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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1915
Page
4
Radical Changes in Primary Election Law in Alabama
The Item summarizes drastic Alabama primary changes new to eliminate single votes. Voters must select candidates for each office and use first and second choices to avoid runoff. The article urges readers to study Senator White’s resume and warns that ballots with only one choice will not count. It also mentions General Jacob Coxey considering a Socialist presidential run and notes praise for Ocean Springs News’ Thanksgiving issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srate
Mobile
Frank 8. White
Alabama
Senator White
Jacob Coxey
America
Washington
Magnifi Bnt
Mobile banks back county progress and Satsuma Day
Mobile Clearing House Association members fund a big appropriation to retain George A Maloney the farm demonstration agent and support Gulf Coast Produce Exchange and Satsuma Day. The move encourages demonstration work boosts markets for Mobile and Baldwin farmers and spurs Citrus festival tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Clearing House Association
Mobile
Mobile County
George A. Maloney
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Clearing House Association
Baldwin Counties
Coast
Mississippi
The Real Importance of Attention to Detail
A Brooklyn fire at the Essex Shirt factory killed twelve as a door to an emergency stairway was locked. The deaths followed neglect by an employee who forgot to keep the exit open. A Western railroad crash due to a minor lapse in attention underscores the same theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex Shirt
Brooklyn
Saving Men in the Mines Death Rate Drops in 1914
The 1914 mining death rate per 1000 in the United States fell to 3.16 from 3.49 in 1913, with 3,193 kills versus 8,651. Director Van R Manning credits safety rules and agency cooperation for the gain, noting substantial lives saved across mining communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bureau of Mines
van R. Manning
Correct the Rolls and Purge Pension Roles
Alabama Confederate veterans push to purge undeserving pensioners from state rolls and reinstate deserving widows and veterans. The Twin City Daily Sentinel marks its thirty third anniversary with a 26 page edition and a new eight story drug firm building. Germans take Kraguyevatz scene noted with a humorous coda on goats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Old Guard
Twin City
Mobile visits mix with Atlanta hotel move in holiday notes
Peyton C Steele lessee of the Bienville Hotel sails from Atlanta with plans to return to Mobile to run the Bienville Co. Others in Mobile for Thanksgiving and shopping include M Williamson West Bend Ala J Erwin Jackson Ala S Spengler and family from Vicksburg Miss Elmer R Sly from Creola Ala and J A Bell from Birmingham Ala. Hotel guests at Battle House Bienville Cawthon and Klosky’s list multiple names and cities including New Orleans Nashville Boston and New York with a steady stream of visitors from Alabama Mississippi and Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peyton C. Steele
Bienville Hotel
Atlanta
Mobile
Mr. Steele
The
Bienville
J. Erwin
Jackson
Ala
South Alabama
M. Kylehur
Louisville
Cawthon Hotel
Elmer R. Sly
Creola
Battle House
J. A. Bell
Birmingham
C. M. Chatom
E. H. Turner
Vinegar Bend
M. Bunker
Yellow Pine
J. Nicholson
New Orleans
G. E. West
B. S. Gilmer
Butler
W. J. Ellison
Montgomery
C. E. Wilkins
St. Louis
J. K. Riley
Greenville
J. E. Rolston
Coden
J. T. Gillen
H. L. Willers
Eura Batt
Orange Grove
C.S. Smith
Meridian
Miss
J. Thornhill
Mrs. Harris
Gadsden
T. J. Brannan
Wilmer
O. C. Pander
New Decatur
A. McCarvel
BE. Dewitt
L. Rapp
T. Leroy
New York City
J. J. Diaz
Fielo
M. Fielo
E. J. Motta
R. Swain
Fla
A. A. Willams
C. J. Davis
R. T. Rutland
T. Millsaps
Evergreen
S. Spengier
Vicksburg
T. J. Yates
H. L. Devolo
Boston
J. D. Hopkins
N. ‘Olinger
Kansas City
Steete
Philadelphia
West Point
Ian Cavey. Jones
Lexington
F. J. Wynn
Memphis
Tenn
A. M. Scott
Austin
Tex
C. M. Williamson
