Alabama Land Congress to be Held in Mobile
The Alabama Land Congress will meet in Mobile on November 12 to 14 with broad state representation. The call cites plans to develop unproductive lands, support banks, partition large holdings into farms, and address immigration, driven by N F Thompson and leading Mobile business groups.
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Alabama Land Congress
Mobile
Birmingham News
Alabama
Congress
Land Congress
N. F. Thompson
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League
After the Honeymoon Silent Strain Eases Into Loneliness
Helen waits for a call from her husband after a strained honeymoon as central exchanges, missed connections, and nagging hunger for companionship haunt their evenings. She reflects on neglected affection, repeated dinners out, and disillusionments that threaten their home life.
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Central
Ande
Anna
Women Campaign For Wilson Highlight New Jersey Reforms
Miss Kershaw leads the Professional Women's League in New England campaigning for Woodrow Wilson. They stress Wilsons labor laws in New Jersey improving conditions for women and children, adding workers compensation for injuries and deaths, and contrast his record with Roosevelts promises to working families.
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Wilson
Miss Kershaw
Woodrow Wilson
Professional Women's League
New England
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Responsibility of Food Manufacturers in Poisoning Case
In a New York federal case Judge Noyes overruled Armour & Co. demurrer in a damages suit over trichinae contaminated pork. He rejected the theory that a manufacturer dealing only with middlemen bears no duty to consumers and noted the consumer cannot sue the manufacturer directly.
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Noyes
Federal District Court of New York
Armour & Co
Hut
State Aid in Road Building in Mobile County
The article criticizes Mobile County road building criticism includes wasted funds from a $500000 bond issue with $16955.80 spent before a mile of road is completed. It urges using the state highway engineer’s expert advice and a centralized, economical system free of local politics.
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Keller
Mobile
Unty
Alabama
Ugwhsteanes
Rati Sethe Ue
Mobile County
Agricultural Department
United States Government
Jett Brothers
W. H
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Pensacola bids to capture Baldwin trade via canal link
Foley readers hear Pensacola seeks endorsement for Perdido bay canal to enable light-draft boat service into south Baldwin. Baldwin county sentiment backs the plan, stressing the Mobile Baldwin railroad must not be delayed to protect Mobile’s growing trade and population.
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Foley
Pensacola
Baldwin County
Neighborhood
Perdido Bay
South Baldwin
Mobile
Baldwin
BASHING MASHERS
A young woman struck a young man with a silver handbag claiming he annoyed her The incident prompted a half column newspaper interview The police were not involved and no arrest occurred The piece speculates on why the interview appeared in print and notes the lure of media attention
Advertising Chats No 49 Boosts Mobile Prosperity
A Mobile advertising column extols a prosperous fall and winter with bullish talk from merchants. It urges keeping money at home, promoting local stores as fully stocked with luxury and necessity, and touts newspaper advertising as the cheapest, most logical way to tell the world about wares and prices.
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Mobile
Greater Mobile
Value of County Fair to Mobile
A. G. Quina argues that a well run fair at Monroe Park in 1910 spurred Mobile County's rural development. He cites rising farm production, cotton, syrup mills, Satsuma oranges, and livestock expansion as benefits fueling local commerce and wealth creation.
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A. G. Quina
Mobile
Mobile County
Monroe Park
Commercial Club of
Gotton
United States
Satsuma
Widow Beatrice Fashions a Theatre Night Plot
Helen and her husband engineer a social ruse to divert Beatrice from an aging admirer. Beatrice joins Robert Maynard for a theater outing, then a Plaza supper, and temptation lingers as she reflects on marriage prospects and a still-framing bargain.
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Turbune van de Waterman
Heer
Robbins
Beatrice
Helen
Robert Maynard
Will
Maynard
Mobile Community Fair Seeks Broad Public Support
An enthusiastic call to help assure a successful crop production fair in Mobile. Leaders pledge cooperative effort, stressing the need for substantial citizen backing and the involvement of prominent local figures to advance Mobile and its industrial standing.
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Mobile
Jacques Casimer in National Magazine by Annie Lyon
Review notes Annie Bozeman Lyon of Mobile earns honor for Jacques Casimer a gulf coast short story. It portrays early coastal life south of Mobile with Acadian simplicity and French place names. The piece blends history and folk lore reflecting Lyon's Gulf Coast focus and literary reputation.
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Jacques Casimer
Gulf Coast
Annie Bozeman Lyon
Mobile
Miss Lyon
South
Portersvile Bay
Ontying Islands
Miss Lyom
Lyon
Arrival of British Side Whiskers Captures News Ardor
New York papers report Walter Creighton, son of the late London bishop, arriving with a sample of the new London whiskers called spraddlers. Fashion imitates 1830s Victorian attire including curly top hats, tight trousers, and frilled shirts with ornate jewelry, as smart London society adopts the look.
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New York
Walter Creighton
London
New Orleans
Alabama for Alabamians youth urged to build home resources
Governor O Neal told university students that Alabama should share in regional development and focus energy on local resources. He said the state needs its young men and women to invest in the commonwealth and contribute to its future.
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O’neal
University
Alabama
Ernor
Goneal
Commonwealth
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