Letter in Full Details Ellis Attitudes Toward United Fruit
Transcript of Crawford H. Ellis shows his claims of influence over Mobile and his aim to suppress opposition to raise United Fruit profits. The letter discusses a $15000 concession payment and notes a practical fruit monopoly via the port with ships and cargo instructions across Costa Peque and Costa Rica. Witness Herbert McConnell testifies about contracts and a $15,000,000 suit tied to Bluefields and United Fruit Company in Philadelphia court.
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Crawford H. Ellis
United Fruit Company
Mobile
Hort
Red Fruit Company
Ellis
Railad
Vac- Caro
Oteri
United Prait Company
Orr- Baubenheimer
United Fruit Comany
Ladelphia
Bluefieldship Company
the Fruit Company
cConnell
United Fruit County
Patn. Pres. Preses
United Fruit Co
Not a Name But a Highway Old Spanish Trail Must Be Built
The Mobile hosted Old Spanish Trail convention draws highway advocates from Florida Georgia Mississippi and Louisiana to unite a gulf coast through route. Delegates aim to form an organization to design feasible paths and actively build the road promising economic development for the region.
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Aladdin
Mobile
Gulf Coast
Florida
Georgia
California
Great
America
Mississippi River
Atlantic Ocean
West Coast
Railroad Rivalry and Anti Trust Allegations in Mobile
A witness describes illegal business practices under Sherman Act scrutiny. Preston, Mac, and Ellis discuss destroying contracts with the Fruit Dispatch Company while a district attorney’s role is questioned. The testimony suggests Ellis sought to force railroads to avoid competitive Mobile business.
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Fruit Dispatch Company
Preston
Mac
United States District Attorney
Mobile
Ellis
Satsuma Day Gains National Scope At Mobile Celebration
Satsuma Day in Mobile again drew strong displays from Mobile Baldwin and nearby Mississippi counties. Governor Henderson endorsed the venture six times and pledged state and national support to preserve the industry, signaling a path to a national festival status beyond this year.
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Mobile
Satsuma
Tucker
Astir
Baldwin
Mississippi
Thomasey
Henderson
Pacific Coast
Maine
Texas
Satsuma Ball Opens as Governor Dances with Queen Satsuma
Gov Henderson hosted Mobile society at Battle House for the first annual Satsuma ball. The governor enjoyed the performance titled The Lure of the Satsuma and danced with the Queen of Satsuma. The event featured two popular young society people from Mobile. A culinary note questions beefsteak quality, and a non sequitur ponders if a wife should forgive a repentant husband.
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Union
Battle House
Satsuma
Mobile
Henderson
Pecan King Brings Orange for Alabama Governor in Mobile
Frank Lewis of the Mississippi coast appears at the Old Spanish Trail convention in Mobile with a giant naval orange from his pecan grove. He met Alabama Governor at the Battle House, displaying fruit and pecans in the rotunda exhibit supervised by Maxell, drawing thousands of onlookers. The event supports the fair and district interests as delegates gather for the trail convention.
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Frank Lewis
Mississippi Coast
Mobile
Alabama
Battle House
Lewis
Montgomery
Battle House Rotunda
Maxwell
Western woman to aid convention of suffragists
Mrs. Nielson from Denver, active voter, invited to Washington to assist the National American Woman Suffrage Association in entertaining the national convention on December 14. She will head the joint headquarters of the Washington Woman Suffrage Council the College Equal Suffrage League and the District of Columbia Equal Suffrage League at 1807 F St.
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Denver
Santa Claus Matinee at Columbia Event This Saturday
A Santa Claus matinee at the Columbia venue offers a cheerful afternoon for children. Every child receives a gift or pleasant token from Santa, with admission advertised for families.
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Santa Claus
Columbia Entre
Santa
Stars Incline but Do Not Impel Horoscope Declares
A December 1915 horoscope warns of variable influences with Uranus danger in travel and engines, possible railway accident, discoveries harmful to peace, and shifts toward practical education and women’s suffrage. It foresees unrest, strikes, and religious institution critique, plus strong notes on health and nerves.
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Metlare
Uranus
Mercury
Venus
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Mars
Saturn
United States Army
National Guard
Europe
Horoscope foretells royal deaths and wartime troubles in Britain
The reading predicts the death of a royal blood figure before the new moon and Britain facing a year of extraordinary domestic and battlefield troubles. It warns for the king and queen while foreseeing illness risk to the king and possible accident for the Prince of Wales. the Austrian emperor’s fate is tied to Saturn and Mars.
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Kaiser
Great Britain
Prince of Wales
Austria
Mars
What Is My Tumbler Made Of
The reader asks what a tumbler is made of. The answer explains glass comes from sand and additives like potash soda lime lead and charcoal melted into a liquid. A glass blower shapes tumblers by blowing through a pipe. machines now shape some glass items.
Blowing Pipe Use in Century-Old Craft Continues
The text notes that the process will likely continue to use the blowing pipe as it has for centuries, underscoring traditional method persistence in the craft.
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Ally
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Mobile, Ala
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Perico, Ala
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