Parents plead for release in Orpet murder case
The Lambert parents request State's Attorney Ralph Dadie to free University of Wisconsin student William H. Orpet, accused of murder in the death of Basembe rt Lambert near Lake Forest. Officials say poison evidence is inconclusive. inquest and organ analysis await completion.
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Chicago
Basenmbert
Lake Forest
Ralph Dadie
Lake County
William H. Orpet
University of Wisconsin
Daukegan
Lamberts
Young Orpet
Dadie
Orpet
Griffin
Madison
Lake Shore
Waukegan
Evanston
Miss Lambert
Full American Brigade to be Formed in Canada
A brigade of about 4000 Americans living in Canada will enlist for Dominion forces on the Flanders front. General Sam Hughes authorized Major C Seymour Bullock to run a Dominion wide recruitment campaign with offices opened in nine cities.
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Toronto
Canada
Flanders
Sam Hughes
C €. Seymour Bullock
New York
Ninety Seventh Battalion
American Legion
Hughes
Fairhope Notes Show Visitors And Local Events
Visitors from New Orleans Mobile Chicago St Paul and Minneapolis gather in Fairhope for a Blue and Grey veterans reunion and a beach day with mine workers. Local arrivals include A H Castle and wife Harvey Gould Eliza Pratt, and J L Bray. The Christian church hosts Old Maids Convention and the School of Organic Education plants trees along the Old Spanish Trail route.
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Fairhope
Ala
Charles E. Miller
New Orleans
Joseph Alexander
Mobile
University of Alabama
B. Rosenstiel
Mae Rosenstiel
Chicago
Colonial Inn
A. H. Castle
Harvey Gould
Eliza Pratt
Orange Beach
Geneva
Ohio
P. M. Dedow
St. Paul
Ed Raverkamp
Brazil
Ind
R. C. White
Sullivan
Lawrence Bramlet
Carbon
Elmer Whitman
Princeton
H. N. Grumway
Jacksonville
J. L. Bray
Christian Church
School of Organic Education
Weather Conditions Shippers Forecast And River Updates
Weather forecasts warn of 16 degree shipments risk for 36 hours northward and 28 degree conditions westward. Tombigbee river forecasts expect falls within 36 hours. Alabama temperatures unlikely to change tonight, then fall Tuesday. A cold high barometer system settles eastern U S bringing 2 degrees below zero in Pittsburgh with freezing south to Pensacola and light snow at Birmingham and a 40 mph wind with 12 degrees at Hatteras. A warm northern front north of the Dakotas moderates in the northern Rockies. Albert Aschenberger local forecaster.
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Tombigbee
Alabama
Pittsburgh
Pensacola
Fla
Birmingham
Ala
Hatteras
N. C
Dakotas
Rocky Mountains
Albert Ashenberger
Graham-White Wounded in French Air War
British aviator Claude Graham-White is gravely wounded near Hazebrouck France on February 14. He was commissioned a lieutenant last month. He recalled a reunion with his wife after twelve years as she greeted him at a reception before recognizing him.
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Graham-White
Hazebrouck
France
Claude Graham-White
Maddened horse drags Tennessee poet laureate
The Tennessee poet laureate is seriously injured after a runaway horse dragged him for half a mile near Nashville on the Granny Pike. He is widely known for his novels and poems across the country.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Deaths and Funerals Ben Cayton in Mobile
Ben Cayton aged 38 liveryman of Point Clear Baldwin county Alabama died Sunday at 2 30 am at his brother John Cayton 464 St Emanuel street Mobile after four weeks illness. He was born in Daphne and is survived by four sisters Mollie Bishop Fish River Ala Joseph F Obert Frank F Obert and Luther Davis Mobile and one brother John Cayton Mobile.
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Ben Cayton
Point Clear
Baldwin County
Alabama
John Cayton
St. Emanuel Street
Daphne
Mollie Bishop
Fish River
Ala
Joseph F. Obert
Frank F. Obert
Luther
Memph is the site of a sudden death in Mobile family ties
Silas S. Scrivener, once a local businessman, died suddenly Sunday afternoon in Memphis Tennessee. He is survived by his wife and family, and his sister Mrs. R T Schultz of Mobile. Burial will be in Memphis.
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Silas S. Scrivener
Memphis
Tenn
Mobile
R. T. Schultz
Death of Atmore lumberman L H Ware
L H Ware of Atmore Alabama died Saturday night after a long illness. He is survived by his widow two children and other relatives. The body was taken to Sweetwater Alabama for burial. Mrs Mary A Smith.
