British steamer Dulwich blown up in sea battle
The British steamer Dulwich was torpedoed and blown to sink near the French coast. Twenty two of the crew of thirty perished, seven reached Fe camp, one picked by Arquebuse and brought to Havre, two unaccounted. Captain Hunter ordered boats away as the submarine departed. The ship of 3289 tons belonged to the British Steamship Company.
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Dulwich
Arquebuse
Havre
Fecamp
Hunter
London
Lloyds
France
British Steamship Company
Senator Lewis Protests Governor Veto Over Montgomery Bill
Senator Lewis charged that the Montgomery commission government veto was acted without the executive message being read. He asked his protest be recorded in the journal. Senator Hill attacked the commission and protested the governor's veto, calling the bill a practical nullity.
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Senate
Lewis
Montgomery
Montgomery Commission
Hill
Commission
FEDS ABANDON FIGHT IN NEW ENGLAND
James A. Gilmore president of the Federal League said plans for a league in New England were abandoned temporarily after a report from a New England representative reached him as he left New York. He spoke in Baltimore on February 17.
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FEDS
New England
Baltimore
James A. Gilmore
Federal League
Pinedu
New York
End Catarrh Forever with Hyomei Inhaler Breakthrough
Catarrh sufferers are urged to stop temporary sprays and douches and try Hyomei, a medicated eucalyptus air inhaler. The ad claims the germ disease is cured by inhaling the medicated air, with two to three minutes relief and complete banishment of symptoms after regular use. Sold by Mobile druggists with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Antwerp
Meridian Rail Link Expands to Major Southern Cities
The plan adds direct connections from Calvert and York and Intermediate Stations to Meridian, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and East improving regional rail service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvert
York
Meridian
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
East
Mobile Children Celebrate Birthdays At Empire Theatre
A February birthday notice lists Wesley Bailey Crichton born February 17 1909 Elizabeth Kruempel born February 17 1908 and Robert Monroe Fowler born February 17 1902 age 13. The item invites them to host a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon with five friends each and asks February born children to send full name address and birthdate to the Children's Editor Mobile Item two days before their birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Bailey
Crichton
Elizabeth Kruempel
Marine St
Robert Monroe Fowler
Dauphin
the Item
Empire Theatre
Desperate costly fighting around Czernowitz
Daily Chronicle dispatch from the front describes desperate combat around Czernowitz with heavy Russian losses and a mass flight of fugitives. German and Austrian forces pushed toward the city across snow clad ground as refugees reached the Romanian frontier but were later cut off.
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London
Daily Chronicle
Bukowina
Czer‘nowitz
Novoseluza
Aena
Aheenauetae
Pruth
Vashkivitza
Potentate Smith of Shriners Here
Dr Frederick R Smith imperial potentate of the Shriners arrives in Mobile from New Orleans with a party including Forrest Adair and Thomas Gessner. Shriners greet him at L and N station and march to the Scottish Rite Cathedral for a luncheon and ceremonial session. A reception for the ladies follows, then a banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick R. Smith
Rochester
New York
North America
Mobile
New Orleans
Forrest Adair
Yaarab
Thomas Gessner
Serenalem
Ruth Roland Stars In The Disappearance Of Henry Warrington
Ruth Roland headlines at the Empire in The Disappearance of Henry Warrington, a girl detective tale. The program also includes The Wrong Girl a two reel Vitagraph comedy with Wallie Van and others and Breaking In a Vitagraph comedy drama with Lillian Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Empire
Ruth Roland
Kalem
Empire Theatre
Henry Warrington
Wallie van
Nita Frazer
Lillian Burns
Albert Boccardi
Vitagraph
Vvitagraph
Lillian Walker
Ned Finlay
Justina Huff
John Smiley
Victor Patel
Margaret Joslin
Slim
Sophie
Easy way to remove pimples with Resinol regimen
A reader is advised to wash with Resinol soap and hot water, apply Resinol ointment for ten minutes, rinse with soap and hot water then cold water. Repeats daily to soothe pores and reduce pimples and blackheads. Ointment and soap claim to speed healing of skin complaints and itching. Sold by druggists with a free trial offered from Baltimore Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Poppy Decorated Auto Wins Prize in Carnival
A decorated auto with a green and gold scheme wins first prize in the carnival awards. Miss Mabel Hartwell, with Kath leen McFadden and others, takes second using wistaria. Mrs. Harrington earns third with a white gondola theme. Fourth goes to Mrs. Frank Boyle, and the Palm Oil Company claims fifth with a merchant display and prizes totaling cash, tires, oils, and polishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McBy B. Scott
Anna Boulet
Florence Klein
Mabel Hartwell
Harry T. Hartwell
Hartwell
Kathleen McFadden
Memphis
Tenn
Ten Locations for Bulls Named in Mobile County Project
Ten locations across Mobile County were designated to place Shorthorn bulls bought by the Mobile Chamber of Commerce to improve local cattle stock. The committee named Citronelle Creole Mount Vernon Chunchula Georgetown Wilme Semmes Dickens Ferry Irvington Union Church for the bulls with two more sites to be chosen. The effort began with six bulls and grew when the American Shorthorn Breeders Association donated six more, totaling twelve bulls plus two heifers from Meadow Stock Farm.
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Mobile County
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
R. V. Taylor
Creole
Mount Vernon
Chunchula
Georgetown
Wilme
Semmes
Dickens’ Ferry
Irvington
Union Church
Chamber of Commerce
American Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Baldwin County
Pass Christian Carnival Celebrates First Annual Parade
Pass Christian Miss February 17 Pass Christian held its first annual carnival with a Peace and War themed parade. Knight figures led the march followed by a band and a sequence of floats including Liberty Britain France Belgium and a Peace Prayer. King Arthur and Queen Ellen Courtenay appeared with a ball afterward at Chapel Hall in the city celebration.
