Mobile temperance stance amid Alabama prohibition push
The Montgomery Advertiser says the fight has just begun as the pro prohibition majority seeks new law. Mobile’s The Item notes business continues despite the steam roller as Mobile officials anticipate temperate conditions and a steady economy. locals urge self reliance to push progress past political opposition.
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Alabama
Prohibition
House
Senate
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Ag@vertiser
Comer Compliments Stir Prohibition Morality Lesson
An editorial from Mobile County argues the moral lesson preached this morning implies prohibition evils did not descend on the county because voters did not choose Mr Somer for governor. It predicts nationwide retaliation against counties that voted differently, harming business and state cohesion.
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Mobile County
Wunty
Somer
Mobile
Comer
Suffrage Favors and Opposition Across States Discussed
The article reviews state by state outcomes on woman suffrage, noting Ohio’s persistent battle and improved margins, Alabama’s planned constitutional amendment, and a grandmother clause strategy for the march to Montgomery. It contrasts Southern cautiousness with Western support.
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Ohio
Alabama
Montgomery
Suffrage Debate Dampens Hope in Congress
Report notes Mondell resolution on a federal woman suffrage amendment likely to stall for years. Leaders Anna Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt warned Congress that public opinion remains未ready, arguing change must come through male legislators reflecting wives and families. The article cites November election results as an earlier turning point in the suffrage tide.
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Mondell
Congress
Anna Shaw
Carrie Chapman Catt
Washington
United States
Mon
Montgomery Court Fines Man for Pocket Theft in 1920s Alabama
Arthur Duncan, a Negro, faced a $15 fine plus costs in Montgomery police court for stealing fifty five cents from another man’s pocket. In Selma Miss Julia Leiser, daughter of Mrs. F G Leiser, was badly burned when kerosene oil ignited while she lit a grate. her sister Mrs Lloyd Townes restrained her to smother flames.
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Arthur Duncan
Montgomery
Julia Leiser
F. G. Leiser
Selma
Lloyd Townes
Judge Gunter Holds Theo Lacy Responsible For Embezzled Funds
Judge Gunter in Montgomery city court on Monday said he would render a judgment for the state of Alabama against Theo Lacy, former chief clerk, for embezzled funds. The state seeks about $100,000 plus interest and will receive a determination once the amount is calculated.
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Gunter
Montgomery
Theo Lacy
Syrian Young Men’s Association honors Judge Samuel E. Greene
The Syrian Young Men’s Association of Birmingham adopted resolutions of respect for the late Judge Samuel E. Greene. Dr H A Elbourne president of the society delivered a speech at the meeting praising Judge Greene.
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Syrian Young Men’s Association of Birmingham
Samuel E. Greene
H. A. Elbourne
Greene
Officers Installed at Honor Lodge No. 21 Knights of Pythias
At Green ville Honor Lodge No. 21 Knights of Pythias installed new officers past week including W. H. Seale as chancellor commander Dr B Hopkins as vice chancellor commander F W Stanley as prelate J Barnes as master of arms J H Steiner as outer guard C B E Hamrock as inner guard F T Herlong as keeper of records and seal G H Tatum as master of exchequer.
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Knights of Pythias
Greenville
W. H. Seale
8. B. Hopkins
F. W. Stanley
J. Barnes
J. H. Steiner
C. BE. Hamrock
F. T. Herlong
G. H. Tatum
Coroner to empanel jury in Gerrish death case
Coroner Charles Spain of Birmingham said on Monday he would empanel a jury to thoroughly investigate the death of 62 year old Harry H. Gerrish found dead in his bathroom last Thursday night. Initial indications suggested self inflicted death but detectives have not found a motive.
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Charles Spain
Birmingham
Harry H. Gerrish
Judgments Against Three ONeill Aide Staff Members
Judgments were issued for three members of Governor O Neals staff over warrants paid for inauguration expenses in 1913. Adjutant General Joseph B Scully was fined 86.97 dollars G W Covington 99.14 dollars and Everett H Jackson 98.23 dollars.
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O'Neal
Alabama
Joseph B. Scully
G. W. Covington
Everett H. Jackson
Stand ard Home Company cases to be reviewed by grand jury
When the special grand jury meets again next Thursday in Birmingham it is not improbable all business connected with the Standard Home Company, the loan firm under scrutiny, has been attended to. Reports say the Standard Home side may not present counter suits alleging a conspiracy to wreck the company and force bankruptcy.
