Maritime Movements Highlight Mobile Harbor Activity
Ships and crews move through Mobile port with arrivals and cargo actions. Montose loads cargo after arriving from Baltimore and aims to sail for New Orleans by Friday noon. Honduras briefly grounded and refloated with crossties cargo bound for New York. A la, the Cuban Company tanker, due Friday. Angelina from Tela with coconuts also arrives. Lovisa shifts for repairs and Ethel V Boynton heads to Genoa. Belize targets Puerto Cortez. One port entry lists Angeline from Ructan with 105000 coconuts.
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Montose
Sudden & Christenson Steamship Line
Baltimore
New Orleans
Honduras
Helen Henderson
Ethel
Turner-Hartwell Docks
New York
Tela
Barkentine Lovisa
Ethel V. Boynton
Turner-Hartwell
Genoa
Italy
Belize
Puerto Cortez
Hon
Mobile
Angeline
Yates
Ructan
Bryan barred from Richmond sessions unchanged in haste
The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America divided its rising session into sectional meetings with executive sessions. William Jennings Bryan had been expected to participate but left early for undisclosed urgent reasons, delaying his arrival.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Federal Council
Churches of Christ In America
Ton
William Jennings Brvan
Washon
Dresden and Nurnberg In Flight for Life
The German squadron including the Dresden and Nurnberg fled after a major naval engagement. The British ships Scharnhorst Gneisenau Leipzig were destroyed, two colliers captured, and Vice Admiral Sturdee led the pursuit. London erupts in elation as news filters through with promises of future action.
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Atlantic
England
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Leipzig
Goodhope
Monmouth
Pacific
Dresden
Nurnberg
Heligoland
Admiralty
Count von Spee
Sturdee
London
South Atlantic
PPP
Mobile Children Celebrate December Birthdays at Empire Theatre
The Mobile Item notes birthdays of Magdalene Y. Agnes 1, Claudine Verneuille 4, Walter G. English 23, Sadie Robertson 12, James O. Crary 15, Emma J. Luscher 14, all born in December from 1900 to 1913. It invites them to host a party with five friends this afternoon at the Empire Theatre, tickets mailed. Readers born in December urged to send full details to the Children's Editor two days before their birthday.
Peruna praised by Virginia man for nasal catarrh relief
Mr Frank W Harris of Basic City Virginia states his wife suffered nasal catarrh and cranial nerve issues but after a course of Peruna has been greatly relieved. He endorses Peruna and other remedies and recommends them to others. He is a member of Lodge No 13 A F & A M.
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Frank W. Harris
Basic City
A. F
A. M
Advocates New Federal Nets Laws for Fish Protection
Commissioner John Rolston of the Alabama Oyster Commission urges federal action to protect fish, crabs, terrapin, and shrimp. He argues state net bans are being ignored, urges deputies and enforcement, and calls for season closures and mesh restrictions to curb poaching and preserve young fish for future harvests.
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John Rolston
Alabama Oyster Commission
John Craft
Baltimore
Craft
Alabama
Rolston
President Craft
Gulf Coast
Munson Line Establishes Mobile Local Office
J. W. Reynolds, secretary of Munson Steamship Line, arrives in Mobile from New York to set up a local branch. James Gibboney & Company will resign January 1. new officials to take charge. Reynolds will run operations until new staff and a manager are hired as the line expands facilities due to strong foreign port trade.
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J. W. Reynolds
Munson Steamship Line
Mobile
New York
Munson Line
James Gibboney & Company
Naw
Mr. Reynolds
Oysters Arrive from Point Clear Reef Reach 300 Barrels
Secretary J A Joullian of the Alabama Oyster Commission reports 300 barrels of oysters received this season from the Point Clear reef. The schooner Wanderer arrived Thursday with 50 barrels secured by dredge.
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J. A. Joullian
Alabama Oyster Commission
Point Clear Reef
Wanderer
German Pacific fleet ships clash with British off Chile
The Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig formed the German Pacific fleet with the Nurnberg and Dresden as they fought a British squadron under Rear Admiral Cradock off the Chilean coast, sinking Monmouth and Good Hope with about 1500 dead. An aeroplane aided the British pursuit off South America, spotted by the Colon en route to Panama.
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Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Fach
Leipzig
Nurnberg
Dresden
Sir Christopher Cradock
Chile
Monmouth
Goodhope
New Orleans
South America
Colon
New York
Panama
United States
Florida
John Monroe
Mowbray
Chanukah Feast Begins Saturday at Temple Shaarai Shemayim
Regular services start Friday at 8 pm with Dr. A G Moses giving a lecture on Crises in the History of Israel. Children’s services at 9 am and morning services at 10 am follow. The Chanukah festival begins Saturday night with eight nights of lights and a program by religious school children on Government Street Sunday afternoon December 13.
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Shaarai Shemayim
A. G. Moses
Israel
B. C
Jerusalem
Government Street
Chanukah
Russia mines coasts and ports in Black Sea alerts
A Reuters dispatch from Petrograd says Russia has notified neutral shipping it will mine off the Russia and Turkish coasts and forts in the Black Sea. The notice warns vessels to proceed at their own risk due to military reasons.
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Associated Press
London
Reuter
Petrograd
Russia
Black Sea
Pritchard Posts Bond After City Court Hold
D H Pritchard, held on a $1500 bond by the recorder on Wednesday for keeping a gaming table, filed the bond at the county jail Thursday morning. St Louis reports a diphtheria outbreak with nearly 500 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Pritchard
St. Louis
PASCAGOULA ELECTS NEW CITY OFFICIALS
In Pascagoula Mississippi the city officers elected for the new term are Mayor F J Johnson, Marshal Joe Brown, Alderman at large S H Bugge, First ward George Hague, Third ward L D Herrick, Fourth ward McVea Young. Second ward unofficially tallies Alley ahead of Valverde by three votes. The note adds Marseilles France mills producing cocoanut butter.
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Pascagoula
Miss
F. J. Johnson
Joe Brown
S. H. Bugge
George Hague
L. D. Herrick
McVea Young
Alley
Valverde
To the wife of one who drinks
An advertisement offers a confidential three day program to conquer the liquor habit and restore home happiness. It promises a wonderful, safe, lasting, reliable, inexpensive method and guarantees results from Edward J. Wood of New York.
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Edward J. Wood
Station E
New York
N. Y
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