Dauphin Island Project Gets Sanction From IM and C
Messrs. Marion J. Wise and E. Rendell of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad inspected Alabama Port Cedar Point and Dauphin Island to review proposed island improvements led by J. M. Dewberry. They deemed the plan feasible, noting a spur from Cedar Point to Alabama Port and docks on the east side may proceed if local work is completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Marion J. Wise
R. V. Taylor
E. ©. Rendell
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Alabama
Cedar Point
Dauphin Island
J. M. Dewberry
Wise
Rendell
Dewberry and
Mobile
Bay Shore
Peace Indicated in San Domingo as Leaders Agree to Terms
In San Domingo President Bordas promises to resign and all factions agree to disarm followers and free political prisoners. Ramon Baez to become provisional president and oversee elections. The agreement followed talks with the American peace commission led by former Governor Fort of New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
San Domingo
Bordas
Ramon Baez
American Peace Commission
Fort
New Jersey
University Coach Married in Missouri Pace
D. W. Graves former Missouri State University star and Alabama University athletics director married Medora C. Taylor in Montgomery City Missouri. Graves famed for 1909 Columbia football and earlier as director at Brees Military School is brother of Mrs. Lee spouse of astronomer Thomas Jefferson Jackson See.
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Fulton
D. W. Graves
Missouri State University
Alabama University
Montgomery City
Medora C. Taylor
Porter
Thomas Jefferson Jackson See
Mare Island, Cal
J. F. Graves
Wreck injures many on Kansas City Southern passenger train
In Marble City Oklahoma a southbound Kansas City Southern Passenger Train No 1 derailed after a broken rail. The smoking and chair cars plunged into a ditch while telegraph wires were torn down. Injured number under a dozen including FE Hill trainmaster Heavener Oklahoma. All six coaches left the rails.
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Associated Press
Fort Smith
Ark
Kansas City Southern
Marble City
Okla
FE. H. Hill
Heavener
Eating right for health and cheer with wholesome foods
A tidbit notes that cheerful people tend to be healthy while pessimism and illness correlate with indigestion. It urges choosing wholesome foods as the sure path to better health and digestion.
Wheat slips several cents in early Chicago trades
First trades in wheat today fell 31 2 to 38 4 cents from yesterday's close. May wheat started at 1.18 to 1.18 1 2 and slid to 1.15 1 2 as compared with yesterday's top prices near 1.25. Decline driven by small profit-taking sales.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Special Train Carries 650 Americans Out of Germany
Associated Press reports a special train will reach Flushing with 650 American refugees from Germany, sent through by the embassy after being stranded. Bergen notes arrivals from Russia. nine hundred Americans left Geneva on a separate special train bound for Paris, arranged by the American minister to Switzerland.
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Associated Press
London
Gerard
Berlin
Copenhagen
Flushing
Germany
Bergen
Norway
Russia
Geneva
Paris
Switzerland
France Objects To U S Purchase Of German Vessels
Washington reports France expressed disapproval of parts of a plan to build a government merchant fleet by buying foreign ships. Paris warned the sale would release funds to Germany and could violate neutrality by aiding German citizens and the army.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
Germany
Red Cross volunteers rush to Europe relief effort
Red Cross officials in Washington announced the relief expedition staffing is underway with hundreds of American nurses and surgeons volunteering. Officials said about one hundred offers per selection and that thirty surgeons and 150 nurses are to be included in the overseas mission.
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RED Cross
Associated Press
Washington
Europe
ISO
Red Crags
Manure Bin Order Enforced In Recorder Court
J H Sims was arraigned for violating a stable ordinance and given until Saturday to provide a water tight covered bin for manure. Dr J K Hicks filed the complaint. Joseph Smith was dismissed after testifying he already had a bin for years.
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J. H. Sims
J. K. Hicks
Recorder’s Court
Joseph Smith
Recorder
Congress could finish work by October 1
Washington predicted Congress could complete its business by October 1, limiting the trust legislative program to the federal trade commission bill and the Clayton act supplement to the Sherman law. Whether it would adjourn then depended on conditions from the war in Europe.
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Washington
Congress
Europe
Belgian Congo Attacked by German Troops
A dispatch from Libreville reports German forces attacked the Belgian Congo. The Belgian administration, in accord with Great Britain, has taken defensive measures and notified the French government of its action.
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Associated Press
Paris
Havas
Libreville
French Congo
Belgian Congo
Great Britain
Price to Help Plan for Firemen's Meeting
Fire Chief Thomas Price is appointed to the arrangements committee for the National Fire Engineers' Association convention to be held in New Orleans in October. He will travel to New Orleans next month to confer with the committee and outline plans for entertaining the delegates.
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Thomas Price
National Fire Engineers’ Association
New Orleans
Price
Swiss War Readiness Shapes National Defense Efforts
Dispatches from Washington describe Swiss district guards organizing for property protection and youth volunteers harvesting crops. Diplomatic trains aid tourists, railroads run war time timetables, and Italians repatriating from Germany swell crowds. A German cavalry patrol is interned at Chur and Swiss antennas were cut to preserve neutrality.
