Government weighs Mussel Shoals water power bids
The army engineers report bids for leasing Tennessee River Mussel Shoals water power to private interests. C E James offers to take all power for 100 years for 6.25 million dollars with a 0.5 million bond. United States Hydro Electric Power Company offers 3 million toward dam costs and 250 thousand dollars yearly for 100 years. The bids await congressional policy decision and are held in abeyance.
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Associated Press
Washington
Board of Army Engineers
Tennessee River
Mussel “Shoals Tenn
Alabama
Congress
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Riverton
Mussel Shoals
Army
C. E. James
United States Hydro-Electric Power Company
Memphis Publisher Guilty Of Contempt In Will Contest Case
In Memphis Tennessee the publisher Gilbert D Raine was found guilty of contempt for publishing the court's order restraining newspapers from covering a circuit court will contest. He was fined fifty dollars and sentenced to jail time before a motion in arrest of judgment and an appeal to the state supreme court.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Memphis News Scimitar
Gilbert D. Raine
Supreme Court
Raine
Clearing of Theatre Site Underway in Mobile
Work has begun on clearing the site of the old Mobile Theatre after contracts let by architect George B. Rogers. Debris removal is expected within a week, with a new $80,000 structure to be ready for occupancy in December.
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George B. Rogers
Two Deaths From Heat In Chattanooga
In Chattanooga Tennessee John W Stanton a Sewanee graduate died yesterday from heat prostration. Walter Snyder an accountant from Dalton Georgia died of heat prostration on Main Street as thermometers showed 95 degrees for five hours marking the eighteenth straight day above 90.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
John W. Stanton
Sewanee
Walter Snyder
Dalton
Main Street
Five Children Injured In Pittsburg Fourth of July Firecracker Accident
In Pittsburg on the Fourth of July eve five children, three boys and two girls, were injured by prematurely exploding firecrackers. Each child lost from one to eight fingers in separate accidents during the celebration.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Belt revival urged for Mobile port system overhaul
A statement by Chairman Horace Turner announces revived support for a Mobile belt line. A three member committee will study an unadopted rivers and harbors sub committee report from September 13, 1910 proposing a state harbor board to control Mobile wharves and dock property through bonds. The plan envisions state regulation of wharves on both river banks, bulkheading enforcement, and transfer of city wharves to state ownership for public good.
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Joint
Rivers and A Harbors Committee
Horace Turner
Rivers and Harbors
Mobile
State Harbor Board
Board of
Port Wardens
Mobile River Commission
Harbormaster’s Department
Hosiery and Sox Sale Listings From Local Store
Readable fragments describe various hosiery bargains including Ladies and Men's Sox in cotton silk and lace, priced around 10 to 50 cents. Men and children’s items shown with sizes and color options, and odds and ends advertised as up to 25 cents.
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Cveesis
Braecroft
Pieters Vlub
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Saar Era Pee
Macahaats Dc
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M .J. Strickland
Wilting
Foley
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Lohman
Oakland
Cal
Oakland Club
Waco Club
Kendall
New Haven
Conn
Sergeant Kendall
New York
Newport
School of Fine Arts
Yale
John Ferguson Weir
Lexington
Waterbury
Elmdorf Farm
James B. Haggin
Gerardy
Harrison
Bell
F. C. Turner & CO
Dauphin
Wayne
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Giaham
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