Mobile News Ledger Seeks Advertisers and Readers
Mobile AlabamaSeptember 2 1913 report notes AP and International News Service joint release. Advertising manager for the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association seeks foreign advertisers for daily and Sunday editions with annual and carrier subscriptions. Trunk lines connect all departments as circulation details are outlined.
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Associated Press
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association Manager
Jaen Mobile
Ala
Fifth Ave
New GY Mail
Mobile
Baameas
Alabama
A Line o Cheer Each Day o Year by John Kendricks Bangs
Worry visits the speaker and is told there is no room for it this year. The reply suggests delaying worry for a century, framing a lighthearted verse about choosing a future to face. The dialogue emphasizes optimism and time as playful deflection.
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John Kendricks Bangs
Gibbons Ogden Case Echoes in Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Ruling
The Supreme Court's Chandler-Dunbar decision revisits federal control over water power and navigation, mirroring Marshall era impact. It holds the government may condemn private water power for navigation improvements at Lake Superior outlets, notably affecting riparian rights and interstate commerce. The ruling strengthens federal supremacy in waterways and aims to curb monopolies while preserving public use.
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Supreme Court
Marshall
Gibbons
Ogden
United States
Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Company
Astomessary
Lake Superior
Theodore E. Burton
Rivers and House of Representatives
Commerce
Congress
Burton
Dharaeter
Chandlerty
United States Vs
Chandler-Dun Power Company
quester-Dunbar Company
St. Mary’s River
Michigan
Lurton
Gibbons Ae
Dunbar Company
Chandler
Pillans Reelected as Mobile Starts New Era in City Politics
The reelection of Commissioner Harry Pillans signals a new era in Mobile Alabama politics with a strict, law abiding campaign and a record high turnout. A steel plant promise from promoters hints at major industrial growth for Mobile alongside calls for sustained road maintenance and public education on highway upkeep.
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Harry Pillans
Mobile
Alabama
Pillans
Missouri
Canada Emerges as U.S. Premier Trade Partner
An analysis notes that U S Canada trade has surged from about 225 million in 1908 to over 500 million in the latest year doubling in five years. It argues Canada now stands as the United States best customer and praises growing reciprocal commerce and long term growth prospects.
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Panama Canal
Department of Commerce
Washington
South America
Canada
Europe
United States
South
Great Britain
Unite States
Dominion of
Mellen
New Haven
New England
C. H. Hays
Grand Trunk Railway Company
Portland
Maine
Montreal
Central Vermont
Hays
New England States
Union
British North America
China
Japan
France
Holland
Emancipation anniversary highlights Tuskegee data on Negro progress
The Year Book from Tuskegee Institute shows the Negro population rising from 4.5 million in 1863 to 10 million today with 9 million in the South. It notes 890,140 Southern farms operated by Blacks, and about 22,000 owned. Public school enrollment and spending figures are cited, along with editorials urging continued self-help and education, and cooperation from whites as essential to progress.
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United States
Monroe M. Work
Tuskegee Institute
South
Springfield
Mass
Africa
Tuskegee
China Opium Battle Seeks British Help
Lieutenant General Chang of the Chinese army and a delegate of the National Opium Prohibition Union of China returned to China after failing to secure Britain’s action to stop opium shipments. He urged Britain to join China in eradicating the opium evil and to press India to end the trade.
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Chang
National Opium Prohibition Union of China
China
London
India
British Friends of China
Washington Tariff Pressure After Johnston Death
A Washington dispatch details the Alabama senator Johnston's death and its effect on the Underwood Simmons tariff vote. It notes Democratic narrow margins, defections over sugar, and the risk of a Republican majority if the vice president or governor actions shift alignment.
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Washington
Johnston
Alabama
Congress
Senate
Thornton
Ransdell
Louisiana
Kern
Senator Johnston
Marshall
United States
O’neal
Henry D. Clayton
House Committee On the Judiciary
House
Clayton
Culberson
Texas
Connecticut
Senator Culberson
Ala
James Hamilton Lewin
Illinois
Penttioe
Wontor
Cotton purity in bale mixing: experiments warn against weak links
Government researchers conclude that mixing poor cotton with good cotton degrades the final product. A bale should contain unmixed good fiber only, as even 50 pounds of low grade to 450 pounds of high grade taints the entire bale.
Two for State Senator in Talladega
Talladega hosts a friendly suit for the state senate with Capt. Thomas S. Plowmay seeking re election. A Confederate veteran and former captain of the military company and mayor, he is backed by a family with legal and civic service lineage. His brother Marion H. Sims also seeks office.
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Talladega
State Senate
Thomas S. Plowmay
Marion H. Sims
H Sims
Birmingham Ledger
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