Prison Camp at Goettingen Houses 8100 Allied Prisoners
The camp near Goettingen holds about 8 100 Allied prisoners including 160 Canadians from the 48th Toronto Highlanders captured at Ypres. It features cottages, gardens, a French English library, a stage, and classes open to inmates, with English and French concerts and regular mail handling observed by German inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerard
Berlin
Les Tne
Seers Nn Py
Toronto Highland
Germany
University of Goettinuke
Toronto
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Flanders
Gropp
Eareate
Belden
Chicago
Effects of Earth Liquid Told in Birmingham Letters
Reports describe Vitalitas as a widely used earth liquid growing in popularity across the country. Mrs. Tr. Dugger of Birmingham is noted as a resident connected to the discussion, living at 1430.
Weather forecast predicts cooler temperatures Tuesday
The Weather Man notes a cool front will lower highs after a warm Sunday in the region. Frost reported in Green Bay and Des Moines signals approaching autumn chill, with highs in the 70s and lows around 38 in some areas as the Rockies to Ohio valley high pressure spreads south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Rockies
Ohio Valley
Texas
Green Bay
Des Moine
North Platte
Montgomery
Mojave Desert
Maeterlinck
Southern League Race Shows Turtles Barons Near Lead
Atlanta report notes the Southern Association standings with the Turtles and Barons close to the pennant and New Orleans wavering at home. Birmingham and Memphis battle for second place as Weaver and Bagby pace pitching in key games while other clubs post uneven results in a week.
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Atlanta
Southern Association
Turtles
Barons
New Orleans
Birmingham
Memphis
Robertson
Grimes
Lookouts
The
Pelicans
Weaver
Bagby
Little Rock
Nashville
Mobile
Chattanooga
Timely Action Saves Two Lives at Battles Wharf
An eight year old girl and Mell A. Frazer faced drowning on separate swims at Battles Wharf and Point Clear. Stephen Zieman, 18, rescued the girl after water wings failed. Two youths aided Frazer in shallow water, preventing a drowning. Frazer recovered with no ill effects.
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Battles Wharf
Stephen Zieman
St. Francis Street
Mobile
Zieman
Spring Hill College
Mell A. Frazer
Point Clear
Selma Man Arrested on Mail Fraud Charge
B. W. Bates, a well known Selma resident, was arrested by U S postal inspectors charged with using the mails to defraud the Standard Accident Insurance Company of Detroit. W A Burgess was arrested on a similar charge. Bates had recently won a $7500 verdict in U S court for loss of his arm. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Tuesday.
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Selma
Ala
B. W. Bates
United States Postal
Standard Accident Insurance Company
Detroit
Mich
W. A. Burgess
Bates
United States
W. K. Campbell
Mobile District Negro Conference Sermon at Grand Bay
Rev. R. H. Broadus preached on Jesus, the Savior, at the Mobile District Conference held in Grand Bay. Rev. A. J. Rodgers chaired. Clara May Williams and M. Fenton read papers. Prof. I. J. Whitley spoke on Less of Education and noted a collection of 38.10 for the destroyed institute. Malissa Deflange sang and Hattie Harriore spoke on Calvinism, nism and Methodism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Bay
R. H. Broadus
Mobile District Conference
Jesus
A. J. Rodgers
D. D
Clara May Williams
M. Fenton
State Street Church
I. J. Whitley
Plateau Institute
Sheppard
Whitley
Malissa Deflange
Moss Point
Miss
Hattie Harriore
Real estate transfers list shows multiple conveyances
Grant Bay Land Company transfers to Grand Bay Orchards Company the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 12 township 7 south range 4 west for $1 and other considerations. Alice T. Staub et al. to Mary Louis Wi eer transfer the south side of Canal Street and sign Sieve west of Franklin. Coast Fruit Farm Company to ih block $5 in sab oe subdivision of section 8, 2 south, range 1 west for $1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Bay Land Company
Grand Bay Orchards Company
Alice T. Staub
Mary Louis Wi
Canal Street
Franklin Oif Coast Fruit Farm Company
Saboe
Veteran reinstated as U S ister to Dominican Republic
A veteran has been reinstated to the post of U Istor to the Dominican Republic after retirement from the prior role, enabling Ames M. Sullivan to be appointed to the position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scan Vek Aerate Min
Dominican Republic
Ames M. Sullivan
Rosinton and Orange Beach Personal Notes Jump Through Year
Rosinton reports a successful Christian church band concert with ice cream and cake proceeds around 20 dollars. Laura Wilcox plans to move to South Haven Michigan to live with relatives and finish high school. Orange Beach notes arrivals from Cullman and Belleview, a North trip, and local visits while describing social duties.