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Washington
Legation
Switzerland
Germany
Republic
France
Italy
Chur
Recorder fines county officers in bar fight case
Six men including county deputy sheriffs Harry McKenzie Jim McKenzie L R Pierce Frank Tee Louie Adams and Flave Pierce were arraigned in the recorder s court on disorderly conduct after a Royal street bar brawl last Saturday Officer Ed Sheets arrested them following the main incident between Harry McKenzie and Louie Adams Jim McKenzie and Flave Pierce had earlier trouble Pierce tried to separate them two were discharged Fines were set with appeals in place and bonds posted Adams and Pierce each fined ten dollars while the McKenzies faced higher penalties.
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Harry McKenzie
Jim McKenzie
Frank Tee
Louie Adams
Flave Pierce
L. A
Pierce
Recorder’s Court
Ed Sheets
Royal Street
Flare Pierce
L. R. Pierce
Funeral Notice for John W. Marston Sr
John W. Marston Sr died Thursday August 28 1914 at 6 30 pm aged 76. Funeral from the family residence Spring Hill this Friday afternoon at 4 30 pm and from St Pauls Church at 5 00 pm. Interment Spring Hill cemetery.
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Marston
John W. Marston
Spring Hill
St. Paul's Church
Funeral Notice for John W. Marston Comrade
U C V Raphael Semmes Camp No 11 calls comrades to assemble at the Marston residence Spring Hill this afternoon August 23 to attend the funeral. Take the 3 30 pm Spring Hill car by order of L A Hood Commander R E Daly Sr Adjutant.
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U. C
Raphael Semmes
Marston
Spring Hill
John W. Marston
Foreclosure sale of Delaware Street Baptist church property
Mortgagee J H Adams will sell the church’s Mobile Alabama real estate at public outcry for cash on Monday September 14 1914 at noon. The property lies in Mobile County at the intersection of Lawrence and Delaware streets and is described as 71 feet along Lawrence and 109 6 inches along Delaware with 71 feet back to Delaware and 102 feet to the starting point. The sale pays the mortgage indebtedness secured by the lot. Auctioneer Joseph G Espalla conducts the sale.
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Delaware Street
Mobile County
Alabama
Delaware Street Baptist Church
Mobile
Lawrence and
Delaware Streets
Lawrence Street
J. H. Adams
Joseph G. Espalla
Notice of dissolution of Dauphin Lumber Company Inc
Notice records the dissolution of Dauphin Lumber Company Inc under Alabama law. Stockholders sign June 30 1914 with W W Herron as president. Notary J H Templeton of King County Washington certifies the agreement. Probate judge Price Williams verifies filing August 6 1914 in Mobile County Alabama. Public notice appears with estate settlement scheduling September 11 1914 and travel offer for Sunday excursion tickets at Bayou La Batre and Cohen.
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Alabamua
Mobile County
Dauphin Lumber Company, Inc
Alabama
State of Alabama
Dauphin Amber Company
Inc
W. W. Herron
R. Lb. Walker
W. B. Paterson
State of Washington
County of King
J. H. Templeton
State of
Price Williams
Dauphin Lumber Company
Rosina Norden
F. K. Hale, Jr
Postoffice Building Foundations Start Monday
Contractor Chamblin said cement and materials will be assembled Monday for the postoffice foundations. He expects 75 to 100 men to be employed next week. Digging progresses rapidly despite rainfall interruptions.
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Chamblin
Postoffice
Driver fined for not stopping by Italian radio unit enclosed
Robert Cox, labeled a negro driver, was fined two dollars or four days by Recorder Edington after Officer Jeff Pierce signalled him to stop. A note mentions a wireless station in Italy with long distance work, noting its equipment is enclosed within a cathedral.
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Robert Cox
Jeff Pierce
Edington
Italy
Ia Cathedral
Oldest and Finest Pianos Offered by Clutter Piano Co
Clutter Piano Co at 405 Dauphin St touts grand pianos including Kranicn Bach Hazelton Gros Brambach and Mueller Haines as the best and easiest players. Terms to suit and low-rent district location highlighted.
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Missouri
K. C. Southern
Chancery
Ala
William Harris
Register's Office
John Harris
Robert Hart
Louisiana
Moses Hart
Nome
Texas
Della Harris
Mobile Item
Carl Holzborn
Register
McKenzie
L. A. Hood
R. E. Daly, Sr
Notary Public
King County
Mamie Pryor Lewis
Cohen
Bayou la Batre
City
Undertakers
St. Joseph and
Staite Streets
Kenny
C. D. Kenny CO
Bell
Lan
Asels
Velvet
Cotton Sox
Men’s Sox, Black and Colors, Inc
Lawn House
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