Two shot in Ardilla store duel leaves deputy dying and man killed
In Ardilla Alabama deputy Alvin North is hospitalized with a through the abdomen and John Newman dies from a chest wound after a pistol battle at John T. Brown’s store. Jeff Newman is jailed for assault with intent to murder as deputies pursue others.
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Paty North
Jeff Newman
John
Dothan
Ala
Alvin North
John Newman
John T. Brown
Ardilla
Here
Robert Newman
North
Justice Brown
Ovon
Shce
John A. May
Alrek
Clarence Ma
Will Reeves
Deputy North
E Dolpoe
Bob Newman
May
Russian submarine commanders removed after Baltic torpedo incidents
Russian government announces the removal of submarine commanders involved in torpedoing the German steamer Syria and attempting to torpedo the German steamer Elbe in Swedish waters, following Sweden’s protests. The report spans multiple cities with additional notes on naval and regional actions.
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Stockholm
Syria
Elbe
Sweden
Alabama Cavalry Regiment Formation Prospects
Two cavalry troops to be formed locally with officers matching an infantry regiment six officers at headquarters and standard lieutenants and NCOs. Enlistment aimed at about sixteen hundred. Horses to remain in Alabama during peacetime with government care. Training at Chicamauga possible. Officers expect broader recruiting in the Alabama brigade due to anticipated need for more troops and possible active service.
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Alabama
Chicamauga
United States
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Court Saturday
The probate court issued marriage licenses on Saturday including Pompey. ohn Fry and Mamie.
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Pompey. Ohn Fry
Mamie
Deputy Granger Shot During Liquor Search
The report recalls Deputy Grady Granger who was shot while trying to search for liquor about six months ago.
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Grady Granger
Hunt for home of Alabama soldier dead in car crash
Telegraphs to the U S War Department report the death of Sergeant Frederick W Robson, instructor of artillery batteries in the Alabama brigade, killed when a car overturned near Montgomery. Bracken requests disposition of remains. Robson’s residence is unknown due to no record. Chauffeur Will Alfred injured, hospitalized in stable condition with hopes for recovery.
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Montgomery
Ala
United States War Department
Frederick W. Robson
Alabama
Charles R. Bricken
Robson
War Department
Will Alfred
St. Margaret's Hospital
Must Kill Germans to Win Says Derby
Lord Derby declared in an interview that winning the war requires killing Germans. He said German counterattacks are welcomed as they move Allied forces toward victory, noting Russians and Italians are pursuing the same aim.
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Derby
London
Lord Derby
Baldwin Losses to Be Taken Up at Baldwin Co Meeting
An important stockholders meeting of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Baldwin county will be held in Loxley Alabama on Tuesday August 29. The sole purpose is to consider assessments to cover storm losses in the agricultural area. About 450 members exist in Baldwin county. Agent John Schweitzer reports corn losses up to 80 percent and nearly the entire cotton crop ruined by winds and rain.
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Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Baldwin County
Loxley
Alabama
Mobile
John Schweitzer
Mediation Fails to Yield Arbitration Pact in Rail Row
Mediators report no decision after an hour long session with railroad chiefs and union delegates. They plan another meeting at 10 o clock as talks focus on a proposed arbitration board expansion to 12 members under the Newlands act, a move the managers reportedly accept.
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Garretson
Martin A. Knapp
Mediation Board
Brotherhood
Mr. Knapp
Petition from 6000 railway workers seeks anti strike legislation
A petition signed by 6000 unorganized workers on the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis railway was delivered to President Wilson urging Congress to pass legislation to protect unorganized employees from a strike by brotherhoods. R T Frazier of Nashville presented the petition and said more such petitions would follow from workers on other lines. The petition seeks arbitration to prevent interstate commerce disruption by a small group of men.
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Washington
Nashville
Chattanooga and St. Louis
Great Brotherhoods
Wilson
Congress
Brotherhood
R. T. Frazier
Tenn
White House
Let Children Go Naked at Home Advised by Doctor
In New York on August 12 Dr Josephine Baker of the Bureau of Child Hygiene endorsed letting children age one and three roam naked in hot weather stating it is natural and helps them stay cool. She dismissed calls for clothing and government intervention.
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New York
Josephine Baker
Bureau of Child Hygiene
East Side
Baker
Lemberg Drive Nets Slavs Two More Villages
North of Bitlis obstinate fighting continues as Allied troops push forward. In Persia near Bokana our forces pursue the retreating Turks toward Sakkiz, while preparations continue for distributing 100 battle cartridges.
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Lemberg
Bitlis
Persia
Bokana
Sakkiz
Germans Lose Heavily in Hem Wood Attack
Paris Aug 12 A vigorous German assault north of Hemwood on the Somme front was checked by French fire. The Germans suffered appreciable losses. South of the Somme they attacked La Maisonette but were repulsed by French curtain fire. Reconnoitering parties found numerous German bodies east of Hem station. On the Verdun front two attacks near Fleury were repulsed as artillery was active around Vaux Chapitre and Chenois.
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Associated Press
Paris
Hemwood
Somme
War Office
la Maisonette
Hem Station
Verdun
Fleury
Vaux
Chapitre
Chenois
German attack repulsed on Somme front near Pozieres
The war office reports a German infantry assault on the Somme front north of Pozieres was repulsed with heavy losses. The attack targeted trenches recently wrested on high ground with support from heavy artillery, yielding no gains. Elsewhere on the British front there was no change.
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Associated Press
London
Somme
Pozieres
War Office
Dover Bomb Raid Causes Minor Injuries
London reports an air raid on Dover by two German seaplanes with four bombs dropped. One officer and six men were slightly injured, and little material damage occurred at the British naval port.
