Alabama Governor Question Sparks Voter Mix Across Counties
The Item reports a random survey of 39 men in Alabama asking who would win the next governor race. It finds eight farmers, sixteen merchants, three clerks, two ministers, six pilots and engineers, four mechanics. Kolb appears favored by many, Comer supported by a minority, with county anxieties about Comer across the Wiregrass and Gulf Coast regions.
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Alabama
B. B
Montgomournal
Henderson
Captain Kolb
Thut
Kolb
Comer
Fier
Kolbut
Counies
Mr. Comer
Duhties
Choctaw
Washington
Clarke
Escambia
Baldwin
Dallas
Monroe
Wilcox
Marengo
Wallace
Kolby
Prac
s“Eyvery
Florence
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Gil
Mobile
Birmingham
Jefferson County
Organized Labor
Theodore Roosevelt
Reversal of Form in Mobile Port Debate Sparks Auditorium Push
A city paper argues a swift shift from port commerce needs to an urban auditorium. It criticizes leaders for abandoning docks and railroad plans to fund a civic hall, favoring private capital and a county fair plan as cheaper, while urging restraint on bonds. The piece warns against sidelining port development for entertainment facilities.
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Swift Changers
John A. Wetzel
County Fair Committee
Harry Pillans
Mobile
Panama Canal
The Country Church and the Task of Rural Ministers
Rural church vitality hinges on capable ministers who engage broad country life topics and lead community activities. A poor match between preacher and parish, limited resources, and shifting attendance have weakened rural churches, as seen in a Pennsylvania town anecdote about pastors and congregations over decades.
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Country Life
Roosevelt
Booth
Milwaukee
Pennsylvania
Luthéran Church
Parson Delwig
Theological Seminary
Methodist Church
Old Lutheran Church
Rupert Idaho Builds All Electric Heated High School
The city of Rupert Idaho reports a school heated entirely by electricity using twenty four kilowatt units with individual controls and an emergency shutoff. Annual operating costs are about 1760 dollars, cheaper than coal plus fireman costs. The article also notes local church history and a regional survey showing many country ministers lack formal college training.
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Rupert
Idaho
United States Bureau of Education
Rupert High School
Hagher
Where &S
New England
Federal Council of Churches
Methodist Church
New Orleans and Mobile in Race for canal trade leadership
The New York Commercial and Financial Chronicle features Edward D. Page of the Merchants' Association arguing New Orleans ranks as a weak banking center outside cotton but could become a reserve hub if it gains isthmus trade, with Atlanta opposing the view. The New Orleans States counters strongly that Atlanta will not help or hurt New Orleans and claims Page misstates facts. The States defends New Orleans as the natural canal gateway, noting its banks, factories, steamship links, and growing ship traffic while Mobile is praised as energetic and enterprising, with expectations of future commerce and industry growth within five to ten years.
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New York Commercial and Financial Chronicle
Edward D. Page
Merchants’ Association
Federal Reserve Banks
Atlanta
New Orleans
Mobile
Page
South
Orient
United States
Weather lore and health tips from the Washington Letter
Victor Elliott surveys weather effects on people and warns of low resistance during cold snaps. Dr. W. C. Rucker urges proper home heating and humidity, humidifiers on radiators, and outdoor exercise to strengthen health against winter germs.
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Washington
Henef
Huma
W. C. Rucker
United States Public Health Service
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Ompan
New Jersey
the Country Church
Til
Frederick J. Haskin
Daily Searchlight
the Electric High School
FOL. Man
Nou
Tre
Victor Elliott
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