County to Request Federal Help for Beach Road
Harrison county board votes to request a government road engineer from Washington to supervise building a concrete paved highway from Henderson Point to Paint Point Cadet along the Old trace route. $200,000 in road bonds authorized. project cost about 500 per mile.
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Gulfport
Miss
Speu
Harrison County Board of Isers
Office of Public Roads
Ment of Agriculture
Washington
Henderson Point
Pint Cadet
Grand Beacon Way
New Orleans
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Court
The probate court issued licenses for pairs including Waite Pawar Prize Deer and May or Battiste Edward Clinton Ford mine Powers and Milton J. Stock Myrtle K. McNamara Colored Joe Dixon and Mary Milner.
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Waite Pawar
Mayor Battiste
Edward Clinton Ford Mine Powers
Milton J. Stock
Myrtle K. McNamara
Joe Dixon
Mary Milner
Cough remedy touted with Pinex and sugar syrup
A home remedy claims to heal inflamed membranes and stop persistent coughs. It recommends 2½ ounces of Pinex in a pint of sugar syrup to create a pleasant, cost effective cough syrup. The note urges readers to ask a druggist for Pinex and promises satisfaction or money back.
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E Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne, Ind
Southern Salary Limit Cut and Mobile Stays in League
R. H. Baugh was unanimously re elected president of the Southern League at the annual meeting in Birmingham. A salary limit of 2800 with fourteen players was set, F. P. Coleman of Memphis named vice president, and A. H. Woodward of Birmingham auditor. Mobile kept its franchise. Knoxville talks faded. Holiday games awarded to Birmingham New Orleans Atlanta and Little Rock. A schedule committee named with Shropshire Allen Heinemann. 1916 season to open with majors and end after Labor Day.
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Birmingham
Ala
R. H. Baugh
Southern League
F. P. Coleman
Memphis
A. H. Woodward
Mobile
Knoxville
New Orleans
Atlanta
Little Rock
T. K. Jackson
Frank Parker
J. H. Minge
O. B. Andrews
Z. C. Patton
Chattanooga
Big Leagues Set For Peace Conference To Decide Baseball's Future
Magnates from the National American and Federal Leagues gather in New York for a peace conference to settle the future of major league baseball. Negotiations hinge on absorbing the Federal payroll and resolving player salaries as owners press for reduced pay.
Governor Besieged For Christmas Paroles
Governor Henderson spent Tuesday reviewing Christmas parole applications as the pardon board handled nearly a hundred petitions, with crowds in the executive offices and many attorneys present. Judge H A Lancaster of Wetumpka died, closing the state treasury for the day. A Coosa County delegation urged Lofton Thomas for probate judge of the county.
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Montgomery
Henderson
Pardon Board
J. A. Crawford
Rockford
Picking Satsumas for Shipment to Markets
Members of the Mobile Bay Citrus Growers Association division pack No 1 Satsumas for export wrapped in Gulf Coast Citrus Growers Exchange paper. Ship point is Fowl River on the Mobile and Bay Shore Railroad with a half carload leaving Saturday from this division and the rest from Theodore Dawes and Kroner.
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Mobile Bay Citrus Growers’ Association
Gulf Coast Association
Satsumas
Belle Fountaine
Fowl River
South Orchard
Gulf Coast Citrus Growers’ Exchange
Mobile and Bay Shore
Theodore
Dawes and Kroner
Armor Plant Bill Aims at Birmingham Site
A bill introduced in the House by Representative Huddleston of Alabama would acquire a site near Birmingham and build a federal armor and projectile factory. The proposal seeks four million dollars for the land and plant, with hopes for quick passage following Secretary Garrison's inland establishment recommendation.
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Washington
Birmingham
Huddleston
Alabama
Garrison
E Ieee
Can You Stand the Pace at 60
An advertisement pitches Kellogg's Sanitone Wafers as a nerve tonic for vitality and youth, claiming quick action for brain weary adults and offering a free 50 cent trial box. It lists Mobile druggists and stores including Sutton Drug Co and Bienville Pharmacy as retailers for the $1.00 package.
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Kellogg's
Peace terms reach end of baseball war in Chicago
American League magnates meeting in Chicago agreed to honor the peace terms arranged in New York with the Federal and National Leaguers. President Johnson said details will be set in a few days, and the Federals will cease as an independent league with a committee to meet envoys from the others.
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New York
National League
American League
Ban Johnson
The
American
C. A. Comiskey
Chicago
Gilmore
Johnson
Harvard May Schedule Vanderbilt Likely Next Year
Harvard may add Vanderbilt to its football slate next season with two open dates October 14 and 21, and other openings filled by Springfield Y M C A College Amherst or Williams. The schedule already lists September 23 Colby September 30 Bates October 7 Tufts.
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Cambridge
Mass
Vanderbilt
University
Harvard
Springfield Y. M. C. A. College
Amherst
Williams
Colby
Bates
Tufts
Willard Fulton World Title Bout Signed for March 4
Articles binding Jess Willard to a March 4 title fight in New Orleans with Fred Fulton of Rochester Minnesota were signed in Chicago last night.
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Chicago
Jess Willard
New Orleans
Fred Fulton
Rochester
Minn
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