Mobile backs push for naval base and armor plant
The Mobile campaign targets a naval base with dry docks and shipbuilding, backed by A J Parsons and Alabama leaders. They seek statewide backing, citing Mobile’s natural advantages and warning against outside “pull” while urging the Alabama front to prevail.
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Mobile
U.S. Naval Base
Alabama J
Mineral District
Mobile Bay
A. J. Parsons
Birmingham
George Gordon Crawford
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Alabama
Parsons
Crawford
Gov. Henderson
State Harbor Commission
Washington
New Orleans
Admiral Stanford
Naval Committee
Mississippi
Rally to Support the School Bond Issue
Voters are urged to attend a rally at Barign Academy to back a $150,000 rural school bond. The appeal stresses equal facilities for rural children and warns neglect harms Mobile’s future workforce and economy.
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Mobile
Barign Academy
Spring Hill
Dad
Nine Million Men Lost In World War Casualties
Conservative estimates of war casualties in Europe place nine million men killed wounded prisoners or missing in five months of fighting. The figure compares to populations of Denmark Norway and Switzerland and equals about one tenth of the U S population. The central powers reportedly lost over one million killed and four million missing wounded or taken by the Allies in Galicia two and a half months of fighting.
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Europe
Denmark
Norway
Switzerland
United States
Galicia
Russia
Indiana primaries loom for presidential nomination race
The piece notes Indiana voters will begin the nominating process with early presidential primaries during Mardi Gras celebrations. Minnesota and North Dakota follow in March, signaling the Democratic nomination contest's early stages in these states.
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Indiana
United States
Minnesota
North Dakota
Hoosier State
Banishing Yellow Fever From the Canal Zone
Maj. Gen. William C. Gorgas, famed for eradicating yellow fever in the Panama Canal Zone, receives the Geographical Society of Chicago gold medal at a Chicago dinner. He argues poverty, not climate, fuels disease and calls for opening unused lands to the urban poor to improve health.
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William C. Gorgas
Geographical Society of Chicago
Panama Canal Zone
Gorgas
Chicago
United States
Pellagra Conquered Warns Health Serviceclaim Cure
The United States Public Health Service reports discovery of pellagra cause and a cure alongside a method to subdue typhoid fever. They describe pellagra as once mysterious and deadly, especially in the South, but say progress offers a real blessing from the government health department.
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United States Public Health Service
South
Iso
Government
Public Service
Peace efforts and bean prizes stir Pike county letters
A tainted discussion hints at using French women’s bread strike pressure to urge peace talks. Thornton Wood of Troy Alabama offers three prizes for farmers in Pike county for essays on velvet beans, promoting planting for food and fertilizer. Taxes cited as rising costs affect all citizens even without property ownership.
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Ford Peace Party
France
Europe
Thornton Wood
Troy
Ala
Pike County
Wood
Alabama
Baltimore Home for Incurables Inmate Dies at 110
An inmate at the Baltimore Home for Incurables has died at the age of 110, marking a rare long life in the facility. Officials note the resident’s century-spanning life encompassed pivotal eras and events in the city.
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Baltimore
Pete
Balti
Mobile Society Portal Sees Rail Executives In Town
Norton England of Mobilian ties named general Southern agent for Missouri Pacific based in Birmingham with control of southeastern freight and passenger operations. Guests include Haiden Hiller of Mobile & Ohio, W C Thorn of Great Northern, and numerous visitors at Battle House and Cawthon hotel.
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Norton England
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
General Southern
Missouri Pacific
Birmingham
Southeastern
New Southern
W. E. England
Mobile & Ohio
John T. England
Haiden Hiller
St. Louis
Mobile
Battle House
W. C. Thorn
Great Northern Railroad
James N. Grenade
Chatom
Washington County
Ala
Cawthon
W. L. McWhorter
Eling
New Orleans
Passenger lists reveal scattered Alabama and Southern names
A long list of individuals and couples from Alabama Mississippi Georgia and Louisiana appears in a passenger or passenger-related notice. Names include J J Howard Meridian Miss W D Gable H M Strauss A J McArthur Atlanta Ga L R Thomas Cincinnati Oh and many others with cities such as Birmingham Montgomery New Orleans Pensacola and Chicago.
