Birmingham Amendment Drive Promotes Local Tax Autonomy
A Birmingham column urges voters to support a state amendment allowing Birmingham to set its own tax rate without affecting Mobile or other counties. It argues the measure aids the city’s growth from a village to an industrial hub and frames opposition as harming Alabama’s metropolis. Also notes a December 27 auto safety campaign and warns about animal risk from wet roads.
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Birmingham
Mobile
Jefferson
Ala
Last Call for the Chamber of Commerce Meeting
The Chamber of Commerce urges members to attend a crucial meeting Monday at 7 30 PM in the Cawthon Hotel large parlor to revise by laws and reform the election and governance system. With no quorum in two years and weather for all meetings, members must act to preserve Mobile civic leadership and attract investment.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cawthon Hotel
Ways and Means
Mobile
Fletcher Nominated as U S Ambassador to Mexico
President Wilson sends Henry Prather Fletcher for senate confirmation to serve as ambassador to Mexico. Fletcher, long a diplomat, led affairs in Chile and is praised for steady handling of U S Mexican relations during a period of strain and contested leadership across the Rio Grande.
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Uncle Sam
Chile
United States
Mexico
Senate
Rio Grande
Wilson
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Deat
Belief He Acted Wisely on Mexico City Vacancy
The source notes confidence that actions taken are prudent, highlighting the handling of the vacancy at Mexico City and expressing no hesitation in praise for the decision.
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Mexico City
Diversified farming urged as new money crop solution
The 1915 cotton crop failed to meet expectations while foodstuffs were abundant. Diversification, aided by boll weevil impact, is urged as Alabama and other planters rethink profits. Farmers are urged to treat farming as a business needing planning. Two New Jersey girls seek husbands in St. Paul. A California student sets a male breath-holding record.
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Alabama
New Jersey
St. Paul
California University
A Word With You Daddy Santa Claus Story Told
A reader kneels with children to hear a bedtime tale about Santa Claus. A skeptical boy overhears his parents discuss gifts, witnesses a reindeer laden visit, and wakes to bells and a Christmas surprise. The tale ends with the boy concluding Santa exists.
Mobile Gains and Visitors Amid Holiday Preparations
United States Marshal C C Gewin returns to Mobile after delivering prisoners to Atlanta. A Colorado Springs family moves closer as Arthur Tonsmeire announces his relocation. Mobile hosts numerous visitors from Mississippi Alabama and Louisiana for business and holiday shopping. Community leaders push for sea wall funding while road and bridge projects advance in Baldwin and nearby counties.
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United States
C. C.,gewin
Arthur C. Tonsmeire
The
National City Bank
Colorado Springs
Cal
Mobile and Ohio officials and visitors convene in Mobile
A batch of social and business notes from Mobile includes W G Harding a stock agent from St Louis on a business trip, B R Smith of Birmingham visiting Mobile and staying at the Battle House, Chippewa Falls landseekers in Mobile for ten days exploring investment, and Chicago winter tourist H G Graves also at the Battle House. City payrolls for Christmas are prepared by department heads with Paymaster Richard Inge set to issue funds Tuesday afternoon. markets will have Saturday hours on holidays and close Christmas and New Year days. Additional items include W B Brewater of the National Security League visiting city hall, Master James Gibbons Jr returning for Christmas, J K Murray bond filing as notary, Carl McMahon on legal business to Eutaw and Livingston, engineers E J Finnell and J L Cummings at a Battle House banquet, W F Harrigan and wife shopping in Mobile, and H H Patterson visiting from Atmore.
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Mobile
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Birmingham
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Chippewa Falls
Kan
Richard Inge
Lyons
W. B. Brewater
National Security League
James Gibbons, Jr
Tome
Fort Deposit
James Gibboney
Young Gibboney
Leopold Forchheimer
A. H. Mickles
Meridian
Miss
Allin
University of Virginia
M. Bunker
Yellow Pine
A. L. Billet
Philadelphia
A. R. Rockwood
Cambridge
Mass
John Lindsey, Jr
Laurel
J. F. Ryan
Atlanta
A. L. Sheppard
Cawthon
John Sanford
Chattanooga
Tenn
George W. Brown
W. B. Harris
Tuscaloosa
R. L. Stigler
M. Hart
R. Hart
Ocean Springs
T. J. Gladwell
Monroeville
Misses L. Davis
Wyman
Providence
R. I
Irene Nickles
Helen, Fla
J. B. Clement
J. E. Hall
Bay Minette
A. L. Amsler
Leaksville
W. E. Sutton
Kisman
Military-style listing of names across multiple towns
A long roster of individuals linked to various residences and affiliations appears, listing names such as A H Mickles Meridian Mississippi and Misses L Davis and B Stevens from Lucedale Mississippi alongside many others in Alabama Georgia Illinois and more, spread across multiple unnamed groupings and places.
Astrological Forecast for 1916 and Threats Seen
A December 19 1915 astrology note warns of creeds changing and church difficulties with the pope facing problems and peace efforts failing. It forecasts occult discoveries, seismic shocks in the American midwest and Atlantic states, unrest in Washington DC, slow equal suffrage gains, new leaders, humorous fires, and plots in Chicago with foreign groups.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Neptune
Middle West
Canada
Atlantic Seaboard
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Why Leaves Fall And Why We Get Hoarse
A mobile-item question and answer column explains why leaves drop as moisture declines in winter and how trees shed them. It also explains hoarseness from a cold, comparing vocal chords to violin strings and noting mucus can thicken and hinder sound.
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Birmingham Needs Help Urges Vote to Expand City Tax Powers
An Alabama statewide appeal argues the December 27 referendum to authorize Birmingham to raise taxes benefits the city and state. Proponents say Birmingham's welfare, education, and social uplift improve overall state prosperity and prevent local bankruptcy while stressing shared fate across counties.
Capital Gossip Washington Aide Additions And Suffrage Debate
The article notes the likely permanent abandonment of the President's New Year Reception and inaugural events, with Wilson's social simplicity guiding changes. It mentions added army and navy aides at the White House, Roosevelt's prior uniformed guard, Mondell's remark on suffrage fundraising, and suffragist rhetoric urging women's independence and factory worker realities.
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