Queen Milena's Montenegrin mule rescuer named Jim becomes royal pet
Story recalls Jim the Montenegrin mule rescue rider who saved Queen Milena of Montenegro and her party during a tense escape from the mountains. After earning the gratitude of the queen and five royal children at Villa Ada, Jim is taken to Rome and presented as a royal pet. The tale notes prior tensions between Italian and Montenegrin royals and highlights the strong bond formed through Jim's aid and the children’s affection.
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Giacomo
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Sim
Villa Ade
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Montenegro
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Quee
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Brindisi
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Helena
Lyons
Maas
Southern Railway reports February revenues rise amid 1916 gains
The company shows February 1916 gross revenue at 5,627,162 with 4,045,981 in operating expenses and 724,515 spent on roadway improvements. Eight month figures reflect an 8.4 percent revenue rise from 1915 and a 5.08 percent drop from 1914. A stray line notes a personal anecdote about a girl and a man reflecting on past events.
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Comptrol "& H. Plant
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Crosser Plan Seeks Land Colonization and Public Work Financing
Washington dispatch describes Representative Crosser’s bill to colonize settlers on public lands with government title held in perpetuity. It plans to finance improvements via long term rents and 4 percent interest, plus costed public services and farmer marketing cooperatives. The piece also notes Brandeis’s possible Supreme Court confirmation affecting political support for Hughes. It highlights a Coast and Geodetic Survey lamp for Idaho surveys and a Southern farmhouse plan by the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
Crosser
Congress
Robert Crosser
Ohio
House
United States
National Forests
Uncle Sam
William B. Wilson
Public Lands Committee
Committee On Labor
Louis D. Brandeis
United States Supreme Court
Hughes
Brandeis
Department of Agriculture
Instrument Section
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Idaho
Know-Your-City group tours Mobile Spring Bed plant
Members of the Chamber of Commerce Know-Your-City committee visited Mobile Spring Bed Company to learn the bed spring making process. Henry Hess presented the plant with over twenty spring varieties and a daily output of about 200 springs, using Birmingham fabricated wire.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mobile Spring Bed Company
Henry Hess
Hess
Alabama
Birmingham Mills
J. G. Espalla, Jr
French Forces Capture Umm-el-Henna Ahead of Kut-el-Amara
British General Lake reports Tigris operations near Kut-el-Amara with the fall of Umm-el-Henna at 5 am Wednesday. The strong river bend fortress blocks relief for General Townshend, with remaining Ottoman positions yet to fall before reaching Kut-el-Amara.
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Kut-el-Amara
Lake
Umm el Henna
Umm-el-Henna
Russians Press Forward Against Turks Across Persia
Reports from private sources say Russian armies beyond Erzerum and in Persia advance swiftly while Turkish resistance is limited. A junction with British forces is anticipated but not seen as imminent as German offensives surge along the northern Russian front near Riga.
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Turks
Petrograd
London
Caucasus Front
Erzerum
Persia
Mesopotamia
Russia
Riga
Teachers Attend Alabama Educational Association Meeting
Superintendent S. S. Murphy of Mobile county public schools left Tuesday for Birmingham to join the Alabama Educational Association annual three day meeting. Also departing were Miss Olie Grammary, Miss ude Kimball, Miss Maggie Alvarez, Miss Mabel Alvarez, Miss Ora Cowan, Miss Metta Thompson, Miss M. I. Cox, and county teachers G. W. Betcher May Boyle Thelma Nelson Vina Busby and Lela Peterson who left Wednesday night for Birmingham.
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Mobile County Public Schools
Mobile
Birmingham
Alabama Educational Association
Olie
Ude Kimball
Maggie Alvarez
Marechal School
Mabel Alvarez
Clark School
Ora Cowan
Leinkauf School
Metta Thompson
Russell School
M. I. Cox
Leinkauf
G. W. Betcher
May Boyle
Thelma Nelson
Vina Busby
Lela Peterson
Whistles Grammar School
In and Out of Town
Percy W. Maer the collector of port of Mobile visits Pascagoula Biloxi and Gulfport Miss. T J Bryson and L J Brannan Montgomery Ala are in Mobile Thursday on business.
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ALA. Tent & Awning CO
Mobile Bell Phone
Percy W. Maer
Port of
Mobile
Pascagoula
Biloxi
Gulfport
Miss
T. J. Bryson
L. J. Brannan
Montgomery, Ala
Hattiesburg Hotel Promotes From Within
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on April 6 L B Campbell the chief clerk at the Hotel Hattiesburg is promoted to manager He succeeds Phil C Caldwell who moves to the Great Southern Hotel in Gulfport Mississippi B H Lane the clerk becomes chief clerk
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Miss
L. B. Campbell
Phil C. Caldwell
Great Southern
Gulfport
B. H. Lane
Helen Keller to Lecture at Lyric Tonight in Mobile
Helen Keller arrives in Mobile with her mother and aides at the Battle House. She will lecture at the Lyric tonight under the Mobile YWCA auspices and depart early Friday. Keller, born blind and deaf, is showcased as a fluent, convincing public speaker.
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Helen Keller
Mobile
Battle House
Miss Keller
Macy
Thompson
Lyric
Mobile Y. W. C. A
Germans storm Haucourt on Verdun front
Berlin reports German troops have stormed the village of Haucourt on the Avocourt Berhincourt front northwest of Verdun as announced by the war office.
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Haucourt
Berlin
Avocourt-Berhincourt
Verdun
War Office
Heflin Cotton Statistics Bill Passes House
The House approves the Heflin resolution by 169 to 120 to require the Census Bureau to collect and publish statistics on cotton used in explosives, including raw and prepared cotton and linters, waste, and hull fibre, expanding beyond current raw cotton data. Minority Leader Mann warns of revealing reserves. Representatives Heflin and Nelm lead for the bill.
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Ari
House
Heflin
Census Bureau of Statistics
Census Bureau
Mann
Alabama
Nelm
Kentucky
Megron Admits Gunfire at Door Ends in Barn Fire
Megro appeared at the door and held up his hands. Hundreds of bullets greeted him. He fell back into the blazing barn and was burned.
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Megro
Black Man Fatally Wounded After Sheriff Pickup Incident
In St Charles Missouri on April 6 a Black man who wounded Sheriff Striff Dierker during a pursuit after setting a barn on fire was fatally hurt by a posse near St Charles late Wednesday. Dierker was struck and seriously injured Tuesday night during the arrest attempt.
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St.charles, Mo
Lacy Chandler
Striff Dierker
St. Charles County
Here
Dierker
Simple Neroxin Method Clears Blackheads Fast
An advertiser claims two ounces of powdered neroxin dissolved in hot water dissolves blackheads on any body part. Rub on a hot wet sponge for a few seconds and wash off to remove them, leaving skin soft and pores normal.
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