Horrific Bzura Slaughter Described From Front Lines
Warsaw dispatch reports a correspondent detailing the brutal Bzura river fighting near Sochaczew. Germans and Russians clash in icy water, corpses clog the stream, and trenches along the Vistula line shift as General Mischenko and General Litwinoff press forward against German assaults despite losses.
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Petrograd
Warsaw
Bzura
Vistul
Sochaczew
Mischenko
Vistula
Litwinoff
Rennenkampf
Pennenkampf
Lodz
Sechaczew
Bremen Cotton Prices Reach 18.4 Cents A Pound
Cable from Ambassador Gerard shows good middling cotton in Bremen offered and taken for January at about 18.4 cents per pound. Bremen firms sold limited stock around 20 cents during the week of December 21. Bremen exchange was closed. Hamburg prices hovered near 18 cents. January cotton traded under 8 cents in New York.
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Washington
Germany
Gerard
Bremen
Hamburg
New York
Personalities Registering in Mobile Hotels Amid Winter Visitors
John S. Turner and wife and F. W. Hare of Monroeville Alabama stay at the Battle House. J. C. Markley of Chicago and J. C. Hallwood of Minneapolis winter tourists visit Mobile for several days. Mrs. Perry Landis and P. L. Landis of Chicago arrive at the Battle House. Mrs. Joseph Hennessy of Chicago, mother of Ruth Hennessy, visits the Cawthon with her son-in-law and daughter. G. W. Blond and wife of St. Paul are registered at the Cawthon. Raudl J. Ruz, Seeberg Steamship Co. official, has recovered from appendicitis and left the infirmary.
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John S. Turner
F. W. Hare
Monroeville, Ala
Battle House
J. C. Markley
Chicago, Ill
J. C. Hallwood
Minneapolis, Minn
South
Mobile
Joseph Hennessy
Chicago
Mason Hopper
Little Ruth Hennessy
Cawthon
G. W. Blond
St. Paul, Minn
City
Raudl J. Ruz
Seeberg Steamship Company
Auto crash injures J F Ross at Government and Broad
Police report a Friday night collision at the Government and Broad streets intersection involving an automobile owned by T H Johnstone that struck Jack F Ross causing minor injuries. Ross lives at 525 Government Street.
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Jack F. Ross
T. H. Johnstone
Government and
Broad Streets
Mr. Ross
Government Street
Land of Bohemia Reverie and Society Note
Poem praising the land of Bohemia closes with a devotion to shared joy and forgiveness. Miss Irwin Fearn hosts Friday Bridge Club at the Jovely Fearn residence in Ashland Place with guests from Moss Point and Washington. Prizes went to Miss Ella Blacksher and Miss Louise Cowan, followed by a luncheon.
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Irwin Fearn
Lorraine Cunningham
Kathleen Willis
Evelyn McLaughlin
Margaret Blacksher
Louise Cowan
Moss Point
Dorothy Talcott
Washington
Charles Cotham
Little Rock
Ella Blacksher
Jovely Fearn
Ashland Place
Debutante Carrie Blount Presented at San Carlos Dance
Judge and Mrs A C Blount hosted a large society dance at the San Carlos hotel to introduce their daughter Miss Carrie Blount. The ballroom featured Yuletide crimson and green decor with poinsettia and southern smilax as backgrounds. The receiving line greeted members of Pensacola society and the fashionable world.
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Pensacola News
A. C. Blount
Carrie Blount
San Carlos
San Carlos Ball Room
Debutantes and Society Events Highlight Saturday Scenes
The Shakespeare Club meets at 11 a m with Mrs C J Torrey. Mr and Mrs Henry Hall Clarke host a Battle House dine and dance for Miss Norwood and Miss Inez Elis. Debutantes Blount Mollie Blount Carrie Blount and Edna Manning attend, in green crepe meteor and yellow gowns with corsages as guests mingle and dance into the night.
