State urged to fund citrus orchards and tax immunity
A proposed bill seeks 650000 dollars to fund defense of Mobile and Baldwin citrus areas, backed by Alabama legislators led in the Senate by Hartwell. A second bill would grant five year tax immunity on citrus lands in Mobile and Baldwin, supported by local lawmakers and citrus investors. The Satsuma’s rise in the Gulf Coast is noted as pivotal to future state revenue and growth.
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Alabama
Mobile
Baldwin
Hartwell
Gulf Coast
Baldwin Counties
Mole
Citrus Mts
Indus
South
Aleady
America
California
Florida
Mississippi
County officials urged to aid tick fight efforts
The article appeals to board commissioners outside Mo-6 county to join in placing dipping vats for cattle tick control. It notes Mobile’s prosperity and argues diversification in the ras industry, improved cattle raising, and minerals brought to the area, urging action in the fight now waged.
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Mo- 6
Board Avenue
Mobile urged to unite for postwar port growth
The article calls for unified local support to pass bills enabling Mobile to issue bonds and gain sand islands for docks, wharves, and a belt line. It argues cooperation with the City Commission, legislators, and governor is essential to exploit postwar growth tied to the Warrior and Bigbee rivers and the Panama Canal.
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Mobile
Bigbee River
Panama Canal
United Action
City Commission
Committee of
Committee of 100
Pensacola
Tampa
Galveston
Hushpuchena
Explosion rocks Mobile fifty years ago in 1865
In Mobile on May 25 1865 shortly after 2 pm a massive explosion at the Magnolia Cotton Press on Lipscomb Street tore through a large warehouse. Fire followed and many casualties occurred as residents faced widespread damage and confusion in a tense city still under occupation.
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Mobile
Magnolia Cotton Press
Lipscomb Street
Step in Right Direction on Mobile Transport Boost
The Ways and Means committee of the Chamber of Commerce urges immediate action to call a mass meeting after Tombigbee river improvements. Dr. T F Robinson notes Birmingham Bessemer Cordova rely on Mobile for shipping mineral district outputs, highlighting year round water transportation and new boats as keys to prosperity.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tombigbee
T. F. Robinson
Birmingham
Bessemer
Cordova
Mobile
Robinson
Alabama
South
Not Yet Summer Yet Remains In the Heat
A poetically toned note warns that the current heat is a preview of summer. It emphasizes not misreading the warm spell as the season itself and urges readers to recognize the longer pattern of upcoming heat.
Commencement Week Brings Surge of Orator Demands
Commencement week prompts heightened demand for speakers as universities seek notable figures to deliver addresses. Officials report a busy schedule with several seats still open for upcoming ceremonies.
Readers urged to visit Mobile county’s north along Telegraph Road
Charles Anderson of Axis argues the Mobile area should spotlight northern Mobile county attractions. He cites Satsuma Creola Grand Bay Farm area orchards, Sly hog farm near Creola, Axis homes, Salco stock farm of J F McGowin with 400 head Hereford cattle, and other farms. The Item replies the northern region will be covered soon and no slight intended.
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Southern Railway
Satsuma
Creola
Grand Bay Land Company
Slyhog
Alabama
Mobile
Salco
J. F. McGowin
Mobile County
Charles Anderson
Axis
Ala
Morning Star Names and S O S Origin
The column explains that in the east two morning stars appear Venus and Jupiter with Saturn. It notes S O S as a universal distress call from ships, meaning help is needed and unlikely to be mistaken for anything else. It adds that Christ spoke Hebrew. It also describes a German cement recipe using litharge flint glass and unslaked lime to make a water-hardened cement for glass and chinaware.
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S. C
Venus
BE. L. C
Coca Cola Bottling Co Ad Promotes Pure Drink Quality
An advertisement proclaims no chemical sweeteners or injurious ingredients in Coca Cola or its Ginger Ale and Soda Water. It emphasizes the product as the best option and priced no higher than inferior goods.
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Mobile
Coca Cola Bottling Co
China and Japan Sign Two Treaties and Note
News dispatches report that at 3 p.m. on May 25 China and Japan signed two treaties addressing Shan Tung, Manchuria, and Mongolia, with a note on other questions. No details of the note’s contents were released.
