Old and New Senator from Alabama Honored in Transfer
The Birmingham figure Hon Frank S White resigns the U S Senate seat after serving briefly and honors Oscar W Underwood who rises from the U S House to fill the vacancy. Underwood’s long career includes leading the Ninth Alabama district and defeating Richmond Hobson for the seat. The Item congratulates White on a duty well done and predicts Underwood will serve with equal usefulness.
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Frank 8. White
Birmingham
Alabama
United States
Joseph Forney
Congress
Oscar W. Underwood
White
Senate
Underwood
Richmond P. Hobson
House
Congressman Underwood
Mobile Home Gardens Association seeks jobs by using city vacant lots
The Mobile Home Gardens Association plans active operation to employ the unemployed by using vacant city lots. James W. Calley, Chicago unemployment director, supports repurposing idle land for work and even potential cereal crops. He urges public cooperation to back the initiative alongside city authorities.
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Mobile Home Gardens Association
James W. Calley
Chicago
Calley
Lhe
Japanese steamship firm eyes Gulf port base
Bussan Kaisha Company plans a Gulf of Mexico ship base with possible cotton warehouses in Galveston or New Orleans. Commer Agent E. C. Porter in New York notes near decision. Mobile urged to enter the contest.
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Mobile
Bussan Kaisha Company
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
New Orleans
E. C. Porter
New York
Hattiesburg Dog Control Regime Tightened
Citywide dog control tightens after October 10 with all dogs at large muzzled. Police will issue due notices. Pasteur treatment used if enforcement is complete.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Senator White Receives Eighteen Volume Library Gift
The Mobile Item notes the indebtedness to United States Senator Frank S. White of Alabama for a set of eighteen volumes described as a valuable addition to the library.
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Mobile
United States
Frank S. White
Alabama
Campaign to keep farming profits at home in Mobile County
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce leads a campaign against wastage to secure prosperity for Mobile and Baldwin counties. A school of instruction for farmers launches to keep millions from leaving the area to foreign producers. The drive emphasizes crops and livestock kept at home for better times.
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Mobile County
Mobile
Battle House
Baldwin
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Expert Farming Proves Worth in Mobile County Demonstrations
The Mobile County expert demonstrator George A. Maloney has long aided farming interests, showing improved methods pay off. A DeKalb Georgia example reports 219 acres of demonstration corn yielding 9,589 bushels at 43.4 bushels per acre versus 4,995 bushels at 22.84. With corn at $1 per bushel, demonstration corn nets $9,589 against $4,995 for old methods, a $4,594 advantage.
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Mobile
George A. Maloney
Maloney
Mobile County
South
Hunter
DeKalb County
Georgia
Piute War Path Near Utah With 200 Warriors Gathered
Reports to the Indian office indicate nearly two hundred Piute warriors are off the reservation near Utah. Snow blocks mountains and railroads hamper movement, complicating a potential campaign. General Scott leads efforts for a peaceful settlement and may take three days to reach the band through deep snow.
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Indian Office
Scott
War Department
Army
Utah
West
Bluff
General Scott
Greenville Pastor Leaves in Search of Health
Greenville Alabama March 4 Rev P D Montgomery pastor of the Greenville Presbyterian church has given up his pastoral duties temporarily for health reasons. He left for Hendersonville New York for his health and his family followed to Louisville Kentucky where they will stay until his health improves.
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Ala
P. D. Montgomery
Greenville Presbyterian Church
Hendersonville
N. Y
Louisville
Washington Letter on U S rifle training and defense needs
Victor Elliott notes only a small fraction of the 16 million eligible men can shoot and argues U S forces lack sufficient marksmanship training. He cites militia shortfalls, compares English drills, and warns a minimum of about one million land troops would be needed to defend the country.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
United States
Navy
Marine Corps
House of Representatives
We Cooper
Wisconsin
England
Lord Kitchener
Cooper
War Department
Townsend Whelen
U. S.A
Spring Hill to Meet Petrel Stars in Thursday Game
Spring Hill College coach Lauzon released the lineup for Thursday’s match with Petrel stars. Spring Hill positions include Brand pitcher Mackin catcher Ducote first base Touart second Day short Zieman third Van Heuvel left field Pitcher center field Holbrook right field. Petrel lineup lists McGee or Wayte pitcher Glover or Scroggins catcher Gilroy first Kuhn second Whitehead third Feeney short Reade left Campbell right Shea center. Petrel holds a twelve win five loss two tie record from last season.