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Rosinton
Ala
Christian Church
Laura Wilcox
South Haven
Michigan
J. E. Wilcox
Etta Wilcox
Bob
Soeke
Orange Beach
Bec. Kinney
Cullman
Martin
Henry
Thomas
W. H. Helton
Belleview
Fla
Hall Cottage
Thomas Helton
Fila
Ll. H. Diehl
Albert Ashley
Mon
Hia
John Whiteman
Helton
Junay
Cy Kigtes Ae Galeman
Need for Mobile creamery urged by Shand
Me G Shand superintendent of the Gulf Coast dairy department urges a Mobile creamery to produce all butter used locally. He notes Mobile imports butter from six states and visits Irvington Grand Bay and Creola to promote Gulf Coast Fair exhibits. He cites a Silver Hill creamery payout of 11000 in 1914 and cites existing creameries at Loxley Fairhope Sumnerdale and Citronelle as proof of viability.
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Mobile
Mobiles
Me G. Shand
Dairy Department
Gulf Coast
Irvington
Grand Bay
Creola
Shand
Silver Hill
Baldwin County
Loxley
Fairhope
Summerdale
Citronelle
Deaths and Funerals In Mobile Area Community
Death notices list Charles E Beckham 63 retired builder found dead in Crichton Mobile. Jerome Melton 86 long-time Mobile resident and ex druggist dies. Pruitt M Hickey senior member of Hickey Lyons laid to rest with railway conductors and engineers groups represented. Guy Jackson funeral held at Baptist Tabernacle with family pallbearers and Magnolia Cemetery burial.
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Charles E. Beckham
Mobile County
Beckham
Old Shell Road
Alexander Street
Crichton
Coden
Mr. Beckam
Edward
Jake
Willie
Warner
Herndon Beckham
Minnie Beckham
Mobile
Louisa Bosarge
Cohen
Lena Smith
Mississippi
Gulfport
Jerome Melton
North Ann Street
Roche & Burke
Lake, Miss
P. M. Hickey
Pruitt M. Hickey
Hickey & Lyons
M. O
St. Anthony Street
St. Francis Street Methodist Church
O. C. McGehee
Olia
W. EE. Fitzgerald
W. H. Rhodes
T. C. Byrne
8. D. Davis
J. P. Collins
The
Order of Railway Conductors
J. Miles Dodge
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Guy Jackson
Augusta Street
John E. Barnes
Baptist Tabernacle
Chester Lavelle
Reid
Virgie Jackson
Howard Sumrall
Aubrey Diamond
Willie Chaddick
Magnolia Cemetery
103 Former Enlisted Men Have Joined Navy Reserve
Washington August 30 103 former enlisted men have joined the naval reserve established by act of congress approved March 3 1915. Suggestions are being considered as to an amendment of the law to stimulate enlistment in the reserve. While the enlistment has not been large, those in the naval reserve outnumber those in the army reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naval Reserve
Congress
Army Reserve
Dobbs Fined for Chesnutt Complaint Suspended Four Days
In Birmingham on August 30 President Robert H. Baugh of the Southern League Baseball Association announced that John Dobbs, manager of the New Orleans club, was suspended four days and fined $20 for alleged vile language and attempted assault in a complaint filed by Umpire Scott Chesnutt after Saturday's game.
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Birmingham
Ala
Robert H. Baugh
Southern League Baseball Association
John Dobbs
New Orleans
Scott Chesnutt
Granted Permission to Extend Wharf Line
A Mobile River Commission meeting attended by Mayor Pillans President A G Ward and E G Rickardy granted Gulf Refining Company permission to extend its wharffront fifty feet to the new government line on Mobile River, adopted as the state line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile River Commission
Pillans
A .G. Ward
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
E. G. Rickardy
Gulf Refining Company
Government Line
Mobile River
State Line
Weather and mail notes across states and Texas border
The forecast reports moderate temperatures for 36 hour shipments in the north east and west with steady conditions on the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers. Frost in Green Bay and Des Moines contrasts with 54 degrees at Abilene and 38 at Green Bay. In Laredo 1000 pouches move to Nuevo Laredo as Carranza authorities say rail links to inland Mexico are being restored.
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Tombigbee
Alabama
Green Bay
Wis
Des Moines
Iowa
North Platten
Neb
Abilene
Tex
Oklahoma
Okla
Rockyountains
Ohio Valley
Texas
Albert Ashenberger
Mexico
Laredo
Nuevo Laredo
Carranza
Father Be A Cummings Returns From Editorial Task
Fragmentary OCR note shows Father A. Cummings returning from a mission or event related to Colene and Dr. Joseph Patt. The message references Beattie de Wash Aves and a postcard to the editorial department, with hints of a greeting and thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. A. Cummings
Ae Colene
Von
Joseph Patt
Cated Beattie de
Wash
Thereads
Knife and Vale in Wartime Passion Verdict Scene
A Mobile court recounts a domestic tragedy where Daniel and Clara confront jealousy and violence in a clashing tale described with vivid, period voice. The pair fought over a love triangle ending with Daniel killed by Clara who then wounds another. Police describe the bloody weapons as evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Turkey
Dan Siseen
Daniel
Clara
Recorder
Dan
Mobile
Wesley
Onie
Mah
O’brien
Sheridan
Ships and berths listed at Turner Terminals and Gulf Docks
In port listings at Turner Terminals and Gulf Dry Docks various steamships schooners barkentines and motor bark ships are shown with destinations or statuses including Progreso Matanza New York Port Arthur Cuba South America and Cuba. Several docks and piers are named such as Pier 6 Pier 8 Pier 1 and City Wharf with vessels alongside at Henderson and Glenesk docks.
