Strange Stands Put In Argument With C1 Board
County Engineer Strange defends Hall’s Mill Road improvements noting narrow 16 foot sections, deep ditches, and overflow risks. He favors widening and a south ditch pipe 24 inches, avoids 30 inch north pipe, and backs cypress lumber braces. He argues maintenance costs lower and contractor work will finish to standard despite criticism.
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Strange
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Halls Mill Road
W. H. Holcombe
Hall's Mill
W. H. Holecombe
Neve
Lready
Andrews
Brannan
La Follette and Root Clash Over Postal Strike Issue
Washington Aug 13 Senator Root and Senator La Follette clashed over post office funding and whether it would allow postal workers to strike. La Follette denied sanctioning any bill authorizing strikes while Root pressed for clarity. debate centered on a provision to bar postal workers from affiliating with outside groups. The amendment to bar secret organizations failed 31 to 20 amid sharp exchanges.
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Washington
Senator Root
Senator la Follette
la Fallette
Root
Wisconsin
Mr. la Follette
American Federation of Labor
Post Office Senate
Senate Today
la Follette
Post Office
Follette
Smith
South Carolina
France
Sutherland
Senator Smith
Crawford
Death of Dr Theo Hansmann in Washington
Dr Theo Hansmann longtime Washington physician of the era when Lincoln and Carl were prominent figures dies. He practiced for decades and was counted among the capital’s leading doctors. His passing marks the end of a notable medical career in the nation’s capital.
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Theo. Hansmann
Washington
Theodore Hansmann
Lincoln
Carl
Kenyon Probes Interstate Commerce Law in Resolution
Washington August 13 Senator Kenyon asked for an investigation into the operation of the interstate commerce law. The inquiry seeks details on rate making by the commission proof required for challenged rates burdens on the public and potential discrimination among localities and commodities among other proposed reforms.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Law
Kenyon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Congress
Mohr Denies Water Reservoir Cleaning Claim
Commissioner Vons challenged Health Officer Mohr over remarks given to The Register in a morning interview. Mohr disputed the claim that the reservoir had just been cleaned out for the first time in a decade, saying it had not been thoroughly cleaned for a long time and questioning the source facts.
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Register
J.vons
Mohr
Noor
Young Women Taken Captives by Rebels in Train Attack
Mexican rebels led by Amador Salazar abducted two young women from a train raid near Tiruman. Eleven passengers who hid along the tracks described looting by insurrectos and a mother cradling a dead baby after the attack. Federal troops pursued the rebels in the aftermath.
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Mexico City
Mex
Amador Salazar
Tiruman
Mexican Rebels Concentrate Near Border. No U S Infiltration Reported
Mexican rebels are concentrating near numerous border towns as rebel chief Orozco pools forces at Juarez, per war department reports from Colonel Steever in El Paso. American cavalry patrols have not reported rebels entering U S territory.
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Washington
Orozco
Juarez
War Department
Steever
el Paso
United States
Five Rebels Kill Hancock Texas in Saotaney Clash
In Hancock Texas Saotaney battle sixty rebels faced federals. Five rebels were killed, several wounded, and nine captured. Local authorities report the clash with ongoing patrols and no immediate arrests.
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Hancock
Texas
Restrict Taking of Reef Oysters
Oystermen from Herron Bay press the Oyster Commission to halt depletion of natural reefs by planters. The commission closes Pass Herron beds to planting, permitting harvest only west of Mullet Point to Little Point Clear and excluding east Pass Herron reefs. A Bayou la Batre plea seeks protection of limited beds feeding local consumption.
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Oyster Commission
Herron Bay
Pass Herron
Mobile Bay
Mullet Point
Little Point Clear
East Pass Herron
Mobile
Bayou i Bie Asc
Approves Plans for Rat Survey in Mobile
Surgeon J H White of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service in New Orleans endorses Dr Charles A Mohr of Mobile Ala plan for a rat survey and related maritime regulations. He urges local officials to adopt the measures to reduce plague danger and gain citizen backing to make Mobile plague-proof.
