Mobile county to gain nearly twelve thousand from state funds
State apportionment at 2.84 per child will raise Mobile County’s 1915 1916 funds by 11 851 32 due to a census rise to 25 742. City and rural white and black pupils show education gains and illiteracy rates with countywide totals and new school provisions to be funded.
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Department of Education
Mobile County
Murphy
Country Schools Committee
Finance Committee
Palestine
Williams
Tanner
Pringle
Old Still
Wilmer
Fowriver
Frohsinn
Whistler
Theodore
A. G. Quinn
Mobile Cotton Mills
S.S. Murphy
Richard Hines, Jr
Pope Prays for Final Deliverance in Alabama Jail
Ervin Pope, convicted five times for the murder of James Mc Clurkin in Anniston, sits in Calhoun County jail awaiting a decision by Governor O Neal on whether to hang him or commute to life. Prison officials report calm in six years of incarceration and Pope draws the prayers of fellow inmates.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ervin Pope
Anniston
Calhoun County
James McClurkin
Supreme Court
O'Neal
Pope
Medical licenses mailed by Sanders in Alabama
Montgomery Aug 29 Dr W H Sanders chairman of the state board of medical examiners announced the mailing of sixty licenses to practice medicine in Alabama to those who passed the recent state board examination. The number of successful applicants was unusually large and several licensees had previously failed two or three times.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. H. Sanders
State Board of Medical Examiners
Former Selmians Indict R H Overton On Bank Fraud Charge
Dallas County Sheriff Randall returned to Selma after arresting R H Overton a former Selma resident on an indictment issued by a Dallas County grand jury about 18 months ago. Overton posted 5000 bond in Montgomery to appear for the November term of the circuit court. The alleged fraudulent representation involved money from one or two Selma banks three years ago. Friends believed the matter settled until his arrest.
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Selma
Ala
Pettus Randall
Dallas County
Montgomery
R. H. Overton
Overton
Circuit Court
Circuit Court of
Satma
New Orleans Alleges Rail Rates Discriminate on Cotton
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange charges thirty railroads with Tennessee discrimination by failing to publish through rates from local cotton points to New Orleans while offering through rates to Mobile Pensacola Wilmington Norfolk Baltimore Philadelphia New York and Boston. The complaint to the Interstate Commerce Commission asks a New Orleans hearing and seeks removal of vague compressing charges by replacing the phrase with a direct cost of compressing.
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Associated Press
Washington
New Orleans
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
American Steamers Postpone Sails From Japanese Port
Yokohama August 29 The Minnesota and Manchuria have postponed sailing for American ports. Passengers listed include Count Von Rex German ambassador and staff who left Tokyo after Japan declared war on Germany.
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Associated Press
Yokohama
Minnesota
Manchuria
Count von Rex
Tokio
Japan
Germany
Teachers Institutes For Week Announced In Alabama
The Alabama Department of Education announced teachers institutes next week in Coffee Covington Dale Geneva Henry Houston and Perry counties at county seats. Prof J L Sibley reports unusually large attendance at recent institutes in Calhoun Talladega and Fayette. Week of September 7 will bring institutes to Clarke Dallas Elmore Monroe Washington and Wilcox counties. Institutes in Montgomery Jefferson and Mobile will be the final ones.
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Montgomery
Ala
Coffee
Covington
Dale
Geneva
Henry
Houston
Perry
State Department of Education
J. L. Sibley
Calhoun
Talladega
Fayette
Clarke
Dallas
Elmore
Monroe
Washington
Wilcox
Jefferson
Mobile
Peace parade leader Mrs Villars won presidential telegram
Mrs Henry Villars who will lead tonight's women's peace parade has received a telegram from President Wilson praising her plan. The president thanks her for consulting him and wishes the demonstration success. Although no flag grouping is planned, all nationalities will be represented among the marchers. Villars is ill but doctors say she will participate today.
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New York
Henry Villars
Wilson
Mandamus Recounts Swing Santa Rosa Election Outcome
Florida's Santa Rosa election case, a landmark in primary law rulings, sees Judge Wolfe grant a permanent writ directing the Santa Rosa canvassing board to recount the legislative race votes. The order would shift the nomination from Fenn to Davidson by reallocating second choice ballots among McLeod Bryant Nobles. Attorneys for Fenn seek appeal to the supreme court.
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Pensacola
Santa Rosa
Wolfe
Circuit Court
Santa Rosa County
McLeod
Fenn
Paty
W. H. Davidson
Bryant
Nobles
Davidson
Supreme Court
It Is Easy to Peel Off Your Tan or Freckles
Advice promotes mercolized wax for nightly facial peeling to remove a blemished complexion. It claims the skin will become clear and smooth after repeated applications, with saxolite and hazel-based washes recommended for firming and wrinkle reduction.
Walker Seen Likely To Land U S Court Of Appeals Seat
Washington tips say Judge Richard W. Walker will be named to the United States court of appeals to succeed Judge David Shelby. Alabama influence plus endorsements from Senators Bankhead White and Underwood bolster Walker, with John B. Knox as the next strongest candidate. If appointed, a vacancy in the court’s chief justice post would be filled by Governor O Neal, and President Wilson would place the new appellate judge after his return from Cornish New Hampshire.
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Montgomery
Washington
Richard W. Walker
United States Court of Appeals
David Shelby
Walier
Walker
Wilson
Princeton
Judge Walker
Senator Bankhead
Senator White
Oscar Underwood
Alabama
Underwood
John B. Knox
Knox
Blackmon
Dent and Mulkey
Court of Appeals
O'Neal
President Wilson
Federal Court of Appeals
Cornish
N. H
What $10 Did For This Woman
Mrs. MaTrie Haley of Danville Virginia credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills with relief from female troubles. She reports improved health, better sleep, and no bearing down pains after spending ten dollars on the remedies. The ad urges women to try the products and contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. for confidential advice.
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Danville
Lydia E. Pinkham
MaTrie Haley
Colquhone Street
Lydia E.pinkham
Pensacola Proposes South American Trade Extension Trip
Pensacola chamber of commerce plans a 75 to 90 day steamer voyage for 100 plus manufacturers from the southeast and Ohio River cities. Departing in October, the trip would visit Pacific coast ports of South America, transit the Panama Canal, and return via Brazil Argentina and Magellan Straits. Estimated cost under $800 per member.
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Pensacola
United States
Panama Canal
Pensacola Chamber of Commerce
South America
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio River
Pacific
Straits of Magellan
Argentina
Brazil
Chamberlain's Couga Remedy Praised by Homer City User
R. E. Roberts of Homer City Pennsylvania extols Chamberlain's Couga Remedy claiming decades of reliable, satisfactory results. The note notes it is for sale by all dealers.
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