Dothan Minister Attacks City Leaders After Fire
Rev H H McNeill denounces the judge of probate the sheriff and city officials in a Sunday sermon in Foster Street Methodist Church. He accuses local authorities of protecting criminals and vows to clean up Dothan. He says officers are bonded with liquor interests and calls for change.
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Dothan
Ala
H. H. McNeill
Alabama
Foster Street
McNeill
Louie
New York
Dr. McNeill
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The Item urges full attention to advertising equal to store care and stock selection. It argues that neglecting publicizing your ads risks costly mistakes and that The Item's advertising service can provide illustrations, copy revisions, and a representative visit.
British Warship Believed Tore To Pieces Off California
Flotsam washed ashore in San Francisco leads investigators to conclude a British warship was torn apart by an explosion off the California coast. The wreckage shows bolts loosened fittings twisted brass, and reinforced wood splintered beyond ordinary dismantling. A door panel bears damage suggesting a shell impact.
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San Francisco
California
Mutilated Body of Louise Mick Found Near Schuyler
The 18 year old Louise Mick was abducted from her Schuyler home Sunday night and found dead in a north field. Authorities say she was beaten with a club. farm laborer Frank Heldt is jailed in connection with the crime. Her mother and aunt were bound during the kidnapping.
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Schuyler, Neb
Louise Mick
Schuyler
Frank Heldt
Mies
Mick
Cotton Prices Edge Up as 5000 Bales Sold in Liverpool
Liverpool trading reports five hundred bales of American spot cotton sold at middling basis 6 1 2. Receipts totaled 10 000 bales with 5 066 American, signaling steady demand on the day.
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Liverpool
Weather Outlook Unsettled Across Mobile and Nearby
Unsettled conditions expected tonight and Wednesday with possible local thunder showers in Mobile. Alabama for tonight and Wednesday remains unsettled while Mississippi turns partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Fear lack of warnings of hurricanes
By Associated Press. New York Aug. 11. The weather bureau says failure of British and German ships to report sea weather blocks warning of West Indian hurricanes forming for South American and West Indian ports. Shipowners and forecasters call the situation extremely serious as radio bulletins for mariners become practically useless.
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Associated Press
New York
Weather Bureau
Radio Telegraph
Negro Finds The Fishing Good At Boarding House
In Montgomery Alabama Peter Jones was found guilty of grand larceny after attempting a theft at a negro boarding house on Monroe Street. Evidence showed Jones used a bent wire to snag Theodore Wood’s pants containing $15 while Wood slept, then took the money and returned the trousers. Sentencing to follow.
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Montgomery
Ala
Peter Jones
Monroe Street
Peter
Theodore Wood
Theodore
Pensacolians Add to Frohlichstein Memorial Fund
Pensacola friends of Esau Frohlichstein the Vera Cruz Hero contribute to a memorial fund for a monument in Blenville Square honoring Mabillan Alabama's first casualty. A letter dated August 10 from Pensacola and a $15.25 money order are included for building the monument.
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Pensacola
Esau Frohlichstein
Vera Cruz
Blenville Square
Mabillan
Alabama
Fla
Mobile
Ala
P. O
Mexico
Alsatian celebration in Paris marks Alsace return
In Paris 2000 members of the Federation of Alsatian Societies replaced Strassburgs crepe decorations with flowers and palm branches at Place de la Concorde. Mayor Joseph Lansboeuf proclaimed revenge fulfilled as French troops enter Alsace and sang the Marseillaise amid cheers for Belgium Russia and England.
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Paris
London
Strassburg
Alsace- Loraine
Place de la Concorde
Federation of Alsatian Societies
Joseph Lansboeuf
Eighth Arrondissement
Alsace
France
Altkirch
Muelhausen
Belgium
Russia
England
German Attack Quickly Stopped in Alsace Front
Paris reports a German assault on the French advance guard near Cernay and Muelhausen was repelled after the French commander withdrew to form a fighting line. French claims say they still control northern Alsace despite German troop movements toward Moorhang and Bla mont Meurthe et Moselle. An assault on Rogervillers Hablinville failed with French cannon support from Manonvillers.
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Paris
London
Cernay
Muelhausen
Alsace
Moorhang
Metz
Blamont
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Rogervillers
Hablinsville
Manonvillers
French Troops Force German Cavalry Retreat Near Spincourt
Paris dispatch reports French forces around Spincourt in Meuse forcing a German cavalry retreat despite German artillery. Troop unloadings from trains continue near Gerolstein with major landings previously south of Metz and Thionville. French aviators fly over enemy zones amid shell bursts. Germans claim fortifying Luxembourg and south Metz completed.
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Paris
London
Spincourt
Department of
Meuse
Gerolstein
Metz
Thionville
Luxemburg
Cotton warehouse receipts held as commercial paper
Senate debates three amendments to bank law in response to the European war. Proposals would treat cotton and staple warehouse receipts as commercial paper, allow currency up to 70 percent of value, raise the limit to 75 percent, and empower state banks in the federal reserve system to issue extra currency. Senator Hoke Smith introduces a joint resolution to assign treasury currency issuance in cotton states to one half of entitlements and one half to holders of receipts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Federal Reserve System
Hoke Smith
Secretary of the Treasury
British cruiser Suffolk reports suspected German prize near New York
The Suffolk steamed to New York harbor to clear a path for the British tramp New York City from Madeira carrying dispatches for the British consul. It claimed capture of a German oil tank steamer and chased a German cruiser with a consort, now believed to be inaccurate. Lusitania progress to Liverpool is reported by cable.
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Associated Press
New York
Suffolk
New York Harbor
New York City
Madeira
Halifax
Bermuda
Kronprinz
Wilhelm
Lloyd Line
New York cLas
Cunard Line
England
Liverpool
Ortegal Taken by British Reported Off Portugal
Dispatch from Lisbon says the Hamburg American steamer Ortegal captured by a British warship was taken near Porto. The liner, carrying $5,000,000 in specie, sailed from Buenos Aires to Southampton on July 16.
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Associated Press
London
Lisbon
The
Times
Pporto
Portugal
Buenos Aires
Southampton
Belgians Defend Liege Forts as German Break Forth Near
Reports from London and Brussels describe strong Belgian defense of Liege forts against German forces. German cavalry advanced to Tongres north of Liege while French and British troops prepare for a possible general clash on the Franco Belgian front.
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Tongres
Liege
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Paris
Longwy Annon
Virton
Arlon
Montmedy
Ourthe
Muelhausen
Alsace
Belgium
Brussels
Vilna
Finland
Bulgaria
United States
Europe
Austria
France
Holland
Berlin
Germany
Goeben
Breslau
Mediterranean
England
London Times
Times
the Hague
Maastricht
Feng Fenders
Belgian War Office
Meuse
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Brit Ion Wanotlp
Frohlichstein
Harry Wagenheim
Aloatiang
Aerial
Mile. Dutrien
Wars
Mlle
Dutrieu
Ostend
Mademoiselle Helene Dutrieu
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Ortegal
Raing
Brussel
Fort Seraing
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