Georgia farmers urged to diversify crops and create markets
Prest. Charles J. Haden of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce urges banks and merchants to build storage, packing and marketing for diversified crops beyond cotton. He warns Georgia faces a crisis if local markets fail and calls for rapid organization to absorb, store, finance and export surplus crops including corn, wheat and melons as Mobile reports similar strains on local demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Haden
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Dewetter
Georgia
Haden
Mobile
Mr. Hagen
Chamber of Commerce
Farm Lands Committee
Mining Industries Now in Full Swing
Secretary Lane of the interior department praises mining industry progress after the first six months of the year citing renewed activity. He notes mid year review innovations and calls for prompt publicity of information gathered by agencies for investigation. A Chamber of Commerce plan on land committee exchange for idle trucks and stock in Mobile county is expected to be endorsed at the first opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Interior Department
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile County
Currency Association of Alabama Ends After Meeting Relief Role
The Currency Association of Alabama, formed August 3 last year with Treasury Department funds, distributed five million dollars to state banks to support customers during wartime hardship. It ceased operations after fulfilling its mission, with credit given to both the association’s leaders and the federal government for stabilizing Southern banks during the cotton market downturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont- Currency Association of
Alabama
Treasury Department
Michael J. McDermott
Bank of Mobile, N. B. A
Europe
United States Treasury
Banka
Alabama Association
United States
South
Surplus From the Farm Aims to Fuel Local Growth
Editorial from a Texas publication argues communities should sell excess farm produce to outsiders and buy from locals to reinvest profits. It urges expanding yearly output as a revenue buffer and notes Texas newspapers’ rising regional influence. The piece ends with a weather plea for drier spells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Texas
The
Lone Star
Armenian Requisitioned By British Government But Requisition Cancelled
Ambassador Pat London cabled that the British steamer Armenian, sunk by a German submarine, was requisitioned by Britain but the requisition was cancelled before sailing from Newport News. The ship’s status remains unchanged and the charter question is not clarified. The Leyland manager told the American consul there were no passengers aboard the Armenian and all who perished were muleteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pat London
Newport News
Leyland
Liverpool
Social Notes From Prichard and Nearby Towns
Miss Ollie Davis traveled to Jackson to visit her sister Mrs. George Goodwin. Martha Eaton of Bay Minette visits her aunt Mrs. Howard Richardson. Rev. S. A. Adams of Mobile visited the Richardson family. Cora Jones visits friends at Fairhope. The Ladies Aid Society met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. J. Butterley. Mrs. Thomas B. Allman and children and Miss Eliza Wooley of Whistler visited Mrs. Howard Richardson Thursday.
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Prichard
Ala
Ollie Davis
Jackson
George Goodwin
Martha Eaton
Bay Minette
Howard Richardson
S. A. Adams
Mobile
Richardson
Cora Jones
Fairhope
Ladies Aid Society
J. Butterley
Thomas B. Allman
Eliza Wooley
Whistler
Texas dealer warns of 1916 horse and mule famine abroad
Waxahachie dealer T A Bullard says Europe’s war orders will drain the South and West of horses and mules in 1916. He notes high spending by fighting nations in Texas, with Italy as a major buyer and Britain selecting only top animals. Bullard warns US draft stock could be exhausted in months as stocks dwindle in Oklahoma and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dallas
Tex
T. A Bullard
Waxahachie
Europe
Bullard
United States
Oklahoma
Missouri
Bond Demonstrates Air Purifying Formula In Submarine Test
A Wilmington Del chemist Bond emerged from a Philadelphia tank after seven hours submerged to prove his air purification formula can be breathed again. The airtight tank at League Island Navy Yard held Bond, his chemical compound, and reading material. He suffered little after rising, with expectations his discovery will aid submarine air supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bond
Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia
Ich Bond
League Island Navy Yard
Biloxi Fishermen Parade To Honor Gulf Coast Sailors
About 1500 to 2000 fishermen and boatmen from Biloxi and nearby towns will stage a mammoth parade along the gulf coast Monday. A picnic will follow at Wesley House lawns East Beach with leaders from southern Mississippi invited to speak. The event, described as the largest of its kind on the gulf, will include participants from Bay St. Louis Pass Christian Ocean Springs Gulfport and other communities.
