Milk dealers seek hardship relief from city ordinances
At a city commission meeting attorney for Appleton Prichard and other dairy operators argued the milk ordinances cause unjust hardship. The petition was referred to the health officer. Other actions included headlights dim rule adjustment, lease authorizations, a 50 cent tax cost bill, and November payrolls totaling 15 468.98.
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City Commission
Appleton Prichard
John L. Steiner
McMillan
Charleston
Canal Streets
City Improvement Company
Canal Street
Gulf City Drydock Company
Elmira Street
Relatives Sought in Destitute Death Case
A Pensacola telegram to Mobile police cites Rosa Simmons, once of Mobile, as dead in destitution. She is believed to be daughter of William Lundy and sister of a Mobile man named Lundy. No Lundy on the police force. she may be sister of Aaron Lundy formerly a county convict wagon driver.
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Police Department
Pensacola
Fla
F. D. Sanders
Rosa Simmons
Mobile
Lundy
William Lundy
Aaron Lundy
France vows continued fight to crush Prussian militarism
Premier Viviani outlined government aims in the chamber of deputies stating France will not sheath arms until vengeance for outraged rights is achieved Belgium’s restoration and independence are pledged and Prussian militarism must be crushed to allow a just regenerated Europe. Descha nel’s patriotic address sparked cheering.
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Paris
Viviani
Chamber of Deputies
France
Belgium
Europe
Deschanel
Chamber
M. Deschanel
Rev Leslie P Howard Killed By Train at Kingston New York
Durham NC December 21 Reverend Leslie Powell Howard pastor of Duke Memorial Church in Durham North Carolina widely known among Methodists was killed in a railroad accident at Kingston New York today. He had been in poor health six months and was being treated in a Kingston sanitarium. He leaves wife Nan Goodson Howard two young daughters and a large immediate family. Funeral will be held in Durham beside his late son.
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Durham
N. C
Leslie P. Howard
Duke Memorial Church
North Carolina
Kingston
N. Y
Howard
Alabama
Leslie Powell Howard
Mr. Howard
Mobile
D. L. Moody
Mary F. Howard
Maud
Margaret
C. W. Moss
William B
Percy J
Alex T. Howard
Harry C
New Methodist University
Atlanta
Cotton prices rise on Liverpool gains and strong demand
New Orleans reports cotton futures climbing as the market follows a firmer Liverpool and solid demand from shorts. Freight brokers note a full cargo booked for a Spanish port as futures close steady with May and October quotations shown.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Shorts
New York Cotton Opens Firm on Foreign Demand
New York cotton firm at the start of the day with foreign demand and investment buying. Prices rose for early open with months advancing 4 to 9 points and new highs for the movement despite expected extra spot selling after holidays. Liverpool’s steady market supported the rise and buying interest increased around the ring.
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New York
Liverpool
Prohibition Debate on Hobson Plan Continues
The debate centers on a Hobson plan for prohibition with critics citing liquor harms and millions affected. Representatives Hobson Connolly Morgan and others speak, while supporters urge temperance, highlighting state experiences such as Kansas.
Posse Surrounds Desperado in Mountain Holdout
Matt Jarrell, accused of killing Deputy Sheriff Silas Nance and wounding two others at Elkdale on Cabin Creek, was encircled today by Sheriff Bonner Hill and a posse near Cane Fork. Jarrell, armed and freshly paroled after a six month sentence for pistol toting, held out during the siege.
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Charleston
W. Va
Matt Jarrell
Silas F. Nance
Frank Ratcliffe
Josephine Vines
Elkdale
Cabin Creek
Nance
Cane Fork
Bonner Hill
Jarrell
Wall Street Slows as United States Steel Drops
In New York trading, United States Steel weakened to 487 8, near its low. Other major names slid with St Paul Northern Pacific and Great Northern posting new lows while Southern Pacific and copper stocks declined. Reading and Lehigh Valley rose a point on a court ruling clearing Lehigh Valley of restraint of trade charges.
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Wall Street Review
New York
United States Steel
Lst
St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Southern Pacific
Reading
Lehigh Valley
Romania To Return Dobruga Province To Bulgaria
Petrograd dispatch via London reports Bulgaria’s minister announcing that Romania will restore Dobruga province and most other territories gained from Bulgaria in the Second Balkan War. An official said the agreement was reached without pressure from Germany or the Allies.
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Petrograd
London
Roumania
Bulgaria
Dobruga
Germany
Prohibition Debate Highlights Federal and State Roles
Lawmakers debate national prohibition backed by public support while criticizing enforcement gaps. Georgia and California representatives clash with passages praising education and state regulation, noting saloon openings in Savannah and contrasting effects on divorces and savings.
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Savannah
Decker
Tribble
Langley, Logue
Bell
California
Ferris
Oklahoma
Greece
Rome
Underwood Opposes Alabama County Option Move
Majority Leader Underwood argued against the resolution saying the issue is not moral and that change in police regulation should not come from the sword or federal coercion. He noted the proposal would shift control from local governments to the federal government.
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Underwood
Mob lynches man in Ruleville after chin biting incident
In Ruleville Mississippi a mob hanged Charles Williams after he bit off the chin of Thomas King a 40 year old plantation manager. The killing occurred several hours after the initial confrontation near Boynton plantation five miles from Ruleville. Police report Mrs. G A Enderle reported turkey theft on Springhill avenue and Catherine Street. Representative Underwood spoke on temperance and opposed federal police power loss in prohibition debates. He warned prohibition would cost about 325 million in lost revenue and noted Georgia and Alabama liquor consumption levels. He contrasted bootlegging in Georgia with Alabama cases.
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Ruleville
Miss
Thomas King
Boynton
Charles Williams
King
Jones
Underwood
Alabama
Georgia
Mrs Sutton Dies at 96 in Mobile Alabama
Mrs Mary Sutton born September 18 1818 in Washington County Alabama died at 10 oclock Tuesday morning at 256 South Broad Street She came to Mobile in 1844 resided here until death Her two sons William and Charlies Sutton preceded her in death She was the widow of William Sutton No known relatives survive her.
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Mary Sutton
Washington County
Ala
South Broad Street
Sutton
James Monroe
United States
Mobile
William
Charlies Sutton
William Sutton
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