Mobile Chamber Urges Citizen Support for Growth
A June 20 1925 Associated Press report from Porile Alabama urges Mobile residents to donate and invest in a shared enterprise to boost population and commerce. It cites the chamber of commerce pushing a united effort to attract industries, create jobs, and keep pace with expanding cities, while noting dangerous polar exploration news and the MacMillan expedition ongoing.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Mopile
Alabama Public Service Commission Defends State Power Rights
The Alabama Public Service Commission asserts strong public interest safeguards in preventing loss of state sovereignty over resources. It rejects exporting power without maintaining rate jurisdiction and preserves Alabama control over surplus Muscle Shoals power and Tennessee River hydro projects to protect industrial security and public welfare.
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Alabama Public Service Commission
Public Viever
Alabama
Alabama Power Company
Coosa
Alabama Company
State Commission
Muscle Shoals Commission
Nonce
Shoals
Amundsen Party Returns to Civilization in Triumph
The Amundsen expedition completes its hazardous journey and returns safely. Although they did not reach the north pole, relief and acclaim spread worldwide as the party is welcomed back after staying close to their target. The report notes they were within a hundred miles of their goal and remained silent for days, with key details lost in transmission.
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Ellsworth
Amundsen
Pole
MacMillan
Arctic
Roald Amuundsen
North Pole
Owas
La Follette Movement Aftermath and Leadership Question
The La Follette movement loses its central leadership as Senator La Follette dies. Analysts debate its future strength and whether Coolidge era stability will temper the revolt. Historians note the movement’s unique single leader control and the former candidate’s persistent presidential ambition.
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LaFollette
Wheeler
Montana
la Follette
Coolidge
Washington
Northwest
Robert LaFollette
United States
A Youth Seeks Learning at Penn Ackerstrom Diploma
Homer Oscar Ackerstrom a young Swedish student who starved himself while pursuing education at the University of Pennsylvania received a postmortem degree. He supported a mother and sister in Sweden and succumbed to pneumonia after prolonged deprivation, a tragedy the university calls a graceful act.
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University of Pennsylvania
Homer Oscar Ackerstrom
Ackerstrom
Sweden
Notes on culture and politics in a playful rumination
A humorous reflection catalogs social quirks and global curiosities. It jests about New Yorkers dodging high society snubs and Russian intrigue, notes Canada’s liquor exports untaxed by the U S, and critiques jazz as pipe organ unfitting while praising the saxophone before remarking on the imagined North Pole Royal perch and photographer throngs.
Senator La Follette’s ruthless political battles recalled
The piece notes that the late Senator La Follette showed no mercy in his political fights and rarely received mercy in return.
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Senator la Follette
Coat Return Sparks Question of Generosity
In the Yale Record short story exchange a narrator asks why a boy was tipped so generously for returning a coat. The other character points to the coat as the reason, framing the act as a deserved gesture in a campus vignette.
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Yale Record
Mean Spirited Interaction and Aviator Crisis Cited
A fragmentary cartoon style dialogue shows a tense exchange about buffalo quarters and a broken propeller. The Aviator warns of a 6,000 foot fall while a Bathing Beauty jokes about swimming. Carolina Buccaneer appears as a character in the scene.
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Carolina Buccaneer
Moonlit prom sparks reflections in playful exchanges
In a moonlit moment, Daphne notes Prudence shone at the prom while Diana jokes about her date. A witty aside from V M. L Sniper and Hamilton Royal Gaboon features a quip about catching a husband flirting and choosing marriage.
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Daphne
Prudence
Diana
Incomplete Scraps Contain Witty Observations and Satire
A collection of humorous quotes on manners bias wit and fate. Notable lines compare painless meals to dental claims and mock the living dead with irony. Observations cover prejudice brevity and gender roles in a fragmentary style with scattered aphorisms.
Bedtime Visit Sparks a Green Forest Encounter
Thornton W. Big Tom and Mrs. Gobbler await visitors in a tall tree. Reddy Fox arrives hungry but is politely invited to return, while Big Tom and Mrs. Gobbler test the fox with wary hospitality and plan their next move.
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Sammy Jay
Peter Rabbit
Big Tom
Mrs. Gobbler
Reddy Fox
Brer Fox
Reddy
Green Forest
Big Torch
Tig Tom
Aound
Newlyweds Relive Weekend Misadventure At Cottage
Eve overhears an intimate account as a newly married couple recounts a rainy weekend trip. The couple vacationed to surprise relatives at a summer cottage, endured a stuck car, mud, a ruined shoe, a drenched hat, and a late-night arrival, ending with laughter and a final farewell before separation.
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Edgar
Edfard
Mr. Beamer
Edar
Uncommon Sense Apostrophizes Adventure and Courage
In this column John Blake extols the adventurous spirit as essential to progress. He parallels Amundsen Columbus and Copernicus, arguing risk and hardship forge discovery, sport, and national vitality, urging a continuing bold pursuit of new frontiers for future generations.
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Amundsen
Christopher Columbus
Copernicus
Israel
Red Sea
Europe
Columbus
Indies
A Likable Girl Of Atchison
A short local item notes a young woman from Atchison who is described as likable and aware of her looks, with a light humorous tone about her worry over appearance.
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Atchison
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
A nephew reads a gory Sherlock style tale in the stable. The narrator praises detective fiction for its upright justice and warns about moral dangers, noting Nemesis pursues the sinner and truth triumphs over crime.
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Walt Mason
Immamorial
Adolphus Augustus
Weaving a Birthday Dinner and a Secret Affaire
Mildred Earnshaw endures a quiet evening as her husband Allan brings Mrs. Sheridan and Dr. Borden to a birthday gathering. Laughter erupts when friends arrive with presents, revealing Allan’s affair and a tense, public moment in Patterson Street.
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Allan
Allen Earnshaw
Steve
Miss Hammond
Mildred Earnshaw
Bridge
Mildred
Patterson Street
Farnshaw
Mrs. Sheridan
Herone
Reg
Ammond
Tracys
Dr. Borden
Sis
Earnshaw
Ulrica the Ungrateful Girl in a Revealing Portrait
A prose piece profiles Ulrica as marble-hearted and ungrateful, detailing her lack of thanks for favors and her habit of turning gifts into critiques. The narrative contrasts her with a social circle that endures her behavior while she drifts between groups, never fully satisfied. A scene then shifts to a bridge party setting with gifts, mischief, and evolving relationships among Mildred Earnshaw, Allan, and Mrs. Sheridan amid social tensions.
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Ulrica
Shakespeare
Alrica
Mrs. Sheridan
Mildred
Franklins
Allan
Dr. Borden
Earnshaw
Pariah Red Halliday Beats Odds to Lead Auto Venture
Red Halliday, once shunned by the Halliday clan for skipping college, becomes a prosperous auto industry figure. He recalls his path from mule drivers to garage jobs and speeches, noting college suits some but not him. The Hallidays now take pride in Red despite his nonconformist choices.
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Red
Halliday
Father Halliy
Hallidays
Mallidays
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Canada
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Bedtime
By Thornton W
Uncommon Sense
John Blake
We Women
Betty Brainerd
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