Mobile port needs boosting not knocking
A Mobile coast analysis argues against repeated claims of dock shortages. It notes current capacity exceeds present traffic and that future dock and warehouse expansion requires legislative authority to use bay islands for funded construction. Officials push a bond-driven plan to dredge and build, delaying only if storms threaten new docks.
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Steel Corporation
New Orleans
Galveston
Birmingham
Gulf
Mobile
Turner-Hartwell
Pillans
Their Place in the Sun Poem by George M. Cox
A war era poem laments the toll of conflict with lines about families torn apart and Europe bathed in blood. The speaker questions what victory truly yields as nations claim a cursed place in the sun amid widows, orphans, and sorrow.
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Europe
George M. Cox
Alabama mobilizes to aid Belgians through Hoover led relief
The article describes a unified effort across federal and state levels led by Chairman Hoover with Ambassador Page and the Rockefeller Foundation. It details free transport to Belgium, Allies’ support, and a Alabama state committee chaired by James Bowron to coordinate funds and clothing drives, aiming for a statewide canvass and church involvement.
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Walter Page
London
Hoover
American Relief Commission
Europe
Ambassador Page
Rockefeller Foundation
United States
Belgium
Great Britain
England
Germany
France
Holland
America
O’neal
Alabama
James Bowron
Gulf States Steel Company
Mobile
Birmingham
Divorce rates across states show wide variation in US
The latest figures rank Delaware with 43 divorces per 10 000 married, and Washington leading with 513 per 100 000. Kansas posts 286 while Maine 282, with 34 states lower than Kansas and averages at 200 nationwide. Regional contrasts show North Atlantic 100 and Far West 356.
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United States
Delaware
Washington
Kansas
Prohibition
Maine
Kan
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
New York
North Atlantic
Estern
North Central
John J. Meyer Dead in Mobile
Obituary notes the death of John J. Meyer known as Jake Meyer a longtime Mobile merchant. He supported city development charitable in speech and deed and left a business monument on Dauphin Street now run by his sons. He was a respected German American businessman with broad social ties.
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Jake’’ Meyer
Mobile
Mr. Meyer
Dauphin Street
Postponed War Refocuses On Lick Observatory Debate
A Newark News item notes readers will later turn to the Lick Observatory debate on nebular theory, which critics claim poorly explains world creation. In Waterville Maine a burglar scare triggered by a cat startled Patrolman Donnelly when an unoccupied home’s light was switched on.
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Lick Observatory
Newark
N. J
E. R. Barton
Waterville
Donnelly
Remedy for citrus canker warned by Texas grower
A Texas grower from Alvin urges citrus canker control by pruning trifoliate stock, burning sprouts, and regular Bordeaux spray. He claims Bordeaux dips and monthly treatments on Satsuma groves prevent new leaf infections, while warning grapefruits and lemons may need stronger measures.
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Satsuma
Cincinnati Packer
J. T. Pierce
Alvin
Texas
Packer
New Orleans
Florida
Bordeaux
Washington
Refugee relocation plan discussed by Mobile Chamber directors
A movement to bring Belgian refugees to Mobile and nearby counties was launched by the Mobile Chamber of Commerce. The refugee committee will arrange transport from England, Holland and France and aid them until they can secure homes and farms. The U S Department of Agriculture will advise on soils and crops as part of the plan.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
England
Holland
France
L. J. Davis
A. J. Parsons
United States Department of Agriculture
San Diego Student Lowe Charged With Manslaughter
Raymond C. Lowe a Massachusetts Institute of Technology student from San Diego was arrested last night and charged with manslaughter after his car struck and killed a child. The incident occurred recently and led to his arrest in Boston.
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Associated Press
Boston
Raymond C. Lowe
San Diego
Cal
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lowe
Russian horseman wounded near Warsaw reported
The Express says Captain Pleshko ff the famous Russian horseman was wounded near Warsaw. A note mentions Arnold Bennett aimed to force the Kaiser to cancel his subscription in the last Saturday Evening Post.
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Pleshkoff
London
Nev. Ll
the Express
Pleskoff
Warsaw
Arnold Bennett
Saturday Evening Post
The
New Cotton Tariff Changes By Southern Railway
A new tariff on cotton from Alabama points will take effect on the Southern Railway December 5. It shows a 7 cent differential in Mobile west of Selma, cuts 1 to 3 cents south of Rome, Ga, raises 2 cents to South Atlantic ports, and shifts 2 cent reductions and rises for Alabama south of Anniston. Further adjustments include a 5 cent rise to South Atlantic ports from stations southwest of Selma and a similar increase on the Akron branch. Rest of differentials to Mobile to be ruled by ICC.
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Alabama
Southern Railway
Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
Mobilé
Selma
Rome
Anniston
South Atlantic
Akron
Mobile
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad commission postpones hearings until next Tuesday
Special to The Item. Montgomery November 11 The State Railroad Commission delays a set session due to Charles Henderson president’s absence. Protests to railroads petitioning to raise rates on about thirty commodities were to be heard, with eight petitions already filed. Meetings resume Tuesday November 17 with protests on rate increases.
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Charles Henderson
State Railroad Commission
Montgomery
Alabama
German Socialist Die in Hamburg R Reichstag Member
The Voerwaerts reports the death of Frederick William Metzger a Socialist member of the Reichstag for Hamburg. He was a journalist and 66 years old.
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Amsterdam
London
Voerwaerts
Frederick William Metzger
R Reichstag
Hamburg
Cotton crop plans loom as 1914 yield seen at 16 million bales
Washington reports completed plans to handle this year’s cotton surplus amid a drop in prices from European war demand. Estimates show 1914 production about 16 million bales with consumption near 13.5 million, yielding a potential 2.5 million bale surplus. Northern and Southern bankers and government push to finance carry and curb next year’s output, echoing Egyptian steps to cap 1915 cotton acreage at 1 million feddans.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
South
Northern
Department of Commerce
Official Journal of
Cairo
Egypt
Upper
United States
Convicts and the Road: Jefferson County Shows Lease Abolition Success
The Birmingham Age-Herald argues Major J T Gorman overstated financial fears of ending convict lease work. It cites Jefferson County's road program as proof that moving convicts to roadwork yields prospering finances and better highways without bankrupting the state. The piece supports abolition and predicts statewide adoption.
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J. T. Gorman
Age-Herald
Convict Department
Major Gorman
Jefferson County
Jefferson
Birmingham
Birmingham Age-Herald
The Inflamed Reporter and A White House Club Note
A Times-Tribune reporter meets a celebrated actress and extols her beauty and grace in vivid terms. Henry Watterson joins the Let-Bygones-Be-Bygones club after dining with President Wilson at the White House in a pleasant gathering. An inventor touts an easily manipulated lever on a new cooking utensil.
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Times-Tribune
Colorado
Waterloo
White House
Henry Watterson
Wilson
Globe
Its
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