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L. H. Ware
Atmore
Ala
Sweetwater
River improvements on Mississippi and Missouri total 10 million
Washington reports the house rivers and harbors committee agreed to fund river projects totaling 10 million as part of a 45 million bill. Allocation includes 6.72 million for the Mississippi and 0.6 million for Southwest Pass New Orleans, with 0.1 million for South Pass. A 0.7 million item to deepen the New York navy yard channel is likely.
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Washington
Mississippi
Missouri
House
Southwest
New Orleans
New York Navy Yard
Wilson
Excursion Train to Mobile Tied to St Patrick Day Events
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad will run an excursion from Pensacola to Mobile on March 17 tied to the St. Patrick's Day celebration by the Mobile Hibernians. Chicagoan Ben Rosenstein and daughter Miss Mae Rosensteil, guests at the Battle House, admire Mobile and stay longer, joining the Illinois colony wintering there.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Mobile
Pensacola
Fla
Mobile Hibernians
Ben Rosenstein
Chicago
Mae Rosensteil
Battle House
Fox Lake
Rosenstiel
Illinois Colony
Longtime Mississippi Native Dies After Prolonged Illness
Mobile resident dies Saturday night after a long illness. She left no immediate relatives. Funeral from 216 North Bayou Street at 9:30 Monday morning. Services by Rev. Gardiner Co. Tucker of St. John's Church. Interment at Magnolia Cemetery with flowers on the grave. Pallbearers were E. P. Lauzon, J. O. Smith, Fred Bruin and John B. Spurrier.
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Mobile
Mississippi
Joseph Hussey
North Bayou Street
Gardiner Co. Tucker
St. John’s Church
Magnolia Cemetery
E. P. Lauzon
J. O. Smith
Fred Bruin
John B. Spurrier
Funeral of John Cieutat Held in Magnolia Cemetery
John Cieutat’s funeral proceeded from his son Mitchell Cieutat’s Hall's Mill road and Houston street residence at 9 30 to St Peter's Catholic church for a 10 o'clock requiem Mass officiated by Rev Father Kennedy. A large attendance heard a tribute to the deceased. Burial followed in Magnolia cemetery with numerous floral tributes. Pallbearers were Dominick T Gimon William H Holcombe R H Puckett Paul Marsh Frank Schenke and Louis Lallament.
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John Cieutat
Mitchell Cieutat
Hall’s Mill Road
Houston Street
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Father Kennedy
Magnolia Cemetery
Dominick T. Gimon
William H. Holcombe
R. H. Puckett
Paul Marsh
Frank Schenke
Louis Lallament
Col Cox's Funeral Largely Attended by Veterans and Masons
The funeral for Col James Wade Cox, Spanish War veteran and prominent Mason, drew large crowds from Mobile. The service at Central Presbyterian Church included a notable rifle drill team, a Masonic burial, and a military salute at Magnolia Cemetery.
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James Wade Cox
North Joachim Street
Central Presbyterian Church
Mobile
Mobile Rifles
Col. Cox
Nashville
Houston
Matthew Brewster
Christ Episcopal Church
D. A. Planck
Clarendon McClure
Catafalque
Magnolia Cemetery
Murray Wheeler
Athlestan Lodge
Ros. Douglass
Jack Mahon
J. D. Wilkins
Myron T. Sprague
E. G. Rickardy
Alex Hancock
R. A. Christian
J. H. McCormick
Winston Jones
F. Norton Williams
Henry B. McMillan
Gen
J. W. Whiting
Col. R. B. duMont
J. L. Cawthon
H. L. Gaines
Memphis to Beauxvoir Highway Planned Route Discussed
Good roads enthusiasts from Cairo Illinois to New Orleans will meet in Memphis February 17 18 to discuss routes for a proposed Jefferson Davis highway from Memphis to New Orleans and Deauvoir Mississippi the plan would link Memphis Paducah road with the transcontinental highway via Kentucky.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cairo
Ill
New Orleans
Deauvoir
Miss
Memphis-Paducah
Kentucky
Movement Among Garment Workers Ends With Return to Work
In Boston on February 14 1 500 garment workers who were on strike last week mostly returned to work. Strike leaders claim their demands have been granted. In Shanghai on February 14 officials denied reports that Yuannansee rebel forces had captured Chung K ing noting conditions there were quiet and unchanged.
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Boston
Shanghai
Chung-King
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Missouri and
Memphis-To-Beauvoir Highway
John Cronin Davis
Davis A. Marion Dame Adair
Blair Ave
Chase
Empire Theatre
Dren
Griffing
Gulf Coast
Griffing’s Grand Bay Nurseries
Grand Bay, Alabama
Standard Motor Car Co
South Conception Street
A San
Bas
Chevrolet
Julius Goldstein Jewelry Store
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