Directors to Discuss Charges of the Port
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce will meet next Tuesday night in the City Bank building to review the Rich sub committee report on piloting towing and stevedoring charges at Mobile. The meeting aims to ensure fair rates and public accountability without delay or bias, with invited participants including J. C. Rich and Capt. Sid Dorgan.
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Chamber of Commerce
City Bank
J. C. Rich
Rich
Sid Dorgan
Pilots’ Association
Mobile
Americans must stand firm on rights after Lusitania and German threats
The article argues the United States must defend its rights against German actions, condemns Germany’s stance after the Lusitania sinking, and warns that peace at any price risks national honor. It praises President Wilson for steady leadership and calls for cautious, resolute diplomacy.
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Fiao
Matec Swanlbeeges
Germany
United States
Kaiser
Bryan
Wilson
America
Via Mobile enables cheaper freight from New York to Birmingham
An experimental test shows goods from Eastern markets can reach Birmingham by a non-rail route via Mobile at about 10 percent savings on fourth class freight and over 20 percent on first class. Coal from Birmingham to Mobile via Warrior river saved over 50 percent with a one week coast to Mobile and under three hours to Birmingham. Leaders in Mobile and Birmingham push for river links, warehouses, roads, and legislative support to expand inland waterways and seaport facilities.
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New York
Birmingham
Mobile
Warrior River
Taylor
Tuscaloosa
Demopolis
Warrior
Tombigbee
Alabama
Grand Bay News debuts with editor BE O Connor
The Grand Bay News launches as a weekly, Volume 1 Number 1, led by editor BE O Connor. The inaugural issue signals optimism, with strong advertising and editorial content urging readers to back the new paper while noting Mobile area opportunities and a state land mortgage bank proposal for regional relief.
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Grand Bay
BE. V. O’connor
Mobile
Grand Bay News
W. P. G. Harding
Dinner Plan a Secret Prompts Mystery Meeting Invite
Mysterious invitations hint at a notable Ways and Means committee gathering at the Battle House on Monday night. Chairman J Leslie Taylor frames the event as vital for city and county but offers no public details, promising a unique rewards plan for employee ideas from Southern Bell group.
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Ways and Means Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Monnday Night
Battle House
J. Leslie Taylor
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Modern Terminals Needed for Mobile Coal Trade
Capt. E V Pickley of the Martha Hennen in Mobile advocates modern terminal facilities to handle export coal, arguing Mobile will attract private capital for port-related boats once terminals are built. He supports a Gulf coal barge line and Birmingham river excursions as part of broader transport growth. He notes Alabama cities recognize transportation value and presses for port upgrades before pilotage charges rise. Father Ryan's tribute to Mrs Virginia Clay Clapton is recounted by W J Miller, referencing Col Parker and famed orators. Kraut factory needs urged. W L Henderson cites demand for multiple kraut plants to salvage surplus cabbage, with Mount Vernon hospital producing about 100 barrels yearly.
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Birmingham News
Alabama
E. V. Pickley
Martha Hennen
Morton Hotel
Alaba
Mobile
Pickley
Gulf
Cordova
Barney
Birmingham
Father Ryan
Virginia Clay-Clapton
W. J. Miller
Col
J. J. Parker
Virginia Clap-Clapton
Parker
Webster
Calhoun
Clay
Everett
Gladstone
Prentiss
Yancey
Jefferson Davis
Clem Co. Clay
W. L. Henderson
The
Southern Railway
Negro Insane Hospital
Mount Vernon
Question Box Highlights Identity and Remedies
Readers ask about President Wilsons origin and nationality and receive that he is of Scotch Irish descent on both sides. A query on fuller s earth explains its use as an absorbent in cloth making and notes reduced consumption. A fruit salad with whipped cream dressing is suggested, served as lunch or light supper with oranges bananas figs dates nuts and cakes. A horseradish remedy for freckles is described with buttermilk and cheesecloth.
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Wilson
Downs
Bath
Bradford-on- Avon
Frome
Gloucestershire
Back to Hot Weather Is the Indication
The city resumes warnings of heat as showers decline. Mobile saw 92 degrees at noon Saturday, while forecaster Albert Ashenberger downplays the heat though residents disagree. Friday hit 93 degrees at 2 pm, then Saturday surpassed it.
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Mobile
Albert Ashenberger
Dainty Food Critics Say Nutrition Rebuilds Bodies
A physician emphasizes food over drugs for recovery, arguing the body rebuilds only from proper nutrition. A young Ohio woman shares relief after switching to Grape-Nuts and Postum, praising the breakfast as dainty and delicious.
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Ohio
Our City Has Gone Dry Poem About Alabama Mint
An obituary style poem laments Prohibition like a joke about Milwaukee and Mobile. It contrasts Alabama and Georgia officials, dry towns, mint julep imagery, and moonshine nostalgia with a Southland water wagon rumbling past and townsfolk sighing at a dry era.
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Milwaukee
Mobile
Alabama
Southland
Arch Bishop James Quigley Dies in Rochester Home
Rt Rev James Richard Quigley archbishop of Chicago died at 5:20 PM at his brother Joseph Quigley’s Rochester home. Born Oshawa Canada October 15 1855 he rose from education at St Joseph’s College to priesthood in Rome then Buffalo bishop and Chicago archbishop famed for dock strike mediation and anti anarchist stance. He fell ill in Atlantic City in June and was brought to Rochester, where his brother is police chief.
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Rochester
N. Y
James Richard Quigley
Chicago
Joseph
Quigley
Oshawa
Canada
St. Joseph's College
Seminary of Our Lady of Angels
Suspension Bridge
Ryan
University of Innsbruck
Austria
College of the Propaganda
Rome
United States
Attica
Buffalo
Dock of
W. J. Connors
Cathedral of the Holy Name
Atlantic City
Joseph M. Quigley
Inferior Court News Fines and Appeals in Prohibition Case
Hugh Gillis was fined 500 dollars or seven months and twenty days in prison for violating the prohibition law in Crichton. He gave notice of appeal to the city court and bond was set at 500 dollars. Gillis was arrested by Deputies Soles and Bernstein after a beer supply was found at his place. The case is Gillis’s second on appeal in the city court. Kizzie Dantzler was fined 10 dollars or ten days for abusive language. Grant King and James Johnson were each fined 1 dollar or ten days for vagrancy. Dave Henderson and James Mae Cloud, tied to liquor sales last Saturday night, were discharged on motion of the state. An insurance man muses on policies taken out at age twenty by Methuselah.
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Inferior Criminal Court
Gillis
Soles
Bernstein
Crichton
Kizzie Dantzler
Grant King
James Johnson
Dave Henderson
James MaeCloud
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