Namur Falls to Germans After Furious Bombardment
Paris Times correspondent reports Namur captured by German forces after a heavy bombardment that silenced Fort Marchovelette and Fort Maizeret though six forts remained. Belgian forces evacuated orderly with 3,000 troops under French cavalry protection. Charleroi later shelled as French artillery retook villages and pushed toward the Meuse.
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Associated Press
London
Paris
the Times
Battlefeld
Philippeville
Namur
Fort Marchovelette
Fort Maizeret
Fort Andoy
Fort Dave
Fort Wepton
Meuse
Dinant
Charleroi
Thain
Metax
Mons
Tourain
Valenciennes
Turcos
Algeria
Balaclava
Charlera
Dr Greeno Returns From European Trip Amid War News
Former Fairhope mayor Dr H S Greeno and his daughter Mrs Slaughter of Evanston Illinois completed a European tour that included Paris. He reported feeling well aboard the Cameronia and will stay in Evanston NJ until cold weather before returning to his home on Mobile bay.
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H. S. Greeno
Fairhope
Baldwin County
H. 5B
Slaughter
Evanston
United States
Paris
Albert D. Bloch
Bloch
Cameronia
New York
Dr. Greene
Greene
Mobile Bay
County Registrars Purge Poll Lists for State Election
Mobile County board of registrars sits at the courthouse to purge polling lists for the upcoming state election. They request voters remove names of deceased or ineligible residents to ensure accurate eligibility.
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Board of Registrars
Mobile County
Gamesters Convicted in Inferior Court
Judge Henry Chamberlain presided as two gamesters faced charges. George Washington was found guilty of gaming in a public place after pleading not guilty. Boise Kirks faced Sunday gaming and offered a defense. Both men were fined $20 and ordered to ten days at hard labor for the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
George Washington
Boise Kirks
Mobile K of C to Attend Mass for Pope
Knights of Columbus Mobile Council No. 666 to assemble at the Cathedral at 8 45 AM Thursday for a pontifical requiem mass for the late Pope Pius X. Mass begins at 9 o'clock with Knights of Columbus pews reserved on the gospel side of the middle aisle.
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Mobile Council No. 666
Knights of Columbus
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Pope Pius X
Let His Stock Stray in Street Fined Two Dollars
Alex Reed charged with turning his stock on the street without a caretaker was arraigned in the recorder court Wednesday morning and fined two dollars or four days.
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Alex Reed
Recorder’s Court
Vitalitis credited with restoring health in Little Rock man
An elderly Little Rock resident to whom Vitalitis is claimed to have saved his life reports long term cures from chronic stomach and kidney trouble rheumatism and piles. He praises Vitalitis as a universal remedy and urges readers to obtain a sample from Sutton's drug store or request details by writing.
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Visius
Vitalius
Vitalitis
Sutton’s
St. Francis and Royal
Negro Arrested for Petit Larceny in City Recorder Court
Ernest McKenzie, a Negro, was sentenced to serve thirty days in jail after arraignment on petit larceny charges. Ray Link, a white man, testified he saw McKenzie take clothes left on a slave pile at the foot of St. Anthony Street and pursued him, capturing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest McKenzie
Ray Link
Recorder’s Court
Link
St. Anthony Street
Item Carriers Enjoy Selves at Dreamland
The Item route boys visited Dreamland for their regular Tuesday night fair. Manager Keliner praised them as behaving like little men. Dreamland staff and the youths have grown close, and the venue looks forward to their weekly visit.
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Dreamland
Keliner
Directors of New Tax League Meet Thursday
President Neville of the Mobile County Tax League calls the board to meet Thursday evening August 27 at 8 o'clock in the colonial room of the Cawthon hotel. Several new members have joined since the Monday night meeting and officers urge supporters of taxation reform to enroll and send names to the secretary.
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Neville
Mobile County Tax League
The
Organzation
Colonial Room
Cawthon Hotel
League
Germans in Togoland Offer to Capitulate
London August 26 Premier Asquith read a communication from the commander in British West Africa stating that Togoland authorities had offered to capitulate on terms. British officers replied that the capitulation must be unconditional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Asqguth
House of Commons
British West Africa
Togoland
Africa
Insect Bites Dangers and Sloan's Liniment Ad
The notice warns that mosquitoes flies and other insects breed in garbage and stagnant water and can inject poisons causing disease. It promotes Sloan's Liniment as an antiseptic and infection neutralizer for insect bites cuts and sores, priced at 25 cents with a money back guarantee.
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Sloan’s
Sloan's
Amusements at the Empire Features Gilded Kidd and More
The Empire presents The Gilded Kidd a two reel comedy by Edison with Elsie McLeod and Arthur Housman about a poor man’s jail vs a millionaire’s son. Also The Gypsy Talisman a Biograph drama with Florence Lee and Jack Mulhall plus Two Men Who Wasted and Nearly a Widow and Hearst Selig News Pictorial previews.
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Gilded Kidd
the Empire
Edison
Elsie McLeod
Arthur Housman
Elsie
Kidd
Bill Nabb
Biograph
Florence Lee
Jack Mulhall
Hill
Bryant Washburn
Beverly Bayne
FE. H. Calvert
Barry O'Moore
Sally Crute
Hearst-Selig News
the Hill
Dreamland Vaudeville Night Show Delights Audiences
A large audience greeted The Girl From Broadway at Dreamland with liberal applause. New vaudeville acts impressed, led by Johnnie and Ruby Kenny, Thelma Goodwin, and a stylish chorus. Starting Thursday matinee a full program change arrives with Mistaken Identity and new specialties.