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London
Dover
Mexican newspaper man gains border refuge in Laredo
J B Amaro a former Mexican newspaper man arrived in Laredo Texas claiming political refugee status after forty five days in prison He says he was arrested with about forty Mexican lawyers over alleged Diaz movement ties and released due to lack of evidence while others remain incommunicado Also noted are Mr and Mrs J P Headley visiting friends in Lexington Kentucky in the city for several days
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Laredo
Tex
J B. Amaro
Mexico City
Mexico
Amaro
J. P. Headley
Lexington, Ky
Britain expected to secure 250 million loan in U.S.
Financial circles anticipate an official announcement within a fortnight that negotiations are complete for a 250 million dollar loan to Great Britain. The two year note offering at 6 percent would be backed by Canadian Argentinian and Swiss bonds and U S railroad stocks with payments in gold. Proceeds reportedly aim to finance munition purchases in the United States.
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Associates Press
New York
Great Britain
American Foreign Securities Company
France
United States
British Plan to Seize German Property in England
Lord Lansdowne told the House of Lords that the English government contends with confiscating all new German property in retaliation for Captain Fryatt's execution. He said the government is consulting financial houses on the advisability, noting German holdings in England run into hundreds of millions of dollars.
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London
England
Charles Fryatt
Brussels
House of Lords
Lord Lansdowne
Miss Margaret M. McGettrick Dies After Short Illness
Miss Margaret May McGettrick lifelong city resident died Friday at 4 50 p.m. at her home after a brief illness. She was daughter of the late Lawrence and Margaret McGettrick and is survived by a sister Mrs Samuel Taylor Jr a brother B McGettrick a sister in law Agnes McGettrick two nephews a niece and other relatives. An accomplished musician she long served in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception choir and died a devout Catholic.
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Margaret M. McGettrick
Margaret May McGettrick
Miss McGettrick
Lawrence and
Margaret McGettrick
Samuel Taylor
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Deaths: Allie F. Boyett of Mobile and Emma Wittmann funeral
Mr Allie F Boyett a native of Randolph county Georgia aged 41 resident of Mobile for twelve years died Friday night at 9 30 at his home 257 North Conception Street He is survived by a widow one child seven brothers three sisters and other relatives He was a member of Forest Camp No 1 Woodmen of the World Requiem mass for Miss Emma A Wittmann was held Friday at St Joseph Catholic Church Rev Father Salentine officiated The burial was in Magnolia cemetery with pallbearers from the Kling and Espajila families
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Randolph County
Mobile
North
Conception Street
Forest Camp No. 1
E. A. Wittmann
Emma A. Wittmann
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Father Salentine
Magnolia Cemetery
Messrs. E. Crabtree
Leo Kling
Joseph Espajila
August Kling
James Kane
Illiam Kling
Funeral for James Tillman Brannan Held at 606 Texas Street
The funeral of little James Tillman Brannan was held Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the family home at 606 Texas Street with Rev. H. M. Perkins officiating. Burial followed in Magnolia Cemetery with many flowers on the grave. Pallbearers were J. W. Camp, A. M. Lappington, M. W. Glover, John Irwin, E. A. Riggs, and H. W. Cunningham of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company Heneygreat Association.
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James Tillman Brannan
Texas Street
H. M. Perkins
Broad Street Presbyterian Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Heneygreat Association
Messrs
J. W. Camp
A. M. Lappington
M. W. Glover
John Irwin
E. A. Riggs and
H. W. Cunningham
Military Officers Urge Move to Mexico After Mobile Visit
Lieutenant Roy E. Albright and Captain Heath Mc Means report excellent health among First Regiment A. N. G. troops stationed at Montgomery and express eagerness to advance toward Mexico. In Mobile, the Illinois Club holds its first weekly meeting at the Cawthon hotel, while visits include Mr and Mrs M Frank and child of Magnolia Springs at the Battle House and Mr B H Stallworth of Monroeville spending the weekend at the Cawthon.
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Roy E. Albright
Montgomery
Heath McMeans
Mobile Cadets Company
Mobile
Mexico
M. Frank
Magnolia Springs, Ala
Battle House
B.H. Stallworth
Monroeville
Ala
Cawthon
Relief Probers Meet Monday in Central Relief Team
An important meeting of the investigating committee of the Central Relief Committee of the Chamber of Commerce is set for Monday at 11 in the Inge building committee room. Officers urge full membership. relief applications arrive from outlying farmer districts seeking seed and roofing. Cases deemed worthy are aided promptly. apparel and shoes are still needed.
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Central Relief Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Monay
Inge
Thinning Bandits Out Daily In Durango Drive
Reports from General Cavazos and Col. Zuazua indicate ongoing skirmishes with bandits led by Martin Lopez in northern Durango. Trevino notes several outlaw leaders killed recently and efforts to exterminate them. A drive up the Rio Florido aims to trap bandits between Farrar and Rosario as troops move north to subdue the region. Local elections set for the third Sunday in September to restore civil government.
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Associated Press
Chihuahua City
Cavazos
Zuazua
Durango
Trevino
Martin Lopez
Commandancia
Domingo Arrieta
Jiminez
Ne Ae Matiosmos
Escalon
Rio Florido
Sintaens
Cerro Gorda
Durango City
Farrar
Rosario
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad Claims Malaria Cure
An advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a product to drive out malaria and boost the immune system. The label highlights ingredients like quinine and iron, claiming a tasteless formula.
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GROVE
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