Jacksonville business men boost South Florida fair
Thirty Jacksonville businessmen form a committee to promote a future fair in a South Florida metropolis. They urge supporting visitors and letters that invite others to come, hoping Mobile county and surrounding areas gain via a similar booster effort and attract people from near and far interested in agriculture and related pursuits.
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Jacksonville
Fila
South Florida
Mobile
Mobile County
Ountry
Mississippi Candidates and Music Honor Hail
A Mississippi note estimates 5000 political candidates losing sixty days yearly and wasting about 900000 dollars in wealth creation plus 450000 dollars in campaign expenses. The piece lauds the First Infantry band of Mobile and its role near the Capital City, praising Professor Suffich and the Guard’s musician members.
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Mississippi
Acto
Ippi
Montgomery Journal
Mobile
National Guard
Professor Suffich
Speed Demon Endicott True Blue Every Way
Bil Endicott, famed speed pilot, sends a post race rush message to his little daughter after each race. His devotion to the girl fuels what his friends call a last season as he bids to quit danger and secure her future.
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Wild
Bil
Endicott
Mobile girl hurls baseball 244 feet for girl record
The Miami Record notes Eleanor Burch of the Girl Scouts at Lyons Park on Wednesday August 26 threw a regulation baseball 244 feet 1 inch, a new American girls record and a goal to reach 300 feet. Ruth McCabe from Tacoma had set a world record with 209 feet.
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Miami Record
Ruth McCabe
Tacoma
Mobile
Girl Scouts
Eleanor Burch
Miss Burch
Lyons Park
America
Welfare Day Pins Aid Dallas Infants Charity
The Infants Welfare and Milk Association of Dallas funds milk for about 250 children with more than half receiving free supply. It spends 500 dollars monthly on milk and, with mayoral sanction, plans a Welfare Day selling white enamel pins bearing Helped Feed This Baby to raise funds.
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Infants’ Welfare and Milk Association
Dallas
Tex
Why Some People Are Blond and Brunet
The editor explains skin color roots in pigment levels within skin cells and notes pigment production persists through life until reproduction ends, causing hair to gray. It also answers a reader question about Hamburg’s republic status, detailing its bi cameral government, senate terms, and imperial ties.
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Ethel J. A
Hamburg
Webster
Ansamburg
Merchants’ Guild
Seas
Ing Real
Union
Arkansas
Battered With Cuspidor Sues to Recover $10000
Garard Williams filed in the circuit court for $5,000 against William A. Richardson and the Southern Railway for assault and battery with a cuspidor on company property. The blow bruised his face and head. Counsel: Pith & Caffey and Frazer.
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Garard Williams
William A. Richardson
The
Southern Railway
Railroad Corporation
Rairoad
Willane
Theff
Pith & Caffey
Frazer
Arkansas hogs and travelers listed at hotels
The article notes Arkansas hogs as a colorful topic and cites a traveler’s remarks on hogs from the state. It lists hotel registrants by surname and town across multiple hotels including Battle House Bienville Cawthon St Andrew Windsor. Names span Alabama Georgia Illinois Florida and beyond with numerous individuals and couples registered Friday evening and Saturday morning.
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Battle House
B. R. Smith
Birmingham
Ala
M. C. Redw
Atlanta
J. H. Lyon
Montgomery
T. R. _McDonnell
New Yeela
W. Chapman
Jackson
James M. Donald
Marion Junction
Mrs. M. Frank
Magnolia Springs
W. B. Ford
A. M. Gibson
Lower Peach Tree
G. E. Nettles
Thomasville
G. E. Nettles, Jr
Tampa
Fla
R. I. Beasley
Jacksonville
W. J. Lambard
Gainestown
J. E. Fieming
Choctaw Bluff
J. H. Kimbrough
Anniston
Cawthon
W. W. Willis
James E. Allen
H. E. Mathen
Chicago
R. A. Allison
Bellamy
R. R. Remmels
Kalamazoo
Mich
George M. Aman
Philadelphia
J. L. Griffin
E. E. Haas
G. A. Steed
W. @. Selby
D. H. Brown
J. C. Miller
A. J. Ryan
W. E. Clark
Savannah
E. C. Herrington
George W. McDade
W. F. Hallett
St. Louis
F. C. Bush
Miami
J. D. Huggins
New York City
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fitch
Gulfport
Miss
Fulgham
Windsor
R. M.howl
Auburn
P. Oliver Davis
Atburh
R. M. Dyer
Robertsdale
William Powell
Bay Minette
Joseph Wear
Grand Bay
Allen Cox
Ira Caldwell
Baldwin
South American Looks to River Transport for Colombia
Rafael Baca of a Colombia water transport group visited Mobile, meeting with Consul T. G. McGonigal. He described Colombia’s inland navigation by small boats on the Magdalena, noting depths of 20 to 25 feet and limited freight handling, and outlined plans for regular schedules, rates, better boats, and other reforms leveraging the Panama Canal era.