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Spring Hill College
Petrel Stars
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Mackin
Ducote
Touart
Day
Zieman
van Heuvel
Holbrook
Petrel
McGee
Wayte
Glover
Scroggins
Gilroy
Kuhn
Whitehead
Feeney
Reade
Campbell
Shea
J. Y. Morgan Safe on Way to America
Ex mayor J Y Morgan of Pascagoula reports his son Joy Morgan was aboard the Evelyn sunk by a mine in the North Sea but was saved and left Amsterdam yesterday for England, per a telegram from B P Harrison in Washington.
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Miss
J. Y. Morgan
B. P. Harrison
Washington
J. Y. Morgan, Jr
Joy Morgan
Evelyn
North Sea
Amsterdam
England
Peruna
Mrs Thomas III telegram reports family illness
Lucedale Mississippi March 4. Mr W W Thomas received a telegram from Brooklyn announcing the serious illness of his mother Mrs J A Thomas at Brooklyn. He left immediately by automobile. Mrs W W Thomas took the morning train to join the family at the bedside.
Get the Men to the Job through Vacant Lots Plan
Edward Quincy Norton argues for taxing reform to move unemployed Mobile residents from idle land to work. He cites 900 vacant lots within the old city and urges cultivating city lots only as a transitional measure while promoting farming on better lands, to boost employment and city improvement.
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Thomas Jefferson
Home Garden Association
Mobile
Edward Quincy Norton
Dardanelles Impregnable Claims From Turkish Attache
Berlin reports Attaches from the Turkish embassy express confidence in the Dardanelles forts. They say bombardments fail to breach the outer rings and that landing troops at the straits entrance is impossible. Enver Pasha cautions that main forts would fall only under a serious assault by a large Allied force.
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Gulf of Saros
Constantinople
Frankfurter Zeitung
Enver Pasha
Diversifiers Rally for Homegrown Growth in Alabama
A Mobile rally promotes crop diversification and diversified farming led by Ohio farmer R A Hayne. Speakers urge keeping food production local, aiding renters, and supporting the Gulf Coast Fair to strengthen Southern agriculture and Mobile economy.
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Gadsden
G. H. Mathers
Alabama
Mrs. Mathers
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Mobile
Wagner Renews Contract with Pirates for 1915 Season
Honus Wagner signed his 1915 contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates for ten thousand dollars per year. It is the sixteenth deal he has made with the club. Twenty five Pirates will depart Saturday night for spring training in Dawson Kentucky.
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Pirates Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh
National League Baseball Club
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Dawson
Look at Child's Tongue If Sick Ad
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to check a child's tongue for illness and promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for all ages with a 50 cent bottle. It warns to avoid counterfeit products and buy from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Jitneys in Kansas City and Publicity Clash
The Kansas City Star once praised jitneys with free ads then shifted stance amid regulation and accidents. A February 25 article notes a serious crash injuring five people with fractured skulls, legs, and shoulders.
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Kansas City Star
Metropolitan Street Railroad
Kansas City
That City
Star
Regulation urged after jitney crashes in city streets
Police regulation of all drivers and a new city ordinance requiring a strict driving test are urged after two jitney involved accidents. W H Miller, jitney manager, says stricter tests and police oversight could curb reckless driving and protect passengers and pedestrians. The jitney boom has widened motor livery use into streets once free of motor traffic.
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New Transportation Service
W. H. Miller
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