Explosions Rise At DuPont Plants In Delaware And New Jersey
Wilmington reports a fifth explosion in two days at the duPont powder plants near Hagley and Carney's Point across the Delaware. Thirteen tons of powder exploded at Carney's Point with no injuries. a prior blast killed three at Carney's Point the night before. Company cites unavoidable accidents amid wartime production and a larger workforce.
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Wilmington
Del
duPont
Hagley Ids
Carney's Point
N. J
Delaware River
Wimington
Carney’s Point
Hagley Yards
duPoint Company
Plans for 1916 Bartonian Meeting Preview
A Barton Academy gathering led by Professor M. D. Sutton outlined aims for the 1916 Bartonian. The staff includes Garner Hoffman as editor in chief and James Maury among named editors and staff, with another meeting set for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartonian
Academy
M. D. Sutton
Harry M. Wilson
James Maury
George Cammack
Lucille Tisdale
Josephine Stone
Eulalie Hagan
Willie Hempstead
Silmerine Method Promises Natural Waves and Lustrous Hair
An advertisement touts a new silmerine method to style hair without heat. It claims natural curls and a glossy look, with no stickiness or greasiness. Use nightly with a clean toothbrush to draw product through from roots for morning waves. A small amount of squid from a druggist supposedly lasts long.
Gulf Coast Produce Tour Delayed by Tire Trouble
An educational tour by the Gulf Coast Produce Exchange and Mobile Farm Bureau faced delays from a blown tire as crowds gathered at Orchard Semmes and Pierce’s Level. Speakers W. C. Bromley and E. J. Davis drew large audiences, with farmers committed to applying expert crop guidance and plans for repeat meetings announced after Dawes and Union Church stops.
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Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Mobile Farm Bureau
Orchard
EF. de Celle
W. C. Bromley
E. J. Davis
Semmes
C. F. McCreary
J. A. Wulff
Wilmer
Pierce
Dawes
Union Church
McGrane murder trial resumes in Greenville
Greenville Alabama January 13 special The McGrane murder trial resumed this morning in a packed court room. McGrane’s father mother and two young brothers sat near him as the defense seeks a self defense verdict claiming the killing followed a quarrel while the state argues premeditation with intent to rob Grant of money or the car. Only state witnesses have been examined So far.
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Greenville
Ala
McGrane
Grant
Commissioners Rally for School Bond Vote Campaign
Commissioners Roe Quinn and Egan of the county schools committee wrap up a two day canvass for the county school bond issue and report strong support. City campaign leaders Cochrane Roach and McCall plan a Barton Academy rally at 7 30 Friday with local Mobilians to speak.
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Roe, Quinn and
Egan
Country Schools Committee
County Board
Cochrane
Roach
McCall
Barton Academy
Death of Penn student may end annual bowl fight
Philadelphia January 13 The Penn bowl fight an annual event for over fifty years likely to be abolished after yesterday’s clash between sophomore and freshmen left one freshman dead and six injured Coroner Knight attributed Lifson’s death to suffocation and found no basis for arrests All injured are expected to recover
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Ephomore
Knight
William L. Lifson
Mobile naval station debate fuels Bankhead letters
Mobile business leaders push for a Gulf naval yard with Senator J H Bankhead backing the idea. The exchange with F G Bromberg in The Unionist shows Bankhead promising to urge the Navy secretary and study a western shore site for a Mobile base, citing deep Mobile River channels and required dredging costs.
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Mobile
F. ©. Bromberg
United States
J. H. Bankhead
Alabama
Bankhead
Bromberg
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Station
the Gulf
Washington
Congress
Gulf Naval Station
United States Senate
Washington, D. C
F. G. Bromberg
Ala
Gulf Station Navy Yard
Bay of
Birmingham
Bay of Mobile
Gulf
Bigbee
United Dates Senate Aerate
F. G. Stounhee
Mobile, Ala
Mr. Bromberg
English Women Shot Down With Citizens Of U S
Reports from the border list killings of Americans in Mexico near Chihuahua with reactions from Senator Sheppard, Secretary Lansing, and Carranza envoy Arredondo. The House debated using federal forces in Mexico while calls grew for a Pan American union to restore order and protect U S citizens.
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Chihuahua
Sheppard
Texas
CG. C. Young
el Pago
Obregon
State Department
Carranza
Elesio Arredondo
Lansing
Wilson
Mexico
Silliman
Secetary Lansing
Department
Senate
Fall
Santa Ysabel
Madera
Peter Kane
Cecil Spring-Rice
Congress
Lewis
Nicaragua
Hayti
House of Representatives
United States
Haiti
Slayden
Mobician Leaders Vow Hard Fight for Local Plant Site
A Mobile Chamber of Commerce committee, formed at the annual meeting, convened to push for locating a government shipbuilding plant in Mobile. The group pledged to leave no stone unturned to advance Mobile’s interests, meeting at noon on Thursday to continue the effort.
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Alabama
Chambers of Commerce
Parsons
Mobile
H. G.barclay
L. & N. Railroad
J. W. Hunter
Southern Railway
Rotary Club
Mobiel Rotary Club
Battle House
Mississippi
Tennessee
Governent Shipbuilding
Chamber of Commerce
Capitol Gossip Highlights Social Justice and Oil Case Reactions
Washington dispatch cites Yale professor Irving Fisher urging research, physician training, and social services plus Lathrop's Children’s Bureau backing milk, housing, wages, and social justice. It notes oil leasing politics, conservation group support, and FTC actions, recalling the 1911 Standard Oil case dissolution and Wickersham's role.
