Dull Trade And The Remedy In American Markets
Extract from a letter by Matthews Gravity Carrier Company of Ellwood City Pa in Manufacturers Record argues prosperity rests on reversing reduced buying. It cites chain reaction from reduced demand to bank loan tightening and urges manufacturers to focus on market needs and consumer reach.
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Jones
Smith
Williams and Johnson
Williams
Johnson
Bailey
Murphy
Davis
Matthews
Gravity Carrier Company
Ellwood City
Manufacturers Record
Efficient Mail Delivery During Christmas Rush
The Mobile post office faced heavy holiday volume and tight coordination across all departments. Postmaster Thornton led a skilled team to process the surge, ensuring letters and packages reached recipients promptly and accurately amid the Christmas rush.
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Mobile
Thornton
State's rights debated in Hobson vote contrast with Wilson view
The piece argues Congress refusal to adopt the Hobson resolution supports Wilson's stance for state's rights. It notes the long controversy over federal versus state powers and cites leaders Underwood and a Republican counterpart in the recent debate as champions of preserving state sovereignty.
Sunshine in His Heart Outsmarts Cloudy Days
A reflective note argues that inner sunshine sustains people despite cloudy weather and warns against dwelling on missed chances while urging respect for others rights.
Faith and Will of Alabama People Under Henderson Call
Governor-Elect Charles Henderson vows Democrats in Alabama will push his policies after winning by over ten thousand votes. The piece accuses anti Henderson forces of secretly caucusing to defeat the electorate and insists legislators must back the people’s endorsed program or face failure.
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Montgomery
Charles Henderson
Birmingham
Alabama
Henderson
House
Senate
Mr. Comer
Prohibition
Underwood
Money in Raising Hogs Demonstrated by Georgia Planter
A Georgia planter shows higher net earnings from hogs than cotton. He sold three bales of cotton for 105 dollars after costs of 70 and 60 for feed and labor, then twelve hogs for 120 dollars with hog costs around 60 and minimal labor. The example argues for expanding hog raising, as in Mobile county.
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Georgia
Mobile County
Washington Wage Law Card Dims Individual Contract Rights
A Washington legislature wage act sets minimum weekly pay for women and girls in clerical work eight dollars for older youths and six dollars for younger workers. The piece argues the law violates constitutional rights of contract and claims it is class legislation restricting voluntary agreements.
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State of Washington
The
United States
Bank of Mobile promotes Satsuma crop to national readers
The Bank of Mobile bought the Cook orchard Satsuma crop and mailed boxes to major U S cities. President M J McDermott aims to attract attention to Mobile county citrus farming and receives thanks from editors such as E S Beck of the Chicago Tribune. The Houston Telegram notes the plan could inspire other Texas lenders.
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Mobile
Bank of Mobile
Satsuma
Cook
M. J. McDermott
Beck
The
Chicago Tribune
West
McDermott
Houston
Houston Financial
Houston (Texas
Nearer the Issue on national and Texas prohibition
The San Antonio Light notes growing pressure to break the prohibition question into elements. It cites the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals striking down a major aspect of the Allison liquor law and the Hobson resolution in Congress. While the resolution failed, an amendment granting concurrent federal and state power to enforce prohibition drew attention as an inconsistency in supporters and opponents.
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Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
National Congress
Congress
San Antonio
Alabama Rail Rate Advance Granted by Commission
The Alabama Railroad Commission approved a 10 percent rate increase on 33 major commodities. The rises, to last six months and end June 30 next year, respond to war driven revenue needs, with a warning the period may be extended if conditions require. A Dallas Morning News report notes sensitivity to potential rail bankruptcy despite cautious concession.
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Alabama Railroad Commission
Alabama Commission
Dallas
Texas
Josephus Dan iels Inspires Navy Anthem at Water University
Satirical musings defend a singing navy under secretary Josephus Daniels. The piece lauds his fame as Bard of Blowing Rock and urges the Josephian fleet to sing. it imagines ballads praising education, tar expertise, and patriotism with ditties referencing Tipperary and “It's a Long Way to North Carolina.”
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Josephus Daniels
Josephian Navy
Josephus
Blowing Rock
Water University
Tipperary
Navy
North Carolina
New York Sun
Botany Buffs Mushrooms Reveal Hidden Humor
The botanist and his wife share a mushroom joke at supper. He notes he gathered them for her, she finishes them all, and at breakfast he learns she slept well with no illness. He triumphantly declares he found a nonpoisonous mushroom species.