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Alabama
Rafael Luis Baca
Colomba
Mobile
T. G. McGonigal
Colombian Republic
Colombia
Magdalena
Mr. Baca
United States
Panama Canal
Baca
No Law Against Side Whiskers Noted by Lawmakers
There is no law against side whiskers and some other important matters are neglected by the solons in the report. The commentary notes gaps in legislative attention and hints at broader political priorities.
Ex-Terre Haute Mayor Roberts Finds Prison Laundry Job
Donn M. Roberts former mayor of Terre Haute Ind after election fraud conviction works at Leavenworth federal penitentiary laundry. A clash over work quality leads to him being reassigned to the wash tub as patience and discipline shape his daily duties.
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Donn M. Roberts
Leavenworth
Kan
Terre Haute
Ind
Federail Penitentiary
Roberts
Confessions of a Wife Mary Seeks Escape From Threats
In a book shop Mary contemplates fleeing after receiving threats from Jack. The scene recalls family drama, love and ambition, as Mary considers business prospects in rare editions while Dick arrives and discusses the danger and her wish to escape the Waverly name.
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Mary
Jack
Waverly
Tennyson
Sar
Maggie
Margie
New York
London
Card index case looms in courtroom pause
A tense courtroom moment unfolds as a thug seeks concealment while fleeing police. The clerk directs him to the card index case, challenging anyone to locate evidence, as the judge weighs the scene.
French Corps Repulse German Force at Guise
One year into the war reports say four French army corps repelled a German force at Guise in North Arras France. German troops are described as moving through Belgium east to reinforce against Russian advances.
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Guise
Arras
France
Belgium
Allénstein
Galicia
Bight
Holland
London
Turkey
Tale of a Tire leads Empire program with Bud Jamison
Amusements list includes Tale of a Tire with Bud Jamison and Margie Rieger at Empire. The Quest shows East Indian boy in Selig Jungle Zoo. The Boob Magician adds another Essanay reel. program totals five reels for five cents. Fairhope to hold large agricultural and horticultural fair in early October. Baldwin county exhibit likely to Mobile fair.
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Bud Jamison
Margie Rieger
The
Empire Today
Selig Jungle
Fairhope
J. G. Shand
Baldwin County
Mobile
Allied leaders in full accord amid Russian morale fears
Petrograd dispatch in The Times cites M. Sazonoff denying rumors of alliance rifts and an independent peace with Germany. He asserts unanimous Allied commands, replenished Russian munitions, and efforts to keep Russia steadfast despite German propaganda. He vows no peace while any German soldier remains in Russia.
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London
Petrograd
the Times
Sazonoff
Warsaw
Russia
M. Sazonoff
Germany
Tam
Monument for Colonial Era Women Planned by Daughters
In Cincinnati on August 28 the National Society of Colonial Daughters of America voted to erect a memorial honoring women of 1607 to 1776. Regents from New York Virginia Ohio Kentucky Missouri Delaware California New Jersey and the District of Columbia will cooperate. exact site to be determined later.
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Colonial Daughters
Cincinnati
Ohio
National Society of Colonial Daughters of America
Colonial Daughters of America
New York
Virginia
Kentucky
Missouri
Delaware
California
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Portuguese Monarchists Again Causing Trouble
Lisbon reports a monarchical movement in northern Portugal with unrest at Guimaraes barracks where many were wounded. The interior minister Dr. Silva said arms and bombs were seized and precautions taken. A railway bridge at Trofa was dynamited but crossings remained open.
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Lisbon
Paris
Dr. Silva
National Council
Portugal
Guimaraes
Braga
Trofa
Asl
Evolution of Mary into Mae and Ma
A playful riddle chronicles a girl named Mary who drops R to become May, then changes Y to E to become Mae. As she marries, she drops E and becomes Ma, tracing a changing name through growth and marriage.
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Mary
May
Mae
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Clarke County
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