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Peking
China
Petrograd
London
Japan
Washington
Tokio
Shan Tung Peninsula
Manchuria
Mongolia
Japan expects new Sino American treaty signing this week
Tokyo reports prominence of the American note to China and Japan notification on the proposed treaty. Japanese papers question the need for the notification, noting U S confidence in negotiations. Signing in Tokio anticipated this week.
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Tokio
China
Japan
United States
California Question Changes U S Attitude Says Baron Kato
Baron Kato the Japanese foreign minister testified in the diet that U S attitude toward Japan has become greatly more friendly and that California issue solutions will rely on American sincerity and good faith.
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Tokio
United States quiet on Japan China treaty notification
Washington reports no public statement about a notification to Japan regarding a proposed Japan China treaty. The United States monitored negotiations, made representations to both China and Japan, and it was understood that no existing treaty rights were contravened.
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Washington
United States
Japan
China
Tokyo House Row over Foreign Minister Trait accusation
In Tokyo the House of Representatives erupted when an opposition member called Foreign Minister Kato a traitor during a discussion on China. Saburo Shimada, president, ordered an apology and then faced a sharp opposition attack over perceived overreach.
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Kato
Tokio
House of Representatives
Saburo Shimada
Shimada
China
Hankow
Italy
Japan
Europe
Prichard Church Lawn Party To Benefit Early June Picnic
The Helping Hand Society of the Prichard Baptist church will host a lawn party on the church grounds in Prichard Tuesday evening from 6 30 to 10 30. Proceeds will fund the financial support of a picnic planned for early June.
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Helping Hand Society
Prichard Baptist Church
Prichard
Vitalitas rush order from Kirkwall cited for Houston shipment
An order from Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands requests a rush shipment of Vitalitas to Houston, Texas. The notice notes censorship by Kirkwall Harbor Master and describes Vitalitas as a natural tonic claimed to aid digestion rheumatism biliousness and many bodily ailments with rapid effects when taken in water four times daily. Sutton's Drug Store advertises the product and druggists carry it.
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Germany
English Isles
Houston
Texas
Kirkwall
Orkney Islands
Old World
Sutton
Timber deck washed away from British steamer Jupiter
A gale swept timber from the Jupiter of the Seeberg Line off Mobile en route to Buenos Aires, about twenty thousand feet of timber and lumber lost. The Jupiter will next load linseed at Buenos Aires for New York. Meanwhile several other vessels including the Alamo, Tarpon, John Quill, and Parchim moved or loaded cargo or awaited entry, with the Susie B. Dantzler held in quarantine under new rules.
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Mobile
Jupiter
Seeberg Steamship Line
Buenos Aires
New York
Alamo
Mallory Line
Plier 4
Ander
Tampa
Key West
Fla
Tarpon
St. Andrews and Gulf Steamship Line
Pensacola
Florida
Municipal Wharf
John Quill
Parchim
J. K. McClure
Chickasabogue Creek
Susie B. Dantzler
Maritime Movements Report From Various Ports
Shipping notes from Pensacola Key West Galveston Jacksonville New Orleans and Port Eads list arrivals and sailings of multiple steamers and ships including Helsingborg Boyne Alba El Sol Otovo Malaga El Oc cidente and others with routes to Havana New York Avonmouth Port Antonio and Buenos Aires among others.
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Str
Helsingborg
Swed
Teneriffe
Boyne
Queenstown
Vimeira
South Africa
Key West
Sand Key
Francis
Alba
el Sud
Antilles
Glenroy
Adelina
San Ricardo
Galveston
el Sol
New York
el Occidente
Otovo
Span
Malaga
Norfolk
Fla
Olivette
Port Tampa
Havana
Mascotte
Henry M. Flagler
Jacksonville
Apache
Greely
Baltimore
Arapahoe
New Orleans
Baron Napier
Avonmouth
Cibao
Nor
Ceiba
el Rio
Gansfjord
Tela
Marrowijne
Port Barrios
Puerto Cortez
Parismina
Bocas del Toro
Colon
Proteus
Radiant
Liverpool
Port Antonio
Cienfuegos
Santiago
Kingston
Purifoy Corrects Error Overcharges in State Funds
James L. Purifoy testified before the legislative investigating committee about paying 647.27 into the state treasury for county book examinations not recorded before the last administration ended. He said the money was an overcharge and he deposited it as deputy insurance commissioner, then paid it in once reminded.
