Wallace urges broad wildlife safeguards for Alabama
Alabama wildlife chief John H. Wallace proposes turning state lands into game refuges and forest preserves to restore wildlife. He also gaps in licensing dates, empowers deputy wardens, routes offenses to inferior courts, protects elk, delays dove killing, forest protection, anti pollution rules, and fur bearing seasons. The Item notes the biennial report as valuable and well crafted.
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Alabama
John H. Wallace
Game and Fish
State Game and Fish Commissiones
John Wallace
Montgomery
Stegn
Wallace
Red Cross Seals Sale Expands Across Alabama
About a million and a half Red Cross Christmas seals arrived at state headquarters in Birmingham for Alabama sales this fall. The effort, directed by B F Ezekiel, aims to raise funds for tuberculosis campaigns with seals widely available by Thanksgiving. Five million seals are hoped to be sold statewide with help from women’s clubs teachers bankers postmasters and preachers.
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Red Cross
Birmingham
Alabama
B. F. Ezekiel
Ezekiel
American Red Cross
Santa Claus
Winter Home Economics Demonstrations Planned by County Agents
County women agents who taught canning and poultry this summer will continue through winter. They plan practical home economics demonstrations for farm women in cooperation with state colleges. Members will grow winter gardens and poultry agents will show uses for inch goods in cooking, bread making, and labor saving devices.
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Department of Agriculture
Untitled Phrase Leads to Congress Debate Reference
Phrase questions whether a figure will align as insurgent stand-patter or cadary-plain Uncle Joe in the upcoming congress, noting a reference to Osler theory as a framing device for political roles.
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Joe
Osler
Vague NY rebuke and Roger triumph in American politics
Fragmentary text notes a rebuke in New York and a contrasting triumph linked to an entity named Roger. The brief hints at partisan mood shifts and a notable political moment involving these references.
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New York
Nay
Roger
Mr. Gaillard Opposes Cheap Roads in County
County Commissioner Gaillard states he does not favor cheap roads and backs the engineer's report on Spring Hill road. The piece questions use of earth as local binder and the mixing methods for gravel and chert, noting concerns over grading, rolling, and surface settlement.
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Gaillard
Spring Hill
Ohio
Spring Hill Road
Chief McCosker Named Mobile Fire Chief
Charles S. McCosker was elected chief of the Mobile Fire Department by the city commissioners. The appointment rewards industry and ability shown in another city department, and unites two positions at one salary. Mobile county nearly forgot there was an election yesterday.
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Charles S. McCosker
Mobile Fire Department
Isis
Fire Department
Mobile County
Beryl Rubinstein Charms Mobile in Battle House Recital
Youthful pianist Beryl Rubinstein captivates a largely musician audience in Mobile at the Battle House auditorium with a demanding ten piece program. Critics praise his precise technique rich tone color and poised stage presence foreseeing potential future eminence as a composer. The program featured Beethoven Waldstein Schubert Scherzo Chopin Etudes Liszt era works and Strauss Blue Danube among others.
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Beryl Rubinstein
Battle House
Vianna da
Waldstein
Casale Pees Blue Danube
Strauss-Schults-Eivier
Is War Assault on Militarism? A Contested View
A historical analysis argues that defeating Germany may not end militarism. It predicts Britain France Russia and Italy will retain large armies and navies, creating four strong powers with reinforced armaments. The piece questions motives and warns peace advocates misread the alliance dynamic.
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Boston Transcript
Germany
France
Russia
Great Britain
Austria
Teuton
Prussia
Bonaparte
Frederick the Great
French Republic
Europe
Italy
Society Fad in Kansas Tub Cura Hits Ray Chief
The latest local fad in Kansas is the tub cura where participants soak laundry in hot soapy water then rub it on a washboard until hands glow pink. After airing the items outdoors, the first to finish times the others by telephone and wins a prize in this sport and exercise craze reported by The Ray Chief.
Eleven Sons at War Eight Dead
A French engineer at the Romigny flying base receives a sisterly letter and a mother's plea to avenge fallen brothers. The mother lists Charles, Lucien, Eugene, Louis, Jean as dead or wounded, Rose missing, urging her surviving son to continue duty and seek honor for the family. The message is quoted from the London Daily Mail.
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Romigny
Charles
Lucien
Eugene
Louis
Jean
Rose
Mamma
Legion of Honor
Brother
London Daily Mail
Miss Pankhurst Heckled At Carnegie Hall In New York
Miss Christabel Pankhurst spoke at Carnegie Hall on The Great War, facing a mixed audience and answering questions about neutrality, German press, and wartime censorship. She defended women’s moral role and argued for strong allied support and global federation.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Christabel Pankhurst
Woman's Social and Political Union
London
Political Equality Association
East Forty-first Street
Miss Pankhurst
Evening Telegram
America
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Belgium
France
Britain
Federati I
Birmingham Drug Gist Dr Parker Ends His Life in Store
Dr John L Parker 49 a prominent Birmingham figure shot himself in the basement of Parker drug store in the Woodward building corner First avenue and Twentieth street He faced health and financial pressures and was a leader on the city board of education Coroner Spain ruled death by self inflicted wound as police kept crowds from the scene.
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Birmingham
Ala
John L. Parker
Board of Education of
Parker Drug Store
Woodward
First Avenue
Twentieth Street
Parker
J. T. Wiley
The
Southern Railway
Wiley
Dr. Parker
Frank Lupton
Spain
Lillie Ward
H. C. Ward
Board of Education
South Highlands Presbyterian Church
H. M. Edmonds
Brother of Mobilian John Lake Parker Dies in Birmingham
John Lake Parker, brother of Mrs T M McMillan of Mobile, ended his life in Birmingham on Tuesday. Known in Mobile for two years, he was active in social and business affairs and led the wholesale drug business and the Jefferson county board of education.
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John Lake Parker
Birmingham
Mobile
T. M. McMillan
Lake
Mr. Parker
Jefferson County Board of Education
Naval stores shipments to Germany resume after embargo lift
Pensacola naval stores factors report the British government lifted the naval stores embargo, allowing resin and turpentine to be shipped to any country at war. With large local stocks, dealers expect a rapid movement to Germany, a long-time major buyer, as demand remains strong during the conflict.
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Pensacola
Fla
Germany
United States Faces Postwar Financial Strain as Europe War Shifts Capital
Victor Elliott outlines how European markets now tighten up and North and South America must absorb new financial burdens. He notes U S capital flows, the federal reserve act, and rising deposits from 1880 to 1913, urging citizen cooperation to meet wartime economies and find new markets.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
New World
Europe
North
South America
United States
Canada
Argentine Republic
Brazil
Great Britain
America
Gaillard defends road surface plan for Spring Hill avenue
P Gaillard of Mobile defends a dirt and gravel plan for Spring Hill avenue, stating the avenue will receive a three inch chert surface atop gravel, thoroughly rolled after grading. He notes supervision by an experienced road engineer and a bond plan to apply heavy asphalt oil for permanence, citing USA Highway Department approval.
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Gaillard
Mobile
Spring Hill Avenue
United States Highway Department
McCleary
P. Gaillard
Editorials of J. R. H. book announced by Roberts & Son
Roberts & Son of Birmingham announce The Editorials of J. R. H. a holiday book by J. R. Hornady. The illustrated subscription edition will feature Gilbert Edge drawings and bind to subscriber specifications. Hornady’s editorials in the Birmingham Sunday News are praised for optimism and human insight.
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Hornady
South
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