Russians Drive and Retake Czartorysk in Eastern Front
Russian forces gain at three points from the Pripet to Bessarabia. Czartorysk in Volhynia was captured, then retaken with three officers and fifty prisoners reported. Austrian positions along the Stripa river fallen to Russian forces with heavy capture totals. Gas attacks and counter actions noted near Czernowitz. Montenegrin losses admitted as three points in northern Montenegro. Turkish reserves prepared to join Central Powers. French forces reclaim a trench in the Vosges amid snowbound Western Front activity.
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Petrograd
Pripet River
Bessarabia
War Office
Gergan
Czartorysk
Volhynia
Stripa River
Czernowitz
Riga
Cettinje
Montenegrin War Office
Nicholas
Montenegro
London
Blue Devils
Vosges
French War Office
Rehfelsen
Hirzstein
Tartminns Weilerkopf
Alsace
Armentieres
Mississippi Farmer Murdered and House Burned Near Aberdeen
A report from Aberdeen states Walter L. Hammond was murdered in his home west of Aberdeen in Chickasaw County and the house set ablaze to hide the crime. The coroner's jury ruled death by unknown parties. Hammond was a prominent farmer with several socially prominent daughters.
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Jackson,miss
Aberdeen
Walter L. Hammond
Chickasaw County
Hammond
Chickagaw
Monroe
East Young Liv N in ruins as troops guard district
Riots feared after a strike. business district shattered in East Young Liv N with troops deployed to restore order and protect remaining commerce. Local authorities report extensive damage and heightened security measures across the area.
Riots and Guard Move Into East Youngstown Over Steel Strike
Rioting following a steel workers strike leads to $1,000,000 damage, one dead, thirty seven wounded. State guards arrive, martial law possible, as strikers vow to continue walkout while mills face uncertainty and mediation efforts try to avert further clashes.
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Youngstown
Ohio
East
Republic Iron and Steel Company
John C. Speaks
General Speaks
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Brea C
Cruxtun
State Industrial Commission
Republic,Iron and Steel Company
John Barufaldi
American Federation of Labor
John Novak
J. A. Campbell
Campbell
Orleans Cotton Rate Is Reduced
Private cables report British admiralty orders to convert Lamport Holt and Prince Line coffee ships into cotton carriers. If true, this would ease Gulf and South Atlantic port congestion and speeds shipments to English and French ports. Coffee rates rose as liner rates for cotton and grain adjusted, signaling supply shifts.
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New Orleans
Gulf
South Atlantic
England
British Admiralty
Lamport & Holt Line
Prince Line
Cotton Exchange
New York
Liverpool
London
Manchester
Sie
Judge Browne to rule on Roche bail bid in murder case
Circuit Judge Samuel B. Browne reserved a decision Saturday on Edward Roche's motion for admission to bail. Roche is charged with the murder of Thomas McMahon on November 2. The case was first heard December 30. Browne said a ruling would likely be issued next Wednesday.
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Samuel B. Browne
Edward Roche
Roche
Thomas McMahon
Jud Browne
Henderson names Alabama harbor commission members
Governor Henderson appointed the Alabama harbor commission under a recent act. Dr. A. G. Ward of Mobile was named chairman for seven years. Other members include Maurice C. Forcheimer and R. V. Taylor of Mobile, F. G. Blair of Tuscaloosa, Thomas J. O'Conner of Mobile, G. G. Crawford of Birmingham, and J. C. Rich of Mobile, with terms ranging from three to six years.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
State Harbor Commission
A. G. Ward
Mobile
Maurice C. Forcheimer
F. G. Blair
Tuscaloosa
R. V. Taylor
Thomas J. O'Conner
G. G. Crawford
Birmingham
J. C. Rich
J. G Rich
George Gordon Crawford
Board of Revenue and Road Commission
River Commission
Harbor Commission
Ward
Item
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Thomas J. O'Connor
Bank of Mobile
Forchheimer Wholesale Grocery Company
Taylor
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
United States Steel Corporation
Commission
Crawford
Frank Blair
Citizens Ask 10 Help Bond Issue
Mobile county voters are urged to support a state bond issue on January 18 to cover an old debt and current government expenses. The appeal lists signatories from leading Mobile banks and local business leaders and argues extending the debt via bonds protects the state’s credit and educational funding.
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Mobile County
McDermott
Maurice Forchheimer
Daniel B. Dobbs
Robert T. Ergin
Ernest F. Ladd
Henry Hall
James W. Little
J. L. Taylor
M. J. McDermott
Alabama
Naval Stores Co to Build Wall-Build Plant in Mobile
The Southern Naval Stores Company will build a pine stump by products plant near Choctaw Point Mobile with 50 initial workers and a 125000 dollar annual impact. A second plant will operate at Shipman Mississippi, on land donated by the railroad company. The secretary G T Bousley predicts rapid Mobile growth and local labor use.