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Birmingham
Standard Home
Prodigal Poodle Case Hits Montgomery Court
Mrs. Mattie K E Hollie sued George T. Barnes as secretary and the Alabama Agricultural Association in Montgomery court for the loss of a prize French nativity poodle that wandered from its kennel at the state fair. Judge Gunter ruled for the defendants.
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Montgomery
Mattie KE. Hollie
George T. Barnes
Alabama Agricultural Association
Gunter
Birmingham Trades Council Keeps Free Employment Bureau Open
The free employment bureau of the Birmingham Trades Council will be continued indefinitely after a Sunday meeting approved the bureau report. The decision follows the presentation of the bureau’s latest findings.
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Free Employment Bureau
The
Birmingham Trades Council
Bids Open for New Boyles High School Project
Bids for the new high school at Boyles are to be opened immediately. The project is expected to cost between 25000 and 30000 dollars and work will begin as soon as the contract is awarded.
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Boyles
County Jail Project Bids Delayed for Jefferson County
No bids were submitted for warrants to fund the new Jefferson County jail. The Board of Revenue will hold further consultations with Dr. W. H. Oates, the state jail inspector, before proceeding with competitive bidding.
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Board of Revenue
Jefferson County
W. H. Oates
Alabama Livestock Association Session Ahead in Selma
The Alabama Livestock Association holds its annual session in Selma on January 26 and 27. Officials expect a most interesting convention with large attendance from livestock men across the state as the two day meeting progresses.
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Alabama Livestock Association
Selma
Electric headlight debut on Louisville and Nashville line
Train No 1 Engine 252 of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad passed through fence Monday morning with an electric headlight likely the first used on this division. US Marshal H A Skeggs noticed the headlight as he boarded at Decatur and the engineer proudly pointed to it.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad
H. A. Skeggs
United States
Decatur
Selma Council to Decide on Quarantine for Smallpox
Selma city council may meet soon to decide if quarantine is needed against Chattanooga over small pox. Fort Payne and Bridgeport have already imposed quarantines against Chattanooga.
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Selma
Chattanooga
Fort Payne
Bridgeport
Jefferson County names new sheriff Batson and staff
The list of deputies and bailiffs for the new Jefferson County sheriff Thomas J. Batson is announced for a four year term starting next Monday. Several officers from the McAdory administration are retained including F. H. McDuff J. C. Hartsfield H. F. Rape Bob Howard and Jack W. Brown.
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Jefferson
Thomas J. Batson
Walter K. McAdory
Batson
F.H. McDuff
J. C. Hartsfield
H. F. Rape
Bob Howard
Jack W. Brown
Teutons Expelled From Petrograd Border Regions
German and Austrian subjects aged 16 to 60 have been ordered expelled from Petrograd and its environs and from Russian provinces bordering the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic including the Gulf of Riga, as reported via London on January 13.
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Petrograd
London
Gulf of Finland
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Riga
Municipal Wood Lot Opens This Winter in Minneapolis
A city wood lot has been opened in Minneapolis this winter, offering residents access to managed woodland for recreation and potential small-scale timber use. The opening expands public green space and supports urban forestry initiatives.
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Minneapolis
Parson's Review of a Tumbling Year for Mobile Chamber
A report to the Mobile Chamber of Commerce by retiring president A J Parsons outlines progress across civic efforts. Highlights include a planned annual fair, a cattle breeding drive to eradicate the tick, Satsuma Day publicity, and widespread publicity from Pathe Weekly and Essanay films. The year also saw new industry, a rat eradication campaign, a tuberculosis camp planned as Mobile City and County Sanitorium, and cultural events in Bienville Square along with tax and port improvements.
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Chamber of Commerce and Business League
A. J. Parsons
Chamber of Commerce
Catte Han
Mobile
Great
Tennessee
Alabama
Ways and Means Committee
Farm Lands Committee
Moving Picture
Pathe ‘Weekly
United States
Essanay Film Company
Satsuma Orange
Boston Monitor
Home and Country Journal
Cincinnati
Fairfax Harrison
Southern Railway
Preston
South Central States
Latin and
South America
Aseem Tink
Y Organ
Ideal Box and Crate Company
Chamber of Comerce
Rucker
Uited States Health Service
D. T. McCall
Mobile County
Mobile City and County Sanitorium
Ways and Means
Bienville Square
Moapile’ County
Cemeran K
Wealthy Subway Directors Named in Coroner Verdict
Interborough Rapid Transit Company officers and directors face grand jury action after a coroner's jury verdict accusing them of culpable negligence in a Sixth Avenue elevated wreck that killed two. Bail of 5000 each to be posted. no arrests. Named defendants include Theodore P. Shonts Frank Hedley August Belmont Cornelius Vanderbilt Edward J. Berwind W Leon Pepper man F deC Sullivan Edward D. Bacon T deWitt Cuyler Edwin S S Marston Andrew Freedman Charles B Ludlow and Horace M Fisher.