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Shakespeare Club
Henry Hall Clarke
Battle House
Miss Norwood
Inez Elis
Mrs. Blount
Miss Mollie Blount
Parma
Miss Manning
Miriam Blount
Dresden
Mrs Charles LeBaron Taylor Hosts Elwell Bridge Club
Mrs Charles LeBaron Taylor, a longtime Elwell Bridge Club member, hosted the first meeting of the new year assisted by guests from New York, St. Louis and Tuscaloosa. Winners received potted plant trophies after a salad course closing. several readers recently visited Washington in reunion style. The No Trump Card Club meeting, scheduled for Friday with Mrs Henry Aldridge as host, was postponed to next Friday due to her absence.
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Charles LeBaron Taylor
Elwell Bridge Club
Taylor
Washington
Hannis Taylor
James J. Cobin
New York
W. S. Stephenson
St. Louis
Augusta Searcy
Tuscaloosa
Harry T. Smith
E. D. Bondurant
Lulu LeBaron
A. W
No Trump Card Club
Henry Aldridge
Social notes and anniversary pageant mark New Orleans centennial
Mrs Henry Aldridge leaves for New Orleans to visit her aunt Mrs Lee McMillan. Mr T L McAndrew departs for Birmingham after holidays with his parents. One hundredth anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans features a Jackson and troops pageant in Jackson Square with eighteen states represented by young ladies plus Liberty and Justice figures. Wreath bearers by two little girls. Marriage news from Selma: James Monroe Agee wed Eugenie van Aller at Government Street Presbyterian on New Year's Day. Agee, Mobile city official, and bride reside at Menville Hotel, plan apartments later on South Broad Street Mobile.
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Henry Aldridge
New Orleans
Lee McMillan
T. L. McAndrew
Birmingham
J. J. McAndrew
Andrew Jackson
Jackson Square
Union
Liberty
Justice
Chalmette
Selma
James Monroe Agee
Eugenie van Aller
Government Street Presbyterian Church
Two Reardy Brothers Sought by St Johns Police
Chief of Police Crenshaw received a Saturday letter from St Johns New Brunswick asking for information about brothers Hugh J. and John F. Reardy aged 50 and 49. Hugh left two years ago and John ten years ago.
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Crenshaw
St. Johns
New Brunswick
Hugh J
John F. Reardy
Many Disorders From The Liver Warned By Symptoms
Propagates a health ad claiming liver sluggishness causes constipation headaches nervousness and bilious spells. Promotes Dr King s New Life Pills for 25 cents and Bucklen s Arnica Salve for skin eruptions.
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Dr. King
Bucklen
Girl hobo Irene Lane schoolteacher turned road life symbol
A striking St Louis report profiles Irene Lane a convent graduate who abandoned teaching to roam with hobos. She roams with a male companion, befriends famed tramps, and praises hobo freedom while recounting a past life of teaching English abroad. She now stays in town awaiting wanderlust.
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ST. Louis
Irene Lane
Miss Lane
Knights of the Road
A-1
Sidney Smith Bonded On Assault Charge In Lincoln Case
In a Lincoln case, Sidney and Nicholas Smith faced assault to murder charges after Sergeant John Lincoln alleged a brick was thrown at him on Tennessee street. Sidney Smith posted a $150 bond and was released. Nicholas Smith was dismissed. Lincoln testified he struck one Smith with a shotgun after the incident. other witnesses said Sidney struck the officer with the brick. Chief Crenshaw said a city commission report would follow.
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John Lincoln
Sidney
Nicholas Smith
Edington
Sidney Smith
Lincoln
Smiths
Tennessee
C. W. Tompkins
F. W.crenshaw
City Commission
Magee Injunction Hearing Fronts Federal Judge
The invoking suit seeks to restrain Leo Hoernescheimer known as Lee Magee from managing or playing for any team other than the St. Louis Nationals. It alleges Magee signed for St. Louis in 1914 1915 and on November 11 last signed to manage and play for the Brooklyn Federals and has been serving as their manager.
