Pine in Paper Making from Longleaf Pine
The department of agriculture finds longleaf pine suitable for kraft pulps and brown wrapping papers using the sulphate process. Tests show potential to use waste slabs edgings and trimmings from Southern mills. A Moss Point Mississippi mill already produced high grade wrapping paper from mill waste, encouraging broader Southern paper manufacture.
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Department of Agriculture
Sere Fe
Moss Point
Miss
Mobile Trade District
Are Defectives Beyond Saving Earnest Debate
A New York Medical Journal essay by Dr. Edward Wallace Lee argues for eradicating inmates deemed incurably defective. He divides offenders into three classes and asserts the third, comprising atavistic defectives, should be exterminated for humanity and posterity. The piece provokes opposition to a national health board and medical ethics.
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Edward Wallace Lee
New York
New York Medical Journal
National Board of Hah
Dr. Lee
National Board of Health
Cage
L&N Orders 38,000 Tons of Steel Rail From Tennessee Co
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad ordered 38 000 tons of steel rail to be filled at the Ensley plant of the Tennessee Company. This major move follows ICC approval of higher freight rates for Eastern roads and signals more large orders to come from Eastern lines. Alabama stands to gain from several forthcoming shipments.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Ten-nessee Company
Ensley
Alabama
Interstate Commerce Commission
Itém Seeks Congress Aid for Warships at Mobile Carnival
The Itém requests influence with Mobile friends in Congress to ensure warships attend Mobile harbor for the 1914 carnival. The call honors officers and men of the Prairie and Cheater and destroyers bound for Mobile for the carnival as planned.
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Mobile
Legislative Outlook for Alabama In Prohibition Era
Birmingham News outlines needed constructive legislation to advance Alabama. It argues prohibition extremists threaten business, warns crude action could hurt capital and employment across banks, manufacturers, and retailers tied to liquor. The piece supports Governor Henderson’s constructive policies and urges restraint to avoid disrupting cotton and broader commerce.
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Alabama
Birmingham News
Montgomery
W. B. Crumpton
Crumpton
Henderson
Alabama seeks $50,000 for Panama-Pacific Exhibit
Early in the next session a bill will seek a $50,000 appropriation to build an Alabama exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Advocates say the measure will pass both houses and be signed by the governor. They urge rapid action, noting Alabama’s natural and agricultural showcased power as a state-wide advertisement.
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Alabama
Panama
Friends
California
Elephant Office Boy and the Taming of Wild Instincts
The Christian Herald notes historical gifts of tame wild animals used by rulers to command obedience. It recalls a sharpened tusked elephant opening the viceroy’s mail, Beirut’s 1897 display from Abyssinia to the Ottoman sultan, and a Hermon bear tamed to gentleness, arguing peace rests on changing habits, not eradicating predators.
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Elephant
Lord Dufferin
India
Daily Mail
Beirut
Abyssinia
Turkey
Mount Hermon
Christian Herald
Walter Johnson Refutes Idea A Contract Is Scraps
A Philadelphia Inquirer remark notes Walter Johnson has recovered the notion that a contract is no mere scrap of paper and challenges prior notions about enforceability.
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Walter Johnson
Philadelphia Inquirer
Kaiser Misses Warsaw But Claims War Sighting
The Kaiser may not reach Warsaw, but he asserts he witnessed war. The remark from the Boston Transcript notes the claim as a remark on wartime perceptions rather than a confirmed event.
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Warsaw
Boston Transcript
Debates Went Dry Long Ago in Washington
A Wall Street Journal quip notes that if Washington becomes dry the congressional debates could at least be temperate, reflecting on political rhetoric and temperance.
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Washington
Congress
Wall Street Journal
Proper Outlook for Legislature
A conservative business leader asks Alabama to favor constructive, broad policy over factional fights. The piece urges sober, long range legislative action, prioritizing education, taxation, judicial reform, health and statewide advancement over continued prohibition agitation. Public opinion should oppose repeating the old liquor issue.
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Alabama
Henderson
Jones
Smith
Union
Prohibitionists Swap Train Joke With Snake Medicine
C M Stanley recalls a week end hunting club trip to Calais with Governor Comer Murray Brown A H Ford Sid Les and Hugh Morrow. Murray Brown allegedly hid a bottle of snake medicine in Sid Lees grip then it moved to Comers grip and finally to Hugh Morrows grip before returning untampered. The tale ends with Comer keeping quiet as the joke travels.