West Bend
Klosky
S—H. T. McMeans
Georgetown
R. L. McConnell
Gilbertown
H. M. Feist
Calvert
George Crawford
Fairhope
Savage
Dan Johnston
Chatom
H. T. Strickland
D. Harris
H. A. Dyer
T. A. Carter
Grove Hill
St. Andrew
J. L. Turr
Fulton
N. E. Evans
Bruce Robbins
Salco
Y. W. Walley
Repton
E. P. Walley
T. H. Singer
Loxley
M. Bryan
Stockton
A. T. Glass
Mount Vernon
W. L.’Brown
Bacho
W. W. McCorgue
Mrs. A. Epsien
Windsor
R. C. McClain
Selma
Edward Olson
Fisher
Atlanta, Ga
H. J. Scott
L. C. Cooster
Tuscaloosa
N. McCormick
Secret Practice For Army Navy Game At Polo Grounds
New York Nov 26 The United States Military and Naval Academy football teams hold secret practice at the Polo Grounds ahead of tomorrow’s annual service game. Annapolis arrives after a Philadelphia stopover to watch Cornell vs Pennsylvania, while West Point travels from their barracks. Captain Miles with knee injury may miss early action, Craig likely to start at quarterback. Army favored at 5 to 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Military and Naval Academy
Polo Grounds
Annapolis
Philadelphia
West Point
Giants
Army
Miles
Craig
Thanksgiving Services and Local Social News at Toulminville
Union Thanksgiving services were held at St. Mark's Chapel. Teen-Age Bible class and Busy Bee Sewing Circle announced meeting times. Several residents traveled or hosted guests, and social visits continued through the week with multiple short notices of movements and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulminville
Ala
Union
St. Mark’s Chapel
M. L. Thomason
Louisville & Nashville
Richard Bell
Birmingham
E. Townsend
Sturtevant
Crichton
Alex Platt
Texas
Mississippi
Eleanor Thomas
Geneva Williams
New Orleans
M. Thomason
de Humphries
Lower Peach
O. A. Eteees
Fairhope
0. F. Winberg
L. Lendell
Janie Davis
Karen
Alma Hail
Charles Rosette
State No College Tops Gulf Coast in Bright Camper Park Game
HATTIESBURG Miss Nov 26 The State No College defeated Gulf Coast Military Academy in football at Camper Park in a game praised as one of the best ever played with fast offense and strong defense by both teams
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast
Hattiesburg
Miss
Gulf Coast Military Academy
Foot
Camper Park
Horoscope Forecast for November 20 1915
A Mercury era prognostication notes uncertain day with Mars benefic and Saturn adverse. It cites interest in engineering and science for youth, calls for military intervention but foresees no major conflict, and predicts political, legal, and fiscal turbulence into the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Mars
Saturn
Great Britain
Canada
Florida
Congress
Hot Water Phosphate Cure for Headache advertised
An advertisement claims daily hot water with limestone phosphate cleanses the stomach liver and bowels to relieve headaches caused by toxins. It suggests a quarter pound of limestone phosphate, tasteless and cheap, taken before breakfast to prevent headaches and improve digestion and overall health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alimentary
Adv
Dairy Car at Fulton Shows Best Dairy Breed Care and Milk Tests
A Fulton dairy car demonstrated the best dairy breed and stock care with tests on purity and quality of milk. The readable fragment hints at a stray line about sheep in wolf’s clothing and unclear reverse English of a question mark.
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MOBIL
Ocean Springs News
Thomas
Jvand
Everett True
Co. M.williamson
West Bend, Ala
G. Owens
Selma, Ala
N. N. Briscoe
Ridgeville
M. White
West, Point, Miss
S. Spengler
A. Spengler
Spring Hill
W. B. Jernigan
Pollard, Ala
William F. Collins
United States Marshal
H. S. Collins
Abbott
Felix A. Cirlot
Church Street
Dexter Avenue
John FE. Rolston
Rolston
Co. S. Kelly
Repton, Ala
Sam, Goode
Grand Bay
G. BE
Vinegar Bend, Ala
Kerssane
Ade
MR. Kidder
Army-Navy
E. H. Britton
Dauphin St
Lisiela Ee
Hal Oh
Pratt Poultry Y
Miami
Vinci
J. Albury
van Antwerp
Drug Corporation
Star
First National
First National Bank
Bank
City Ticket Office
South Royal St. Bell
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