Polk Named State Dept Counsellor in New Appointment
Washington Aug 28 Corportation Counsel Frank L Polk of New York has been offered and accepted the post of counsellor for the state department. The $7500 yearly position is second in importance to the secretary. Secretary Lansing's succession plans were unsettled and former congressman A Mitchell Palmer had been briefly mentioned but was not chosen.
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Washington
Frank L. Polk
New York
State Department
Polk
Lansing
Mitchell
William Jennings Bryan
A. Mitchell Palmers
New York World
M. P
Wil
Temperance bill fights in state senate and house
The state senate and house clash over a temperance revenue bill with Republicans and Democrats backing different provisions. Tax and education items face delay as finance committees consider amendments and funding requests for normal schools and sub-normal schools. The governor sides with reformists while conflicts over attorney general funding and motor vehicle tax shift through committee debate.
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Senate
Hartwell
Bell
Key
Lee
Bulger
House
Carmichael
Weakley
Fite
Marion
Bradshaw
Tunstall
Johnston
Madison
Lusk
Lusk and A Majority of One In the Standing Committee On Finance and Taxation
Ways and Means
Senate Committee
Conference Committee
Henderson
Jones
Prohibition
Normal
Senate Committee On Finance and Taxation
Willingham
Florence Normal School
House Committee On Appropriations
Florence
Troy
Livingston
Eres
Moundville
Daphne
J Ury
Holmes
Baldwin
Finance and Taxation Committee
Former Navy Secretary John D. Long Passes Away
Former secretary of the navy and governor John D. Long died at his Hingham home after a summer stay at Buckfield Maine. Officials said his condition had been improving when he left Buckfield, but the exact illness was not disclosed.
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Hingham
Mass
John D. Long
Secretary of the Navy
Massachusetts
Long
Buckfield
Maine
Young Men's Benevolent Association Meeting Notice
The officers and members are requested to attend the regular monthly meeting next Thursday September 22 at 8 o'clock. Order John H Lah Benry Ledebur.
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Young Men's Benevolent Association
John H. Lah Benry Ledebur
FIRST RUSSIAN RETREAT IN PHOTOGRAPHS BAYOU LA BATRE
Bayou La Batre notes multiple social visits with Mobile guests. Miss Eugenie Rossen hosts and attends gatherings. Esther Bosarge and Jessie Logan wed in Mobile. Local church services and social events, including hay ride, music, and birthday dinner, are described along with several residents visiting relatives in Mobile and Theodore.
Big Point Personals in Big Point Miss
Nellie Miller, daughter of George Miller, is very ill. Chas Montgomery visited with Professor Core. Rev W A Stowell preached at Union Church. Finley Hawk and family visited Lily Orchard Tree’s Fred Strom. United Lawn Women to be entertained by Mrs J D Mc Clannoch Thursday. Ed Snider made a business trip to Pascagoula. W J and Ed Ogleborn were in Pascagoula on business. A mean man notes the preacher’s vacations while the contribution box never does.
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BIG Point
Nellie Miller
George Miller
Chas. Montgomery
Professor Core
W. A. Stowell
Union Church
Finley Hawk
Lily Orchard Tree
Fred Strom
United Lawn
J. D. McClannoch
Ed Snider
American consul in Vera Cruz reports Mexican occupation event
William W. Canada, the American consul at Vera Cruz, recounts a significant place in Mexico as he observes a period of occupation by United States troops. The report notes his firsthand witness of the events surrounding the occupation.
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William W. Canada
Vera Cruz
United States
Germany May Seek Peace Talks via U S Mediation
Analysis of German moves after the sinking of the Arabic discusses possible German aims to trigger peace talks with the United States as mediator. It weighs Berlin’s likely responses, possible explanations for the attack, and prospects for formal reparations or assurances under international law.
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Kaiser
Sir Edward Grey
England
Germany
United States
Bernstorff
Lansing
Berlin
Gerard
Washington
Deer Park Personal items show travels and visits around town
Deer Park notices list residents and visitors including Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Lynch trip to Citronelle Edgar Rawls from St. Stephens visiting his sister Mrs. W. R. Leon C A Stuart from Mobile traveling to State Line Miss Larl Beshel and party in State Line Miss C W Quiggle attended the fair at Meridian Several playmates visit Dorothy Quiggle for her fifth birthday W 8 Pearce discusses school conditions and improvements Leonora Wright returns from Memphis accompanied by friends Frank Cox back from St Louis Commissioner H H Best in Jackson Ferrig Glisson visiting Reeves Tenn and more local absentees and travelers
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Deer Park Personals
Deer Park
Ala
R. W. Lynch
Citronelle
Edgar Rawls
St. Stephens
W. R. Leon
C. A. Stuart
Mobile
State Line
Larl Beshel
Miss
C. W
Frank Cox
St. Louis
Leonora Wright
Memphis
Mellicent Best
H. H. Best
Chatom
Julia Rucker
Miss Woodruff Aims To Be The Greatest Woman In Film
Miss Eleanor Woodruff dreams of becoming the foremost woman in the motion picture field. She spends spare minutes with a pet monkey and a guinea pig, while men are wicked and talk less about certain matters than women.
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Eleanor Woodruff
Turkish Treatment of Greeks Sparks War Fear in Athens
War news from the front reports Turks’ harsh actions against Greek communities fueling anger in Athens. In Galician fighting, 6000 Russians were captured as Austro German forces break the line on the Zlota Lipa river near Brzezany and advance toward Kobrin.
