Flood Devastates Illinois Missouri and Arkansas
A storm off Texas causes millions in crop and property damage across Illinois Arkansas and Missouri. Bridges levees and roads fail while towns flood. Nine dead two missing as Mississippi and Missouri rivers threaten further rise. Rescue crews and National Guard aid evacuation and water works repair efforts.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Illinois
Arkansas
Missouri
East Alton
Wood River
Ben Bow
Alton
Chicago
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Iron .Mountain
San Francisco
Missouri Naval Reserves
Missouri National Guard
Springfield
Ozark
Woods River
de Soto
Iron Mountain
White House
Blakewell
Third Mobilian Aboard Marowijne Confirmed
Telegrams confirm a third Mobilian aboard the Marowijne, the United Fruit Company steamer overdue in New Orleans from Belize. Miss Eleanor Cowen and Dr Claude A Quinn are named among those aboard, with Quinn recently graduating from Tulane and awaiting licensure.
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Marowijne
United Fruit Company
New Orleans
Belize
B. H
Mobile
William Jones
Bessie Ewing
John Ewing
Spanish Honduras
Pensacola
Fla
Eleanor Cowen
B. S. Cowen
Barton Academy
Ewing
Janet Ewing
Claude A. Quinn
A. G. Quinn
Touart & Quinn
Tulane University
Land Yacht sets off on transcontinental Gypsy motor van
A party of ten led by Rowland R. Conklin sails from Huntington New York for a cross country tour in a 25 foot land yacht described as the largest and most equipped Gypsy motor van. The vehicle weighs seven to eight tons and provides sleeping berths for eight, with a home on wheels interior as the group heads toward Frisco.
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New York
Rowland R. Conklin
Cuba
Mr. Conklin
Huntington
Francisco
Thies and
Derwes
Missing liner Marowijne may be found after hurricane
United Fruit officials report a vessel spotted off the southern Cuba coast, believed to be the overdue liner Marowijne from Belize. Havana ordered search along the coast and wireless updates were expected. The ship carried 28 passengers and 65 crew, with embarkations at Puerto Cortez Port Honduras and Belize.
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New Orleans
United Fruit Company
Cuba
Marowijne
Ent B. H
Abangarez
Havana
Belize
Texas
Yucatan Channel
Mordwijne
Puerto Cortez
Spanish Honduras
Dean Jeffs
Little Page
John L. Barnett and Son
Port Barrios
Guatemala
Bessie Jones
Child
Catalina Urge
Josefa Tegui
Eleanor Cowen
Carl Nelson
Albert Cooper
Jose Simon
Erase Saravia
Arturo Belgrano
Jose Artell
Camillo Picone Vicenzo
Loffredo Juan Tegui
Eduardo Castillo
Dr. H. Burke
A. F. Willard
Herbert Gartner
Jose Garate
Ignacio Adaco
Holden
E. Tobey
British
Honduras
F. S. Venable
Albert Sanchez
Robert P. McDavid Ex State Secretary Dies in New Orleans
Robert P. McDavid former Alabama secretary of state and noted Alabama journalist died after a brief illness in New Orleans. Born in Huntsville he rose in Birmingham newspapers then served as state secretary before returning to business life. Survived by wife Irene Smith seven children and brother E R McDavid.
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New Orleans
Robert P. McDavid
Alabama
Persen
Mths
Mr. McDavid
Huntsville
University of Alabama
Birmingham
Daily Age
Aged Herald
United States
E. R.mcdavid
Montgomery
Jefferson County Savings Bank
McDavid
Irene Smith
Joseph R. Smith
R. P. McDavid, Jr
Maclin Smith
Joseph McDavid
Charles Mavid
Ned McDavid
Tom
Martha
E. R. McDavid
Birminghee
Teimrioaet
Find Work in Texas So Strikers Leave Scene
PETERSBURG VA Aug 21 Strikers at the DuPont Hopewell plant quit the strike as many have found jobs in Texas and elsewhere. Officials expect the stoppage to end Monday with workers relocated to new employment.
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Texas
Petersburg
DuPont
Hopewell
Charges Against Purifoy Quashed in Alabama House
Alabama representatives voted 44 to 34 to dismiss impeachment against Secretary of State John Purifoy. The move followed long debate and a shift from the judiciary committee majority to the minority view. Supporters cited his veteran status and clean record, while critics questioned the evidence and constitutional issues.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
John Jurifoy
Accane
James H. Nun
House of Representatives
House Judiciary Committee
Purifoy
House
Secretary of ‘State
Shelby County
Southern Ciy
Judge
Dan Welden
Morgan County
Judiciary Committee
Sem Will-John
Grayson
Mobile
Rogers
Sumter
Walden
Morris
Tunstall
Fite
Marion
Chamberlain
Lorimer
Cook
John Purlfoy
John Purifoy
Bradley G. Brown
Brown
Sam J .John
A. Grayson
H. B.ler
Jom
A. Dradaha W
G. J. Vered
B. Fite
Mobile Vessel Losses Grow As Oscar G Wrecked Off Haiti Coast
The schooner Oscar G was wrecked off the Haitian coast and its crew of nine rescued after clinging to a topmast for three days. Captain Dodridge Scott led the vessel from Mobile July 22 with 265,000 feet of lumber. other vessels and crews from Mobile are reported safe or missing as storm conditions spread.