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Mabel
Archie
Milwaukee News
Monkey Moneybags and His Son’s Complicated Romance
A humorous quip from the Buffalo Express about a wife who adores a lapdog while her husband favors a pet star, noting the wife’s affection may shape her husband and his son through a playful example of domestic dynamics.
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Moneybags
Buffalo Express
Baby Cochran Lights White House Christmas Day
Three year old Josephine Anne Cochran dubbed Sun beam of the White House during Christmas. The president’s grandniece brightens days after Mrs Wilson’s death as a large decorated tree is placed in the White House library for her benefit.
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Josephine Anne Cochran
White House
Mrs. Wilson
Baby Cochran
Bankers of The Hemisphere Plan Trade Upbuilding
Administration officials plan a Washington conference with treasury officials American bankers and Latin American finance ministers to address Western Hemisphere trade problems caused by the war. Invitations have been accepted from several Central and South American countries. The aim is to expand U S banking connections and establish more American bank branches in South America.
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Associated Press
Washington
Administration
Treasury
United States
McAdoo
George Paish
Wilson
Bryan
South America
London
Europe
Earth 100000000 Years Old Missing Link Identified
Philadelphia report notes George F Becker of the U S Geological Survey argues the earth is about 100 million years old during a Geological Society of America meeting. James H McGregor cites the pithecanthropus erectus skull from Java as the intermediate link between humans and apes. Charlies D Walcott discusses limestone beds formed by algae explaining prior geological debates. Iron ore deposits in Newfoundland linked to plant action.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
George F. Becker
United States Geological Survey
Geological Society of America
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Java
Machine Skids and Capsizes Injuring Charles Leanman
At Broad and Virginia streets on Tuesday evening around 6 30 o clock a car skidded on a wet pavement and toppled. Charles A Leanman a ship carpenter of 304 Marine street was taken to city hospital in serious condition with a neck fracture and partial paralysis of the left arm. The car belonged to L J Leahy and was driven by Wallace McKinney. others escaped unharmed. Officers Noah Harris and Ernest New assisted at the scene and the car was moved to free Leanman.
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Broad
Virginia Streets
Charles A. Leanman
Marine Street
City Hospital
William Henderson
Leanman
L. J. Leahy
Wallace McKinney
Noah Harris
Ernest New
Prohibition Fight Faces Alabama Leaders and Legislature
Persistent calls warn the legislature to act promptly with careful foresight to avoid a statewide prohibition clash. Private sessions hint at radical plans to repeal Smith and Parks bills, potentially shutting saloons overnight, while lawmakers wary of statewide mandates line up for a people’s vote and financial reform priorities.
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Fuller
India Limits Wheat Exports To 100000 Tons
The India government will restrict exports to 100000 tons of wheat and flour from December 1 to March 31, 1915. Exports are confined to British possessions due to abnormal wheat prices.
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Delhi
London
India
Mayor Pillans Recovers From Automobile Accident Wounds
Mayor Harry Pillans will not be disfigured by injuries from the Sunday accident on the Three Notch road. His nose was severely cut but he is aided by skilled surgical care and the wound is healing rapidly.
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Harry Pillans
Three Notch Road
London treaty on safety at sea ratified in Senate vote
Washington reports the London treaty on safety at sea was ratified with a reservation allowing the United States to impose higher safety and health standards on all vessels entering U.S. ports. The vote was 49 to 20 on December 16. The pact covers lifeboats, life rafts, navigation safety, radiotelegraphy, construction, and certificates of conformity, with disputes over seamen requirements and enforcement.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
United States
Senate
Great Britain
Germany
Austro- Hungary
Russia
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Alexander
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Senator Burton
Ohio
Andrew Furuseth
International Seamen's Union
Furuseth
Wilson
Seamen’s Union
Congress
Canard on Belgium Censorship and Relief Claims
The piece debunks rumors about Belgian relief and German actions. It cites the Handbook of Relief in Belgium denying claims that America or Germany mishandled aid, stating Germans facilitate barges and pass relief to Belgians without seizing supplies, and notes Belgium lacks work and coal for winter.
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Belgium
Commision For Relief In
Broadway
New York
America
Germany
Berlin
Cats and Kittens Help Farm Control Rats
In Farm and Fireside Headwork Shop a reader recalls ridding a farm of rats by introducing cats. She describes rats moving from grain stacks to pens and houses, and how two kittens named Peanut and another cat began catching seven mice or more, reducing theft and pests.
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Hobson
Veader
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Joe
Bankers OF the Hemisphere
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