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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1914
Page
7
Berlin dispatch reports the German press bureau cites the Russian military newspaper Russky Invalid stating Russian officers killed wounded or captured now total 33000. Also notes three men arrested for peddling silk socks and a weather forecast for Alabama Mississippi and Mobile.
British medical authorities prepare to combat a typhoid outbreak in the Belgian army. A ship will serve as a floating hospital at Calais harbor and an isolation hospital will be set up on land with waterproof shelters and barges to support the effort.
Belgians react to German arrests of 35 Belgian doctors who believed they had safe conduct. Doctors held in Heidelberg prison. Germans cite French mistreatment of captured German physicians as justification. Brussels burgomaster Max reports transfer to a convict prison and harsh treatment. Max reportedly held in Leipzig after refusing part of city indemnity.
London reports say General Christian de Wet, a rebel leader in South Africa, faces possible death penalty for treason as martial law grips the Union. Cape Town notes his capture eases government anxiety and may end the Orange Free State rising. A town shows rebels looting after farmers were pressed into defense, while motorized forces helped trench De Wet's horsemen.
Montgomery Traction Company moves for a superseders bond to stay a federal injunction and allow an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals. Judge Henry D. Clayton ordered the company to stop changing its streetcar power source and awarded about $93,000 to Montgomery Light and Water Power, with total judgments exceeding $200,000 including current costs.
Dr. H. P. Hirshfield, county coroner, said a son of Frank C. Frazier, a Cedar Point road truck farmer, reported that his father killed himself after long illness. No inquest or investigation was held. the county official deemed the relative's report sufficient.
Rub Vick's Vap O Rub well over the throat and chest for a few minutes then cover with a warm flannel. Inhaled vapors loosen passages and relieve head colds catarrh and bronchitis. Available in three sizes 25c.
List of rental storefronts including 8 two story brick stores at 102 46 N Commerce St through to Front St. Additional two story bricks at 69 N Water between St Francis and St Michael. 112 114 Government St between Royal and St Emanuel. First floor 66 St Michael St. 313 N Royal St between Congress and Adams. 8 story brick store 548 S Water between Conti and Government. First floor 1188 Commerce St between Church and Government. Store and residence at intersection Conception Claiborne and Canal.
A Paris based Associated Press observer tours French trenches in Flanders and notes an eerie stillness on what is described as the bloodiest battlefield. He counts tens of thousands of troops unseen by the naked eye, with German guns hidden behind a slope and only rare bursts signaling their presence.
The German authorities announce steps to prevent famine among inhabitants of Russian Poland areas occupied by German forces. Reports from Constantinople say Britain plans to send Portuguese troops to Egypt and Mohammedan soldiers from Tunis are being prepared for service in Europe.
An excerpt details a trench approach to assault using barbed wire entanglements and brush to resemble a small copse of heather from a distance. The description notes the tactic as nearly viable for infantry attack.
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