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Bn Associated Press
Cincinnati
Leo Hoerneschemeyer
Lee Magee
St. Louis Nationals
Hollister
Magee
Brooklyn Federals
Fairhope Postmaster Visited Mobile to Discuss Citrus
Henry C. Oswalt, postmaster of Fairhope in Baldwin County, visited Mobile on Friday. In addition to his duties in the single tax colony he pursues the citrus fruit business with notable success. He sent to the city a stem bearing fifteen finely developed grapefruit specimens.
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Henry C. Oswalt
Fairhope
Baldwin County
Mobile
Oswalt
President Wilson speaks on duty to world at Indiana event
President Wilson travels from Washington to Indianapolis for Jackson Day remarks and stops in Richmond to urge America to maintain self discipline to aid world peace. He stresses true national character guides service to mankind and urges sober policy to secure justice at home before acting abroad.
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Associated Preas
Indianapolis
Ind
Wilson
Indiana Democratic Club
Washington
Richmond
United States
America
Europe
Furniture Dealers to Meet in Mobile Monday
A meeting of Mobile retail furniture dealers is set for Monday at 1 o clock at the Cawthon Hotel to discuss forming an organization modeled on the Birmingham Retail Furniture Dealers Association. C W Green of the New Orleans group will address the gathering.
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Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
Birmingham Retail Furniture Dealers’ Association
C. W. Green
New Orleans
Mahalia Hallman Dies at 61 in New Jersey Street Area
Mahalia Hallman a well known Black resident aged 61 of New Jersey street near Cedar street died Thursday night. Her husband Joseph Hallman predeceased her by several years.
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Mahalia Hallmans
Mahalia Hallman
New Jersey Street
Cedar Street
Joseph Hallman
Horses for Cotton Exchange Encouraged in Mobile Area
A Mobile County note reports a plan to swap pedigreed horses for cotton as farmers grow the staple. Thomas E Ireton Land Company of Dolа Ohio expresses interest and asks if local effort exists to raise risk draft horses. The firm offers stallions and mares and seeks a locality to sell at a low price in exchange for cotton.
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Mobile County
Mobile
Thomas E. Ireton
Ohio
Canadians Arrested on Manslaughter Charge
Four Canadian men including a constable and a corporal were arrested at Fort Erie on warrants from the Ontario attorney general, charged with manslaughter in the death of Walter Smith and Charlie Dorsch, two Americans, dated December 28. They are held without bail.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Fort Erteney
Province of Ontario
Walter Smith
Charlies Dorsch
Fort Erie
Oliver Reports Improving Conditions in Sixth Alabama District
Congressman elect William B. Oliver visits Mobile and says conditions are improving in his district. He notes merchants and farmers wear happy expressions as the Sixth District awaits his successor to Ric Hobson.
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William B. Oliver
Alabama
Ric P. Hobson
Mobile
Square Deal Wood Yard Ad Promises Square Deal
An ad states a wood yard opened on Royal Street near the N. O. M. & C. Depot promising square deal pricing. It guarantees full measure with a cord per full cord purchase and a proportional amount for partial cords, with prompt delivery and wood from the proprietor’s own lands. Prices per cord and sawed ice are listed.
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Royal St
N. 0
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State House
Charles S. Whitman
Olive Mr. Whitman
New York State
I. Bell
Phone
Social News
Anna Boulet
Bohemia
Hartman
Miss Irwin Fearn
Reardy Brothers
F. L
Dauphin
Oliver
Square Deal Wood Yard
Insman Ens Hone
Nelson & Bailey
S. Royal St
Empire Theatre
Francis X
Bushman
Nellie R. Craig
Ee Anderson
Trembling Hill
General Film Company
Francis X. Bushman
Arthur Johnson Richard C. Travers
Chas, Chaplin
Annte Stewart Mare McDermott
Alice Joyce
Beverly Bayne
John Bunny
Edith Storey
Harry T. Morey
Drmi Hawley
Maurice Costello Lottie Briscoe
Earle Williams
Dorothy Kelly
James Morrison
Helen Holmes
The
Empire
Nizaoa’ i Ite
A Thom
Bijou Amusement Company, Inc
Joseph Bianchi
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