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Ala
R. I. Jones
Malcolm
H. A. Hampson
Chicago, Ill
B. Platt
Fruitdale
Miss
B. C. O'Daniel
Leaksville
A. S. Wilson
Fulton,Ala
R. F. McEachen
Pensacola
Fla
C. E. and
New Orleans
L. Z. Glaze
Atlanta, Ga
Madeline Boyce
New Jersey
A. L. Carter
Birmingham
St. Andrew
A. T. Snell
Monroeville
Frank Matlock
Irvington
F. W. Boykin
Calvert
J. W. Flairia
J. T. Bashdale
J. L. Miller
Coffeeville
N. S. Moore
Perdue Hill
E. A. Codine
W. M. Hamerton
St. Louis
J. Blankenbacker
Foley
W. H. Jensen
Fort Morgan
H. A. Hanlein
T. J. Gladwell
Nashville, Tenn
Manales Nicholas
Atlanta
J. M. Wilson
Meridian
D. R. Collins
Ellisville
T. W. Murphy
Mount Vernon
T. J. Browning
Waynesboro
J. W. Stewart
Grove Hill
H. M. Simms
H. Thrash
Choctaw
T. Rayne
C. R. Simmons
Youngstown
Fla. Windsor
J. L. Jernigan
Pollard, Ala
M. B. Bell
W. M. McLeod
Brookville
George J. Walters
Brewton
Man Held on Grand Larceny Charge in Cow Theft Case
John Barry, a longshoreman, was held to the grand jury on grand larceny after a preliminary hearing in police court. He allegedly tried to steal a cow owned by Joe Hayes, and was arrested at 3 am as the animal was being driven along the spur track of the Mobile & Ohio railroad. Barry blamed fog for the mistaken stop clock and claimed he was en route to work.
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John Barry
Barry
Conley
Joe Hayes
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
The Stars Incline but Do Not Compel Horoscope
A 1916 horoscope notes conflicting planetary influences with Uranus Saturn and Venus opposing, while the sun and Jupiter align well. It predicts good potential for big ventures and gains for bankers brokers and importers but warns against risks and poor judgment especially in romance and for the middle aged and elderly amid global turmoil.
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McClure
Uranus
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Europe
Chewing Gum Factory in Mobile Gain Promises Big Freight Advantage
An analysis argues Mobile could dominate a Southeastern gum market. It compares chicle imports, in bond shipments to Toronto and Chicago, and freight costs to Mobile versus Chicago, Birmingham, Atlanta and Memphis, showing Mobile's potential price edge for a local factory.
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Mobile
Bond
Toronto
Canada
Chicago
British Honduras
Birmingham
Atlanta
Southeast
Southeastern
Memphis
Mobile Gum Maker Sees Advantage Over Chicago Factory
Dave S. Bauer of Mobile shares data on gum production and markets. He notes that a Southeast focused factory could outsell Chicago output by nearly a cent per pound on much of the business. Bauer asserts a well managed small gum operation can succeed and that failures are rare when quality is right.
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Atlanta
Chicago
Mobile
Sccvices
Southeast
Dave S. Bauer
Bauer
Mr. Bauer
Prophecies for 1916 Foretell Turbulent Year Across Nations
Astrological forecast warns of possible aviation accidents and violence in cities like Bismarck and St Paul while predicting economic shifts toward cooperative enterprises. It notes storms for London and prophetic dangers in New York with public and religious figures in the limelight, and predicts varied fortunes for states from Texas to California.
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Bismarck
St. Paul
House of Commons
Lord Kitchener
Mars
Neptune
Arizona
Mexico
California
York City
United States
Texas
Florida
Colorado
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Tribune
Third National
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Mobile Item
Canal Zone
Edward J. Marx
Gulfport
Mass
EK. L. Tewksbury
Boston
Collins
Painesville, Ala
T. B. Turner
New Orleans and Mobile
Louisville & Nashville Rairoad
P. J. McGuire and
Hampton D. Ewing
Baldwin County
New York City
J. B. Davis
Ensley, Ala
Frank J. Parsons
L. E. Fackner
John O'Loughlin
South Racine
Wis
Henrietta Hamrah
F. B. Carson
C. L. Hoppe
Ill
Elgin
A. Bloch
Washington, D. C
Leroy M. Wilson
Jackson, Ala
FE. C. Hough
Plymouth
Mich
Emerson Hough
Sol Rosen
Reiss Mercantile Co
Mr. Rosen
John Jelks
Montgomery
W. D. Jelks
the Savage
Windsor
C. E. Peterson
Herrick
Klosky
Frank W. Boykin
Calvert, Ala
The
Pollard
Cc. E. Kimbrough
Montgomery, Ala
Bienville
J. B. Winter
Macon Ga
Cawthon Hotel
J. T. Brown
H. C. Hanes
W. D. Rogers
Bay Minette
A. H. Nicholls
Julius King
Indianapolis
Ind
P. J. McClure
T. C. Halsin
C. Conger
Ensley
F. J. Parsons
L. E. Tackner
M. Schlemensén
W. L. Helm
MR. Taxpayer
Henderson
Comer
Jelks
Mobile Register
Examiner of Public Accounts
J. T. Gorman
Pmynescu
Treasury
O'Neal
Teg
Citizen
Hama
Horace T. E. Culver
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Chamber & of Commerce
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