Pedigreed Oats Show Promising Feed Quality from Auburn Trials
Agronomists report Auburn bred pedigreed red rust proof oats yielding high feed value. Chief inspectors and Nashville merchants praise two pedigreed strains for feeding, noting superior quality over market varieties. Extension service notes seed from these strains will be distributed for sowing next fall.
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Ex Service
Auburn
Hogg
Chambers of Commerce
Nashville
Anl
Sphis Merchants’ Exchange
Mr. Gardner
Memphis Merchants
J. F. Duggar
Nashville Grain Exchange
Cuthberson
Natona Remedies Advertised From Acid Iron Earth
Bladon Springs resident and Natona Company vice president R W Conner discusses Natona Remedies derived from Acid Iron Earth. After early problems from improper preparation, the firm redesigned production as Natona Nature’s Own Remedy, with renewed marketing under guidance of Edward E. Richard and advertising specialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R W. Conner
Bladon Springs
Natona Company, Inc
Natona Company
Natona
Conner
Mobile
Alabama
Namer
Battle House
Repton Association Plans Big Acreage For Year
The Repton Alabama association plans a large acreage for the year. Members were discouraged by a weak market but remain optimistic about a strong market ahead.
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Repton Association
Repton
Ala
Reptonce Association
St Elmo News Notes Visitors and Local Happenings
St Elmo hosts visitors from New Orleans Mobile and Pascagoula. Families attend gatherings at the Dodge home and Grand Bay Sunday school convention. Mrs Litton recovers from illness. A four rope swing brings leisure to local youth at St Elmo.
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New Orleans
Carrie Long
Asi Mire Mamillon
Hoxhead
Mobile
R. M. Dodge
J. A. Curry
William Edwards
Louisville
Lonnie Watts
Pascagoula
St. Elmo
John Pfleger
West
Grand Bay
H. A. Turner
Mamie Davis
Melrose
Ala
Death of R R Agent A O Coburn in Greenville Alabama
Special to The Item reports M A O Coburn died at his Pine Street home in Greenville on February 4 after a week of illness. He was about fifty and formerly a Louisville and Nashville Rail Road Company agent and operator in Calhoun. Survivors include his wife three sons Salter Charlie and Ellis Coburn and four daughters Mrs J M Sanderson Phenie Belle Bessie Annie Lou Coburn. Remains shipped to Fort Deposit for Sandy Ridge burial.
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Greenville
Ala
O. Coburn
Pine Street
Fort Deposit
Sandy Ridge
Salter Coburn
Montgomery
Charlie Coburn
Ellis Coburn
J. M. Sanderson
Owassa
Phenie Belle
Bessie
Annie Lou Coburn
Alabama's Five to Make Road Schedule
The University of Alabama basketball team will play Mississippi A and M in Starkville next Friday and Saturday. A tour through Greensboro Selma and Mobile follows, with possible additional campus games and a Tennessee trip, completing the 1915 season. Captain Love Pep Wells Griff Harsh Holt back, Barnwell Bowman Bowron Dortsch Smith among hopefuls.
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Selma
South
Mobile
Love
Pep Wells
Griff Harsh
Holt
Barnwell
The
University
Bowman
Montgomery
Bowron
Birmingham
Dortsch
Gadsden
Smith
Covington Farmers Will Plant Spuds in Andalusia
Andalusia February 4 Special to The Item report notes farming in Covington County shifting from cotton and corn to Irish and sweet potatoes. A truck growers association forms with members like J. E. Shreves E. M. Henderson and W. M. Knox as residents debate viability and timing for early prices. The article also mentions a reform abolishing the law and equity court affecting Judge W. H. Albritton Solicitor Allen Crenshaw and Stenographer McEwan and reports progress in the Tedder shooting case as investigators pursue strong clues and expect arrests soon.
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Andalusia
Ala
Covington County
W. H. Albritton
Allen Crenshaw
McEwan
Tedders
W.H. Tedder
Sheriff's Office
Teachers Not 10 Get Salaries Now
Montgomery Feb 4. County education superintendents and treasurers were told by W F Feagin that there will be no money for teacher salaries at month end due to a depleted state treasury. Governor Henderson ordered no salary warrants until further notice. This month salaries total about 245000 dollars versus typical 300000.
