Textile Tariff Debate and Woolen Mills Recovery
A analysis of tariff changes under Underwood shows New England woolen and worsted mills thriving as mills expand and modernize to meet rising demand. The Textile World Journal notes strong manufacturing, while GOP critics push the tariff issue in the national campaign. Beneficiaries include owners leasing and reopening mills amid a growing market.
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Oscar W. Underwood
Textile World Journal
New England
Congress
Selecting Education Boards in Alabama Urges Careful Choice
State Superintendent Feagin urges voters to use discretion in choosing county education board members. He notes offices have no pay and should attract only those with genuine desire to serve. The piece highlights literacy issues in Franklin County and cites health statistics for Etowah and Mobile counties from 1915.
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Feagin
Educational Department of Alabama
General County Boards of Education
Board of School Commissioners
Alabama
Mobile County
Franklin County
Franklin
Etowah
Mobile
Texans for Preparedness Poll Supports Wilson in Texas
The Dallas Morning News poll over five days shows 12 283 in favor of preparedness and 686 against the president, with a 1734 to 1 margin in his favor. The paper notes Texans trust the president's judgment above any public figure who disagrees with him.
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Dallas Morning News
United States
Wilson
Texas
Toilers get a chance as Birmingham cools blue laws
Birmingham city commission largely backs allowing movies and sacred concerts on Sundays while one opposing member proposes a petition drive for a public referendum. Mobile workers already enjoy Sunday amusements and praise the policy as beneficial, with civic growth and activity noted in street and park projects.
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Birmingham
Mobile
Virginia school days to fly the flag year round
The Richmond Times-Dispatch urges raising the Stars and Stripes over every school building daily, arguing youth should learn to love it. The piece notes patriotism should start early and mentions Alabama Mississippi as leading nut producers and Belgian relief sewing by Washington society women. The Baltimore American frets about sea crabs and Mobile offers a solution.
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Virginia
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Mobile hosts visiting notables and film figure arrivals
A stream of visitors and businessmen arrive in Mobile for short stays and deals. George Selden and party from Erie join Chicago tourists at local hotels while Thomas Kane of Birth of a Nation plans days here to arrange engagements and social events with local press.
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George Selden
N. V. Sparks
Erie
South
Mobile
Cawthon
Thomas F. Kane
Mr. Kane
Pennsylvania
L. W. Morgan
Fairford
Ala
Step Toward War Lodge Declares Position on Neutral Rights
Senator Lodge, ranking minority member of the foreign relations committee, warns in the senate that abandoning open ports and free travel for American merchantmen would be a neutral act leading toward war. He cites precedent and says the administration must not alter its stance on armed merchant ships and the rights of Americans at sea.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Lansing
Bryan
Lodge
Daughter of Congressman Glass Splits Time Between DC and Virginia
The passage notes she is Carter Glass's daughter from Lynchburg Virginia and spends this winter between Washington where she is popular with the young congressional set and her Virginia home.
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Carter Glass
Lynchburg
Washington
Virginia
Local Names and Addresses List Chief Participants
A compiled list of individuals and their locations includes G C McDavid of Lucedale Miss and J N Henry of Laurel Miss plus others in Alabama Texas New York Illinois and Washington DC. The roster features various spellings and affiliations with cities such as Birmingham Fruitdale Irvington Syracuse and Chicago.
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Ala
G. C. McDavid
Lucedale
Miss
G. B. Sims
York
F. Mattock
Irvington
F. K. Morris
New York City
J. B. Aaron
Syracuse
N. Y
D. D. Cole
J. W. Hawking
Eleska
N. Kaiser
I. L. Cowen
Fall River
O. Tormlin
Dallas
Tex
Ikey’s Swim Solo Question Sparks Quick Bargain
In a swimming scene a passerby asks Ikey to float alone and the exchange ends with Chips offering a price, revealing a quick negotiating moment over a poolside stunt.
Daily Horoscope February 18 1916
Astrological reading warns of violent storms and losses while promising a chance for personal success in new ventures. Cautions cover politics finance military affairs health and immigration with emphasis on disputes and misfortune for older men and temperamental youth.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Uranus
Mars
Venus
Saturn
West
British Columbia
Pacific Ocean
Horoscope Traits And Warnings For Pisces Children
The excerpt notes Pisces subjects may face a troublesome year with potential bodily injuries for children born on this day. It describes Pisces as imaginative, idealistic and highly gifted, implying a mix of creative strength and vulnerabilities for the period.
Congress weighs militia federalization and near minimum wage inquiry
Capitol gossip notes House and Senate military affairs committees drafting a bill to federalize the militia after Garrison's resignation derailed a continental army plan. A federal wage inquiry for Washington’s working girls seeks to measure living costs, with Kenyon Keating pushing the probe and district eight hour rules already in place.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Garrison
District of Columbia
Kenyon
Keating
Consumers’ League
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kenyon-Keating
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