Mobile Bills to Build City Terminals and Bonds
City of Mobile seeks legislative bills to authorize construction and operation of terminal railroads water terminals and related facilities with bonds and condemnations. Bills cover wharves elevators compresses and bulk handling plants and regulate tolls and towing charges. Prepared under Mayor Pillans and port officials to unlock future commerce.
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Mobile
Choctaw Point
Alabama
Pillans
National Association of Port Authorities
Schwarz and Lyons
Picnic in the Woods Ends with Humble Prancy
Susie Littletail and friends plan a woodland picnic with Prancy Strutabout the peacock joining. A flypaper mishap tangles their curls and feathers, Mary Caw Caw the crow untangles them, and Prancy learns to value friends over pride. The group forgives and shares a joyful picnic.
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Mary
Susie Littletail
Jennie Chipmunk
Lulu
Alice Wibblewobbie
Crowland
Uncle Wiggily Longears
Susie
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Jennie
Miss Fuzzyuzzy
Prancy Strumbott
Prancy
Animal Land
Lulu Wibblewobble
Alice
Helena
Wigelewobble
Gills
Johnny Sbushytall
Craft in Readiness to Attend Jackson Highway Convention
Captain John Craft of the Alabama Good Roads Association will lead Mobile's delegation to the Jackson Highway convention in Thomasville Alabama. Representatives from Mobile and several counties will discuss building the Andrew Jackson highway from Mobile via Selma to the Tennessee line. A Southern train departs this afternoon at 5 15 and a second at 7 tomorrow morning to deliver the Mobile contingent.
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John Craft
Alabama Good Roads Association
Alabama Highway Commission
Mobile
Thomasville
Ala
Washington
Clarke
Wilcox
Dallas
Selma
Alabama
Tennessee Line
Chamber of Commerce
Bankers Display Fine Fruit and Vegetables in Mobile Bank
The National City Bank of Mobile showcased a diverse selection of fruit and vegetables including a remarkable Abunum from G R McKenzie of East Florida and a large Jason variety tomato batch from Jason Malbis of Daphne. Onions from Daphne and other produce will be exhibited in a Royal Street window to demonstrate the two counties soils.
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National City Bank of Mobile
Mobile
Daphne
G. R. McKenzie
East Florida
Dauphin Street
McKenzie
Jason
Jason Malbis
Matbis
Cashier
Tonsmeire
Baldwin
Prayers Meant to Be Sincere Not Mere Words
A reflective quote attributed to John Bunyan admonishes that praying with heartfelt intent matters more than eloquent speech. It emphasizes inner sincerity over outward display in devotion.
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John Bunyan
Alabama sides with grandfather clause ruling in grander scope
Alabama justices McClellan and Thomas say the U S supreme court decision on the grandfather clause will not affect Alabama, where the clause has already expired in 1908. The piece details Alabama election laws, poll taxes, and disfranchisement patterns among white and Black voters.
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United States Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Alabama
McClellan and Thomas
Supreme Court of
United States
Effective Charity and Mobile Garden Project
The Home Garden Association in Mobile, run by philanthropists, grows over 200 home gardens to feed the hungry and employ idle men. Funds are short. seeds tools and fertilizer are needed. Citizens are urged to donate through a card system directing applicants to work for pay, preventing repeated requests and potential beggar concerns.
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Mobile
Home Garden Association
Advertising scheme at National City Bank in Mobile
Cashier A Tonsmeire of the National City Bank launches a plan to advertise soil productivity in Mobile and Baldwin counties. He asks truck and fruit growers to send samples of produce to the bank, where a display of fruits and vegetables will be shown in a large window on Oval Street with cards naming the growers.
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A. ©. Tonsmeire
National City Bank
Mobile
Baldwin
Tonsmeire
Bank Rand
Mobile Port Full Freedom Aims Higher Through Legislation
The Item urges Alabama lawmakers to expand Mobile’s port and regulate towing and pilotage to curb monopolies and high charges. It stresses Mobile’s need for terminal facilities and praises J. M. Walsh and Senator Harry T. Hartwell for public service, urging them to act in the public interest.
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Mobile
Los Angeles
Alabama
Warrior
Tombigbee
Chamber of Commerce
J. M. Walsh
Mobile Legislative Delegation
Harry T. Hartwell
Mobile Towing & Wrecking Company
Messrs
Mobile County
Harry Hartwell
Senator Hartwell
Mr. Walsh
Babies Need Careful Cooling in Summer
A column urges parents to keep infants cool in hot months and warm in winter. It notes babies cannot express discomfort and cites July and August as peak mortality months, urging heightened attention and careful care for the little ones.
Cut the Grass and Weeds in Mobile
An old Mobile ordinance requires owners or occupants of premises and vacant lots to keep grass and weeds cleared. High growths harbor mosquitoes and bugs, so residents are urged to begin in summer to maintain clean yards and improve the city’s appearance and health.
