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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1915
Page
4
Tampa cheers Old Spanish Trail victory and Tampa role
The Tampa Times reports pride in Mobile hosting the Old Spanish Trail convention and naming Tampa as southern terminus. It credits L P Dickie with proposing the highway and notes Florida counties gain from the route while Georgia counties are bypassed. The article mentions Miami and other highways linking to the trail.
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Tampa
Obile
Tampa Times
Times
Gulf ‘Goast
Golden Gate
L. P. Dickie
Tam Board of Tradé
Florida
South Georgia
Hernando DeSoto
Mobile
Miami
War Tax to Be Continued Into 1916
The war tax in the United States will be extended to 1916 following a Democratic caucus held Monday night. Of 150 Democrats present, only two opposed continuance, citing promises to constituents or loyalty to their electors as reasons for their votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
United Es
Acratic
Mercury
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Uranus
Germany
Europe
Panama Canal
Fragmented OCR Conflicts Over Hearst Newspapers
A garbled OCR fragment hints at disputes involving William Randolph Hearst and his newspapers. It mentions New York Ameri, Newspaper Row, and tensions with Hearst papers, but the exact details are unclear due to corrupted text.
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New York
William Randolph Hearst
Souring Ties as Austria-Hungary Faces U S Demands Over Ancona
Editorial argues relations with Austria-Hungary hang on whether its admiralty upholds the sinking of the Ancona. It predicts severed ties and Ambassador Penfield’s recall, condemns Teuton propaganda, and calls for ridding the U S of foreign agents amid war tensions.
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Austria-Hungary
Admiralty
Ancona
Germany
von Tirpitz
United States
Austria
Penfield
Vienna
Dr. Dumba
Washington
McKellar Wins Democratic Tennessee Nomination in Run-Off
Kenneth Douglas McKellar of Tennessee, born in Dallas County Alabama, won the Democratic senatorial nomination in the Tennessee run-off. His Alabama roots are noted alongside his Memphis-based rise, with Patterson also an Alabama native. The piece praises McKellar’s fitness and criticizes Patterson and Lea’s rivalries as factors in Tennessee politics.
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Kenneth Douglas McKellar
Tennessee
Dallas County
Alabama
University of Alabama
Malcolm R. Patterson
McKellar
John Tyler Morgan
Edmund Pettus
Statesman
Memphis
Patterson
Lea
Small gift helps boy pursue books this Christmas
A Mobilian youth out for a hunt helps a poor boy by giving 1 to 2 dollars for school books. The lad, eager to study, receives 30 cents needed for books, with the benefactor calling it his best Christmas present and a sign of hope for the boy's future.
Tillman Uses Pitchfork in Senate Defense Speech
Senator Ben Tillman of South Carolina, as chairman of the naval committee, condemned William Jennings Bryan and Theodore Roosevelt in the Senate floor while advocating a government armor plant and early aid to the navy.
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Ben Tillman
South Carolina
William Jennings Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Naval Committee
National Defense
Senate
Navy
Mobile and St Louis Rail Link Highlighted in Address
R. W. Taylor of Mobile & Ohio Railroad spoke to the St Louis Business Men's Association on Mobile and St Louis ties. He noted M&O as the shortest line between the cities and cited higher cattle trade and packing-house product traffic via Saint Louis as proof of the partnership’s strong growth.
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R. W. Taylor
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company
St. Louis
Business Men's Association
Mobile and
Ben Davis
Oak Grove
Ala
The
Business Men's League of
Saint Louis
Missouri
Mobile
Alabama
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
East St. Louis
Middle West
Gulf of Mexico
Saint
United States
Gulf
Atlantic
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Saint Augustine
Florida
Mr. Freeman
Hannis Taylor
City of Five Flags
Mobile and Saint Louis linked by trade and climate
In a speech in Saint Louis, a Mobile official extols reciprocal commerce between Mobile and Saint Louis, outlining climate, port advantages, and agricultural potential. He cites Satsuma oranges, rich soils, and railable trade routes, urging closer ties and shared prosperity between the two cities.
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Alabama
Mobile
Satsuma
National Department of Agriculture
Mobile County
Saint Louis
Tom Moore
Railroads Move Freight Rate Increase Under Hepburn Act
Railroads plan a freight rate increase on select commodities starting January 1 under the Hepburn act. Strong pressure is applying to the Interstate Commerce Commission to block or delay the railroads action.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Horsepower details from early power plant and streetcar tech
The article lists total horsepower 650 for the Mobile Street and Railroad Company's power plant questions. It notes 25 horsepower per streetcar motor with configurations for single and double motor trucks. It explains one horsepower per unit of engine capacity for electric generation and discusses celluloid flammability caused by hydrogen carbon content and additives.
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Mobile Street and Railroad Company
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