The Fair a Certainty and Gulf Coast Land Purchase
The Gulf Coast Fair directors buy Jossen tract adjoining the new city park and postpone the fair to next year. Opening this fall is deferred due to unsettled European conditions, with hopes the war’s settlement will spur demand for American products and benefit Mobile and the Gulf Coast. Public works may proceed to employ labor and fix grounds at lower costs, strengthening the fair as a local institution through cooperative leadership and regional prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jossen
Gulf Coast
Fair Association
Mobile
Europe
Months of Gulf Storms Warn Mariners on Gulf Coast
The article notes August September and October as storm months for mariners on the gulf coast and discusses weather reporting difficulties during wartime. It recalls historic storms in 1900 and 1906, cites an authority's tropical storm counts from 1878 to 1900, and mentions public political cartoon imagery related to New Orleans.
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Gulf Coast
Weather Bureau
Outer Gulf
Caribbean
Europe
Galveston
Texas
Tropics
Hope for Harbor Work Amid War Turmoil and Delayed Bills
The article describes factory closures and railway layoffs caused by wartime disruptions as congress stalls the river and harbor budget. It notes 136 projects suspended or at risk by Sept 15 and highlights Mobile Bay’s channel maintenance needs with a $10,000 emergency allocation. Senators Burton, Borah, and Kenyon face pressure to pass the bill to avert broader disruption.
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Congress
Army Engineers
Sparkman
Rivers and Harbors Committee
The
House
Engineers Department
Department
Gulf of Mexico
Port of
Mobile
War Department
Mobile Bay
Burton, Borah and
Kenyon
Senate
Coal Trade Opens New South American Market
Eight South American nations bought 63.3 million dollars of coal in a year with the United States at 4.22 million and Britain plus Australia totaling 53.23 million. Argentina Brazil and Chile are top consumers and the Panama Canal promise removes transport barriers. The article highlights Alabama as a potential coal hub if a waterway to Mobile is built.
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United States
Great Britain
Australia
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
South America
Venezuela
Colombia
South American
Peru
Ecuador
Bolivia
Panama Canal
United State
Alabama
Mobile
It will be remembered in the Aisle of Spica
The column recalls a political conspiracy setting and notes a brick as a metaphor for opposition to Commissioner Pillans who refused to become conspirators. A rail car mishap is mentioned where a passenger slipped into an upper berth, stepping on a man in the lower berth who is described as a white hope.
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Pillans
Spica
Bill
Somme
Sault
Nature's first law and the food price crisis
A New York World editorial argues food profiteering requires new laws and federal action. It claims sellers profit from inflated prices, contrasts U.S. and European wartime controls, and urges use of state and federal powers to curb speculation and exports to prevent national starvation and conflict.
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Europe
Stock Exchange
Mitchelwell
New York
Germany
Austria
Russia
England
United States
New York World
Oyster catching in Alabama discussed by readers and oystermen
In a letter to the editor F. P. Vaughan describes Alabama oyster industry practices from September season opening. He notes boats tonging from shell beds near Dauphin Island and Mobile schooners collecting catches by afternoon. He praises local oystermen with family traditions and warns that success requires business sense and experience.
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Alabama
Mobile
Dauphin Island
F. P. Vaughan
Auto Accident Claim From a Westward Car Trip
A car hired by a gentleman and his female companion breaks down en route to the West. The vehicle explodes after a gas issue, damaging engine and wheels. The owner claims five hundred dollars for the loss of earnings as the car lies abandoned on the road. The report comes from the Manhattan Automobile Club Bulletin.
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Manhattan Automobile Club Bulletin
Campaign Against Soft Drink Makers Violating Law Planned
C H Billingsley state pure food and drug clerk plans a wholesale campaign against soft drink manufacturers violating state pure food laws on labeling. He returns from Birmingham after investigating several alleged violations and will issue a statement later on the matter.
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Montgomery
C. H. Billingsley
Pure Food and Drug
Birmingham Excise Chairmanship Sought by Two Applicants
J B Rosenstihl of Birmingham and G W Pratt of Birmingham each filed for the Birmingham excise commission chairmanship to succeed W C Agee. Rosenstihl appeared before Governor O Nea l today, Pratt was here Saturday. It is not known when the decision will be announced. Agee is not expected to seek re appointment.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. B. Rosenstihl
Birmingham
Birmingham Excise Commission
W. C. Agee
O'Neal
G. W. Pratt
Washington Letter on War Impact on US Trade Figures
Victor Elliott reports that the European war threatens to cut off imports and exports, detailing eleven month trade totals of 1.76 billion dollars in imports and 2.21 billion in exports, plus duty revenues and shifts in commodity flows. The piece cites Commerce Department data on agricultural implements, horses, breadstuffs, coal, cloth, canned salmon, bacon, lard, oils, and precious metals, noting expected declines in duty income and possible market changes for US merchant shipping and exports.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
Wilson
Congress
United States
Austria-Hungary
Atlantic
Europe
Department of Commerce
France
Germany
Russia
Treasury
Malbern
Customs Service
Santa Claus Captured as War Prisoner in Christmas Toy Plot
A Hartford Courant note explains Santa Claus, tied to German toy production, is now a prisoner of war. It says toy makers have halted work and Santa’s supply chain is disrupted, yet the article expresses hope he will outwit captors and still bring some gifts for children this Christmas.
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Santa Claus
Germany
Santa
Nuremburg
Hartford Courant
Advantage of Being Slow
A Boston Transcript note suggests Russians mobilizing late may find the war already ended, implying a rapid conclusion before their forces are fully prepared.
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Boston Transcript
Protection from Obscurity in China
The Philadelphia Record notes China seeks protection from obscurity as predatory nations are otherwise engaged.
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China
Philadelphia Record
Foraker Primary Returnmark Provokes False Alarm
The Ohio Republican primary returns suggest Joe Foraker turned in a false alarm. The remark plays on the idea of a claim of ignorance about a weapon being loaded as a real hazard.
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Joe Foraker
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Smith Company
Associated Press Report
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Southern Newspaper Publishers
Assa
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New Orleans
of the Nations
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Befell
West
Wilhelm
Columbia State
Philadelphia Ledger
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