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Montgomery
State Treasury
James L. Purifoy
Treasury Department
Treasury
Legislative Investigating Committee
Purifoy
Insurance
Insurance Department
Fitzhugh Lee
Lee
Marshall and Bruce
Nashville
Tenn
Remarkable Dauphin Street Residence Bargains
Beautiful residence and large lot on Dauphin Street priced about one third below owner’s five year purchase. Seller moving away, house well built on a corner lot in a desirable street. Value described as about one half its real value. Also noting No 57 St. Francis Street as another bargain.
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Dauphin Street
Very Warm Weather Without Rain Across Cities
Mobile records a high of 87 ahead of a nationwide heat spell with Montgomery and New Orleans at 92 and Jacksonville and San Antonio at 90. Forecaster Aschenberger notes no rain in sight and a generally fair Wednesday with little temperature change.
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Mobile
Albert Ashenberger
Montgomery
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Fla
San Antonio
Texas
Aschenberger
Weather Forecast Warns of 92 Degree Heat for Shipments
The bulletin notes 92 degree highs near Brownsville and Montgomery with 90 at San Antonio. It mentions warm southerly winds across the Mississippi valley and west gulf while a cool high pressure area moves from the Pacific coast toward the Rockies. Wet conditions are scattered with a low barometer over Nebraska. ALBERT ASHENBERGER, Local Forecaster.
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Tombigbee
Demopolis
Alabama
Nebraska
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Mississippi Valley
West Gulf
Brownsville
San Antonio
Texas
Middle
East Gulf States
Montgomery
Mercury
Pacific Coast
Winnemucca
Albert Ashenberger
Mobilias Eyes On Two Rivers Lock System Benefit
Chamber of Commerce considers the twelve million dollar U.S. river lock and dam project on the Tombigbee and Mobile tributaries. A mass meeting is planned to promote port use for iron, coal, and manufactured goods with Mobile as the central hub. Dr. T. F. Robinson urged regional producers to rely on Mobile for distribution and return shipments.
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United States
Tombigbee
Warrior
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Ways and Means
Battle House
T. F. Robinson
Wessemer
Marston Place
Spring Hill
Biloxi Honors Minister With Honorary Doctorate
Rev. RF, pastor of the M E Church South in Biloxi, receives an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Highland College in Tennessee. The Gulf Coast Military Academy held commencements with debates on foreign intervention and a sermon by Rev M M Sneed of Gulfport. Col J C Hardy and Col R B McGehee attended. E J Younghans owns a flag from the William P Frye, given by Thomas Olsen who was ashore when the German cruiser interned.
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Biloxi
M. E. Church
South
Highland (Tenn.) College
Gulf Coast Military Academy
Claude Anderson
George Montgomery
Macauley Literary Society
Allen Wilkinson
Howard Newson
Burke Society
United
Mexico
Wilson
Methodist Church
M. M. Sneed
Gulfport
England
Academy
Col. J. C. Hardy
Col
R. B. McGehee
Wm. P. Frye
E. J. Younghans
William P. Frye
Atlantic
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Thomas Olsen
Frye
Younghans
Olsen
Alabama highway groups oppose curtailment plan
Florence Tuscaloosa Highway Association led a Russellville meeting to oppose cutting the state highway department budget. Resolutions praised the department and rejected proposals to discontinue the annual state aid appropriation. Other associations around Alabama have adopted similar protests. The state highway association notes progress including new miles of modern highways built in several regions.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Department
State Department
Florence
Department
State Highway Association
Florence-Tuscaloosa
How Famous Actresses Banish Superfluous Hair
Betty Lorraine actress promotes Mrs. Osgood's Wonder as a safe painless hair removing prescription. She asserts it leaves no trace of hair for over a year and notes a money back guarantee. Sold by Van Antwerp Drug Co and other drug stores.
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Betty Lorraine
Mrs. Osgood
Mrs. Os
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