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Oscar G
Havana
Cuba
Phineas V. Sprague
Mphile
Ala
Tain Scott
J C. Clark
D. M. Scott
Harvey Pierce
John Scott
Bertram Eden
August Albert
W. Kingberg
Frank Smith
Hyndethene
Spotain
Tunas Wegaza
Gulf
Sierra Leone
British West Indies
United Fruit
Bluefields
Mobile
Porto Cortez
T. D. Nettles
United Fruit Company
Whitney-Bodden Company
Pensacola
River Platte
Fort Morgan
South America
Straits of Florida
Fort Mai
Doris
Pasca
M. A. Achorn
Cardenas
Risegoula
Ca Peterson
Vinegar Bend Lumber Company
Feagin of Alabama Elected to NEA Board of Directors
At the National Education Association convention in Oakland the directors elected new members including W F Feagin of Alabama and J H Finley of New York and Bruce R Payne of Tennessee. The board re elected Harold Pearse as chairman and James Joyner as secretary.
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Oakland
Cal
National Education Association
New York City
Harris
Louisiana
J. H. Finley
New York
Frank Harper
North Carolina
Bruce R. Payne
Tennessee
W. F. Feagin
Alabama
Harold G. Pearse
Milwaukee
James Y. Joyner
Oldest New York City resident praised by prayer
In New York City census notes Susan Gillis of 571 Clasgow Avenue Brooklyn is listed as the oldest person at nearly 115. She says she will turn 115 on December 25 and speaks of her family aged from 18 to 84. She repeats the plea Lord get me throughout the day.
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Texas
Washington
Ferguson
Wilson
Inverson
Galveston
New York
New York City
Susan Gillis
Clasgow Avenue
Brooklyn
Seea
Early Conference Sought On Port Bills In Mobile
Albert P. Bush and the joint rivers and harbor committee press for immediate port relief through the Craighead Bush bill. The Mobile delegation plans a conference Monday night to push the measures, arguing the Hartwell bill waits on a $5 million bond constitutional amendment.
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Albert P. Bush
Joint Rivers and Harbor Committee
Chamber of Commerce and Cotton Exchange
Mobile
Hartwell T Commission
Mobile County
Bush
Stewart Brooks
Hartwell Port Commission
Raswell
Montgomery
Brakenridge Sentenced to State Penitentiary
Brakenridge once wealthy man who vacationed at Battles on the Eastern Shore was sent to Wetumpka State Penitentiary after a city court conviction for false pretenses. He was quietly moved from the county jail to a Louisville Nashville train at 12 35 bound north. Brakenridge had written letters to friends as he left and warned of going down for the third time. Trans fer Agent S E Brensfield oversaw custody along with Albert Ervin a jailed African American recaptured from Lucille coal mines and held in New Orleans recently.
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Newell B. Brakenridge
Battles
Wetumpka
Brakenridge
Kimbouriage
S. E. Brensfield
Albert Ervin
Lucille
New Orleans
Weather roundup for Mobile and Alabama regions
The forecast shows fair conditions with little temperature change tonight. Sunday brings gentle to moderate winds. Alabama expects fair skies tonight and Sunday with southwest winds of light to moderate strength.
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Mobile
Alabama
Body of Mrs Bruguiere Located From Arabic Sinking
The body of Mrs. Josephine L. Bruguiere, one of two American passengers missing from the Arabic disaster, has been found per White Star line. The latest dispatch confirms 56 dead aboard the ship with 18 crew members and two Americans still unaccounted for: Mrs. Bruguiere and Dr. Edmund Woods.
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New York
Josephine L. Bruguiere
White Star Line
Marion Bruguiere
London
Washington
Thompson
State Department
Queenstown
Josephine Luther Bruguiere
San Francisco
Edmund Woods
Janesville
Wis
Italy Demands Formal Note On Turkish Evacuation
Paris reports the Italian ambassador in Constantinople delivered to the Porte a note demanding a formal statement on Italians leaving Turkish possessions. The note protests no evasion and asks when departures will occur, without issuing an ultimatum.
