War dominated ex and import markets and industrial activity
The article notes war driving American ex and import markets with munition orders benefiting manufactories and railroads. It mentions bank cash growth, uncertain cotton shipments, and rising industrial and railroad stocks. It criticizes stock exchange speculation and calls for reform amid global war reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Stock Exchange
Tyre
York
Financial Chronicle
Ion
Chronicle
Suggestion for Settling Great War Now Waging
An American proposes a settlement plan for World War I. Henry Clewn of the American Peace and Arbitration League outlines a multiparty accord giving Germany incentives to withdraw from France and Belgium, Belgian port access, and a world court with enforcement by a global military and naval force. The plan envisions 50 years of peace with disarmament and collective security involving the United States, South America, and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clewn
American Peace and Arbitration League
Hig
Germany
France
Belgium
England
Japan
Austria
Italy
Constantinople
Russia
Turkey
Servia
United States
South America
China
Col Mann Faces Possible Lease Battle Over Lake George Camp
Col W D A Mann of Town Topics fame says he faces anger as New York Conservation Commission labels him a squatter for a summer camp built in 1898 on a state owned island at Lake George. Publisher Robert Collier shares the dispute, with Mobile residents watching the case's outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. A. Mann
Town Topics
Mobile
New York
Colonel Mann
Lake George
The
Conservation Commission of the
State of
Robert J. Collier
Dixieland
State Commission
New York Conservation Commission
Europe War Cost Harsh Toll on Wealth and Lives
An analysis estimates Americas wealth near 189 billion dollars while Europe faces a daily cost of 50 million and a first year cost of 15 billion. The estimate excludes destroyed infrastructure crop losses and long term human suffering, warning the war could erase US wealth if it lasts years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Rubbish Found in Russian Ammunition Cases At Front
London reports thousands of ammunition cases opened at the front contained rubbish and suspects German agents in Russian factories. Petrograd sees many wounded and high casualties up to mid July, with unofficial tallies around 3.5 million including killed and prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Mail
Petrograd
Lobby and Curbstone Musings From Mobile Hospitality Scene
A Mobile column praises the city as a motorist paradise with great highways and growing wealth from rural markets. It notes hotel lobby observations, visits by H. C. Fourton to Atlanta theatre management, local business ties to Bay Minette, and a long list of visitors and guests at Battle House and Bienville hotels, highlighting regional connections and social bustle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George 8. Lowman
Sabentageem
Birmingham
Mobile
Battle House
Mason Douglas
Russelville
Ala
J. M. Dewberry
Dauphin Island
G. A. Berry
F. 8. Cuthbert
Pensacola
Fla
M. Bunker
Yellow Pine
A. Denham
St. Louis
H. J. Falty
Humbolt
Tenn. Bienville
W. P. Sprules
New Orleans
W. A. Gough
Meridian
Miss
J.A. Robinson
G. A. Hawkins
Grove Hill
D. W. Lott
Cordelia
R. C. Cowan
G. H. Crain and Son
Cawthon
R. C. Stallings
F. P. Smith
Batavia, T
H. C. Brown
Aberdeen
J. W. Lee
Selma
J. M. Arnold
Ellisville
C. R. Smith
Choctaw
Windsor
J. F. Hairston
Waynesboro
L.L. Kidd
Citronelle
Frank. Farris
Biloxi
George D. Russell
Mashulaville
New B nas B Rith Officers Assume Duties
Newly elected officers of Beth nur Lodge No. 84, IOBB, were installed at the August meeting in Bnai B'rith hall by Henry Hess. Officers installed include President Herbert C. Brown and Vice President Arnold C. Bloch. Lodge opened with twenty five members and sent congratulations to Leon Schwarz Lodge in Talladega.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethnur Lodge No. 84
Independent
Order of
B'nai B'rith
B’nai B'rith Hall
Henry Hess
Herbert C. Brown
Arnold C. Bloch
Monroe Metzger
Herman W. Leinkauf
Monitor
Sidney B. Simon
Herbert P. Feibelman
Victor T. Lowenstein
Guardian
Meyer Jacoby
Leon Schwarz
Talladega
Seventh District
Pavlof Volcano Erupts in Alaska with Black Smoke
Pavlof volcano on the Alaska peninsula was in full eruption the night of July 23 with flames and heavy black smoke from the crater. Katmai volcano was still smoking as reported from Seward Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pavlof Volcano
Alaska
Seward
Pavlof
Alaska Peninsula
Ames
Sete Ae
Uncle Wiggily Helps Nurse Jane With Ironing
Uncle Wiggily plans to iron for Nurse Jane while she helps Dr. Possum with a puppy in distress. A fox and baboon spy the rabbit, but Uncle Wiggily uses a scorched handkerchief to thwart the fox, who flees after a nose burn. Nurse Jane returns to finish the ironing as the puppy recovers.
