French Academy Meets Celebrates Heroism in War
The French Academy gathered for its prize presentations and a war heroism celebration. President Poincare and Andre Ribot attended with William Graves the American ambassador. Maurice Donnay spoke of France’s renewal and moral restoration alongside awards to seven charitable figures and fifty literary prize winners.
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Y Asted Press
French Academy
Poincare
Ndre Ribot
Finance
Will Graves
Etienne Victor Lamy
Academy
Estee
France
Interul
Maurice Donnay
M. Donnay
Services at Broad Street and Franklin Street churches
Services will be held next Sunday at 11 AM and 7 30 PM respectively with singing by the pastor Rev P H ey.
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Broad Street
Franklin Street
Normal Schools Of Alabama Get Severe Criticism
A report by Dr. John W. Cook and J. L. McBrien to the Alabama normal school board criticizes state facilities. They fault inadequate campus space, rail noise at Troy, an overly difficult third year curriculum, and urge practice schools while opposing consolidation of all four normal schools.
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Montgomery
State Normal Schools
Alabama
John W. Cook
Northern Illinois Normal School
DeKalb
J. L. McBrien
United States Bureau of Education
Troy
Livingston
Florence
Jacksonville
State Normal School Board
Cook
McBrien
William F. Feagin
McBride
Central Normal School
Engineers Celebrate Sixth Anniversary Banquet in Mobile
Raphael Semmes Division No. 4 of the National Association of Stationary Engineers marked its tenth anniversary with a banquet at Y M B A Hall. About forty members attended as President Arthur Grove spoke on the group’s history and members shared brief remarks. A Christmas tree gift exchange yielded humorous presents and a $5 donation to the Ladies of Charity, with officers listed including A J Grove and L W Ward.
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Raphael Semmes
National Association of Stationary Engineers
Y. M. B. A. Hall
Groeschner
Arthur Grove
Charles Manker
M. Coffin
JW. Burge Jr
William Demeranville
Daniel Wheeler
M. B. Dudley
L. W. Ward
G. J. Flournoy
Mobile Item
V. P. Varnado
City of Motile
Sam Gross
Feliz Aubert
F. M._Aubert
M. BE. Dudley
Cal Cotton Mill
M. Saker
Mobile
Barker
Ward
Ladies of Charity
A. J. Grove
Babat
John Gressinger
FF. M. Autert
GP. Ward
A. T. Williams
Germans Demand 96 Million War Levy From Belgium
Berlin reports General Von Bissing, the German governor in Belgium, has imposed a war contribution of 96,000,000 dollars to be paid in twelve monthly installments.
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Belgium
Associated Press
Berlin
London
Dusseldorfer Anzeiger
von Bissing
Italy Needs Much More American Wheat for Army
Rome December 18 Italy's agriculture minister told the senate Italy requires 10 000 000 quintals of wheat from abroad. He said the government had secured enough for army and navy through August 1915. American imports were rising with 30 to 40 steamers crossing the Atlantic daily, bringing wheat cheaper than Argentina’s.
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Associated Press
Rome
Signor Cavasola
Senate
Italy
America
Atlantic
Argentina
Dr Owen Named Delegate to New Orleans Celebration
Dr Thomas M Owen director of the state department of archives and history has been appointed by the American Historical Society as a delegate to the New Orleans celebration marking the battle centennial and one hundred years of peace with Britain. The event January 8 to 10 is under the Louisiana Historical Society and a New Orleans act.
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Montgomery
Thomas M. Owen
State Department of Archives and History
Council of the American Historical Society
New Orleans
United States
Great Britain
Louisiana Historical Society
General Assembly of
Insurance Bell Phone $100 and attome Phone 1555 City
A fragment notes Bell Phone coverage of $100 and a phone reference 1555 with city context. Naming is incomplete, but indicates an insurance or billing entry linked to Bell Phone services.
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Insurance Bell
Attome
City and Ath “Bell
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