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Turner Terminals
Mallory Dock
Gulf Dry Docks
Gulf Dry Dock
Henderson Docks
Progreso
Mex
Matanza
Cuba
New York
Port Arthur
Ela
Hon
South America
United Fruit Company
Tuxpan
Patianco
Barkentine Strange
Guantanamo
Fort Gaines
Tela
Honduras
Verona
Corinto
Texas
Galveston Bay
Galveston
Galveston North Channel
Galveston Bell
Fort Point
Texas City
Bolivar Point
Iight
Atlantic Coast
8Th District
Coast Pilot
Fort Point Bell
Coast
Heald Bank
VESSELS MOBILE BOUND
List of ships and cargos bound for various destinations including Progreso Cuba Huelva Spain Havana and Belize. Entries include steamships Crathens Ines Neches Pathfinder Corinto Verona Napepian and others plus schooners Henry Crosby C W Mills and bark Alex Lawrence with ports of origin and tonnage or cargo notes.
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Crathens
Progreso
Caribbean & Southern Ling
Albert D. Mills
Puerto Padre
Cuba
Bahamas Timber Co
Ines
Spai
Huelva
Spain
van Heynigen Brokerage Co
Carolina
Urug
Havana
Moragues Lumber Company
C. W. Mills
van Heynigen
Mobile Liners, Inc
Verona
Nor
Porto Cortez
United Fruit Co
Henry Crosby
Porto Rico
Alex Lawrence
Liverpool
England
Frustrated Husband Seeks Help From Women
A man vents anger at his wife and contemplates flirting with another woman to provoke a reaction. In a quirky exchange Hobbs suggests a practical alternative: ask a different woman to sew on a button.
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Hobbs
Clergyman Returns to Find Substitutes Sermon
A Boston clergyman is told his substitute did not preach well in his two week absence. Later he learns the substitute crafted a sermon from the minister’s own notes exactly as the minister would have done, saying he preached one of the clergyman’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
West
Norwegian ship Longvic to sail with largest slave shipment from Mobile
The Longvic will depart Mobile later this week carrying 600000 enslaved people to Bordeaux. After nearly two months in port the loading is complete and Mobile customs will list vessels 100 tons or more with crew counts to enforce the Seamen's act governing crew on ships clearing port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longvic
Mobile
Bordeaux
France
American Killed in Mexican HoldUp
An American, EB. F. Welles, auditor of the Tabasco Plantation Company, was killed by bandits who blew up a train and fired on passengers near Vera Cruz. The report comes as U.S. dispatches note reception of peace appeal replies. other maritime notices follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vera Cruz
EB. F. Welles
Tabasco
Welles
State Department
Marriage topic at sewing party sparks Bible question
Mrs Jones asks about marriages in heaven at a sewing party. A sarcastic spinner replies that perhaps there is no man present, highlighting a humorous exchange from Ladies' Home Journal.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
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Pioneer
Alabama Son
Rubiat
Dominica
Navy Reserve
Dobbs
Chesnutt
Knife
Vale
Desperado
Louis Bell
G. W. Upchurch
Charles White
Henry Steel
Ernestine Rhodes
Nettie McIntyre
Cora Pope
Peter Lartigue
Richard Davis
Norman Richardson
Lee Hatchett
John Davis
Joe Brown
Robert Mason
Frank Tuttle
Willie Conniff
Lizzie E. Dennisoh
Joseph P. Cooper Evecus
Susan B. Dantdler
Winona U
Nelson
Karen
Viator
Kotonia
Nakapede Pacific
Uae
Pinan
Turner-Hartwell Pinto Dry Docks
City Wharf
Maere
Sorkness
Eeeeeseseevee N. O
M. & A. Buland
Turner
Glenesk
Barkentines
Hilé Gegard
Ollinger
Bruce Docks Stranger
Lapis, Spain
United K Kingdom
Nelson & Bailey
S. Royal St
Monroe Park
Polly
Mr. Paganini
Uae Pees
Billy Reeves
Marine News
Merchants Bank Water
ST. Francis Sts
Mobile, Ala
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The.b. & O
U. A
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