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Uncle Wiggily Longears
Rabbit Gentleman
Hollow Stump
Jackie Bow Wow
Uncle Wiggily
Jackie
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Nurse Jane
Dr. Possum
Uncle
Jane
Bow Wow House
Wiggily
Ola Fox
Tobias
Fox
Ieee
Onar
Companionship With Christ Is a Necessity Sermon
Rev. Matthew Brewster preached at Bienville Square on the necessity of companionship with Christ for salvation. He urged dwelling in Him, self denial, and personal salvation through effort, tied to the transfiguration observance last Friday. Judge D. H. Edington presided as a large crowd filled the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bienville Square
Matthew Brewster
Christ Episcopal Church
Federation of Churches
Christ
Jesus
Jesus Christ
D. H. Edington
Chicagoan Lawton dies at Daphne summer home
George Augustus Lawton aged 53 a native of Elizabeth New Jersey died Saturday at 530 pm at his Daphne Eastern Shore summer home. A Chicago resident and partner in Lawton Lawton firm he fell ill with apoplexy and died. He is survived by his wife and one son who were with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Augustus Lawton
Elizabeth
N. J
Daphne
Chicago
Lawton & Lawton
Ithat City
Lawton
Broadway Star Feature The Mystery of Mary at the Empire
The Empire presents The Mystery of Mary a three act photoplay with Anders Randolph Charles Eldridge Ewart Overton Betty Gray Lionel Adams Thomas Brooke Frank Currie and Richard Leslie in an all star cast. Also shown Hypnotic Monkey a Ham and Bud comedy about a hypnotist turning Bud into a monkey. Admission five cents. Tuesday brings Lottie Pickford Irving Cummings and Helen Holmes in serials Hearst Selig News Pictorial war scenes. Rain seems like money in distribution.
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Mary
the Empire Today
Anders Randolph
Charles Eldridge
Ewart Overton
Betty Gray
Lionel Adams
Thomas Brooke
Frank Currie
Richard Leslie
Vitagraph Company
Ham
Bud
Lottie Pickford
Irving Cummings
Helen Holmes
Helen
Hearst-Selig News
Do You Know Your Mobile County Fruits
A Mobile County column urges readers to recognize local produce. It highlights peaches, cantaloupes, pumpkins, and watermelons grown in Mobile County and invites readers to share larger specimens, promoting Mobile Grown as fresher and better than shipped varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Mobile County
Mobile
Question Box Answers On Sound Direction Weights And Divining Rod
A reader asks about a fog sound direction instrument. Two trumpet receivers above the head guide ear direction. sound to right ear shows right side. Gold dollars weigh 3 685 57 pounds. silver and nickel million coins weigh 55 114 2 7 and 220 457 1 7 pounds respectively. Czar preferred due to usage. tsar is the older Russian form. Divining rods are fork hazel sticks once used to locate water or metals and now viewed with skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. O
Kaiser Wilhelm
Ivey and Warren Quietly Wed at Wainwright Home
REPTON PERSONAL. Mr. R. E. Ivey and Miss Jennie Warren were secretly married Thursday at the bride’s parents house in Wainwright Alabama. Ivey, a young saw mill man of Repton, and Warren, popular in Monroe County, surprised their friends with the announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Repton
Ala
R. E. Ivey
Jennie Warren
Wainwright
Ivey
Miss Warren
Monroe County
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Alabama
Emile
Manchester Guardian
Col. W. D. A. Mann
Wheelerville
H. C. Fourton
Lyric
Grand Theatre
Atlanta
Mr. Fourton
Fourton
the Grand
C. A. Long
Bessemer
B’nai B’rith
Mobilian
T. R
Theo Roosevelt
Teddyvel
Africa
Theoroose Veltadore
Washington D.C
Doraroose Theovelt
Oyster Bay
Howard R. Garis
Rev. M. Brewster
Empire
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