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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1916
Page
7
Mobile plans 1916 growth via factories tourism trade
Mobile advocates push for factory location near raw materials and favorable freight rates aided by local cooperation. A 20‑man business delegation will attend the National Foreign Trade Council in New Orleans while efforts to attract automobile and rail tourists intensify along the Jackson Highway and Old Spanish Trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
United States
National Foreign Trade Council
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Cohen
Bayou la Barre
Dauphin Island
Daphne and
Fairhope
Battles
Point Clear
Perdido Bay
Florida
Mobile Bay
Europe
Athelstan
Manassas
Dog River
Country Club
Spring Hill
Debardeleben Company Lines Up River Dam Plan for Warrior Coal
Debardeleben Coal & Coke Co of Birmingham seeks federal approval to build a dam and locks on the Warrior River five miles north of Cordova under government supervision. The project would cost about 100000 and aims to speed coal transport from Sipsey mines by river, reducing rail haul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Debardeleben Coal & Coke Company
Birmingham
Warrior Field
Warrior River
Cordova
Debardetebén
Sipsey
Aince
Chor River
River Improvement Plans Backed by Coal Firms in Sipsey Fork
Proponents cite river work costing 100000 dollars to lower transportation costs for coal hauled by rail. The Warrior River upper waters in the Sipsey fork cross vast coal fields with Debardeleben Company among the largest owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
New Orleans
County Votes for Cattle Tick Control Measures
Tuscaloosa county approved compulsory dipping of cattle by a 834 majority last week to eradicate ticks and place the county in the tick free column. Many precincts opposed but must align with progressive farmers and cattle growers. A note contrasts a boy’s first smoke with a girl’s first corset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa County
Pete Wilson Leads Mobile Tourists Toward Regional Prosperity
The piece recounts Pete Wilson mine workers leader from Illinois visiting Mobile to view land development near the Dickeng Fe road. It details how climate roads and Mobile county soil attract over 100 operators and miners for a February conference, promising regional prosperity through tourism and land sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Wilson
Illinois
Mobile
Associated Press
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
R. V. Taylor
George Kilmer
Satsuma
Mine Workers of Illinois
E. J. Krauss
J. M. Walsh
Dickeng Fe Road
Krauss
St. Louis
Mobile County
Pete
Gulf Coast
Orange Grove
Diversity Harmony and Co operation in Arkansas Growth
An editorial note in Manufacturers Record highlights the trio Diversity Harmony Co operation as guiding principles for the South and Arkansas in 1915. It cites diversification of thinking and economy, increasing cooperation between farmers and financiers, and the need for unified action for ethical advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Little Rock
Arkansas
Tuscaloosa Links Fortunes With Mobile Shipyard Plan
The Tuscaloosa News urges linking Mobile shipyard plans with Tuscaloosa armor plate production. It argues the Gulf Coast site guards and raw materials inland would boost national armor plate and shipbuilding needs, with Mobile near fortifications and a coastward channel. It also endorses cooperation with Anniston Gadsden and Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
United States
Gulf Coast
Bay
Anniston
Gadsden
Birmingham
Alabama
Jewish Contribution Day Proclaimed for Aid to Suffering Jews
President Wilson proclaims January 27 as a day for a national fund drive aiding Jewish victims of war. The Birmingham Age-Herald urges support for state constitutional amendments to fund illiteracy campaigns and school taxation. Local political contest centers on John L. Burnett seeking renomination with two challengers rumored. Widespread calls for unity and the removal of discord among brethren conclude the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Wilson
America
Mobile
Birmingham Age-Herald
Friends of Education
Jefferson
Birmingham
Daily Horoscope Predicts Caution and Caution for Public Figures
The January 23 1916 horoscope warns of adverse Venus and Saturn’s beneficial aspect favoring advisory guidance from elders and authorities in constructive work. It highlights gains for land related trades and mines, potential stock rises in copper, possible health concerns in digestion, and risks of poison deaths and personal danger to President Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venus
Saturn
Canada
United States
Wilson
Aquarius
Storm records show 1906 gulf coast severity and 1909 comparison
The severest Mobile storms since 1905 were the Sept 26–27, 1906 event with 55 mph easterly winds and record tide, most severe on the east Mississippi and Alabama coasts. Sept 21, 1909 had 47 mph southeast wind, not as high as 1906. Sept 29, 1915 had 61 mph southeast wind, most severe on the Louisiana coast. Additional notes cover rural free delivery origins and biographical queries, plus a few court fines for gaming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W
Plaquemine
Mobile
Gulf Coast
Mississippi
Alabama
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Eugene Walter
George M. Cohan
Ans
Cohan
Providence
Melchizedeck
Shem
God
Abram
Salem
Gregory
Oxford
Heraclia
Salithiel
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Associated
United Press
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Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Pee West
Bell
Mobile, Alabama
Why Mobile
Lloyd-George
London
Kansas
State University
John L. Burnett
Congress
John Lusk
Burnett
Solomon
Wilbur
Olivia
VERN
Tom
Mars
Edward Windown
Jim Collins
Spencer Crawley
George Washington
Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Hollie Campbell
First National Bank
Oldest Bank
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