Economic Optimism Affects Nation as War Openings Boost Demand
The article argues widespread business improvement in the United States driven by Europe’s war and strong domestic production. It cites higher grain yields, planned war loan participation, and robust iron steel lumber and cotton mills. Banks in Mobile report ample credit, supporting expansion without risk. W. Ewing of Etowah stores nine carloads of apples from Sand Mountain for winter sale.
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Sherman
America
Europe
Asia
United States
Stem
Mobile
South
T W. Ewing
Etowah County
Sand Mountain
Gulf Coast Marketing Exchange bets on off season produce growth
The Gulf Coast Marketing Exchange aims to enter Northern markets with South produced vegetables when supply is tight. It plans to plant off season crops to guarantee carload quantities within ninety days and reach a million dollars in salable produce. Strong farmer leadership backs the effort and quality will shape the exchange’s future.
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New Exchange
Exchange
Gulf Coast
Gulf Coast Marketing Exchange
Clearing House banks pledge support for National City Bank
Mobile banks united to guarantee the National City Bank of Mobile solvency amid rumors. A clearing house committee reviewed assets and liabilities and pledged full payment of all deposits, including savings and interest accounts, by the city’s banks to reassure creditors and the public.
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Mobile Clearing House Association
Mobile
National City Bank
City Bank
Clearing House
National City Bank of Mobile
Said National City Bank
First National Bank
Ala
Henry Hall
People’s Bank
J. W. Little
Merchants Bank of Mobile
E. F. Ladd
Bank of Mobile N. B. A
M. J. M’dermott
Vocational Education Visit Planned in Walker County
Prominent educators led by Prof. Dc Thach of Auburn will visit Walker County to review and improve vocational education efforts. They plan to assess current methods under the new state bill and promote literacy for all ages through basic reading writing and arithmetic.
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Walker County
Dc. C. Thach
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Mineral Belt
Alabama
Evangelist Says Members Absent If They Knew Of A Hundred Dollar Grant
An evangelist at a Troy revival mused that if every church member and officer knew he would give each a crisp hundred dollar bill, they would all be present to greet him. The report notes no record of any distribution to those present.
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Troy
Mrs Baldo Injured In Gulf Coast Fairgrounds Motorcycle Crash
Mrs George Baldo of 216 North Carolina Street was struck by a motorcycleSunday at about 5 PM while crossing the Gulf Coast Fair grounds race track. Ernest Schreiner piloted the bike. he and his machine were slightly hurt. Baldo's condition was reported as serious by Dr J T Inge. Hundreds witnessed the accident causing excitement. Jockey Mose Tanner was injured when a horse backed into an automobile, rendering him partly unconscious.
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Gulf Coast Fair Grounds
George
Baldo
North Carolina
Ernest Schreiner
Charles Schreiner
Schreiner
J. T. Inge
Mose Tanner
Tanner
State Societies Form On New Settlers Day At Gulf Coast Fair
The New Settlers Day committee led by chairman J D Andrews calls for state and pioneer societies to form on New Settlers Day October 30 at the Gulf Coast Fair. Natives now living in Mobile invite participation from other states and forecast large attendance with inter-state competition and friendly exchanges. The day features a basket picnic and Southern oyster roast at fairgrounds with possible extension to Monroe Park and nearby bay shores.
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Gulf Coast
J.D. Andrews
Mobile
Andrews
Wilmer
Bay Shore
Monroe Park
Travel party lists doctors and companions visiting multiple cities
Dr C N Owen travels to Rochester Minnesota for his sister in law Mrs Richard Owen to receive treatment. He will extend his trip touring major hospitals in the East and West with a long list of companions from Biloxi to New Orleans and beyond visiting numerous cities and firms.
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C. N. Owen
Richard Owen
Rochester
Minn
Question Box: 1854 half dollar value and Liberty Tree history
The column notes a 1854 half dollar has no premium and dismisses horoscopes as credulous. It recalls the Boston Liberty Tree being felled by British soldiers led by Job Williams on August 4, 1775, describing the attack and its immense size. A closing quip contrasts male fear of millinery shops with female pool halls.
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Ans
M. B
Boston
Job Williams
S. A. Drake
Ocean Springs Tragedy Ends in Murder Suicide
Louis E Wade shot his wife after a dispute over divorce then killed himself at their Ocean Springs Mississippi home. The couple had moved from Michigan three years earlier and Wade had learned of the divorce suit. Police reported the son in law tried to intervene and a fourteen year old son attempted to aid his mother before Wade fired a revolver. Mrs Wade had sought police protection days earlier. Meanwhile Leinkauf School Improvement Association plans an important Monday meeting at the school building.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
Louis E. Wade
Wade
Michigan
Uncle Wiggily and Jack Frost Adventure
Uncle Wiggily meets Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy and learns Jack Frost will test the woods. Frost warns and colors leaves while warming by a fire. a fox traps the rabbit on a log but Frost freezes the fox, letting Uncle Wiggily escape.
Uncle Wiggily and Jack Frost Learn a Kindness
In a playful tale a rabbit and Uncle Wiggily thank Jack Frost for helping them by freezing a fox to a log. The fox thaws as morning comes, and the trio part as friends. The story ends with a moral about icicles and Christmas treats.
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Jack Frost
Uncle Wiggily
Chilly
Fox
Rabbit
Jack
Editorials by Item Readers
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Dorlon Offered as Best Compromise for Mobile Chief
A letter to the editor endorses Night Lieutenant R. L. Dorlon as acting Mobile chief of police. The writer cites his fifteen years with the department, lack of political activity, and improved enforcement of prohibition under his leadership, urging him to continue as chief to quell recent troubles.
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Dorlon
Mobile
R. L. Dorlon
Police Department
Mobil
Chicago Closing Law Violations Rise on Second Sunday
Chicago reports show seventy four Sunday closing law violations in revised police data, up forty six from the prior week. Arrests for intoxication also climbed with fifty taken into custody yesterday, while Chief Healey notes crime overall has fallen noticeably and recommends submitting violations to Mayor Thompson for possible license revocation.
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Chicago
Thompson
Chie
Police Healey
Thompson Tomorro
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Cincinnati
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Birmingham
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Robert L. Weiks
W. A. Sims
St. Louis
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E. Dwyer
Til
Eugene L. Clerce
New Orleans
Cawthon
H. R. Spangler
Betty
T. W. Sims
Montgomery
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John F. Smiley
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Natchez
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Prattville
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W. D. Nesbitt
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G. D. Williams
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Koojman
Tuscaloosa
T. A. Outlaws
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Jones
Milton
Fla
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Louis Pierce
McWilliams
E. F. Hamilton
Atmore
Laurel
W. C. Mitchell
Mass
T. C. Stephens
River Park
D. 8. Kaine
Safford
W. C. Goof
Brewton
J. H. Simlay
Kreola
O’co
Leinkauf School Improvement Association
Uncle Wiggily Longears
Rabbit Gentleman
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Nurse Jane
Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy
Uncle Wigegily
King Winter
Angile
Uncle
Jane
Howard R. Garis
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Grandfather Goosey
Animal Land
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Mr. Longears
the United Kingdom OF Great Britain and Ireland
French Republic
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Great Britain and Ireland
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