Opening Alaska Mineral Lands Proposes Coal Leasing Plan
A Senate Public Lands Committee bill proposes opening Alaska coal lands to leasing in the Testing River and Matanuska fields. It sets tract sizes, competitive bidding, and prevents interlocking interests. Railroads restricted. penalties include imprisonment up to three years and fines.
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Hington
Senate Public Lands Comitee
Myers
Fering River
Matanuska
Secretary of the Interior
United Tes
Saint Matthew’s Holy Retreat Schedule Published
Children of St. Matthew’s will begin their holy retreat Thursday with the holy sacrifice and close Sunday morning after benediction. Mass will be held promptly at dawn and the retreat will conclude with services on Sunday.
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St. Matthew's
Spinster life expectancy tops married woman in study
Arthur Hunter, actuary for forty three insurers, reports at the Life Underwriters Association meeting that spinster women live longer than married women and endowment policy holders outlive straight life policy holders. He notes businesswomen outlive married men but offers no explanation.
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Associated Press
New York
Arthur Hunter
Life Underwriters Association
Tube Picture Show at C. of C Rooms Wednesday
Final preparations are underway for a National Tube Company filmed exhibit at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. The 8 o clock showing will depict mine drilling open cut mining ore transport and furnace operations with no admission charge open to all.
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E Chamber of Commerce
National Tube Company
Pittsburg
Chamber of Commerce
Klondyke Boom Town Dyea Now Farmland Claim
Three homesteaders filed on the former Klondyke boom town Dyea Alaska once home to about 20000 residents. The Seattle report notes the site is being prepared as farming land with details learned today.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Dyea
Alaska
Handsome Y M C A at Chattanooga
The Y M C A building in Chattanooga houses fifty dormitory rooms and a separate boys division. Membership doubled in six months after opening. In the All Southern Membership Campaign starting March 28 Mobile competes with new YMCA homes. leaders vow Mobile will win the Trophy Cup again and surpass last year’s score.
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All-Southern
Mobile
L. J. Davis
Harry T. Hartwell
Montgomery Fire Devastates Five Homes in Fashionable District
A March 25 blaze in the residence of H C Davidson on South Court Street in Montgomery destroyed five homes and damaged ten more in the city’s upscale area. Estimated losses reach 75000 dollars, about half insured. Several prominent residences including those of H C Davidson M Mohr H Loeb S Dreyfus and D Hirsch suffered heavy damage as flames spread between houses. The fire, which left several houses burning at once, was later contained with no new damage reported.
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Montgomery
Ala
H. C. Davidson
South Court Street
M., Mohr
H. Loeb
S. Dreyfus
D. Hirsch
Visit by Chicago Trade Extension Board Planned for Mobile
Mobile Chamber of Commerce officials prepare for a Chicago Association of Commerce trade extension delegation visit on April 23. The eight hour program includes H F Miller in charge and A J Parsons with C B Hervey presenting details at the directors meeting. The party departs Chicago April 12 by special train, routing through Tennessee, the Carolinas, Georgia, and part of Alabama, with Mobile as the southern endpoint.
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Chicago
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Association of Commerce
South
H. F. Miller
A. J. Parsons
Charles B. Hervey
Kahn and Monk Head Chamber Committees
The Chamber of Commerce board named the foreign traffic committee with M. D. Kahn as chairman and Horace E. Upton H. H. Cortel J. V. Falck Harry J. Hartwell EB. O. Fewlkes Maurice Forcheimier and BE. F. Ladd also serving. Publicity committee details follow in the article.
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Foreign
The
Chamber of Commerce
Board of
Foreign Traffic
M.D. Kahn
Horace E. Upton
H. H. Cortel
J. V. Falck
Harry J. Hartwell
EB. O. Fewlkes
Maurice Forcheimier
BE. F. Ladd
Remains of W. W. Weekly Sent to Bay Minette
The body of W. W. Weekly, freight agent for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad at Pensacola, shot himself Monday afternoon and died that night. His remains were shipped to Bay Minette, Alabama for burial. A private letter to his wife and ill health, tuberculosis, are discussed as possible causes and the theory of temporary insanity is mentioned by friends.
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Pensacola, Fla
W. W. Weekly
Pensacola
Louisville and Nashvvile
Bay Minette
Ala
Body of Thurston Taken to Home of First Wife
The body of Prof. Harry Thurston Peck who died by suicide Monday in Stamford was taken to the home of his former wife Mrs. Cornelia Dawbarn Peck at Sound Beach with consent from his second wife Mrs. Elizabeth D Peck. Among Peck's effects are manuscripts including one on Platonic friendship exploring if a man and woman can sustain daily association free of sexual consciousness.
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Associated Press
Stamford
Conn
Harry Thurston Peck
Cornelia Dawbarn Peck
Sound Beach
Elizabeth D Peck
Public figure hints at abrupt resignation for health and retreat
The individual told close friends he planned to resign immediately and spend a year or more in the woods to regain his health, signaling a personal retreat from public duties.
Germ that Causes Dandruff and Hair Loss Destroyed
Advertisement explains dandruff germs harm hair by burrowing into follicles. It promotes Newbro's Herpicide as the cure and warns other products are inferior. It claims dandruff prevention preserves hair and offers 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes with refund if unsatisfied. Sample requests and barber shops are noted.
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Newbro
Herpicide Co
Dept. R
Detroit
Wash Fabrics and Linens Sale Notes
Textile sale listing details various fabrics by inch and type including 27-inch striped dimity 27-inch corded ratine 36-inch tan dress lining and 38-inch white voile with low prices. Items include unbleached domestic and mercerized cottons with values ranging from 5 to 25 cents per unit.
Laine School Closes After Successful Term
Laine Mississippi closes term with high praise for teachers. Enrollment growth requires enlarging the school building before the next term.
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Laine
Father Earley Preaches in Toulminville Service
Rev Father T J Earley of St Vincent s church preaches Wednesday night at 7 30 at St Francis Xavier church in Toulminville The sermon topic centers on The Holiness of the Church.
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Father Earley
Toulminville
T. J. Earley
St. Vincent's Church
St. Francis
Xavi
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Trade Extension Board
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City Bank
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