Blue Law clash over moving pictures in Texas debated by legislature
An opinion attributed to legislators and a dissenting judge questions enforcing a Blue Law on movies. The piece notes contention over contributions funding church activities and compares Texas and Alabama practices, while noting local support for moving picture shows and Sunday baseball. It warns against forcing admissions fees or church collections as prerequisites to services.
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Texas
Moving Picture Show
Moving Picture
The
Dallas Dispatch
Mobile County
State Capitol
Fort Worth
Liverpool Cotton Blockade Echoes Civil War Era
The Liverpool Journal of Commerce recounts historic ties between Liverpool and the Confederacy during the Civil War. It notes a German blockade of cotton at home and a Federal gunboat blockade abroad, mentions the Alabama built in Liverpool, and recalls Admiral Semmes. It highlights a massive 1864 St George's Hall fundraiser where 4 pounds per minute was raised from stalls and 8 pounds overall.
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Liverpool
Eng
Journal ,of Commerce
England
Alabama
Admiral Semmes
St George's Hall
Memphis Rotarians Promote Farm Development Bureau
The Rotary Club of Memphis Tenn aims to back a farm development bureau with banks, agricultural schools, and magazines. A meeting in Memphis next Friday will finalize plans and involve bankers within two hundred miles. The effort intends to move farmers away from a one crop system. Rotary leadership is central to launching the initiative.
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Rotary Club of
Memphis
Tenn
Sol
Memphis Rotary Club
Farm Development Bureau
Readers Editorials on Public Matters
Public matters of general interest solicited for this column with rules: limit 300 words, single side of paper, no partisan politics or sectarian topics, temperate language. Sign real name and address even if using a nom de plume, include return stamped self addressed envelope if copy is requested back. The Item corrects its own misstatements, not those of other papers.
Editor warns American papers on foreign language press unity
The Item The Christian Science Monitor notes a national San Francisco press conference and a Foreign Language Association address. The vice president cites 13 million readers across thirty language newspapers in the United States and urges English papers to engage foreign language outlets to avoid provincial biases. The speech argues the foreign language press will flourish if American papers address immigrant readers and adopt broader viewpoints.
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The
Christian Science Monitor
San Francisco
Foreign Language Association
United States
Edi
Europe
South America
United
United States notes to Germany defend neutral rights at sea
The United States states its position on submarine warfare and neutral rights with Germany. It urges adherence to established naval law, condemns attacks on neutrals, and calls for reparations for Lusitania losses while offering cooperation to improve conduct at sea.
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Germany
Washington
Imperial
Aes
United States
Regato
High Seas
Imperial Gen
Great Britain
Lusitania
Ves
How the World War Began A Day by Day Review
A concise, day by day examination of the opening phase of the great conflict. The piece traces key events, decisions, and figures shaping the outbreak, with emphasis on turning points and involved nations.
Question Box and Pineapple Personalities in Local Notes
The item reports a Carnegie Hero Fund inquiry and related Q and A on law and schooling. It lists Pineapple personals with multiple local social notes, guests, visits, and travels across Pineapple and nearby towns, naming several residents and their hosts.
Deer Park Personal News Highlights Local Visits
Mrs M T Leon leaves Deer Park to visit Atlanta and Indianapolis with relatives. Visitors include Duncan Gordon of Citronelle, B P Denmark of Mobile railroad auditor, Ratliff family from Luce Dale, J C McClay of Moss Point, A L Sanger and Joe Cammick of Chicago. Rev J L Slay of Tampa conducts services. L H Read heads State Horticultural Society exhibits team in Montgomery.
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Deer Park
Ala
M. T. Leon
B. Leon
W. R B. Léon
Atlanta
Indianapolis
Ind
Duncan Gordon
Citronelie
P. Denmark
Mobile
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Ratliff
Virginia
Lucedale
J. C McClay
Moss Point
Miss
W. RK. Leon
A. L. Sanger
Chicago
Joe Cammick
W. H. Day
Horace Turner
J. L. Slay
Tampa
Fie
Free Methodist Church
L. H. Read
State Horticultural Society
Montgomery
Opera Stars Lacking Temperament Parade Chicago Speedsters
Chicago reports a paradox of star performers famed for temperament yet described as automaton speed demons. The piece notes public performances with earnings up to 20000 and daylong prep, while contrasting with speed contests at the Chicago Speedway and the notion that temperament is absent from high paid stars. It also references Panama Canal tolls and wartime dispatches with distant implications.
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Egos
Chicago
Vernon Castles
Mra
Chicago Speedway
Panama
Australia
Alexandria
Red Sea
Wheelerville Personalities and Social Visits
A Crichton party visited Miss Emma Broadus with Lessie Hester and Florence Newell. Mamie Kanning hosted Mobile guests at her parents’ home. Mrs. F. Pierce shows improvement after illness. Emma Broadus stayed with cousins Lessie and Hester at Crichton Yon. Dr. and Mrs. Atkins from Mobile visited. Curtis Lane left John Fincher’s employ. Masters Bar and Ernest Benson of Mobile visited the Fincher household. Horace Moody and wife vacationed at Wilmer. The page ends with a moral sting about righteous indignation and digestion.
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Wheelerville
Ala
Crichton
Emma Broadus
Lessie
Hester Broadus
Florence Newell
Leo Thomas
Dewey
Long
Shirley Jordan
Mamie Kanning
Mobile
J. Kanning
F. Pierce
Crich- Yon
J. D. Atkins
Curtis Lane
John Fincher
Masters Bar
Ernest Benson
Horace G. Moody
Wilmer
Jane of the Soil leads Empire bill in Mobile
Amusements note Lillian Drew and Richard C. Travis star in Jane of the Soil a two act drama about wild mountain life and transformation. Ruth Hennessy and Billy Mason return in The Pipe Dream a light comedy and The Tiger Club Selig Jungle Zoo film closes the bill admission six cents.
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Lillian Drew
Richard C. Travis
Jane
the Empire
Mobile
Ruth Hennessy
Billy Mason
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Gologpear
Woris
AMD Strore
Mal de Mer
S4itor
Tional News Service
It Bureau of Circulation
Barer
Als
Telep Bu
Bell Society
Bell Phone
Newe Bell
B. C. Auditor
Dit Bureau of Circulations
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Eee
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Memphis Rotarians
Fort Dodge
Minn
Dallas Morning News
America
Lone. Star State
Southern Railway Company
Ate
Southern
the Item
Soeben
Eas
Serbia
Russia
Austria
Carnegie Hero
A. F. M. Wilmot
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Hero Fund
Pineapla
Mises
Ka Vicion
Richerson
Fairhope
Miss Miles
Ann Watson
Maggie May Boyles
R. Z. Chapman
Belle Stallworth
Beatrice
Méesers
Marcus and
McDuffie Stallworth
Lillian Robertson
Birmigham
Rife Gibbs
Ethel Jackson
Olivia
Effie McArthur
Camden
Donald Cunningham
Donald
Sarah Keane
Ethel Keane
Schuster Springs
Lillie M. Davidson
Lila
Winona
Loretta Cook
Juliet Wnorred
Jamie Stanford
Mamie Lou Stanford
Joe Stanford
Mary Carter
W. R. Mille
Claude Day
Pineapple
Sardis
Cornelia Feagan
Selma
Willie Mills
Uniontown
A. Z. Chapman
Vermnel
Columbus
Misg
Douglass Creek
Tolbert
Stella
Stellas
GREEN
Allus
Daphne
Municipal
Montrose
Eres
Sud
Wes
New York
Lake
Champisin
Return
City Ticket Office
South Royal Street
Empire
Louisville & Nashville
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