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Broadway
Dreamland
Johnnie
Ruby Kenny
Thelma Goodwin
Southern volunteers study with French officers in Rouen training
Among American volunteers who left for Rouen for training under French army officers are R. Percy of Bayou Sara Louisiana J Tonto of Tampa Florida Landreaux of New Orleans Louisiana and L D Oreczy of El Paso Texas.
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Associated Press
Paris
Rouen
R. Percy
Bayou Sara
J. Tonto
Tampa
Fla
Landreaux
New Orleans
L- D. Oreczy
el Paso
Texas
Negro’s Victim In Serious State In Holdup Case
The case of William Booth, a negro, who attacked manager Gerhardt at the Metropolitan Loan Company on lower Government Street with an iron bar, was called in the recorder's court and adjourned to September 1. Gerhardt is reported in serious condition with possible bone injury to the forehead. Booth struck twice and attempted to flee with clothes as the assault with intent to rob charges are pursued.
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William Booth
Metropolitan Loan Company
Government Streeet
Gerhardt
Recorder’s Court
Cardinal Farley Receives Papal Welcome in Rome
Cardinal Farley of New York, with Monsignors Hayes and Edwards and Rev. Carroll, visited St Peters in Rome via Paris on August 26. They were greeted by Mgr Giuseppe de Bisigno and prayed at the tomb of the Apostle Peter before the tomb of Pope Pius X, lingering in prayer.
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Associated Press
Rome
Paris
Personalities Arrive In Mobile For Hotel Stays
Mr and Mrs A T McLeod of Pascagoula Miss travel to Mobile and stay at the Cawthon Hotel along with Secretary Allen D Parker of the Atlanta Baseball Association and Mrs Parker as they are on a honeymoon tour with the Crackers. Several other notable visitors and locals are registered at the Battle House, including D D Newman H B Howe and H F Osment in Birmingham and B J Carbajal family from New Orleans.
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A. T. McLeod
Pascagoula
Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
Allen D. Parker
Atlanta Baseball Association
Parker
Cawthon
A. FE. Norwood
Magnolia
Miss
Battle House
Norwood
Bank of Magnolia
D. D. Newman
H. B. Howe
H .F. Osment
Birmingham
B. J. Carbajal
Family of
New Orleans
The
A. H. and &B. F. Nicholls
Meridian, Miss
M. E. Madden
Selma
The Dead So Thick The Dying Couldn’t Fall At Charleroi
Times correspondent reports British and French forces defending Charleroi and the canal bridge amid fierce bombardment. German rail and cavalry threats fade before a heroic French sortie, Turcos honor in battle, and a brutal urban fight ending with German capture of the bridge and surrounding suburbs.
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Charleroi
Hokara Skin Healer Promoted By Van Antwerp Drug
Van Antwerp Drug Corp Inc markets Hokara as a universal skin remedy claiming to heal pimples eczema and other conditions. The ad touts fast results and a money back guarantee with a liberal jar priced to be affordable.
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van Antwerps Drug Corp., Inc
Hokara
Matite
van Antwerp
Drug Corp, Inc
Warship colors rule issued for swift vessel movement
A telegram from Secretary of Commerce Redfields to Port Percy Maer directs that all sea vessels display colors immediately when hailed by warships to avoid delays. The Norwegian Steamer Mercator, chartered by Hubbard Zemurray, arrived from Porto Cortez with 18 500 banana bunches and will load coal for Puerto Cortes. The schooner Donna Christina arrived in ballast to load lumber for Cuban or Porto Rican ports.
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Percy W. Maer
Secretary of Commerce
Redfields
Mercator
Hubbard-Zemurray Steamship Company
Porto Cortez
Hon
Puerto Cortes
Government Stree
Williams' Bicycle Stolen From Theater After Movie Visit
Stanley Williams of 208 Old Shell Road reported his black Ranger bicycle stolen from the front of Crown Theatre around 4 PM Tuesday. The bike had red trimming, mud guards on both wheels, and a sprocket number read TSSSSh.
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Stanley Williams
Old Shell Road
Crown Theatre
Ranger
Need of chartered ships for refugees questioned
Washington reports that proposals to recognize belligerent ships chartered to repatriate American refugees as neutral are fading. Diplomats discuss neutralizing such relief ships under the Hague framework, while the U S weighs employing army transports for relief. Germany backs the refugee return, France and Britain demand American officers aboard German ships.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Negro cooks fined under garbage can ordinance
Nannie Moore and Ellen Lewis, two negro cooks, were each fined or ten days when arraigned in the recorder court for violating the garbage can ordinance. S.C. Jackson, charged with the same offense, was dismissed as cannot prove garbage in his can was placed by him.
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Nannie Moore
Ellen Lewis
Recorders Court
S.C. Jackson
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Pope
Little Rock
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Little Rock, Ark
Made IN Mobile
Beech Paint & Chemical Mfg. Co
N. Royal St
NEW Tax League
Schiff
Jacob H. Sch
Nicholas
Russia
Jacob H. Schiff
Iike
Empire
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M. Gerhardt
Cardinal Farley
L. D. King
Evergreen
Ala
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Hoston
McCall
Jennie Cassie
Decatur
H. G. Grimley
Liverpool
Horlick
Norville Bros
St. Francis St
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New Jersey St
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Maer
Williams
Germany
France
Athens College
Athens
Alabama
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Peek
Mary Norman Loon
Ites
Jack Mitchell
E. H. Calvert
Barry O’moore
Hearst-Selig News Pictorial
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North Royal
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Britton
F. L. Tapia
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