Alabama farm expert touts diversification gains and tick control
Mrs. G. H. Mathis of Gadsen nicknamed the "Joan of Arc" for agriculture spoke Thursday night at the Chamber of Commerce. She cited a $25,000 IH loan and $5,000 state funds boosting crops and cattle, saving $26–$30 million in year one, with record corn wheat potatoes oats hay and a tick eradication push gaining counties. She plans to assist in a compulsory dipping campaign and noted farms' dominance in Alabama's population and economy.
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Alabama
Joan of Arc
G. H. Mathis
Gadsen
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Henderson
Cardui hailed as health aid by Oklahoma woman
Mrs. Anna Hileman of Henryetta Oklahoma claims eight years of headaches backaches and other womanly troubles ended after using Cardus Cardui. She says she was bedridden for three months before moving home and starting Cardui with visible improvement after the second bottle. She weighs 146 pounds now and reports renewed energy and ability to do housework and washing. Drug stores sell Cardui as the woman’s tonic.
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Henryetta
Okla
Anna Hileman
Colorado
Dakota
Missouri
Kansas
Cardus
Gell Cardui
Poslam Heals Skin Woes Promoted In Ad Message
An advertisement extols Poslam for eczema and skin eruptions, claiming rapid, soothing effects with few applications. It touts Poslam Soap and a sample offer requiring a 4 cent stamp to New Laboratories, 32 West 26th Street, New York, and notes availability from doctors.
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New Laboratories
West
T. Ee City
Drig- Adv
Mrs. Mathis Delivers Address in Brewton
Mrs. G. H. Mathis, noted speaker, spoke to a fair crowd in Brewton Alabama about farm conditions across the South. She cited that the average Alabama farmer earns about 385 dollars yearly mostly on credit and urged diversification and unity between farmers and businessmen.
Rotary Bee Charms Mobile Club With Spelling Challenge
Mobile Rotary Club held a playful spelling bee during a Thursday meeting in the Rotary room of the Cawthon. Percy W. Maer led the event, introducing guests Rev. Dr. Fred Bate and Harris Vaughan, and the banter focused on Rotary values and lighthearted competition.
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Mobile Rotary Club
Rotary
Cawthon
Percy W. Maer
Brotherhood of Man
Maer
DuBose
Smith
Clemens
Henry Wade DuBose
Armbrecht
Grace
Christian
Keller
Fred Bate
Episcopal Divine
Columbia
Dr. Bate
Harris Vaughan
Fragmented OCR Note Se SF3 AU 47S
Fragmentary OCR text shows a string Se SF3 £ 9 2 47S AU a with unclear context. No identifiable people places or events available from readable fragment.
Entente naval power three to one over Central Powers
Paris Feb 25 official calculations show Allied naval strength relative to Central Powers at about three to one. End of 1915 fleet counts list German Austro Hungarian Turkish Bulgarian ships and Allied vessels across battleships cruisers torpedo boats and destroyers with submarines noted as unknown in both sides. Authorities say submarine figures are not publicly available and estimates vary.
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Paris
Turk
Ioc
Ssscersedevsces
Scccaeesvivsese
Ccceeceesens
Germany
France
Market Rebound Traced to Dealer Reassurances
The advance followed a semi panicky sell off yesterday as dealers showed optimism that a practical solution with Germany would emerge. The upturn reflected a shift in sentiment among a broad group of traders seeking relief from the recent pressure.
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Germany
Mobile Y M C A Strengthens Senior Basketball Squad
Changes at practice reshuffle Hinman to forward and Ebbecke to center. Ebbecke, over 6 feet and 175 pounds, joins Crawford Steber Doyle Cunningham Izard and Ollinger for a strong lineup. Birmingham Y M C A, coached by Hoffer, arrives Saturday for one game before traveling to Birmingham the next day.
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Ebbecke
Hinman
Iebbecke
Crawford
Steber
Doyle
Cunningham
Izard
Ollinger
Birmingham
Alabama
Hoffer
German Raider Carries 6 Guns and Mines
A captain aboard a sinking British ship described the German raider as a 2000 to 2500 ton vessel with six seven inch guns two torpedo tubes and mines. It can sail at seventeen knots and carries 200 to 250 men under a German count. Survivors from the Luxembourg report their ship was 125 miles from Fernando de Nova in the south Atlantic when seized and kept under control by seven Germans with grenades.
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London
Reuter
Teneriff
Wesburn
Santa Cruz
Luxembourg
Fernando de Nova
Atlantic
Brazil
Negro admits murder of Mississippi banker
Frank Anderson, jailed in Arkansas for burglary, confessed to killing A. H. Cage, cashier of the Plant ers Bank of Clarksdale, at Cage’s home on October 10. Authorities said they will seek Anderson’s return to Mississippi for trial.
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Little Rock
Ark
Frank Anderson
Arkansas Penitentiary
A. H. Cage
Clarksdale
Miss
Cage
Planters’ Bank of
Mississippi
Toastmaster and reporter craft in careful lines
A toastmaster should not waste time and speakers keep pace while reporters often fail to earn public confidence. The misstep of rushing or vague reporting undermines trust in news and language.
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