Mobilians Who Helped Promote Alabama Waterways
Delegations from Mobile attended the 1884 Alabama Waterways Convention in Tuscaloosa, backing the lock system. By the opening of Lock 17, Mobile leaders including Mayor Harry Pillans and W. T. West rejoiced at two decades of progress. The 1884 party drew figures like Gaillard B. Clarke and T. G. Bush to push before the rivers and harbors committee, marking an early step in inland waterway improvement. Frank Blair, active in recent years, was then a Mobilian advocate for the project.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Tus Glass
Messrs
W.D. West
Harry Pillans
T. G. Bush
Samuel Browne
Judge Austill
Gaillard B. Clarke
Mobile
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Senate
Frank Blair
Cne
Dr Dernberg urged to depart amid anti German sentiment in U S
The piece argues Dr Barnhard Dernberg, once a German official in Washington, should leave the United States while tensions rise. It defends German Americans’ loyalty to the United States and criticizes Dernberg for provoking loyalty to the homeland and for justifying the Lusitania disaster.
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Barnhard Dernberg
United States
William of
Germany
Washington
Dr. Dernberg
Land of the Free
Sam
America
Lusitania
New York Staats Zeitung
Becn Ming
Alabama iron district seen as dormant Eldorado by expert
Mr. Donald, an iron industry observer, argues Alabama hosts vast iron and coal resources. He urges Southern railways to cut export rates and establish comprehensive ship movements to unlock global markets, saying nine months of lost time must not continue and railways can drive early action.
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Donald
Phi
Alabama
Iron and Steel
Alabama Coons
Great Britain
Nature
Birmingham
England
Mr. Donald
United Sates
Germany
Southern Railways
New York
Bar ton Academy High School Announces 86 Graduates
The Item notes eighty six students will graduate at the close of the term on May 31. It lauds their devotion to duty and study and calls the class a representative body Mobile County public schools provide valuable education as they prepare to enter the workforce.
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Barton Academy High School
Mobile County
Southern Slav Colonization Company Purchases Baldwin Lands
The Southern Slav Colonization Company, a Chicago capital group, has bought 23,000 acres of cutover land in Baldwin County Alabama. They plan to colonize the area with Slavic settlers drawn from their native lands, with promoters among the lead figures described as prominent members of that race and now American citizens.
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Alabama
Southern Slav Colonization Company
Chicago
Baldwin County
Celebration at Upper Warrior Opens Thursday Opportunity
Report notes a Thursday celebration at the Upper Warrior and urges readers to seize the engineering feat offered. It calls on locals to participate and do their share in making full use of the opportunity presented by the event.
Incomplete Sports Roundup for Detroit and Brooklyn
In the American League Detroit trailed as La Place favored the Yankees while Brooklyn rose in the Federal standings with a win that moved the Architects to the front. The report blends standings and results across leagues with partial details.
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Detroit
Yank Turday
Chitects
Brooklyn
Delay of Justice Across Borders and States
The piece notes reforms in Alabama and other states to speed civil and criminal trials amid widespread delays. It cites Porter Charlton’s murder case in Italy and the Caminetti-Diggs white slave case in California as examples of slow dispositions, arguing justice grinds slowly until a universal international reform is achieved.
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Alabama
Porter Charlton
Lake Como
Charlton
Italy
California
Caminetti
Senate
Washington
Toulminville Notes Tour and Local Happenings
Mr and Mrs Charles Rosette plan to attend graduation at St Vincent Hospital Birmingham to celebrate niece Genevieve Rafferty and visit Malcolm Rafferty at St Bernard s College Calhoun County. Outing party in Toulminville travels to Twelve Mile Island aboard Helmer.
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Charles Rosette
St. Vincent's Hospital
Birmingham
Genevieve Rafferty
St. Bernard's College
Cailman County
Malcolm Rafferty
Sam Ingram
Cora Jones
Prichard
Ellison
Bryars
Twelve Mile Island
Autrey Greer
Clinton Smith
Hall
Toulminville
Leonard Place
W. Willison
Bingville
Toulmin
Nelson
Griffith
Flomaton Community Notes Reach Across Mississippi and Alabama
A Flomaton notes column lists residents visiting in Lucedale and Pensacola, relatives visiting here, movers to Pensacola, returns from Mobile and Montgomery, and local outings. Attendees include Mrs. Leslie O Gwyin, Miss Florence Davis, Miss Nan Grey Davis, Miss Van Meta, Mrs. Faulkenberg and children, Dr. Bedgood, and others.
