Enormous Value Placed on Crops
The 14 principal farm crops are valued at $4.94 billion for the year, up $183 million from 1919 and $351 million from 1911. An area of 299,433,000 acres produced crops including corn and cotton, with average value per acre across crops about $16.50 and specific per-acre figures listed for corn, cotton, sugar beets, wheat, oats, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Theatrical Man Makes Hit With Inn Keeper
Wade Morton business manager of The Girl of the Underworld company spent three days in Mobile on business and as guest of Lyric Theatre manager E. V. O Connor. He left Mobile Tuesday morning for Meridian Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Morton
the Underworld
Mobile
E. V. O’connor
The
Lyric Theatre
Meridian
Mr. Morton
Financiers favor Hammond on Sherman law and federal control
New York December 16 Many leading financiers back John Hays Hammond at the National Civic Federation meeting. He argues the Sherman anti trust law should be kept and federal control of corporations strengthened. He says the act, passed in 1890, only recently became practicable, and that authorities have misused it to punish offenders rather than prevent wrongdoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Hays Hammond
National Civic Federation
Waldorf Astoria
Hammond
Traveling Man Delights Banquet Audience at Alabama Hotel Event
A guest speaking Monday at the Alabama Hotel Men's Association banquet at the Cawthon hotel delivered a lively address titled The Traveling Man, which became the highlight of the post-prandial session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Hotel Men’s Association
Cawthon
One Way to Bring Meat Prices Down
Navy Department action in buying beef from Argentina lowers prices for American packers. Bids opened at ports for January February and March contracts show Argentina-based pricing at most ports, excluding Norfolk and Hampton Roads where American beef still awarded. Secretary Daniels cites the Democratic tariff act as permitting duty-free foreign meats, enabling savings of thousands of dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy Department
Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Daniels
Henry Spencer Granted Four Week Stay of Execution
Henry Spencer convicted of killing Mildred Rexroat receives a four week stay of execution from Governor Dunne to allow time for an appeal to the Illinois supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Henry Spencer
Mildred Allison Rexroat
Dunne
Illinois Supreme Court
Constipation Ad Promises Quick Relief with Pills
An old advertisement warns that constipation poisons the body and menaces health. It promotes Dr. Kink's New Life Pills as a cure for constipation and related ailments, claiming fast relief and urging purchase at druggists or by mail from H. E. Bucklen Chemical Co. Philadelphia and St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kink
H. E. Bucklen Chemical Co
Philadelphia & St. Louis
Mobile Social Scene Notes and Civic Club Plans
A roundup of society events in Mobile details large December open house invitations. New patriotic organizations form as D A R and Colonials discuss a 1812 branch while a Daughters of 1812 chapter may arise. The Hamilton Whist Club held a two-table bridge session with brushes as prizes. Euterpean Chapter prepares a multi-part holiday program with Rembrandt Poe Chopin themes and readings by local notables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blocker Thornton
T. A. Smith
T. H. Johnston
McClelland Smith
E. W. Faith
Gallard Hamilton
Marion Inge
Mobile
Virginia Cavalier
Colonial Dames
U. D
Virginia Dare
Daughters of 1812
Hamilton Whist Club
M. F. Kirkbride
W. A. Powell
H. M. Friend
Euterpean
Harte Auditorium
Rembranat
D. A. Planck
Poe
A. E. Thayer
Chopin
Evelyn Harvey
J. W. Phillips
Bettie D. Rosson
Baltimore
Rembrandt
Henry Tonsmeire
Soparno Selo
B. L. Strauss
Annabelle Lee
H. P. Hirshfield
Ring
J. C. Willie
F. A. Dunster
the Raven
Heinrich
Matthew Brewster
Captain Frederick L Chapin Critically Ill at Marine Hospital
New York December 16 Captain Frederick L Chapin of the battleship Wyoming is critically ill at the marine hospital. He was admitted when the Wyoming returned from its European cruise with the Atlantic fleet and remains in critical condition today.
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Associated Press
New York
Frederick L. Chapin
United States
Wyoming
Marine Hospital
Chapin
End of Earth Predicted In Fifteen Million Years
Associated Press reports at a Philadelphia Presbyterian ministers meeting, Eric Doolittle of the University of Pennsylvania Observatory said life on Earth should persist about fifteen million years unless affected by supernatural intervention or collision with another celestial body. He noted the sun's heat will fade as it cools, leading to darkness and the end of life and vegetation.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Eric Doolittle
University of Pennsylvania
Astronomic Observatory
Lawyer Falls From Tenth Floor In Hotel Tragedy
Devere Hall, a Bay City Michigan lawyer, dropped ten stories from his room at the Hotel Marie Antoinette in New York. He arrived two weeks earlier seeking treatment for a nervous disorder and is believed to have fallen after a dizzy spell while on a window sill.
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New York
Devere Hall
Bay City
Mich
Hall
Murf Visits Family in Roswell New Mexico
J M Murfree a popular Mobile desk clerk at the Cawthon hotel leaves Mobile for Roswell New Mexico to visit his wife and family who have been there seven months. W H Murfree will fill his place during his absence.
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J. M. Murfree
Cawthon Hotel
South
Mobile
Louisville and
Nashville Road
Roswell
New Mexico
W. H. Murfree
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
An advertisement for Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder troubles, dissolve gravel, and improve rheumatic and diabetes symptoms. It promises relief for adults and children and offers mail delivery for $1.00 if not carried by a local druggist.
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Texas
Threat to dissolve Central Penn coal operators contract
The Association of Bituminous Coal Operators of Central Pennsylvania issued a notice to United Mine Workers District No. 2 warning it may dissolve the two year agreement expiring March 31 1914. The letter cites alleged violations by the union including bypassing arbitration and hiring nonunion workers and notes more than a hundred strikes during the contract period.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Association of
Pennsylvania
Patrick Gilday
United Mine Workers
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O. K
Se Resso
Argentina
Spencer
Wooltex
Fownes
Hammel’s
Axminster
Brussels
Toyland
George Izards
Biloxi
Government Street
Henry Izard
University
Izard
H. M. Sinnott
Sinnott
Birmingham
John Vidmer
Pensacola
P. C. Chaudron
Dothan, Ala
Harry Donald
Fort Morgan
Edwin Barlow
Mrs. Browning
M. B. Kirkbride
Fred L. Chapin
Still Criticall Iil
Royal
Milleniun
Penn
Murf
Scorts
Scott
Bell Phone
Manhattan Dye Works
Robinson
St. Francis St
Ala
Ponta
Dauphin Street
Fletcher's
CREA
Centaur Company
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LGN
Mobile Electrical Supply CO
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