Rat Proofing Of City Costly Says Medical Society
At a Mobile County Medical Society meeting a paper by Dr. R A Wright urged standardized plague prevention. The board of health noted limited access to U S public health staff and pledged to secure experts when needed. Dr. Mohr reported 1066 rats caught and outlined a rat contest with Drs Kimbrough Kienhoff Hicks and Meeks directing efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Medical Society
Board of Health
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
R. A. Wright
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Charles A. Mohr
Scern
Ent
New Orleans
Yerby
Dr. Mohr
White
Col
Bok
Saalep Dad's
Wright
Medical Society
French Cavalry Near Paris Mobilizes for German Front
A wartime notice discusses Mobile public health efforts against bubonic plague and rat control, urging homeowner cooperation and city ordinances. It notes inspection of railway cars from infected areas, rat proofing plans, and a call for a chief inspector, with a photograph of French cavalrymen near Paris before mobilization.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as General Tonic
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic advertised as a general tonic with quinine and iron. The ad claims it drives malaria enriches blood and builds up the system, selling for 50 cents.
Government call for mariners answered in Mobile
Captain Thomas Erickson, superintendent of Munson Steamship Line, led the response to a Commerce Department order seeking licensed masters mates and engineers for service in Europe and other oceans. The Mobile district collectors urged officers to report by August 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Europe
Asia
Africa
South America
Australia
Thomas Isrickson
Munson Steamship Line
South Broad Street
Percy W. Maer
Erickson
Ocean Steamships
Mobile
United States
Ocean Steamship Service
Alabama
Deserter Roy E Johnston Wires Bay Minette Arrest
Alabama National Guard authorities in Mobile wired Bay Minette to arrest Roy E Johnston of Birmingham a Battery C member said to have deserted Saturday and boarded a northbound L and N freight train He is charged with assault and battery theft of a suitcase and will be held at Bay Minette until camp officers arrive for court martial in Mobile
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Alabama National Guard
Artillery
Government Street Loop
Bay Minette
Roy E. Johnston
Birmingham
Louisville
Nashville
Johnston
Mobile
Wanted to Rent Light Covered Wagon for a Week
Wanted to rent a light covered wagon for ten days while mine is under repair. Ring up either phone 158.
Empire This Week Showcases Screen Stars in Genre Mix
A busy cinema slate at the Empire features top names Francs X. Bushman Arthur Johnson Lottie Briscoe Clara Kimball Young Ruth Stonehouse Gertrude McCoy Bryant Washburn Maurice Costello G M Anderson Marguerite Clayton The day opens with a comedy drama and western lineup The Squatter's Gal The Ordeal with Harry Lonsdale plus a Vitagraph Detective and Matchmaker Violin of Miser Monday headlines with The Violin of Miser Saintier Clara Kimball Young leads opposite James Young Also on bill The Busy Business Boy and the Droppers In George Adé’s fables Wallace Beery and Robert Bolder lead in a comedy
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Empire
Franc
X. Bushman
Arthur Johnson
Lottie Briscoe
Clara Kimball Young
Ruth Stonehouse
Gertrude McCoy
Bryant Washburn
Maurice Costello
G. M. Anderson
Marguerite Clayton
G. M.derson
Harry Lonsdale
Vitagraph
M’sier
Clara Kirkball Young
James Young
George Adé
Wallace Beery
Robert Bolder
Victories of French Set Paris Aflame
News reports claim a major French victory near Arlon and Luxemburg border with French forces advancing toward Muelhausen and Strassburg. Citizens celebrate in Alsace Lorraine as Liege is honored with the Legion of Honor, signaling renewed allied success in the war.
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Paris
Arlon
Luxemburg
Virton
War Office
Republic
Muelhausen
Straussburg
Strassburg
Alsace-Lorraine
Altkirch
Alsace
France
sace-Lorraine
Poincare
Albert
Belgium
Liege
Poincaire
Wanda Comes Back Arrested On Atlanta Theft Charge
Mrs Mary Wanda alias Mrs Maria Evans who with her daughter Juani ta Wanda was involved in white slave proceedings and was ordered to leave Mobile returned Friday and Saturday was arrested on Dauphin street on complaint of Atlanta authorities She faces larceny from a house and is held for warrant and extradition papers from Georgia Juanita Wanda and another woman were with her and her address is listed as Montgomery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Wanda
Maria Evans
Juanita Wanda
Mobile
Dauphin Street
Atlanta
Georgia
Wanda
Montgomery
Condition of Misses Gass Reported Improved
Information from Mobile Mississippi on Saturday shows the condition of Misses Irene and Emma Gass, severely ill from poisoned mushrooms, has improved. They are well known in Mobile where their mother Mrs Foster Gass resides, and are nieces of William Gass.
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Mobile
Hattiesburg
Miss
Irene
Emma Gass
Foster Gass
William Gass
German reverses at Liege reported by Brand Whitlock
The State Department confirms from Brussels that 8,000 Germans were killed in the Liege fighting and a second reverse suggests about 25,000 Germans fallen. Reports imply a feint at Liege Namur with a real swing southwest aided by Austria. Navy officials note Britain’s halt on sailings of Olympic and Vaderland and warn of a coming cruiser concentration for Atlantic defense. The expected battle may impact U S commerce more than the North Sea clash.
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International News Service
Washington
State Department
United States
Brand Whitlock
Brussels
Belgium
Liege
France
Liege-Namur
Ostend
Antwerp
Navy Department
Great Britain
Vaderland
Red Star
New York
Atlantic
Germany
North Sea
Café Cash Register Theft Sees Man Take Two Dollars
In Cozy Corner Cafe at St Emanuel and Conti streets a man ordered coffee then stole two dollars from the cash drawer as a girl worker waited on a tobacco buyer. A detective arrested a man up the street but the girl identified the wrong suspect, describing a man in a grey cap and suit.
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St. Emanuel
Conti
Bauer
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Public Health Service
W. C. Rucker
City of
Board of Public Health
Mobile County Medical Society
Committee of Public Health
America
Ino
Consulta
Tion
Ode Agains
Ph. G
Adams
Baier
Ab Om Book. Ce
Auphin. Reet
South Side
Bienville Square
Grove
Britton’s
White Swan Laundry
Springhill Avenue
Celebrated Witt
Barney - Cavanagh Hardware Co
Harrison Mutual Burial Association
Conception Street
THE
Bank OF Mobile National Banking Association
Sumatra
Santos
Sears & Nichols
Rose City
California
Friedrich Krote
Coblenz
Rhine Wines
Laubenheimer
Niersteiner
Hochheimer
Rudesheimer, Cunliffe, Dobson & Co
Medoc
St. Julien Superieur
Pontet Canet
Graves
Sauternes
Haut Sauternes
G. H. Mumm
Jas. McPhhillinps Gro. Co
Dauphin, Front and
Commerce Streets
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