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Washington
Irving Fisher
Yale University
Julia Lathrop
Children’s Bureau
Fisher
Wife’s witty reply halts Marine enlistment plan
In Horseheads New York a wife writes to Sergeant Frank X Bleicher at a recruiting station, consenting to her husband’s enlistment but warning that if he serves as he treats her she prays for God to save the land. Bleicher then declines the enlistment, deeming the man undesirable for service.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Horseheads
Frank X. Bleicher
United States Marine Corps
Uncle Sam
Bleicher
Big Poultry Show Opens Here Today
The poultry show opens this morning in the lobby of the former Orpheum Theatre on Conceptions street between Dauphin and Conti streets. Nearly a hundred pens of fine egg producing stock display birds, with hens chatting and roosters strutting as visitors admire the flair and gossip of the event.
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Orpheum Theatre
Conception’ Street
Dauphin and
Conti Streets
Fairhope Socials and Bonds Boost Local Spirit
Fairhope readers report a busy week with Trebel Clef Club performances and civic pride over a water and electric light bond approval. Aldermen canvassed votes, plans to issue bonds proceed. civic groups, road associations, and churches held events, dinners, and socials as Town projects advance.
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Fairhope
Ala
Trebel Clef Club
Hugh Lowell
Carney
E. B. Gaston
Faithhope Auditorium
Woodmen
Pythian Castle Hall
Christian Church Ladies’ Aid
T. F. Johnson
East Fairhope
Fairhope Citrus Fruit Growers’ Association
Citrus Hall
J. F. Johnson
C. &E. Rockwell
Leonard Payne
A. M. Troyer
George Thornton
Dixon
Fels Avenue
R.F. Summerville
Madison, Wis
R. Baldwin
St. Louis
W. H. Bunn
Washington
George A. Gilbert
Knoxville
P. J. Quimby
Auburn
E. A. Bryant
Wisconsin
Colonial Inn
Marriage License Issued By Probate Court
The following marriage license was issued from the probate court Thursday White William Roth and Olive Lee Pettis.
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Probate
White
William Roth
Olive Lee Pettis
Two Fairhope Girls Die In Sand Slide Disaster
In Fairhope Alabama on January 13 two six year old girls Martha Gilmore and Elizabeth Howard were killed when a hillside sand and clay slide from Bayou Charbon buried them. Teachers and neighbors rushed to dig them out. rescue efforts failed and both girls died after hours of attempts. Martha Gilmore to be buried in Fairhope and Elizabeth Howard to be embalmed for Missouri.
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Fairhope
Ala
Brother
Elizabeth
Martha
Catherine Johnson
Martha Gilmore
Elizabeth Howard
Missouri
General Denial Filed by Bank Directors in Suit
Attorneys Armbrecht McMillan Caffey filed demurrers in chancery court denying the allegations in Dominique T. Gimon versus The National City Bank and its directors. The demurrers state no act of negligence caused losses to the complainants.
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Armbrecht
McMillan & Caffey
Frank S. Cleveland
John T. Cochrane
Albert P. Bush
Gregory M. Luce
Maurice C. Forchheimer
Paul A. Danner
Freeman C. Turner
William N. Hunter
Pat J. Lyons
Thomas A. Yeend
Herman H. Wefel Jr
W. H. Monk, Jr
The
National City Bank
Chancery Court
Dominique T. Gimon
Harry T. Smith & Caffey
Alabama Grocer Magazine Debuts With Buy-At-Home Advocacy
The Alabama Grocer is a new monthly magazine edited and managed by Thomas J. Duggan, secretary of the Retail Grocers' and Merchants' Association. The first issue promotes the Buy-at-Home movement and features a cover design focused on the topic.
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Alabama Grocer
Thomas J. Duggan
Thieves Target Citrus Hall In Fairhope
In Fairhope Alabama on Tuesday night Johnson and Casson found thieves had taken a bushel of corn and a bag of oats from their wagon parked near Citrus hall. The men discussed possible measures to catch the culprits as the incident was noted in a brief late report.
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Fairhope
Ala
Citrus Hall
Johnson and
Casson
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J. W. Mann
Prichard
W. H. Harris
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Wesley Hobson
Wes Busey
Frank Phillips
C. E. Hayworth
Frank Bisnette
Robert Lanham
B. H. West
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I. J. Whitlet
Plateau Institute
J. J. Daniel
Selma
Alexander Audgry
Chastang
Rosen‘wala Rural School Fund
Bell
M’grane
South Alabama
U. S
Leonard W. Brown
Porter King
Charles Schimpf
D. Haig Prichard
Capitol Gossip
Gilson ‘Gardner
Committee On Mines and Mining
Committee On Public Lands
National Conservation Association
Federal Trade Commission
Standard Oil
United States Supreme Court
Iit
Circuit Court of New York
George W. Wickersham
Old Orpheum
Columbia Ice Cream Company
Home Phone
Bell Phone
Columbia Theatre
Aills & Myers Musical Comedy Co
Dixie Sign CO
Dauphin St
Peoples Bank
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