Interest 15 Working Up for Good Roads Meet in Montgomery
The eighteenth annual session of the Alabama Good Roads Association will meet in Montgomery October 21 to 23. Delegates from across the state plan to attend with legislators and revenue board members showing strong turnout. Pathe News will cover the event. films will feature Montgomery scenes and a 75 mile delegate auto ride, boosting Alabama publicity.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Good Roads Association
Montgomery
Louisville and Nashville
Alabama
Great Southern
Atlantic Coast Line
Central of Georgia
Legislature
Board of Revenue
John Craft
Association
J. A. Rountree
Pathe
Motion Picture Company
Jersey City
N. J
Pathe Daily News
United States
Prisoners Overpower Louisiana Jailer and Escape
Four Tangipahoa Parish prisoners overpowered jailer Wainwright in Amite City seized his revolver and keys, locked him in his cell, and walked away at 9:15 am. Deputy Huey pursued them engaging in a pistol duel. no injuries reported. Two escapees named Archie Varnado and Jackson Hoover. A posse hunts the fugitives as noon reports place them near Amite.
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Tangipahoa
Tangiphoa
Archie Varnado
Jackson Hoover
Varnado
Strader
Wainwright
Huey
Amite
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic General Tonic Claim
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron. It claims malaria relief, blood enrichment, and overall system building benefits for a 60 cent price.
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Grove
Southern roads outpace others in 1914 growth despite costs
Reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission show Southern railroads had a 2 percent gain in gross operating revenues for the year ended June 30 1914, the only region to rise while the East and West declined. However Southern lines also absorbed higher operating expenses and taxes, reducing profits by 3.2 percent.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
St. Louis
Mississippi
Ohio
Chicago- St. Louis
Ohio and
Potomac Rivers
Mississippi River
South
Illinois Ads in South America Bring Results
The Illinois Manufacturers Association reports a Chilean wholesale firm asked for drug and sundries agencies after a new South American advertising push. The effort, started at the war’s outbreak, aims to promote Illinois firms on trade trips and includes plans for a Central American port tour and a St. Louis convention of Mississippi Valley interests.
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Chicago
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Santiago
Chile
John M. Glenn
Glenn
Illinois
Foreign Trade Committee of the Association
New Orleans
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Central West
Central
South America
United States
the Tribune
Southern Engineer
Atlanta
Paralytic 14 year old’s body found after suicide attempt
In New Orleans at 831 South Claiborne street a 14 year old paralytic, Charles F. Messmer, was found dead in a cardroom adjoining a saloon. A bottle labeled carbolic acid lay beside him. He had worked as a bottler at Consumers' Brewing Company for three years.
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New Orleans
South Claiborne Street
Anthony Pitlittere
Charles F. Messmer
Louisiana Avenue
Messmer
Consumers’ Brewing Company
Useful Night School at YMCA Broadens Educational Reach
A promising season for the Y M C A Educational Institute Night School opens tomorrow with a robust faculty of teachers including W M Maiden L Y McLeod and C W Dodson. Courses are tailored to local needs, aiding working boys and men over eighteen to complete schooling and bridge gaps in basic education.
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W. M. Maiden
L. Y. McLeod
L. BE
Gralop
C. W. Dodson
Earl Lauver
T. T. Shepard
L. A. DeOrnellas
Macias
Southern Bell Man to Address Ways and Means Committee
J. D. Andrews of Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph will discuss The True Relation Between a Public Service Corporation and the Public before the Ways and Means Committee at the Chamber of Commerce on Monday at 7:30. The meeting invites prompt attendance as several important matters will be considered.
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Ways and Means Committee
Chamber of Commerce
J. D. Andrews
Mr. Andrews
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Butler County Stock Show Brings Greenville Events
In Greenville Alabama the Butler County Stock Show and Farmers Demonstration runs October 26 to 30. The schedule features Good Roads Day Educational Day Farm Demonstration Work with twelve government agricultural experts presenting six lectures daily and Governor's Day with the governor and state department heads present. General Bibb Graves will lead a Democratic rally for November elections on Governor's Day.
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Greenville
Ala
Keller
Bankhead
Heflin
Feagin
Watt
Dan
Bibb Graves
State Democratic Committee
Democratic Party
Education committee expands facilities to handle enrollment
The educational committee has been granted extra rooms to manage rising enrollment and has added equipment to the school to boost efficiency.
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Mobile
Gabriel Jewelry Company
Dauphin Street
Waldemar West
Convention City
Louisiana
Deputy
Amite City
ST. Andrew's
J. H. Pankey
A. A. Richards
Monroe Park
A & Green
Copaib
Jano
YM. C. A
Y. M. C. A. Educational Institute
Southern Bell
Newbro’s
Herpicide
Dandruff
Newbro
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