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Athens
Lipa
Zlota Lipa
Dniester
Brzezany
Podhajce
War Office
Middle
Uleman
Bobr
Pripet
von Hindenburg
Vilna
Riga
Mitau- Kreuzberg
Vienna
London
Galicia
Upper Bug
Brest-Litovsk
Kobrin
Daughter of Death hill Bombardment Rages in Argonne
Paris August 28 The Daughter of Death hill in the Argonne saw heavy bombardment last night and today with multiple gunfire strikes reported in Le Pretre forest around Arras and Souchez. No significant infantry actions were noted while a nearby bombardment near Quennevieres yielded no major results.
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Paris
Argonne
War Office
le Pretre
Arras
Souchez
Quennevieres
Mal–colm Personal Notes and Local Social Round
Mal colm Alabama social listings show Rev Nedda Colorada taking a Mt Vernon appointment and several local visits and guests. Funeral attendance for Mrs J A Orso Sr in McIntosh noted with a long local names list. Nearby Fowl River reports include visits by H R Lewis and others, plus a social evening at Mrs Robert Hunter’s. Los Angeles Rifle Club won a national inter club shoot with 2294 points. A short domestic humor vignette ends with a marriage proposal via a wishbone.
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F. Frantz
Hugh H. Jones
Calvert
Lillie Clark
Prichard
Esther Orso
Maude Jones
Mobile
Whistler
Coden
Ella May Gosson
Lillian Orso
E. T. Orao
St. Stephens
Joe Steadham
McIntosh
Houditcle
J. J. Nichols
Chas. Pruitt
John Kelly
Fairford
German Flyers Attack Paris Guarded by Defenders
Paris reports air clashes as German flyers strike toward Paris with patrols and searchlights near the Eifel. French forces repel the attackers. One German plane is felled in Halatte woods and its crew perishes with the observer killed in the wreck.
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Paris
Noa
Bou
Eifel
Teuton
Local residents gather for visits across towns in Mississippi
CHICORA Mississippi highlights multiple cross town visits. Mrs Oliver and children visit as Mrs Da and Nan Lee plus Miss Ollie and Lee travel to Enterprise. Emma Be visits Mobile relatives while Edna Rogers returns to Vinegar Bend Alabama. Various residents like Mrs Hudson and Mr Moss Point visitors share nearby connections.
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Chicora
Titian Jer
Sttu
Hhe Bridge
Mra Oliver
A. H- da
Nan Lee
Ollie
Lee
A. H. Hudson
J Henry Lee
Emma
Mobile
Edna Rogers
Vinegar Bend
Ala
Shubuta
T. H. Hudson
R. Merriman
Pine
A. N. Mi
Moss Point
Welton Palmos
Rogers
Frost
Dr. Weerson
Terprise
September Groceries Price Guide from Local Store
A promotional snippet invites shoppers to compare prices for staple groceries in September. It boasts fresh goods, speedy turnover, reliable service, and weekly stock rotation in a district store welcoming regular customers.
Grocery Advert for Bulk Goods and Household Essentials
An old style ad lists prices for sugar lard coffee beans baking powder olive oil butter and syrups. It includes multiple brands and packaging sizes along with broom types matches jars and household supplies priced per unit and per bulk quantity. The noisy OCR yields mixed brand names and densities typical of a general store circular.
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New York Corporation
Navy
Bayou LA Batre
May McLeod
Jugenie Rossen
Hale
Oakdale
Robert Simonson
A. D. Davis
A. Pratlove
A. H. Daughdrille
Nettie Beall
Eugenie Rossen
E B. Smée
Robert Creel
Theodore
Chas, McGallachere
Ella Johnson
F. B. Smee
J. H. Daughdrille
Gertie Willard
Carrie McGallacherse
Anna Rasmussen
E. Bosarge
Joe
Esther Bosarge
Jessie Logan
George Smee
Chas, Whitman
Clyde Quigier
Lyon Swazee
Montgomery
Mary Yuille
Rosson
Glen Rest
P. A. Roberts
Roberts
Turpentine Camp
Roy Logan
Grand Bay
Imone
Elizabeth Davis
Nexthursday
J. R. Moore
H. C. Carrill
Mabel Morse
Ethel Emerson
Wm. Emerson
A. H. Daughdrill
Hose
Mabel
Kathryn Emerson
Kathryn
Lyda
Dorothy
Charlotte
Helen Daughdrill
Laura Emerson
Ethel
J. Hughdrill
Charlotta
Charlotta Daughdrill
Forest Ward
Helen
Poland
Russia
Mexico
Nivers Rans
U.S
Belforest
Kemp
Ray
Jim Pulaski
G. W. Hilson
Tennessee
Estelle Creamer
Robertsdale
Mat Creamer
Orestes Mixon
Georgiana
Wilkerson
Wright
Miss Ingram
John Robinson
D. RK. Grimes
M. H. Grimes
Bernard
Igi
Guy Newport
Francis Foxworth
Elva
Fowl River
H. R. Lewis
Warren H. Roberts
Hunter
Harry Hanson
Robertss
Belle Fontaine
Edgewater
L. J. Swartwont
Chicago
Mordecai Roberts
William Wright
James J. Fox
Robert 8. Hunter
Meyer
Hanson
Miss Jones
Los Angeles
Swift
Louisiana
Cordova
Rio
Svens
Rumford
Colgate
Hillsdale
California
Libby
Powee Pettijohn
Jersey
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