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Mobile
Old City
Insurance payouts reach 686 million in United States and Canada
The Insurance Press announces total disbursements by life insurance companies in the U S and Canada for the past year at 686 700 000, exceeding many states and foreign governments and topping 1918 by over 40 million. Claims paid for deaths total 483 050 000 while surrender values and foreign payments reach 253 650 000.
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Insurance
United States
Canada
Insurance Press
New Use for School Boys on North Carolina Highways
North Carolina adopts a vacation time program using school boys under supervision to work on public highways. Boys stay in camp, earn money, and help maintain roads at low cost while staying busy and out of mischief. The scheme hinges on brief, lucrative tasks so workers aren’t overburdened.
Sawmill Burns Near Cedar Creek Destroys Citronelle Plant
Cedar Creek Alabama June 24 Special The Citronelle Turpentine Company sawmill two miles south of Cedar Creek and 2000 feet of lumber were destroyed by fire last night. Origin of the blaze unknown. The fire started about 8 o clock after all employees left. Owner H W Macon and head sawyer Charles Wienhardt arrived to save lumber valued at 1500 dollars.
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Cedar Creek
Ala
Citronelle Turpentine Company
Lunder
H. W. Macon
Charles Wienhardt
Tages Zeitung Resumes Publication After Suspension
Tages Zeitung in Berlin reappeared after a brief suspension last Monday by German authorities. The halt followed a controversial article on the American note and US relations, with officials extending no formal reasons beyond general understanding.
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Berlin
London
Tages Zeitung
United States
Crew of Hildegard Seeks Expense Money After Wreck
The mate L Larsen, second mate, and six crewmen of the American ship Hildegard, rescued after the vessel capsized in a Mobile Bay squall thirty miles from the city, asked a U S commissioner to charge the shipowners with ashore stay costs while the vessel is righted. They had signed for Buenos Aires eight days earlier and cannot collect wages while ashore.
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L. Larsen
Hildegard
Mobile Bay
United States
Buenos Aires
Naval Militia Recruits to Meet Friday Night
Col. Frank B. Merrill in charge of Mobile naval militia movement has summoned volunteers for Friday at 7 30 in the Cawthon assembly room. The meeting aims to discuss militia theory with interested recruits and a report from the Chamber of Commerce committee is expected. Merrill notes recruiting proceeds slowly but steadily.
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Frank B. Merrill
Mobile
Cawthon
Merrill
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Col
Thirtieth Dipping Vat in Mobile County Installed
The thirtieth dipping vat has been completed and charged by George A. Maloney county farm demonstration agent on J. M. Walsh's property at Dicken's Ferry road beyond Spring Hill. The vat will serve as a neighborhood dipping place.
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Mobile County
George A. Maloney
J. M. Walsh
Dicken’s Ferry Road
Spring Hill
The Little Doll's Dressmaker and Comedy At Empire
The Empire presents The Little Doll's Dressmaker a two part Vitagraph feature with Lillian Walker and Ewart Overton. Also on the bill Billy Reeves in Nearly a Prize Fighter and Pat Roony Marion Bent in Has a Bear. Friday's program promises one of the best yet.
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Vitagraph
Lillian Walker
Ewart Overton
Empire
Billy Reeves
Pat Roony
Marion Bent
Woman Suffrage Debate Divides Support and Opposition
Representative W. E. P. Wilson opposed a state wide vote on women's suffrage but would let voters decide. He warned such a move could disrupt home life and claimed women are too pure for politics. L. C. Irvine defended equal suffrage as a right and noted women as leaders in reforms.
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W. E. P. Wilson
Mobile Equal Suffrage Association
Cawthon Hotel
Wilson
L. C. Irvine
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Irvine
Clarke County Joins Gold Star Standard in Alabama Sunday School
State Secretary Palmer announced in Mobile that Clarke County has entered the Gold Star Standard class of the Alabama Sunday School Association. He spoke after attending the county association convention at Salitpa, reporting a very successful gathering with much rejoicing among delegates.
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Alabama Sunday School Association
Palmer
Mobile
Clarke
County Association
Salitpa
Rotarians Hear Architecture Talk by George B. Rogers
George B. Rogers the architect will preside at the Rotary Club meeting in the Cawthon hotel Rotary room where he will read a paper on Architecture. Other topics likely include items to be brought before the international Rotarians gathering in San Francisco next month and county achievement in winning distinction.
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George B. Rogers
Rotary Club
Cawthon Hotel
Mr. Rogers
San Francisco
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Ation
Labama
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Summer Comfort Hotel
Grove Park Inn
Asheville, N. C
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Clarke Sunday School Association
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R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
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N. Royal
Dauphin
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Cigar Stores
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