Van Antwerp Company Opens Large Mobile Drug House
Mobile aug 23 1914 recording enterprise reports the Van Antwerp Company's new wholesale drug establishment at Royal and St Louis streets opening a vast emporium. The complex blends manufacturing wholesale and retail Chemists emphasize modern amenities telephones free, precision prescriptions, and elaborate soda fountains reflecting a major expansion in Mobile's drug trade. The piece highlights the founder Garet Van Antwerp as a respected civic figure and notes the shift from old apothecary signs to electric illumination and integrated business operations.
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Mobile
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van Antwerp Corporation
New York
All Classes Affected By Solvent Credits Tax Protest
The Item argues Governor O Neal misread the solvent credits tax reach noting protests come from all classes including low income groups. It explains five years back taxes on solvent credits hit wholesalers retailers and manufacturers, risking business and wholesale trade in Alabama.
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O'Neal
Mobile County
Supreme Court
de Graffenreid
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Justice de Graffenreich
Alabama
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Selma
New York
Farmer Upsets Manipulators Over City Food Hoarding
Alabama farmers led by economist E. J. Green exposed alleged profiteering by Chicago produce traders at a mass meeting. He cited 11-4 to 11-2 cent farm prices for sweet potatoes, yet retail prices as high as 8 cents, prompting a proposed city ordinance to curb combines and artificial value in Chicago markets. The council prepared a special session to consider the measure.
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E. J. Green
Alabama
Chicago
The
Chicago Tribune
Municipal Markets Commission
Gulf Coast Fair Plans in Mobile Move Forward
Mobile makes progress toward the Gulf Coast Fair as directors buy land beside the new bay front city park for future exhibition buildings. The public enterprise may invite a public competition among local architects to plan the structures for maximum public value.
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Mobile
City Park
Bay Front
Cost of living surge sparks New York debate
New York reports a growing cost of living as food prices rise since the war start. Citizens form committees and officials pursue alleged profiteers while households stock up, blaming both merchants and demand. A feature on The Old House at Home notes its old Irish host, atmospheric rooms, and writer clientele amid city concerns.
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New York
Fourteenth Street
When Williams Joined the Band
A humorous extract from George Kitch in the September American Magazine recounts Williams joining the Homeburg Saxophone Band in a Illinois village. He arrives with a saxophone, leads the group, and the town shifts to a saxophone heavy program while rival towns envy the newfound sound.
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George Kitch
Illinois
Homeburg
Williams
Plow Factory
Sim Atkinson
Ed Smith
Paynesville
Paynesvillians
Pecan Crop Prospects Rise in Wilcox County
The county expects a large pecan yield this year as about 4,000 trees currently grow in Wilcox. Experts anticipate ten times that number planted this fall, since pecans thrive where hickory nuts do and offer a solid money crop.
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United States
Wilcox
Famine, the grim monster of war looming in Europe
Aug 22 London reports famine as the looming consequence of a continental war. The note warns that while soldiers may escape, civilians face rising grain prices and food shortages. It asserts Europe cannot feed itself if imports stop and notes Britain could subsist only 21 days without imports.
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Therope
Frov
Paris
Europe
United States
British Isles
Great Britain
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Jess of the River romance charms readers in Canada
Theodore Goodridge Roberts portrays Jess Morgan daughter of Chief Morgan and Archie McElroy a river journey of love and peril on Blue Bend River. William Flint a secret service agent outwits Hedley Bean the whiskey peddler as they navigate family conflict notes and bold acts along the river.
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Canada
Theodore Goodridge Roberts
Jess
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Chief Morgan
Archie McElroy
William Flint
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Hedley Bean
Archie
Flint
Iovers
The Silver King Adaptation Heads to Moving Pictures
Alfred Wilson Barret adapts Henry Arthur Jones play The Silver King in a revival noted in England. The plot centers on Alfred Wilson Barret adaption and a dramatic scene where the hero laments losing yesterday. Three crooks rob Ware's home, Ware is killed, Denver flees to America, and confusion follows.
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Alfred Wilson Barret
Henry Arthur Jones
England
America
United States
Wilfred Denver
Geoffrey Ware
Denver
Ware
Corbett
Cripus
Skinner
the Spider
Senator-elect G. Ernest Jones proposes state department plan
The Item obtained a statement from Senator-elect G. Ernest Jones of Cilo Barbour county explaining his bills to create a state department of printing and to distribute school text books to Alabama school children at actual publication cost.
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G. Ernest Jones
Cilo
Barbour County
Tne Item
State Department of Printing
Alabama
Alabama text book reform plan targets high costs and North press
A proposed Alabama program would curb school book overcharges by creating a state printing department to print all official material and to publish textbooks via a state commission. The plan calls for uniform Alabama texts, strict specifications, and cash-only distribution to schools through county superintendents, with funds flowing to the state treasury.
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Mobile
Alabama
North
Supreme Court
Kansas
Washington
House
Senate
Text Book Commission
Text-Books Commission
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