Hobson Targets Alcohol as “Great Destroyer” in Mobile
The piece portrays Richmond Pearson Hobson now leading the Anti-Saloon League and touring Mobile to promote preparedness. It argues his anti liquor crusade eclipses naval topics, notes Alabama politics, residency changes for a candidate, and recalls strict prohibition measures debated in Montgomery.
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Richmond Pearson Hobson
Merrimac
Jacy
America
Red States
Hobson
United States Navy
Captain Hobson
Anti-Saloon League
Mobile
Sor
W. B. Oliver
Greensboro
Conn
Montgomery
Aeeet
January bank indicators show improving economic conditions
First National Bank reports January activity suggests healthier times with higher bank exchanges across 162 cities totaling 20 billion, money in circulation at 3.924 billion, and per capita 38.67. February dividends rise 10 million from last year as new corporate capital surges, while January failures decline and construction heats up in 139 cities. Chicago crime falls between Feb 12 and 18, and Memphis safeguards against smallpox exposure highlight vigilance. Alabama editors seek roles as national delegates. Coyington county shifts from zero cattle shipped to 300 carloads.
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First National Bank
United States
Chicago
Healey
Windy City
Horoscope for March 1 1916 Optimistic Outlook for Public Figures
The March 1 1916 horoscope notes a mixed morning with later favorable planetary aspects. It highlights strong interest in army and navy, possible war anxieties, but unlikely actual conflict for about three months. It predicts prosperity for merchants and bankers, benefit for politicians, opportunities for writers, and notable social events and missions for Americans abroad.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Mars
Neptune
Jupiter
Mercury
Europe
Bricken Tours Mobile as Political Candidates and Notables Arrive
Col Charles R Bricken of Luverne Crenshaw county visits Mobile with family for illness and carnival. The piece lists numerous visitors and residents from multiple states in Mobile for Mardi Gras events and notes Bricken as one of six candidates for Alabama Court of Appeals.
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Charles R. Bricken
Luverne
Crenshaw County
Bricken
Mobile
Colonel Bricken
Virginia
Harry ¥. Brooke
Court of Appeals Bench
Alabama
Editorial Requests From Readers on Five Matters
Readers are invited to submit editorials on five general topics. Include name and address for consideration and potential publication. Submissions may be edited for clarity and space.
Hammel disavows ties to proposed Gulf Coast Fair races
Julius Hammel states in a letter from Mobile on March 1 1916 that he served as racing committee chairman for the Gulf Coast Fair but notes the event was canceled for lack of funds and declares he is not connected with upcoming Carnival association races planned for next week.
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Associated Press
United Press
Audit Bureau OF
Mobile
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Beckwith
New York
Alabama
Tennessee
Morgan and Pettus
Congress
Senate
South
Republican Party
Underwood
Bankhead
Bm Ae
Washington
Nciples
Democratic Party
Braxton Bragg Comer
Can
Alan
Comer
Fred Jackson
District of Columbia
Oscar Underwood
Alaby
Arkansas
Memphis
Ala
The
Item
Judge Murphy
New Orleans
Carnival Association
Julius Hammel
Automobile Club of Mobile Seeks 1000 Members at Auto Show
The Automobile Club of Mobile convened at the Battle House with L. G. Adams presiding. Herbert Lyons named general chairman to form a 14 member board, targeting 1,000 members. A legislative committee was set, and a booth helper at the Auto Show will handle club affairs. Auto Club night is planned for next Thursday with badges, social committee appointments, and a road bulletin board to flag dangerous spots and repairs.
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Automobile Club of Mobile
Tocsin
Battle House
L. G. Adams
Herbert Lyons
Joseph H. Lyons
Question Box asks about vaccination laws and horoscopes
Readers inquire about vaccination practice in Illinois, school entry laws in Erie Pennsylvania, and existence of an anti vaccination society in Philadelphia. The column provides horoscope responses for March 9 1900 and February 16 June 15 22 horoscopes and notes malaria is not spread by impure water, but typhoid is, and advises avoiding mosquitoes and using screens, while opinions on daily quinine vary.
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Illinois
Erie Penn
Philadelphia
Forty Frisco Methodist banqueters poisoned
More than forty guests including Methodist ministers and their wives were seriously ill after dining at a banquet hosted by Howard Street Methodist church officials in San Francisco on February 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Howard Street Methodist Church
Wage boosts hit Paterson dye works in 10 percent raise
In Paterson and nearby dyeing establishments voluntary wage increases of about ten percent take effect today affecting thousands of workers.
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Paterson
N. J
Wealthy Lexington Woman Dies at Fifty
Mrs James Stone Helm a prominent Lexington businesswoman died in the city. Known as J. M. Hanson she reportedly earned more than 1 million dollars by obtaining magazine subscriptions. She was fifty years old.
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Lexington
James Stone Helm
J. M. Hanson
Mrs May Letter Supports Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A reader from Chicago writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her female troubles after pregnancy and that she approves publishing her testimony. The ad invites others with similar symptoms to consult Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co seeking confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Mrs. J. May
S. Lincoln St
Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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