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Pass Christian
Arthur I
Arthur
Benjamin
Martin
Ellen Courtenay
Tiberty
A. S
Uncle Sam
Great Britain
France
Jhuge Aeroplane
Germany
Belgium
Or Saucier
Chapetel Hall
Societyes of the
Senera
Gulfport
Yason
Bille Lane
Beache Bay St. Louis
Witpean
Po Christian
Whiskey Theft From Waterfront Office Reported
Several cases of whiskey were stolen from the office of the coastwise steamers Tarpon and Falcon during the dinner hour of Captain W. M. Eanes Tuesday afternoon. The intruders broke in and ransacked the desk before departing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarpon and Falcon
W. M. Eanes
Sloan's Liniment for Neuralgia Relief
Public notice advises neuralgia sufferers to apply Sloan's Liniment to the surface over the painful nerve without rubbing in. The guidance emphasizes soothing the nerve directly to ease pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Germans claim complete victory over Russian Tenth Army
Berlin reports a nine day battle in the Mazurian Lake district East Prussia where the Russian Tenth Army was driven from entrenched positions and forced back across the frontier. Berlin says over 560000 prisoners taken, fifty cannons and sixty machine guns seized as Emperor William observed in the center.
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Berlin
London
Mazurian Lake District
East Prussia
Masurian Lake District
Masurian Lake
William
Shippers Forecast and River Weather Outlook
Shippers should protect against 0.82 degrees for 36 hour shipments north 36 degrees east and 38 degrees west. The Tombigbee river and branches will fall next two days with slight changes at Columbus. The Alabama will rise rapidly in 24 to 36 hours and continue until Friday. Albert Aschenberger forecaster notes freezing temps to northern Alabama and frost to coast.
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Tombigbee
Columbus
Alabama
Lake
United States
South Atlantic Coast
South Florida
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
British Lines to Hold Up Ships in New War Zone
The Batavia and Zeeland shipping lines will suspend service for a few days after February 18 after Germany proclaims a war zone around the British Isles. The Folkestone Flushing service also to be halted in that period per Exchange Telegraph Amsterdam coverage.
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London
Exchange Telegraph
Amsterdam
Batavia and
Zeeland
Folkstone
Flushing
Germany
British Isles
Wool Sales Resume in Melbourne Demand Surges
Australian wool sales resume in Melbourne with improved demand and prices at wartime highs. Americans buy more freely than before the embargo reimposition, signaling renewed international interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
London
City Briefs Collin s in Mobile and Local Incidents
Atlas Life supervisor J Collins toured Mobile then headed toward Montgomery and points north noting strong business. A fire damaged a Charleston street frame dwelling owned by M Rayford and occupied by E J Skaats. Deputy Sheriff Gunnison learned of Joseph Curtin Jr s death in New York City. A black man Jack Milligan was arrested for grand larceny after stealing and breaking a bicycle. Missing children Howard Bragg and Haywood Tucker were reported after Mardi Gras day mix up. Lost keys and a mule accident on Davis Avenue near Cedar Street were noted.
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J. ©. Collins
Atlas Life Assurance Company
Montgomery
Joseph Curtin
New York City
Jack Milligan
Claude Jones
Reed Avenue
James McKenzie
Milligan
Howard Bragg
Haywood Tucker
Crichton
Farmer
A. H. Bartell
Davis Avenue
Cedar &Street
Catarrh Cured By Right Method
Sufferers from catarrh should not trifle with harmful drugs when a Natural Remedy may be obtained. Natona from Acid Iron azag at Bladon Springs, Alabama, is advertised to relieve catarrh and related symptoms. Natona Tonic Natona Tablets Natona Cough Syrup and Natonia Anti septic Salve available at druggists or The Natona Company Mobile Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bladon Springs
Ala
Natona Company, Inc
Mobile
Frankie Burns to Meet Dutch Brandt in St Louis Feb 25
Frankie Burns of Jersey City signing to fight Dutch Brandt of New York in a ten round bout in St Louis on February 25. The boxing scene in New Orleans buzzes about Mandot Dund ee and other upcoming bouts including Trendall Denny Dillon Chip Dillon and Mandot Shugrue across the next weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Burns
Jersey City
Bantam
New Orleans
Dutch Brandt
New York
St. Louis
Mandot-Dundee
Denny Trendall
George Chip
Jack Dillon
Joe Mandot
Joe
Wearside Athletic Club
Westside
Danderine Hair Cleanse Promises Lustrous Locks
An advertisement touts Danderine Hair Cleanse as a simple at home treatment. It claims the product cleanses, moisturizes, and improves hair texture while stopping itching and promoting growth. It urges readers to try a 25 cent bottle from any counter.
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Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway
Union Terminal Station
Gulf City Dye Works
Bell
Gzernowitz
Potentate Smith
Shriners
Jos. Patt
South
Dely
Merchants Bank
Mobile, Alabama
Poppy
Bes
Aevises OL
DRES
Crepe de Chine
Serge
Coats
Hammel Dry Goods Co
Condensed Sports
Detroit
Mich
Detroit Driving Club
Merchants
Seinelinalasaen
Channel of Commerce
T. R. Pell
G. F. Touchard
A. M. Lovibond
L. V. Robinson
H. -W. Robinson
Otto Sahim
F. C. Zehrmann
G. Mortimer
Peeranine Clark
C. C. Pell
C. Hatch
G. A. Thorn
W. W. Hoffman
Wigan Boat
Dwight D. Davis
Mazda
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