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Surgeon White
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
New Orleans
Mohr
Mobile
Mobile Commission
J. H. White
P. H
M. H
Reversal of the Engines Saves Steamer Corsican
Montreal August 13 The Corsican met an ice berg in the Bell Isle straits and the engines were reversed on warning. The impact was slight and Captain Cook said damage was only above the waterline. He planned to proceed to Liverpool with no assistance. no one was injured.
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Montreal
Straits of
Bell Isle
Cook
Liverpool
City Commission approves three cent rat bounty east of Conception Street
Mobile officials adopt a resolution offering three cents per rat captured east of Conception Street during August. Health Officer Mohr aims to remove rats and requires exact capture locations, with prosecutions for false claims.
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Mobile
Conception Street
Charles A. Mohr
City Commission
Schwarz
City of
Mohr
Day in Congress Shows Post Office Bill Vote Planned
Senate resumes post office appropriation debate with a 4 pm vote set. Senator Kenyon moves a resolution to probe interstate commerce law since enactment. Representative Lloyd testifies before the campaign fund committee. House opens two hour debate on the wood tariff revision to overcome Taft veto.
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Senate
Kenyon
Lloyd
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
House
Taft
Robbery charge in hotel employee garments theft
Willie Ross, described as a negro, was held in $200 bond to the city court grand jury on a grand larceny charge. He allegedly gained access to the Cawthon Hotel employee lockers and stole four watches and other jewelry.
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Cawthon Hotel
Willie Ross
City Court Grand
Hale
Ross
Armbrecht may not remain as district attorney
In the absence of official word on his resignation, William H. Armbrecht says he cannot confirm whether Attorney General Wickersham will keep him in charge or hand the role to Alex Howard until a successor is named. The article notes strong interest and speculation over who will become U S district attorney for the southern district of Alabama and potential paths to the judgeship of the district court.
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United States
Southern District of
Alabama
William H.armbrecht
Wickersham
Alex Howard
United States District Attoney
United States District Court
Toulmin
Department of Justice
Seaga
Wm. H. Armbrecht
Armbrecht
Armee
Mr. Armbrecht
Garfield
Cooley
Outelder
Taft
Parsons
Montgomery
Frederick W. Bromberg
A. T. Deans
Deans
Roosevelt
Fred W. Bacho
Messrs
Rich Smith
John E. Mitchell
Mobile
P. D. Barker
Mobile White Way lighting proposed for business district
A call for Duke of Merchants on Dauphin and Royal streets to extend the illuminated arches to the entire business area. The city would supply electricity as merchants collaborate to transform streets like Bienville Square into a nighttime beacon attracting visitors and signaling Mobile's progress.
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Dauphin Street
Royal
Bienville Square
Royal, Dauphin
St. Francis
Government
Mobile
Lowest bid for asphalt paving rejected by city board
City commissioners met to review bids for asphalt paving with money not yet available from a bond sale. The Alabama Asphalt Paving Company bid $1.54 and was initially rejected. Long & Heats bid $1.89 was accepted. The board discussed material specifications and directed bidders to clearly state materials.
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Mur Pillans
Pillans
Alabama
John EB. Donelson
The
Phalt
Aspha
Alaling Company
Proudie
Bama Paving Company
Mr. Donelson
Spi
GB. M. Clark
Lyons
Gea Sanders
Ed R Son
Fidelity& Case Company
Alliance Insurance Pany
Philadelphia Underwriters
Unix Insurance Co
Secretary of War
Char
Osborne Willis Held Without Bail by Recorder Hale
A court record states Osborne Willis, a Black man, was ordered jailed without bail by Recorder Hale. The entry notes a grand jury section and references an ongoing case.
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Osborne Willis
Ball Ted
Hale
Ayweit
Grand Jury
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I. C.C. Law
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Shuman
Babe
State Commission
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Bayou la Barre
Young Rockefeller
New York
Rosenthal
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
James B. Reynolds
City
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Doctor Mohr
Mayer
International Congress
Washington, D. C
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