operations. Hotel registers list numerous visitors from Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and New Orleans, indicating Mobile as a growing Gulf port hub.
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Charles, Marshall
New Orleans and Mobile
Louisville and Nashville Road
Mobile
Grand Bay
Gulf City
Marshall
Louisville
Nashville
Pratt Consolidated
H. E. McCormick
Munson Line
Gulf Refining Extends EightHour Shift to All Workers
Houston Aug 11 Gulf Refining Co extends the eight hour system to all employees at Port Arthur and Fort Worth refineries effective Aug 16. The order affects about 1500 men and will provide 400 to 500 additional positions.
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Houston
Texas
Gulf Refining Company
Port Arthur and
Fort Worth
Yaryan Naval Stores Plant Sold in Gulfport
The Yaryan Naval Stores plant in Gulfport was sold yesterday by order of the receiver for 25000 dollars. Empire Investment Company, representing 97 percent of creditors and original stockholders, purchased the plant. Representatives of the firm attended the sale.
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Yaryan Naval Stores Plant
Gulfport
Miss
Yaryan Naval Stores Chapacy
Empire Investment Company
Two Views on Enforcement of Dry Law in Alabama
In Robertsdale Alabama on August 8 1915 readers debate the crackdown on illegal saloons or blind pigs. The editor cites rising penalties and public support for strict dry law enforcement, including a poem about a man running two blind pigs and facing jail.
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Robertsdale
Ala
Mobile Item
David Gbisel
Curtiss Military Biplane Sets Two Passenger Altitude Records
In Buffalo on August 11 the new Curtiss military tractor biplane set two altitude records for passenger flights. Pilot Raymond V. Norris carried two passengers to 8,200 feet on the first flight and three passengers to 8,300 feet on the second, completing the ascent in 36 minutes.
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Buffalo, N
Glenn H. Curtiss
Raymond V. Norris
Mississippi committee closes charges of fraud in primary
A Mississippi committee tables fraud charges tied to the August 3 primary and calls for an investigation. Official returns from nine counties are missing, delaying official results until these are received. The committee notes ethics concerns and awaits further action by the attorney.
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Mississippi
Do You Know Your County Of Mobile
Do you know that Mobile county produces superior peanuts and other farm produce and could start a large peanut industry if processing facilities were built. Mobile grown fruits and vegetables are fresher and better than shipped goods, so ask for Mobile grown.
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Mobile
Mobile County
Virginia
Carsolines
Texas
Chicago
Mobile’county
Italy
Baldwin
Question Box: Coin values and Bible italics explained
The column answers questions about coin values and home canning. A silver 1858 dime has no premium while certain 1837 1845 and 1459 pennies are not rare. notes on 1859 cents being worth 20 percent above face and methods to prevent musty jar odors. Italic words in Bible show added translator supply for clarity.
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Ans
Bosch Magneto to Switch to Eight-Hour Day in Springfield
The Bosch Magneto Company in Springfield employing 1,000 workers said after September 2 it will operate on an eight hour basis. Wages will stay the same as for a nine and a half hour day.
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Springfield
Mass
Bosch Magneto Company
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Selma
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Magnolia Springs
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Gaines McCrary
Wagar
J. W. Kimbrough
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Macon
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Oak, Ala
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Gulf Refining Co
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