Prince of Press Agents in Ishpeming Libel Case
Column critiques the brief libel suit involving Colonel Roosevelt and publisher Alphonse as a publicity stunt. It notes the case drew unexpected attention to Ishpeming near Negaunee and parades the drama for national papers while praising Hiram Johnson and mocking ad club politics.
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Prince of Press Agents
Michigan
Alphonse
Roosevelt
Gaston
Washington
Hiram Johnson
Ishpeming
Negaunee
Dooley
Rosenfelt
Arizona
New Mexico
National Association of Advertising Club3
Baltimore
Outlook
T. R
Wrong Method in Dealing With Vice
Mobile props up a critique from the Saturday Evening Post on vice control. It argues that broad prohibitions followed by police discretion fail, fueling police graft and vice commercialization, and suggests a court or commission with broad powers to limit vice profits. The piece notes juvenile courts offer a more individualized approach.
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Mobile
United States
Saturday Evening Post
Khita
Vic
Alabama terrapin breeding seen as possible fisheries income
The Commerce Department bureau of fisheries reports on diamond back terrapin propagation. It notes four coastal species with Alabama and Mobile County efforts underrecognized, cites Captain Peter F. Albea and Beaufort trials, and finds Alabama ground suitable for profitable breeding if encouraged by states.
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Bureau of Fisheries
Department of Commerce
Beaufort
N. C
United States
Carolina
Virginia
Florida
Chesapeake
Chesapeake Bay
Gulf
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Texas
Bureau
Alabama
Mobile
Peter F. Albea
Coden
China faces blood and doubt as leaders are killed
A string of political killings in Shanghai targets Sung Chiao jen and General Hsu Pao San, shaking southern radicals and prompting questions about democracy in China. The piece argues violence undermines republican ideals and tests U S support for a stable Chinese republic.
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Sung Chiao-jen
Sun Yat Sen
Yuan Shi Kai
Shanghai
Peking
Ming Tang
South China
Hsu Pao San
Yuan
China
Wilson
Republic of China
Chinese Republic
Seaman A. Knapp school of Country Life praised
Secretary Houston writes Dr. Bruce Payne at Peabody College Tennessee praising progress toward the Seaman A. Knapp school of Country life at the teachers college. He notes rural life as a major neglected problem and urges leaders for new rural enterprise nationwide. The Mobile county study aims to boost productivity and balance urban rural growth.
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Houston
Department of Agriculture
Bruce Payne
Peabody Colege
Tennessee
Seaman A. Knapp
Teachers’ College
Mobile
Thief Finds Unexpected Conscience on East Side
Louis Goldstein, an East Side gang member, confesses to stealing four suits for a driver who paid $75 to cover loss. His father accompanies him to police, where Louis breaks down and is jailed after admitting the crime. The story notes the old man’s reluctant guidance and the family’s distress.
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West Seventeenth Street
Louis Goldstein
Louis
Israel
New York
Louisville Post
Wealthy Flemish man leaves fortune to unknown girl
A Brussels financier famed for eccentric Diogenes like habits left most of his fortune to a girl he met by chance. While aboard an omnibus he tipped generously, sometimes overpaying by a fractional franc. One young woman returned the excess, prompting the man to learn about her and will her wealth, though he never revealed the half franc’s future fortune.
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Brussels
Diogenes
France
Christian Herald
Means of Republican Revival
Harper's Weekly argues for reorganizing the Republican party via a national convention to root out rotten boroughs in the South and reform convention practices. It notes Bull Moose criticism but says renewal could strengthen the party and deter Democratic gains. It emphasizes openness and sincerity in reforms.
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Chicago
Hadley
Boral
Cummins
Dave
Harper's Weekly
Oscar Underwood and the House Committee Confabs
Washington dispatch notes how Oscar W. Underwood, Alabama Democrat and Ways and Means chair, acts as gatekeeper for committee assignments and leverages whispered meetings to shape the House’s panel lineups. The piece highlights patronage dynamics and the scramble to join influential committees.
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Washington
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
House
Underwood
House of Representatives
Ways and Means
Congress
Congressman Bank
Bunk
Ways and Means Committee
Oscar
Leader
Navy Yard
Illinois
Committee On Agriculture
Agriculture Committee
Agricultural Committee
Joe” Cannon
Oscar Underwood
Corporal Takei Proved Loyal Under Harsh Captain
A Japanese corporal named Takei endures a brutal horse conditioning incident and a public beating by his captain. The captain later tests Takei, promotes him, and credits his restraint and loyalty to the regiment and to Nippon. Takei vows to serve more faithfully than ever.
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Takei
Corporal Takei
Japan
Nippon
Amente
Takahachi
Kondo
Netessa
Higher Interest Rates Expected by Holland
New York June 2 The closing week of the fiscal year points to higher money costs ahead as demand for capital grows for railroads and natural resource development. Bankers expect a dear money market over the next year or two with American capital meeting most railroad financing needs. Authorities warn against excessive public works while urging support for legitimate business. Holland.
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Mobile
Erle Sana
Mobile Item Company Inc
ST. Mmanuel Street
Ala
C. van Antwerp Antwerp
Ces Cases ViCo Paaiden
Se Wehes
Secrereast
John
O'Connell
Ates Cesa Allen
Associated Press
International News Service
manner Southern _Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Bycarer
Baldwin County
Sport
Riley
Pascagoula
Citronalle
Ton
Atmore
Brewton
Xenon
Avert Hanson
Iter
Rath Ave
New York
Pi Ua
Omsport
Essenesaenenee Ve
Bell
Hamme &G
Home
Es Mobile
Alabama
United States
Europe
China
South America
Africa
Brown
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Daniel Willard
Panama Canal
Great Britain
Holland
Tuscaloosa Sunday sale ban targets bread gum and cake
Tuscaloosa city commissioners order police to enforce Sunday laws restricting sale of bread cake fruit and chewing gum while allowing other stores to stay open. The proclamation warns sellers will face law penalties. Critics say bakers and fruit dealers are treated unfairly.
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Tuscaloosa
Montgomery
Pecan Growers Convene in Thomasville For Growth Meeting
The annual meeting of the Georgia and Florida Pecan Growers Association is underway in Thomasville. The event marks rapid expansion from a few hobbyists to thousands of acres of pecan orchards and a rising regional reputation for nut quality.
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Georgia
Thomasville
Union
Atlanta
Thackeray and Oxford’s Licensing Custom Revealed
A London Tit-Bits item recalls Thackeray seeking a lecture license at Oxford. The Vice Chancellor quizzes him on subjects and works, asking if his writings are religious or political, then jokes about the novelty of a literary man lecturing in the precincts.
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Thackeray
Oxford
Vanity Fair
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SZ Noric
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
The
School of Country Life
Washington Comment
Victor Elliott
Pecan Growers’ Convention
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