Road Feeder Routes Key Old Spanish Trail Plan
E L Ferguson of the American Automobile Touring Bureau argues North region feeders should power the Old Spanish Trail linking Gulf coast sunshine areas with the Pacific. He notes Florida’s earlier indifference shifted and Mobile’s later interest, detailing a Northwest origin advantage and future Dixie and Jackson highway ties.
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E. L. Ferguson
American Auto Touring Bureau
Mobile
Bell
American Automobile Touring Bureau
Washington, D. C
South
S. A. LeBlanc
Old Spanish Trail Association
United States
Orange Groves
Gulf Coast
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Florida
Ferguson
Atlanta
Birmingham
Montgomery
New Orleans
Houston
el Paso
Yuma
San Diego
Block
Dixie Highway
Jackson Highway
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
New England
Dixie
Middle West
Jackson
Pascagoula
George A. McHenry
McHenry
Fort Pickens Soldier Challenges Fort Morgan Opponent
Soldier Baker of Fort Pickens Florida seeks a six round bout with Soldier Smith of Fort Morgan to settle on a purse in Mobile. Baker weighs 160 pounds and the match would be held in Mobile. The Mobile Item basketball five meets Settlement Home Monday night. last meeting Settlement Home won 15 to 13. Refreshments after the game. A. Uber will plant Satsumas and peaches on forty acres near Fruitdale after moving from Chicago. The Photographer in Your Town Overbey's Studio Corner Dauphin and Doachim always better.
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Soldier Baker
Fort Pickens
Fla
Pensacola
Soldier Smith
Fort Morgan
Pickens
Mobile
Baker
Mobile Item
Item
Danenberg
K.kelly
Curry
Schimpf
Yeend
Stubbs
Holt
Smith
Ollinger
Danielson
Satsumas
Fruitdale
A. Uber
Chicago
Mr. Uber
Furn
Overbey
Dauphin and
Doachim
Four Die, Ten Hurt In Brooklyn Submarine Explosion
A submarine explosion at the Brooklyn Navy Yard kills four men and injures ten others including August Kaplin and Miles. Admiral Usher orders a board of inquiry to probe the disaster while the E-2 undergoes a halt in battery work pending investigation.
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U. S
Brooklyn Yard
Miles
Tallahassee
August Kaplin
Kaplin
Admiral Usher
Pope Washington
Maine
Leigh M. Stewart
McCall
Rush H. Fay
Navy Yard
Usher
Edison
Department
Honolulu
John Schultz
Schultz
State Bond Issue Endorsed by Mobile County Leader
D B Cobb urges voting for the Alabama bond amendment warning that defeat raises small taxpayers' rates from 10 to 15 dollars or more as assessments rise. He says debt was created by legislative appropriations and must be paid, via bonds or higher statewide assessments. Governor Henderson faces a burdensome finances situation and Cobb claims credit can be protected with a bond plan.
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Cobb
Henderson
Alabama
Runaway convict Tony Mareno surrenders to reform
Ossining New York January 15 Tony Mareno once escaped to protest prison reform loyalty. He returned to prison after a day of liberty, declaring he must stay on the level with fellow inmates. He hands himself to Warden George W. Kirchwey, a noted reformer.
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Ossining
N. Y
Tony
Tony Mareno
Thomas Mott Osborne
Osborne
New York City
George W. Kirchwey
Columbia University
Rules of hiring and reemployment after service exams
After standing is established it takes weeks or months before workers come to this yard. Once the job they were hired for ends they are released. To work again they must pass another civil service exam and follow the initial routine exactly. The speaker is at a loss to explain the E-2 explosion, insisting strict yard rules allowed nothing combustible aboard.
Boyhood Chums Greet Actor on Annual Mobile Visit
Louis Mann returned to Mobile for a homecoming style visit after starring in The Bubble at the Lyric Theatre. His two childhood friends J. H. Cashman and J. M. Friedman, locals, join the reunion each year when he arrives.
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Mobile
Louis Mann
Lyric Theatre
Ann
New York City
J. H. Cashman
J. M. Friedman
Pensacola High Beats Barton Academy In Close 30 28 Game
Pensacola High School defeated Barton Academy 30 to 28 before a lively crowd at the YMCA court. Key players included Cochrane Shackleford and Wilson for Pensacola and Herskovitz and Fulghum for Barton.
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Pensacola High School
Barton Academy
Cochrane
Shackleforg
Wilson
Herskovitz
Fulghum
Pensacola
Barton
Vinson
Caro
Shackleford
Doyle
Gup
Governor Henderson and tax burden on Alabama property
The speaker asserts Governor Henderson has reviewed Alabama’s condition, noting current property assessments are under value. A higher valuation would raise general state taxes, Confederate veterans funding, and school funds. Increased statewide assessments would raise county and city taxes, impacting all business and landholding interests.
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S. A. le Blanc
Mobile County
D. B. Cobbs
Pensacola High
C. J. Gayfer & CO
Creaper & Burns
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