Somers System of Assessment Proposed for Mobile
A public meeting tomorrow night will discuss adopting the Somers system of scientifically equalizing realty. J Leslie Taylor chairs a Ways and Means committee chosen for familiarity with property values and taxation. Commissioner J J Pastoriza of Houston will speak, detailing a model where land is taxed at 70 percent of fair value, improvements at 25 percent, and most personal property untaxed. Franchise values tied to street use have raised Houston deposits and building activity, with city officials defending the plan despite constitutional questions and noting adoption in San Antonio Galveston Waco and Beaumont.
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Chamber of Commerce
J. Leslie Taylor
Ways and Means Committee
Chamber
Mobile
J. J. Pastoriza
Houston
Texas
Manufacturers Record
Pastoriza
San Antonio
Galveston
Waco
Beaumont
Public School Book Exchange Prompts Action in Mobile
A Mobile Alabama report details citizens’ complaints about refusals to exchange last year’s school books under the state contract. County Superintendent Murphy and State Superintendent Willingham push depositories to honor exchanges, promising review of every case and refunds where due. A Virginia tale follows of Irish Creek Hollow where summer schools run by teachers improved access to education for mountain residents.
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Brins
Mobile
Murphy
Willing
Text Book Commission
General Estate Depository
Birmingham
Wnlingham
Mobile County
Virginia
Irish Creek Hol
Trish Creek Hollow
Ridge County
County Sioueitoency
Fe Aes
Irish Creek T‘ohow
Fort
Adaite
Virginia Co-operative Educaton Association
Civician
A. C. Mollahan
United States Bureau of
State Department of Virginia
Irish Creek Hollow
Love and Loss Between Muriel and George Armytage
Muriel reveals she has a three year old daughter by a past marriage, a fact that shocks George Armytage. He proposes marriage, but Muriel insists she cannot abandon her child who sits vigil beside a grave, keeping the couple apart and sealing their fate.
Navy training plan aims to educate and keep sailors
Washington letter outlines a plan by Secretary Daniels to create training stations for apprentice seamen with basic schooling and trades like wireless, signals, steam engineering. The goal is to raise standards, prepare for civil life, and build a naval reserve through practical education and personal instruction by young officers.
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Navy Department
Navy
Daniels
Atlantic
European
Mediterranean
Guantanamo
Uncle Sam
Europe
Panama Canal
United States Navy
Newport
Cooperation For Good Roads Aims At Joint Federal State Work
A department of agriculture official promotes cooperation between state and federal governments for highway improvements. He notes a large share of annual funds will be spent in the states under direct agriculture control, with cooperative road programs guiding the expenditure.
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Houston
Department of Agriculus
Heroic switchman saved trains near Hammond Indiana
Clarence Wise, tower man at Calumet tower near Hammond, opened a switch as the Wells Fargo Express and Nickel Plate flier with 350 passengers neared the same Erie bridge. The express plunged down the embankment but no one was hurt. Wise deflects praise, saying the Nickel Plate had right of way and he gave it to her. The incident recalls Perry and the nation’s trainman courage.
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Clarence Wise
Calumet Tower
Hammond
Ind
Erie
Wise
Wiss
Oliver Hazard Perry
Perry
New York Commercial
A Hint to Bridegrooms on Family Support and Allowances
The piece urges couples to arrange clear support plans before marriage. It warns against mercenary and penniless unions and advocates a defined weekly or monthly allowance for the wife with separate funds for personal use.
A Playful Garden Scene With a Quiet Jack
Blanche Wilbur and Thomas act as mother father and child in a lively garden game called house. Jack sits quietly in a corner, prompting the mother to ask what they are playing and why Jack is silent.
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Blanche
Wilbur
Thomas
Jack
Iars
The School Book Question in Mobile
A reader laments local school spending and compares Mobile to progressive states like Colorado and Pennsylvania. The letter urges funding for free books and schools, criticizes high fees and underfunded families, and argues that proper treasury management would support education.
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Free America
Liberty
Union
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Denver
Col
Banking and Industry Ties in U S Trade and Reform
A 1913 discussion links banking to U S manufacturing and foreign trade. It cites four big trusts driving exports valued near 250 million dollars, notes U S Steel and International Harvester as key exporters, and argues for banking reform to boost domestic production while urging support for free books and schools.
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United Staten
Congress
United States
Ng Rtg Ae
United States Steel Corporation
Standard Oil Company
American Smelting Company
United States Steel Company
International Harvester Company
United
Smelting Company
Steel Corporation
The
Harvester Company
Unlawful Whipping of Convicts Described in Historic View
The piece contrasts historic public whipping after open trials with modern private, covert punishments. It argues that today convicts may be whipped daily by private handlers without trial or appeal, risking abuses, wrongful sentences, and lack of public scrutiny.
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P. Bush
O'Connell Q
Associated Press Report
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BE Beh
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Luton
MAIL
Suburbs
Chicago
Ess
Bell
Mobile, Alabama
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Cracariel
George
St. Martin
George Armytake
Armytage
George Armytage
Washington
People’s Forum
Holland
Mother's Club
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