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Southern Naval Stores Company
G. T. Bousley
Mobile
Turner Terminal Company
New Orleans
Chicago
Louisville and
Nashville
Choctaw Point
Mobile Works
Shipman
Miss
J. H. Castana
White man injured. assailant unnamed in street assault
Patrick Turner, a white man, was found by police about 11 30 last night at Magnolia and Water streets with cuts and bruises to the face and head. He could not name his attacker or explain how the assault occurred and was sent to the city hospital for treatment.
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Patrick Turner
Magnolia
Water Streets
Turner
City
Weather outlook for Mississippi and Alabama weekend
Forecast shows partly cloudy conditions in Mississippi and Alabama on Sunday and Monday with gradually rising temperatures.
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Washington
Mississippi
Alabama
Possum Mule Lizzie Aims For Jack Rabbit Destruction
In Dallas Texas on January 8 General Bill Henderson’s possum mule Lizzie rises from a recent win in the Koon Kreek Klub hunt to be fitted as a jack rabbit destroyer. Lizzie hunts in a peculiar style, kicks the rabbit after starting it, and is set to take on rabbits on klub property as planned.
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Possum Mule Lizzie
Rabbit Destroyer
Texas
Dallas
Tex
Bill Henderson
Lizzie
Koon Kreek Klub
Klub
Bill
Ada Rehan Passes Away Former Actress Dies in New York
Ada Rehan a once famous actress died at Roosevelt Hospital after an operation on Wednesday. Born in Ireland in 1860 she began on stage in New York at age 14 and starred in Shakespearean roles from 1879 to 1899 with Augustin Daly. Her sisters arrived as she relapsed and passed away.
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New York
Ada Rehan
Roosevelt Hospital
Miss Rehan
Augustin Daly
Ireland
World law on submarine war direct result of U S demands
Washington reports a new international code for submarine warfare crafted by Allied states and U S pressure. The rules require warnings to merchant ships, safe placement of passengers, and limits on bombardment after a halt. Neutral ships may be sunk only under contraband terms. Germany and Austria concede most U S points in notes.
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U. S
Germany
Austria
Lusitania
Ancona
Washington
United States
England
State Department
William P. Fryé
Bne
Spencer's Mill Hit by Morning Fire at A. J. Spencer Lumber
A morning blaze at the A. J. Spencer Lumber Company plant on Three Mile Creek near Telegraph Road destroyed the planer and threatened lumber piles. Firefighters arrived late due to distance, following alarms at 1:15 and from Box 16 as crews fought to save the mill after a prior total loss.
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A. J. Spencer Lumber Company
Telegraph Road
Shits Company
Bond issue is only solution says Cody
Montgomery Alabama January 8. Michael Cody chairman of the state bond issue committee declares the legislature if in special session could cut appropriations or raise taxes but that would hurt Alabamians. He favors issuing short time bonds to cover the floating debt and retire it gradually without tax increases while praising the issue’s proponents.
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Montgomery
Ala
Michael Cody
Cody
Mr. Cody
Alabama
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange to Attend Western Convention
T. D. Farnell, president, and J. W. Munn of Bay Minette will represent the Gulf Coast Produce Exchange at the Western Fruit & Produce Jobbers Convention in Memphis from January 16 to 20. Buyers from nearly all Western states will attend to learn about locally raised produce.
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T. D. Farnell
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
J. W. Munn
Bay Minette
Western Fruit & Produce
Memphis
Committee to Choose Best Planting Methods for Sweet Potatoes
A Gulf Coast Produce Exchange committee, EB Davis of Coden, J W Munn of Bay Minette, and J T Dunker of Dawes, will study the best planting methods and potato varieties suited to each soil area and report soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Eb, B. Davis
Coden
J. W. Munn
Bay Minette
J. T. Dunker
Dawes
Funeral Notice for Corinne Lacoste Barlow
Died Saturday January 8 1916 at 1030 a m Corinne Lacoste widow of Robert Z Barlow aged 82 Funeral from F B Cleveland 300 St Joseph St Sunday 2 30 p m Interment Magnolia Cemetery Also several Lost notices and a motorboat found with Rewards offered for return of items and for the dog Bob and other missing articles more classified ads on page Thittteen
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Oberhouse County
N. Dearborn
South
D. Nelson
Fred Nels
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Ing
Vien
Cap
Tured
Vienna
Berlin
Zune
Ifer
Bukowina Froniss
Anno
Begsaratian
Raganocza
Kovrel
Constantinople
Zekki Pasha
Reign of Terror
Orleans
Admiralty
Alabama Harbor Commission
Promi
M. C. Forchheimer
A. G .Ward
T. J. O'Connor
Naval Stores CO
Wall-Build
Bousley
Bousleg
Spencer's Mill
Star Bakery
Dauphin Street
Eee
Broad
Dauphin, Government
Rapier Avenue
Bob
A. F
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