A Difference of Opinion by Hal Coffman
Editor Yerby of the Greensboro Watchman argues Morgan favored the Nicaragua route and opposed Panama. The column credits Morgan with keeping the canal idea alive, shaping public sentiment for a United States canal and forecasting Mobile’s role in the new commerce.
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Morgan
Yerby
Greensboro Watchman
The
Watchman
John T. Morgan
Alabama
Nicaragua
United States
Panama Canal
de Lessepa
Watch
Birmingham Ledger
Panama
Roosevelt
Hal. Coffman
New York Banks Use Emergency Currency Anticipation
New York banks move to shore up reserves after McAdoo’s emergency currency pledge. National City Bank lends seven million in short term loans while others offer liquidity at low rates. Despite claimed money tightness, banks show abundant reserves and steady demand for credit as currency flows to New York.
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New York
Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
National City Bank
McAdoo
United States
West
New York Stock Exchange
New York City
Holland
Captain Hobson Quoted on Washington Lull and Tours
Captain Hobson R P Hobson representative from Alabama and Chautauqua lecturer is quoted saying he is touring the state during a lull in Washington work The piece notes Mobile readers may be hearing of a lull amid talk of active Congress and Democratic policies under President Wilson It questions whether Hobson’s view of a lull matches the “plain people” idea and points to his frequent absences while lecturing and supporting policies through the Chautauqua circuit.
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Washington
the Ledger
Panama
Morgan
Colombia
Nicaragua
Montgomery Journal
Senator Morgan
Panama Canal
Two Oceans
Congress
Tome
South
Alabama
Federal Senate
America
Mobile
R. P. Hobson
Joseph F. Johnston
Johnston
United States Senate
National Capital
Wilson
Hobson
Commerce Demands Spanish Speaking Knowledge for Jobs
The US and Mobile eyes Latin America require Spanish for teaching and business roles. shortages of Spanish speakers hinder educator placements in Panama and broader commerce with Central America. Strong demand offers opportunities for ambitious youths in Mobile to study Spanish and join expanding trade.
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Latin America
United States
United States Bureau of Education
State Department
Panama
Bureau of Education
Ig Pig
Mobile
Mobile Trade Commission
Central America
Honduras
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Convict Leasing Reform Focus Dominates Alabama Conference
A Birmingham state conference dedicated to ending convict leasing refused to endorse side issues. Activists push abolition as the sole aim, seeking support for reform nationwide and urging the next legislature to abolish the system while promoting road labor under convict supervision.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Channel width fixes two thirty foot ships pass without turning
The message explains a channel wide enough for two thirty foot draught ships to pass in opposite directions without turning. It states ships have no reason to turn in the channel as they are either bound for sea or the city, with a straight course in both cases. The note is for Congressman Hobson.
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Mobile
Congressman Hobson
Stingy Tales Prompt Laughing at a Cat and Bird
A humorous tale recalls a stingy woman with a cat who ordered cheap groceries and meat for delivery three miles away. A flustered shop assistant reports the cat has caught a bird, prompting a rushed change of the order.
President Wilson Adds Telephone and Private Desk to Capitol Room
After fifty four years the president’s room in the capitol is connected to outside lines with a private desk and a new telephone. Wilson sought unannounced visits, a private key, and two telephone lines, transforming the room into a functional office and show room for national leadership.
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Capitol
Wilson
Congress
National Capitol
Senate Gallery
Lincoln
Grover Cleveland
President McKinley
Jefferson
Treasury
Hamilton
Randolph
Knox
Osgood
George Washington
Christopher Columbus
Christo. Columbus
Ametigo Vespucius
Benjamin Franklin
William Brewster
Sig. Bemede
Yale
Capitol Building
White House
United States
To-Hai-Koh Surrenders To Death Festival On Parrot Island
The dying To-Hai-Koh, mighty chieftain of Parrot Island, arranges a death festival as he endures intense pain. He orders the medicine man to stage his own death, while the six wives, tribes, and islanders gather with offerings and mourning. A white trader witnesses the scene before administering a mysterious dose and departing.
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To-Hai-Koh
TeHai-Koh
To-Hail-Koh
Parrot Island
Hai-Koh
To-Pa-Tu
To-Hai- Koh
A LINE O' CHEER Two Legs Ahead of Transport
A reflective verse contrasts having two legs with lacking a horse or motor car. It extols walking as a chosen path and the idea that no man would trade a leg for a bike or horse, while noting jokes about exclusivity and Mr Highbrow in a Kansas City Journal snippet.
To-Hai-Kohirdent Festival and Oil Cure Reversal
A mournful crowd in Baltimore reflects on a Native ritual as To-Hai-Koh endures pain and fortune loss after being dosed with oil by a medicine man. He recovers with relief and vows a death festival delayed until he consumes three bottles of the great white remedy.
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To-Hai-Koh
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