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Associated Press
New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Sixth Avenue
Theodore P. Shonts
Frank Hedley
An August Belmont
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Edward J. Berwind
W. Leon Pepperman
F. Dec. Sullivan
Edward D. Bacon
T. deWitt Cuyler
Edwin S.S. Marston
Andrew Freedman
Charles B. Ludlow
Horace M. Fisher
United States Faces Naval Policy Tests and Belgian Occupation
In this Washington Letter Victor Elliott analyzes U S protest over British shipping obstructions and the German push to formalize Belgium as German soil. He notes expectations of U S diplomacy amid pressures from Germany and Britain as neutrality, embargoes, and consular actions threaten to provoke criticism and test to the next six months.
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Rei
London
Great Britain
United States
England
Germany
Belgium
State Department
Directors Re-Elected by Two Mobile Banks
The Bank of Mobile and City Bank and Trust Company held director elections next Tuesday and Thursday. Both boards remained unchanged with re elected directors. Bank of Mobile re elected J J Blacksher E S Feagin J s J Feore A G Levy Joseph H Lyons M J Mc Dermott T J Potter A L Staples Andrew Van Antwerp F M Weinacker. City Bank re elected E J Buck A P Bush C F Cawthon F S Cleveland John T Coch rane Paul Danner E G Dreaper M C Forchheimer W N Hunter A S Lyons Pat J Lyons G M Luce W H Monk Jr J F McGowin William Owen Gregory L Smith F C Turner H H Wefel Jr T A Yeend.
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Bank of Mobile
City Bank and Trust Company
Messrs
J. J. Blacksher
E. S. Feagin
J.sj. Feore
A. G. Levy
Joseph H. Lyons
M. J. McDermott
T. J. Potter
A. L. Staples
Andrew van Antwerp
F. M. Weinacker
City Bank
Messrs. E. J. Buck
A. P. Bush
T. G. Bush Grocery Company
C. F. Cawthon
F. S. Cleveland
Cleveland Bros
John T. Cochrane
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
Paul Danner
Mobile Coal Company
E. G. Dreaper
Dreaper & Burns
M. C
Willam F. Owen
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
Gregory L. Smith
F. C. Turner
F. C. Turner & Co
H. H. Wefel
Southern Investments
T. A. Yeend
Yeend Bros
Dodgers Release Two Pitchers To Newark
Kent Ebbets of the Brooklyn club announced the release of pitchers William M. Steele from St. Louis and John Enzmann who came from Newark last year, sending them to Newark in the International League.
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Dodgers
New York
Kent Ebbets
Brooklyn
Newark
Mobile Chamber Review Praises Port and Rail Improvements
The report highlights 623 cars of hay 504 cars of grain and feed and 1400 tanks of molasses inspected, a new Mobile San Francisco Steamship Line, extended steamship routes, and improved Mobile train service. Credit given to J Leslie Taylor and the Ways and Means Committee for their work and to the board for progress.
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Mobile
L. &N. Railroad
Georgiana
Board of Directors
J. Leslie Taylor
Ways and Means Committee
Tax revision push in Virginia discussed by governor
Governor Stuart’s lengthy message urges state reform of assessment and taxation. The plan includes central tax commission proposals, segregation options, and calls for stronger fiscal oversight, with mixed support among legislators.
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Stuart
Ocean Steamship Line Plans Two New Larger Ships
Savannah Ga January 13 W H Pleasants general manager announces two new ships for the Ocean Steamship Company will be built soon. The vessels will serve coastwise or trans Atlantic routes and will be larger than any ships the line now owns.
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Associated Press
Savannah
W. H. Pleasants
Ocean Steamship Company
Vinci cough remedy praised by a Alabama user
Mrs. W. E. Ala praises Vinci cod liver oil based remedy with iron tonic for chronic coughs colds and bronchitis claiming rapid relief and complete cure. The ad guarantees money back if no benefit and lists Van Antwerp's Drug Corp Inc Mobile Alabama and leading drug stores as distributors. Joseph Milo sentenced to be hanged Friday August 13 1915 the first North Dakota execution in ten years.
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Vinci
W. E. Ala
van Antwerp
Drug Corp., Inc
Mobile
Ala
Tfoseph Milo
North Dakota
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