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Flomaton
Ala
Leslie O'Gwyn
Lucedale
Miss
Virginia Deane
Terrell
Pensacola
Florence Davis
Mobile
Milton
Nan Grey Davis
van Meta
Faulkenberg
Andalusia
Palmer
W.palmer
Scroggins
E. McCurdy
Melville
McDavid
Birdie
Mary Collins
Brewton
Ernest Glenn
Frater McCurdy
Mack Johnson
Sam Borman
Ottie Gordon
Jews in Colonial America Highlight Early Jewish Influence
At the American Jewish Historical Society meeting in New York City, papers explored Jewish merchants like the Gratz brothers in Ohio and Mississippi trade, Harold Korn's study of 1761 to 1789 ads showing mercantile activity, and Moses M. Hays's role in introducing Freemasonry. The discourse noted Jewish loyalty to the nation across colonial and revolutionary periods.
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Republic
American Jewish Historical Society
New York City
Gratz Brothers
Philadelphia
Ohio
Mississippi
Harold Korn
Newark
New York
Massachusetts
Moses M. Hays
Aeaeged
The Mystery of the Handkerchief in a Morning Reveal
Isabel confronts suspicions after a late night incident with John Hamilton. Cynthia the maid hints at misdeeds while John endures pain and denial. The key clue is a bloodless handkerchief found in the hall, prompting implied scandal as the couple navigates truth and discretion.
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Virginia ‘Terhune van DE Water
Isabel
John
Cynthia
Hamilton
Mr. Hamilton
Why They Like the Item's Funniest Characters
A collection of reader letters from the Mobile Daily Item in April 1915 praising favorite figures on the Sunday funny pages. Letters celebrate Buster Brown Mary Jane Polly and Pa for mischief humor henpeckedness and family dynamics with personal names and addresses.
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Buster Brown
Buster
Mary Jane
Mobile
Ala
Polly
Paris
Ashur
John Ramsey, JR
Dauphin_street
Escatawpa
Clyde Lane
Mobile Daily Item
Lee Cortright
Wilkinson Street
Government Street
Mobile Item
New York City
Barnet Katz
Crichton
Aunt Delicia
Paw
Ada Reed
Crichton,Ala
Slim Jim and Aunt Delicia fans address Crichton Alabama
Letters from Crichton Alabama dated April 1915 praise comic page figures Slim Jim Aunt Delicia and Paw while noting playful tricks and family dynamics. Individuals Ida Landrum Rachel Reed and Ada Reed sign as contributors.
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Crichton
Ala
Slim Jim
Bettter
Rachel Reed
First River Platte Passenger Steamer To Fly U. S. Flag
The Crofton Hall, an American steamship, has entered the River Plate passenger service between New York and Buenos Aires, with calls at Montevideo. It is described as the first vessel to join the regular River Plate service under the American flag, following its Panama Canal passage on January 12 en route from Valparaíso.
Great meeting of Sunday school workers today
A mass meeting of Sunday school workers will be held in the Government Street Presbyterian Church Sunday school room. Invitations have been sent to twenty five Sunday schools in Mobile and suburbs with a large anticipated turnout. Leon C. Palmer of the Alabama Sunday School Association will speak on The Master Teacher, and Miss Freda Rose will discuss Our Possibilities. Local speakers will cover vital Sunday school topics, with music by Prof. J. H. Wienand.
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Government Street Presbyterian Church
Mobile
Leon C. Palmer
Palmer
Alabama Sunday School Association
Lumber Contract Awarded for Panama Canal Projects
The John F Wilder Lumber Company of Hattiesburg Mississippi won a government contract to supply two and a half million feet of lumber for Panama Canal zone improvements. Delivery is to Christobal near Colon within ninety days. Mobile shipowners have discussed possible shipment from Mobile.
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Mobile
United States
Panama Canal Zone
John F. Wilder Lumber Company
Hattiesburg
Miss
Christobal
Colon
New Orleans Steamship Joins Florida Gulf Trade
Mobile plans to use coal shipments on scheduled trips from Mobile to Tampa and Boca Grand. Charles H. Lawrence leads the Merchants and Miners line revival with the New Orleans and Dorothy to run freight between Florida, New Orleans, and Mobile. The New Orleans is undergoing overhaul at the dry dock and will load anthracite coal for sea trials.
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Mobile
Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railroad Company
Florida
Tampa
Boca Grand
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Gulf
New Steamship Company
Philadelphia North American
Merchants and Miners’ Line
Boca Grand Steamship Company
Lawrence Line
Charles H. Lawrence
Dorothy
Lawrence
Philadelphia and
New Orleans Steamship Company
Mifflin Street
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