Col. Boynton Dead AP News Leader Remembered
Colonel Charles A. Boynton of The Associated Press died at his Washington home. He led AP Washington operations for years, shaping national news coverage, and remained in advisory service after retirement. His loss is mourned across national journalism and among public men who trusted him.
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Col. Boynton
Charles ‘A. Boynton
Associated Press
Washington Sun
Boynton
Washington
Editor Becomes Police Judge in Gaylord Kansas Prank
An editor aged 23 in Gaylord Kansas was elected police judge as a joke. He reluctantly took the oath and then used the post to enforce the law, fining citizens from all walks of life. The town grew surprised as his crackdown spread through the council and exchange plans.
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Gaylord
Kan
S&s
Pillans program completed paving way for state harbor aid
The Pillans bills, now signed by the governor, grant Mobile land islands and enable a bond vote for water terminals. The Hartwell measure reforms the state harbor commission, removes the tonnage tax provision, and seeks Mobile county representation, with ongoing possible amendments to improve pilots and towboat regulation. The Item urges steady improvement toward a practical, progressive port law.
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Henderson
Pillans
Mobile
Chamberlain
Grayson
Wilson
Hartwell
New Orleans
Mobile County
Mineral District
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Walker County
Alabama
River Commission
Board of Port Wardens
Mobile County Road and Revenue Commission
Chamber of Commerce
State Harbor Commission
Board of Pilot Commissioners
Bisso
Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company
Louisiana
Safety Lights Regulate Roadway Hazards
A Cedar Point road motorcycle accident killed two men and injured another, highlighting the need for vehicle lighting regulation. The piece argues for universal headlights and taillights from dusk to dawn and cites Chicago’s upper-half headlight paint and corrugated glass front as practical solutions to reduce blinding glare and improve safety on city and county roads.
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Cedar Point Road
Chicago
To Each His Place in Home Loving Passage
Colliers' Weekly reflection on homesickness and the pull of diverse landscapes. The author notes Americans choosing their beloved places from New England hills to San Francisco dunes and Mobile oaks, quoting Kipling on loving one place. The piece celebrates attachment to home across regions and seasons.
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Old
New England
San Francisco Bay
Shell Road
Mobile
Chesapeake Bay
Home
Great Plains
Kipling
Colliers
Ames College Professors Seek Southern Alabama Lab Site
Twenty five professors from Ames College Iowa plan experimental work and agriculture in southern Alabama. Prof E Isaac says the state offers virgin soil and many communities need experts. Carney postmaster notes rising land contracts and northern investor interest as Gulf Coast Produce Exchange movement gains support amid boll weevil damage to cotton.
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Ames College
Iowa
Alabama
E. Isaac
Isaac
Prof
Ames
Carney
James A. Carney
Bienville Hotel
Baldwin County
Cincinnati
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Mobile County
Revival services open at Bethany Baptist in Whistler Ala
Revival begins Wednesday night at 7 30 at Bethany Baptist church with Rev G W Bosdell of Mobile delivering the sermon. Local social notes mention visits and returns from Pascagoula Meridian Okolona and Moss Point and a long Labor Day outing on Chickasabogue with meals at Meyers landing. An authorial aside comments on gold teeth.
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Whistler
Ala
Bethany Baptist Church
G. W. Bosdell
North Side Baptist Church of
Mobile
R. D. Chantang
Pascagoula
Miss
John Sheldt, Jr
Clarence Gaston
James Gaston
Corbet Gilchrist
Bayou Sara
Lee Davison
Moss Point
Thomas A. Hartley
Okolona
Lillian Thompson
Mary Allen
Geneva Adelle
Grace Morris
Meridian
Marguerite Turner
Church
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
George R. Bennett
James Bellinger
Birmingham
Jessie May
Annie Louise de la Bar
Charles Crabtree
A. E. Blake
Fruitdale
F. M. Atchison
Chickasabogue
Malcolm Partin
Vera
Mabel Vaughan
Ella May
Irma McAdams
Gilbert R. Bridge
Porter McAdams
Meyer
George L. Lambeth
Misses Helen
Eva Belle
Maggie Belle Jones
Elizabeth Worley
Mabel Schruine
Janetta
Lula Peterson
Robert C. George
Robert M. Peterson
Mobile River
Peterson
Toulminville Community Notices and School Boost
Community events dominate the page with a Methodist church prayer meeting led by Mr. Ellis at 8 PM Thursday and a Toulminville School Improvement Association gathering at the school Friday night. The edition notes many local visits, travel, and social activities, plus a sudden family illness prompting Rev D Y Register to be called home.
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Methodist Church
Ellis
Toulminville School Improvement Association
Methodist Missionary Society
Calvert
Ala
Woman's Missionary Union
Dauphin Way Baptist Church
John Bunyan
J. W. Phillips
First Baptist Church
Monroe Park
Central Trades Council
J. P.wilcox
Fort Morgan
Margaret Thomason
Douglas
Lower Peach Tree
Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
Osborn
Florence Palmer
Montevallo
Dockstader
Atlanta
Augusta
Evan Lavenhouse
Mobile
Edwin Calhoun
Louis Rane
Labor Day
Sam Ingram
Fairhope
Pritchard
Clyle
Daniels
Mattie Niece
Oakdale
Francis. Edwards
Geneva Allen
Alabama
Jordon
Whitler
J. E. Jordon
Louise Rudolph
J. T. Graham
Birmingham
Fanny Christa
Newport News
Majorie and
Helen Singleton
Norfolk
Mercedes Johnston
Christa
Crawford Street
Miss Mercedes Johnston
Rev
D. Y. Register
Steamers Released by British Authorities
London dispatch reports the detention and release of several ships. The Norwegian steamship Glitra from Malmoe to New Orleans was detained for cargo exam and released. Also freed are the Danish ships London to Copenhagen Philadelphia, Arnoldmaersk Baltimore to Copenhagen, and Arkansas New York to Copenhagen.
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London
Glitra
Malmoe
Sweden
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Copenhagen
Arnoldmaersk
Baltimore
Arkansas
New York
Empire Amusements Show Three Dramas And Two Comedies
At the Empire today audiences enjoy two dramas and two comedies. The program includes The Limp and the Sophomores starring Arthur Housman, Billie Joins the Navy shot aboard the battleship Alabama, Her Mother's Secret a Lubin drama, The Onion Patch from Selig, and Friday’s chapter of The Goddess with Anita Stewart and Earle Williams. Admission 5 cents, 10 cents for the main feature, and children 5 cents.
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The
Empire
the Empire
Edison
Arthur Housman
Billie Reeves
Billie
Navy
Mobile
United States
Alabama
Selig
Anita Stewart
Earle Williams
Man With the
Iron Heart
Government Crops Forecasts Announced by Agriculture Department
The department of agriculture released September 1 forecasts for major crops. Winter wheat totals 659 million, spring wheat 322 million, all wheat 981 million, corn 2.985 billion, sweet potatoes 65 million with condition and yield figures for spring wheat, corn, oats, sweet potatoes and rice. The note ends with a sports quip about splitting double headers.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Why was our day divided into hours and the Irish language
An old question explains that Mesopotamians chose twelve as a base because it has four divisors 2 3 4 and 6. It became the basis for twelve daylight hours and twelve night hours. The Irish language is part of the Indo European family and is one of six surviving Insular Celtic languages.
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Mesopotamia
Johann Caspar Seuss
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