Quorum Breaks Over School Ventilation Debate
President of the Mobile county school board and Commissioner Quinn clash over artificial ventilation at rural schools and Barton Academy. Quinn shifts from majority stance, triggering a quorum break as the board delays action on heating, ventilation, and finances.
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Mobile County
Mobile
Board of School Commissioners
Barton Academy
Harry T. Hartwell
A. G. Quinn
L. W. Roe
M. J. Vickers
D. T. McCall
Quinn
Hartwell
Chamber and Merchants Victory Before Rail Commission
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Merchants and Manufacturers Freight Bureau of Birmingham win before the Alabama Railroad Commission. The commission orders restoration of the old rate, effectively lowering rates on several commodities in the 110 items group after a long dispute with Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The ruling revokes Rule No. 1, the key issue in the fight.
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Mobile ‘Chamber of Commerce
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Freight Bureau of
Birmingham
Alabama Railroad Commission
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
110 Commodities
Mobile
Fight Against Illiteracy Aims Across Alabama and Nation
The article urges a sustained campaign to combat illiteracy beyond Alabama, noting the state's uneven literacy levels and calling for nationwide effort. It reports Belknap in Dott Belt noting a late cotton bloom as context for regional conditions.
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Delles County
Belknap
Loyalty and port race in Mobile editorial clash
The Mobile Item defends Mobile as a world port against rival campaigns from the Birmingham Ledger and the Register. It argues towing and pilotage charges, set by state law, drive higher costs at Mobile and urges joint action by the Register and Item with city leaders to lower them and secure Mobile’s future.
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Mobile
Register
Birmingham Ledger
The
Birmingham
Cuba
Pensacola
Philadelphia
City Commission
Harry T. Hartwell
ITEM
Pillans
The Mobile Item flatly defends its policy ownership ties
The Mobile Item asserts control rests with editorial leaders, not stockholders, and publishes a stock list showing the City Investment Company holdings. It states only three owners have railroad ties, totaling 60 shares, and denies any private influence by owners, directors, or their families on policy or operations.
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City Investment Company
Mobile Register
Mobile
Albert P. Bush
Mobile and Ohio Rail
M. Stevens
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Baldwin County
Harry T. Smith
Mobile PLC
Pensacola
President Addresses Mobile Alumni at Lyric Theatre
The University of Alabama president spoke to a Mobile audience at the Lyric Theatre last night in a speech mirroring his afternoon remarks at the Alumni Association banquet. He reiterated his previously stated views in defense of the institution.
Mobile School of Medicine Faces Legislative Ask for Support
Dr. Denny and acting dean Dr. Frazer urged Mobile backers to push for a Montgomery appropriation when the legislature meets next month. They argued the Medical College must stand as a Class A institution and warned opponents that state aid is essential to retain the school in Mobile. The call to mobilize supporters emphasizes timely action to secure funding.
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Medical College
Montgomery
Mobile
University of Alabama
Alabama
George H. Denny
T. H. Frazer
Tuscaloosa
School of Medicine
Denny
Frazer
Marble
Deadly Grade Crossing Eras and Safer Rails
Historic look at grade crossing dangers and reforms. Long Island Railroad spent eleven million dollars to abolish 305 crossings, leaving 631 still to address. Railroads added signals and guards, though constant protection remains impractical.
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Long Island
New York
Long Island Railroad
Safety First at Railroad Crossings Warns Drivers
The article urges drivers to stop listen and look before crossing railroad tracks. It notes boards signals and guards help reduce casualties but stresses that the only absolute prevention is for vehicles to wait until tracks are clear. It questions those who value time over life and dismiss safety.
Naval Militia Movement in Mobile Initiated
The drive to organize a Naval Militia for Mobile has been inaugurated with favorable signs. Colonel Frank B. Merrill leads the task, aided by a capable group of Mobile residents.
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Mobile
Frank B. Merrill
Greenville merchants destroy thousands of boll weevils
Greenville Alabama June 10. Merchants and bankers concluded a campaign against boll weevils paying 20 cents per hundred weevils. Many hundred thousands were collected and destroyed to curb the pest at a critical stage to prevent multiplication.
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Greenville
Ala
Table Leg Breaks and Broker Falls to Death in Office
Charles D. Johnston a 69 year old coal broker was killed when a table leg collapsed sending him through a window on the eleventh floor of a Knoxville skyscraper. He stood on the table to hang a map when the accident occurred.
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Broker
Knoxville
Tenn
Charles D. Johnston
Russians insist Baltic battle sank German ships
Petrograd reports in official circles that a Russian submarine sunk one German torpedo boat and one transport, and damaged another torpedo boat, despite German denials.
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Petrograd
Baltic
Feast of the Sacred Heart at St Matthew’s observed
The Sacred Heart feast is celebrated Friday world wide with a Mobile diocese triduum in every parish. Mass at 7 a m, communion at 6 0 and 6 30, confessions Thursday 4 p m and Friday 5 30 a m, with exposition and benediction after the mass.
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ST. Matthew's
Mobile
The Elopement of Emneka staged by Greenville locals
A local talent play titled The Elopement of Emneka was staged at the Greenville opera house in Greenville Alabama last night. The production was a success with each cast member performing creditably under the direction of Miss Ida Boeykin of Wetumpka and the auspices of the Eliza T Porter Chapter of the United Slaughters of the Confederacy.
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Greenville
Ala
Emneka
Greenville Opera House
Eliza T Porter
United Slaughters of the Confederacy
Ida—Boeykin
Wetumpka
Knox official involved in large whiskey tax fraud scheme
A former Nashville resident surrendered to U S marshal after a long running case accusing John L. Caspar Guy L Hartman and partners of defrauding the government in a whiskey tax scheme. The case alleges 557 barrels of untaxed whiskey were produced in January and a $30 000 loss to the government amid a broader network connected to revenue men and Kansas City files.
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Rush Distilling Co
Fort Smith
Caspar
Hartman
Kansas City
United States Service
Recorder Edington Requires Attorneys to Notify for Warrants
Recorder D H Edington ordered local attorneys to file notice of cases they defend so warrants can be prepared before court. He announced from the bench that, except for charges against dangerous or suspicious characters, warrants were issued Wednesday prior to trial after this procedure.
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Recorder’s Court
D. H. Edington
Institutes for 1515 Conference Ends in Alabama
The Capitol conference for institute workers closed amid praise for its record turnout. The session, chaired in the senate morning, boosted summer school teaching roles and announced institutes to open first in north Alabama, marking the state’s most successful gathering of its kind.
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Senate
F. 8 Subjesct
Alabama
Greenwood Expected To Win Clean City Cup
Biloxi Mississippi June 10 Special committee members claim inside information shows Greenwood will win the prize for the cleanest town in the contest. Biloxi is expected to place second and Greenville third. Dr Willis Walley, Biloxi sanitation chief, said Greenwood would likely take first prize after their screening measures.
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Biloxi
Miss
Greenwood
Con
Greenville
Willis Walley
Sani
County Institute Dates for Colored Teachers Set
Department of education announces dates and locations for county institutes for colored teachers. The first institute starts July 5 at Cottage Grove Coosa county. The final institutes run the week of September 20 in Lowndes Macon and Mobile counties.
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Montgomery
Department of Education
Cottage Grove
Coosa County
Lowndes
Macon
Mobile
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