Chamber plans October Southern states tour for business leaders
The United States Chamber of Commerce board approves a late October two week tour through Southern cities to meet leading business forces and explain the chamber's referendum system and services. G Grosvenor Dawe will visit Charleston Atlanta Mobile and Birmingham en route to Vicksburg for Southern Commercial Secretaries Association meetings. A Mississippi beef cattle sale sets a record high price with Angus cattle selling for top rates, driven by tick eradication and expanding Southern beef production.
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Mobile
Nation’s Business
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Charleston
Atlanta
Vicksburg
Southern Commercial Secretaries Association
Birmingham
Mr. Dawe
National Chamber
W. H. Hurdle
Marshall County
Mississippi
South
Morris & Co
Hurdle
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Louisiana
North
South Carolina
Good Roads and Education Highlight Rural School Gains
The article links better roads to higher school attendance and consolidation. It notes Eastern and Western states with good roads average 80 percent attendance, versus 64 percent in some Southern and Northwestern states with poorer roads. Improved roads enable central schools, better buildings, more teachers, and rural districts served by daily wagon routes.
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Massachusetts
Ohio
Old Controversy Revived Over Columbus Bones
The San Francisco exposition plans to honor Columbus by a naval parade that would stop at San Salvador and bring the explorer’s bones to San Francisco. Rival claims from Santo Domingo and Havana contest the resting place once thought in Cuba or Seville, with fate likely decided by U S authorities.
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San Francisco
Columbus
Hampton Roads
San Salvador
Triuph
Santo Domingo
Havana
Cuba
Santo Domingans
Diego
Weyler
Seville
United States
The Irish Crisis and the Home Rule Question
The Irish Nationalists seek self government within the empire insisting that Dublin rule is better than London control. They argue Ulster can join a united Ireland without losing economic ties and warn that exclusion would widen sectarian tensions and hinder progress in agriculture and industry.
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Ireland
London
England
Britain
United Irish Rebellion
Ilenry Grattan
Robert Emmet
Charles Stewart Parnell
Westminster
Irs
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Munster
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Gladstone
Parnell
Asquith
Redmond
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Belfast
Brigland
Moral Education Emphasizes Story Now Not Moralizing
Washington reports on Professor Prosser Gould the English educator touring the United States to promote moral education in elementary grades. His method relies on storytelling concrete examples and avoids direct moralizing. The Education Bureau notes show tobacco study links non smoking with higher scholarship and better athletics, tied to home life and idleness.
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Prosser
F. G. Gould
United States
Moral Education League
London
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Gould
Bureau of Education
Coménius
John Bunyan
The
Bureau
Davis
Menominee
Michigan
French Navy Tests Quadruple Turret Gun System
The French navy pursues an experimental quadruple turret carrying twelve 14 inch guns across four turrets. Proponents claim improved command, fire concentration, protection, and weight savings versus twin and triple mounts. The Gavres test signals a shift in naval design and strategy for France.
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Ags
France
New York Herald
Home Rule for Ireland Seen as Historic Step Forward
The New York World notes the House of Commons passage of the home rule bill marks a historic shift for Ireland and hints at possible expansions to Wales Scotland and broader federalization. It contrasts Liberal gains and Tory threats with kingly sign off and Ulster delays, portraying a peaceful path amid turmoil.
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Asquith
Great Britain
New York World
Public Press Agents Shift in Atlanta Journal
The Atlanta Journal notes a policy pivot from old anti press stance to a public relations approach, signaling a broader embrace of media outreach and publicity in coverage strategies.
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Atlanta Journal
Ulster Unionists Pledge to Fight for Ulster Rights
An Irish letter argues Ulster does not desire separation from Ireland and will accept home rule. It notes troops drilling in Ulster and the widespread cry Ulster will fight and Ulster will be right. A Belfast correspondent promises another Unionist view soon.
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Ulster
Ireland
Belfast
Terrible Tale of Tragic Death on a Swamped Voyage
Eyewitness accounts describe the Empress disaster with Captain Kendall saving seventy three lives in No. 3 boat and Mrs Laurence Irving aided by husband Mr. Irving. Survivors include Helen O Hara of Toronto and J Fergus Duncan of London. Fifty or more missing or drowned in the sinking collision.
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Salvation Army Staff
Empress
J. Fergus Duncan
London
Eng
Helen O’hara
Toronto
Haverhill College
Hayes
Kendall
Daphne Normal School to Hold Commencement Events
Daphne Alabama May 30 the Daphne Normal School will hold commencement activities from May 31 to June 3. The program features a sermon by Rev G B Hurbutt, a music program directed by Miss Fancher, a gold medal oratorical contest with six finalists, and a commencement address by Hon Harry Hartwell of Mobile.
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Daphne
Ala
Daphne Normal School
G. B. Hurbutt
Normal School
Fancher
Josephine Nimmo
Elizabeth Roach
Stockton
Gladys Major
Robert Swenson
Silverhill
Fred Stewart
Carlos Shriner
Park City
Harry Hartwell
Mobile
Pauline Thompson
Marjorie Matthews
Bay Minette
George Lawton
Helena Rost
Robertsdale
Rost
Senator White appoints Alabama youths to military academies
Senator White of Alabama announced the appointment of Myron Dillon of Birmingham and Eric M. Grimsley of Fayette as naval academy midshipmen. He also named Horace Harding of Tuscaloosa and Julian K. Miller of Montgomery as military academy cadets.
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Washington
Senator White
Alabama
Myron Dillon
Birmingham
Eric M. Grimsley
Fayette
Naval Academy
Horace Harding
Tuscaloosa
Julian K. Miller
Montgomery
Military Academy
Nelson Named Chief Engineer of Geodetic Survey
Edward K. Nelson a Mobile resident for 25 years was appointed chief engineer of the government geodetic survey. He will depart for Washington to take the oath of office and does not yet know his station location.
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Edward K. Nelson
Mobile
Government Geodetic Survey
Nelson
Washington
Temple Shaarai Shemayim to Confirm Five at Service
Shabaoth or the Feast of Weeks observed in Mobile with services at Temple Shaarai Shemayim at 8 p m Saturday and 10 a m Sunday. Rabbi Alfred G Moses to confirm Rebecca Jacob Myra Cohen Cecelie Lichtbach Rita Reiss and Dave Levi Jr amid the observance.
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Temple Shabaoth
Mobile
Alfred G. Moses
Rebecca Jacob
Myra Cohen
Cecelie Lichtbach
Rita Reiss
Dave Levi
Wisdom of India’s Great Elephant Shown in Photo
An Indian elephant, billed as one of the wisest and largest animals, carries his keeper’s son on his tusks. The scene is described as serene and almost divine, with myths that the elephant and his keeper ponder metaphysical questions in the heat of day.
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India
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