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Paris
Italienbassador
Constantinople
Rome
Porte
Tur
British Admit Arabic Was Not Convoyed When Sunk
The British government stated that the steamship Arabic was not convoyed at the time of torpedoing. A White Star line notice listed missing passengers including Maurice Davis Mrs Fisher Mr Sand and Dr Edmund F Woods of Janesville Wisconsin, believed killed serving with the American ambulance in Neuvilly France.
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London
White Star Line
Maurice Davis
Fisher
Sand
Edmund F. Woods
Janesville
Wis
Neuwilly
France
US weighs response over sinking of Arabic
The state department signaled Ambassador Gerard will likely ask Germany for facts and an explanation for the sinking of the White Star liner Arabic. Officials emphasized deliberation before any action, offering Berlin a chance to present mitigating circumstances if any. Secretary Lansing declined further comment pending official information.
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Washington
State Department
Gerard
Berlin
Wilson
Germany
Lansing
Finch
Norway Moves to Create Temporary Wheat Monopoly
The Norwegian Parliament agreed to establish a temporary state monopoly of wheat. In Havana Dr. C. E. Finley, discoverer of the yellow fever mosquito origin, died aged 82. In Buenos Aires Francisco Olivera becomes finance minister and Carlos Savedra Lamas minister of justice. In Berlin Dr. Paul Ehrlich, discoverer of Salvarsan and diphtheria antitoxin, died at 61. Norfolk voters shun election, rejecting commission form of government.
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London
Reuter
Christiania
Havana
C. E. Finely
Camaguey
Buenos Aires
Francisco Olivera
Carlos Savedra Lamas
Berlin
Paul Ehrlich
Norfolk
Beaumont Party Missing Four Days Reported Safe
Beaumont Texas Aug. 21 Frank Townsend his wife and child and John Zively Mrs Zively and baby of this city who have been missing since Tuesday are marooned near Vil large Creek twenty five miles north of here according to a message received here last night from Townsend.
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Beaumont
Texas
Frank Townsend
John Zively
Zively
Thig ‘City
Villarge Creek
Here
Townsend
Cotton Declared Absolute Contraband of War
Paris August 21 The Journale Officiale will publish an announcement by the French and British governments declaring cotton absolute contraband of war. The statement says the move aims to control material linked to military effort and signals intensified wartime trade restrictions.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Journale Officiale
Italian cabinet weighs Turkish situation as ultimatum looms
Rome reports say the Italian government is set on firm action after a diplomatic note to the Porte and Turkish provocations. Foreign Minister Sonnino presented a comprehensive review showing injuries to Turkish territory, with ministers voting to pursue all means to secure redress.
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Rome
Paris
Sonnino
Mod
Provoc
Bulgaria ready for territorial terms with Entente allies
Naples dispatch reports Bulgaria conceals 150000 troops on the Turkish front and agrees to territorial conclusions by Entente powers in exchange for war aid. Sofia dispatches indicate Bulgaria and Greece consent to terms before allies negotiate with Turkey, with implied financial support from Entente powers.
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Naples
Paris
Bulgaria
Sofia
Tial
Greecé
Eulgaria
Turkey
Balkan Alliances Tense Amid Quadruple Entente Proposals
London reports rising danger of a Balkan war as Quadruple Entente plans for Bulgaria Serbia and Greece intensify. Romania seeks neighborly accord while Serbia shows signs of renewed activity. Austrain air losses and Italian air squadron actions are described with crews captured or pr isoned after a stern Adriatic chase.
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London
Buchares
The
Times
Balkan
Bulgaria
Serbia
Greece
Roumania
Paris
Italan
Adriatic
Figaro
Warfront updates amid retreat and naval clash news
Reports say German and Austrian forces press in Poland and the Livonian region while resistance falters. A naval battle in the Gulf remains unsettled as fronts shift and Serbian diplomacy seeks a path through Bulgarian pressure. Two American passengers are missing. relief freight operations resume amid sunlit activity.
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Georgievsk
Poland
Brest-Litovsk
Serbia
Bulgaria
Bovic
Ely
Russian 4 ners Down D Approaching Vilna
Petrograd dispatch reports Russian forces nearing Vilna in a widening front. The advance is described as part of a broader push against German and Austrian positions with continued heavy fighting and strategic maneuvering observed near the city.
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London
Vilna
Accordi O Tor
Petrograd
Ring Home STOLEN on last Friday
Fragmentary OCR notes report a ring stolen from a home on Friday. A mangled line mentions bits of a wheel, bars, and a finder’s return at an address or contact.
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Marowiine
Land
Frisco
Dead
Georgia
John M. Hssr
Leo Frank
California
Slayton
Haitien
National Education Assn
Feagin of
Alabama Toe Its Board of Directors
Negress
Lord
Mrs. Bruguiere
Alan
Telegraph Company
AGRI
Zeppelin
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