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Biloxi
Mian
Gulf ‘Coast
Wesley House
East Beach
Mississippi
Bay St. Louis
Pass Christian
Ocean Springs
Gulfport
Gulf Coast
New Lutheran Church
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
France
Thouille
Ruth Thomas
Frank Thomas
Cyclones Strike Maury and Hickman Counties Tennessee
Tornado like winds and hail devastated Maury and Hickman counties with roofs blown off and livestock killed. Madison county reports over 1000 acres of cotton and corn damaged while shingles were torn from homes. A church in Hickman was blown down and another badly damaged.
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Nashville
Tenn
Maury
Hickman
Tennessee
Madison County
Maury County
Hickman County
Stoneburn Brooder House Shapes Efficient Poultry Complex
An article describes the Stoneburn brooder house design with a rear alleyway three feet lower than chick pens. The layout concentrates small brood operations, improves heat efficiency, and reduces exposed walls. Drawings show a 30 by 15 foot building on a knoll with a trench alley and multiple entry points for ease of care and management.
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Esee
Asprin
Stoneburn Brooder House
Connecticut Agricultural College
Brooder House Design Aids Temperature Control In Poultry Tasks
An interior lathed and plastered brooders house forms an attic through collar beams for temperature regulation. Six pens with 4 by 11 feet partitions, six south windows, and one west light improve ventilation. Lamp heated brooders, coal stove heating, and attic venting manage heat while careful design avoids fumes and dampness.
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Hous Heights
Joe Oe Cree
Battles during Sunday dinner at hotel on July 4th
Reading of a fragment notes a scheduled Sunday event at a hotel with battles and fireworks. The readable text mentions July 4th and various dining and spectacle elements but lacks clear details, participants, or outcomes.
Three Pictures At The Empire Shine This Week
The Empire presents three features headlined by Muriel Ostriche and Anders Randolf in Whats Ours a Vitagraph drama about love loyalty and wealth. Anorbad Wise gravature stars Walker and Overton in The Silent W a tale of two names girls tangled by Cupid with police complications. Marjorie ne leads in A Hot Finish an animated film sketch promising thrills.
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Empire
Muriel Ostriche
Anders Randolf
Vitagraph
Anorbad Wise
Withan Walker
Ewart Overton
New York Police Department
Marjoriene
Hardenberg Held As Witness in Stahl Case
Heinz Hardenberg was held on $2500 bail in New York as a witness before a federal grand jury probing Gustav Stahl's affidavit alleging guns were mounted on the Lusitania before its final voyage. Hardenberg, once Stahl’s roommate, could not post bond and was turned over for safe keeping. he reportedly denied Stahl’s account per Assistant District Attorney Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Heinz Hardenberg
Cincinnati
Federal
Gustav Stahl
Hardenberg
Marshal McCarthy
Wood
Stahl
Effort to Bring in Fight Film Blocked
In Portland Maine on July 3 a court blocked the Wilard Johnson fight film import. Judge Hale denied the Kalisthenic Exhibition Company’s request for a preliminary injunction to stop port collectors from hindering entry of the Havana Havana film from Toronto. The remark about Jeannee Art follows with a note on piano practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
United States
Willard-Johnson
Havana
United States District Court
Hale
Kalisthenic Exhibition Company
New York
Toronto
Jeannee
Question Box on Cotton Industry and 1853 Quarter Details
The column asks where to find a list of era manufacturers tied to cotton and related implements. It suggests Iron Age, Scientific American, and agricultural South publications as possible sources, noting few directories exist. It also answers a coin query: the 1853 quarter with arrows and no stars is not listed as rare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pateas
Artist
Scientific American
South
Tour agents to visit Mobile for coast resort data
One hundred fifty city ticket agents from Eastern railroads will travel to Mobile by special train in September. They aim to collect information on health resorts and other attractions to inform tourist patrons. They will spend a day each in Birmingham and Montgomery. Mobile plans to showcase local attractions to impress them.
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International Ticket Agents Association
Mobile
Birmingham
Montgomery
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Wi. M. Clemens
Eour
Associated Press
National News Service
Pureau
the & C. Beckwith
Chicago
Tribun
St. Louis
Netto
Paraka
Als
Esraa
Sun ‘ City
Currency Association
WILEL/AM BOND
Maine
Prof
F .H. Sor Eeunm
Bak
RFOR
ALLE
C. J. Mellett Medicine
Len
Jane
CITY
S. Royal Street
the Mobile Item
St. Emanuel St. Mobile, Ala
Postoffice
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