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Montgomery
W. F. Feagin
Superintendent of Education
Henderson
Feagin
General Declaration on Foodstuffs Claimed by AP
London reports no British decision on treating foodstuffs as contraband has been communicated to the United States. The Times says the American press misstates the policy, noting any decision concerns the Wilhelmina case only.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
the Times
United States
Wilhelmina
Rison Board Moves to Free Bridges and Seek Levy
Harrison County reads that four county bridges will be toll free after a four year plan at about 30000 dollars. Other bridges Bay of Biloxi Bernard Bayou Wolf River are owned by Handsboro J P Rouse. Gulfport may seek to increase toll free bridges and seek two mile levy for roads. Sawmills at Bond and Howlson employ around 800. Italian community donates 60 for earthquake relief. A negro teacher J A Gardner bound over on embezzlement charge. Gulfport taxes compare favorably. Residents seek direct road into Gulfport.
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Cresial
IGU
Harrison County
Bay of Biloxi
Bayou "Bernard
Wolf River
Handsboro
J. P. Rouse
Gulfport
Duy
Bond
Howlson
Dantzler Lumber Co
Frank Bertucci
J. A. Gardner
Wiggins
Grand Jury
Treasuries
Red Creek
Board of Supervisors
University of Alabama to Enter Mardi Gras Run Team
Alabama holds joint try outs for a two mile track team for the Mardi Gras race at Mobile on February 15 and for Jack Rabbit Club cross country honors. Four will join the regular team and two the Jack Rabbit Club. contenders include Walter Jones, Jesse Johnson, R. M. Buzbee, W. M. Lile, S. P. Meek, Wallace Malone and Asa Rountree Jr. Wyatt Rushton and Rountree led the former trial but timed out.
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University
Ala
Mobile
Jack Rabbit Lab
Tuscaloosa
Jack Rabbit Club
Walter Jones
Jesse
Business Boom in Marengo County Amid Rail Traffic Rise
The Marengo County district reports strong business as rail freight rebounds. Train No. 12 carried nine carloads of freight yesterday while cotton and cattle traffic to New Orleans grows. A new brick Baptist church on Main Street near the courthouse is planned, and Deputy Sheriff Bob Loften returns with two suspects linked to a band of cow thieves.
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Linden
Ala
Louisville
Nashville
John C.nn
T. E. Horton
Marengo County
New Baptist Church
Main Street
Bob Loften
South Marengo
Vanderbilt Baseball Schedule for 1915 Announced
Vanderbilt University released its 1915 baseball schedule with games in Nashville and across the South. Key dates include March 27 Nashville Southern League club, April 2-8 against Mississippi A&M at Starkville and games with Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Sewanee, and Cumberland through May.
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Vandy
Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt Universty
Southern “League
Tennessee State Normal
Murfreesboro
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical
Starkville
Miss
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Illinois At
University of Chattanooga
Southern Presbyterian University
Mercer University
Macon
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Cumberland University
Lebanon
University of Tennessee At Nashville
Sewanee
University of Tennesee
Knoxville
Dr Seale Harris to Speak in Greenville
Dr Seale Harris a renowned Alabama physician will lecture in Greenville on health and disease prevention under the Mothers Circle in support of a women’s health campaign. The talk at Butler County Court House starts at 3:30 pm and is free to the public with a large turnout expected.
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Greenville
Eee
Harris
Butler County
Alabama
Mothers
American Medical Society
Mothers’ Circle
Dr. Harris
Berlin hotel and restaurant groups to tax bread served at meals
A dispatch from Dresden reports Berlin allied associations of restaurant and hotel keepers decide to charge for all bread served with meals. The Dresden dispatch notes the municipal council has decreed that all bread baked there or at the government stand ar.
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Berlin
Dresden
Peculiar After Effects of Grip This Year
Doctors nationwide report grip epidemics with painful kidney and back symptoms. Swamp Root herbal remedy from Dr Kilmer Co claims to heal kidneys, liver and bladder. sample bottles offered for ten cents, regular sizes 50 cents and 1.00, available at druggists with paper mention.
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Kilmer
Fage Covered with Pimples Presented as Cure
Miss Katie Richardson of Clearwater writes that three months ago her face was full of red, itching pimples diagnosed as eczema. After using Cathdra Soap and Ointment her skin cleared in six weeks, leaving her face smooth and healed.
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Clearwater
Katie Richardson
A Word to Mothers: Soothing Cuticura Soap and Ointment Advice
A word to mothers advises using Cuticura Soap for a warm bath and Cuticura Ointment for relief of irritated skin. The ad promises soothing healing and notes a 32-page Skin Book available on request by postcard to Cuticura Dept. T, Beeton, sold worldwide.
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Cuticura
Dept. T
Beetom
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DeBriere
Debriere’s Cafe
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Gulf City Dye Works
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Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway
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Dauphin Street
F. W. Woolworth Co
Davidson
England
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L. P. Creter
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