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Calais
C. M. Stanley
Governor Comer
Murray Brown
A. H. Ford
Sid Les
Hugh Morrow
Sid Lee
Mr. Lee
Governor Comers
B'rer Rabbit
Birmingham
Mr. Morrow
Roebue
Birmingham Age-Herald
War talk at New York dinner stirs Croker remarks
Richard Croker at the Democratic Club of New York discusses hopes for a postwar world without armament and conscription, while a wounded Tim Grady moans in bed as a physician and his wife debate what lies ahead amid inebriation and concern.
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Richard Croker
Democratic Club of
New York
Erybody
Europe
Tim Grady
Tin Grady
Tim
Prohibition Fight Leaders in Alabama Arranged by Hobson and Underwood
The Alabama case in the prohibition dispute is framed as a delicate balance with Hobson and Underwood as leaders on both sides. The Chicago Herald notes the feat of maintaining sovereignty while navigating the 50 50 split.
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Alabama
Hobson
Underwood
Chicago Herald
Sing Sing Astonishes Warden and Prison Reform Echoes
Warden Thomas Mott Osborne praises a reformist approach at Sing Sing noting cessation of prison mail fraud and shoe theft. He cites Auburn style liberty, farm work, and fair pay to replace harsh cell life, while Becker asserts innocence in a murder case and inmates express resolve to improve conditions.
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Bing Sing
New York
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing
Osborne
Becker
Charles Becker
Willy Nilly
Auburn Prison
Auburn
Alabama Governor vows to prosecute lynching victims
Alabama Governor denounces mob violence after Will Smith and Ed Smith are hanged near Wetumpka. Three white men, led by Thomas Wade, are jailed pending inquiry as a coroner’s jury reports deaths by unknown assailants. A special grand jury is convened to probe the lynching.
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Tees Montgomery
Alabama
Will Smith
Ed Smith
Wet
Thomas Penson
Jackson
Wetumpka
Taoteitos O'Neal
Thomas J. Wade
Edward Wade
Nigh Beh Cathe
Geome
Chine
Ioe
Masa
Grocer Delivers Slow Goods Prompt Buyer Arrival
Proverbial line notes a grocer's delivery lags behind a buyer who moves slowly, yet the grocer still typically finishes ahead in the course of trade.
Convict Bureau Reports Large Profits and Reforms Proposed
Hartwell Douglass faces a push to remove the convict department from politics and separate hardened criminals from minor offenders. Proposals include new prison construction at Speigners, small factories at Wetumpka, and monthly settlements of department funds. The four year net profit reached 2.18 million on 5.11 million in receipts with significant reforms urged.
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Montgomery
Hartwell Douglass
State Board of Convict Inspectors
Speigners
Wetumpka
Douglass
Convict Department
Murderer Identified by Widower as Convicted Ex-Friend
Luray Virginia January reports Charles E Burner missing after a Sunday murder of his wife and three children. Burner reappeared and identified the man who killed them as William a former convict he had trusted to care for the stock, who then died by suicide in a neighbor's house.
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Associated Press
Luray
Charles E. Burner
Printze Mill
William
William Strutt Artist Dead in London
William Strutt renowned painter of Peace hangs in The Hague died in London on January 5. His works were noted for serene landscapes and portraits. The death marks the loss of a prominent British artist with works displayed internationally.
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William Strutt
London
Peace Palace
The
Hague
Hawaii Volcanoes Revealed as Submarine Mountain Range
United States Geological Survey findings show Hawaii’s volcanoes are summits of a vast undersea mountain chain. Mauna Loa and Kilauea are unusually quiet eruptively, while Mauna Kea is described as a colossal white mountain with steep slopes and a small base.
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Washington
Hawaii
United States Geological Survey
Pacific Ocean
Mauna Las
Mauna Kea
Pacific
Everest
Kilauea
White Mountain
Mauna Loa
Kilausa
New Year Bright Outlook for Prosperity in U S
The year ends with peace among great powers and a confident path ahead. With ten billion dollars added to wealth in harvests population stands at one hundred million and foreign demand strengthens. Tariffs stabilise while banking reforms promise ample credit and avoidance of panics.
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Europe
New York Herald
The Cossack Tolstoy Portrait and Gogol Praise
The passage cites Tolstoy's The Cossack noting the wife’s burden of obedience and toil yet her hidden influence, then praises Gogol’s view of the Cossack as loyal comrade. It concludes with the Indianapolis News attribution.
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Tolstoy
Not enough readable facts for a proper headline
Fragments mention Sehus Daniels Goethals torpedo boat and a card with unclear content. No coherent event, date, or organizations discernible to summarize.
King awards Order of the Bath to General Joffre
The King reportedly conferred the Order of the Bath on General Joffre amid remarks that the recipient may not have time to accept in person. The note appears in a Detroit Free Press context with limited details.
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Joffre
Detroit
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