Lightning Hit Texas Oil Plant Causing Massive Fire
A lightning bolt struck the Texas Oil Company plant near the foot of street igniting oil tanks and cottages. Eleven fire companies battled the blaze through the night as tanks burned and smoke filled the city. No deaths. several injuries reported but later denied.
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Iremen
Texas Oil Company
Ing
Ity
Patterson
Patterfor
Winona
Georgia Street
Frank Turner
A. Hunter
Resignation Case of Army Ordnance Officers Probed
Attorney General Gregory asked Secretary Garrison to state facts in the case of Lieut. Col. Odus G C Hor ney, Dover Picatinny arsenal commander. The issue: can officers resign in peace time and if resignations aid or harm national defense. Major William A. Phillips of Sandy Hook proving grounds also has a pending resignation after Gregory's opinion request.
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Washington
Garrison
Army
William A. Phillips
Gregory
Secretary of War
Major Phillips
Sandy Hoak Proving Grounds
Woodrow Wilson Day Celebrations at Panama-Pacific Exposition
San Francisco marked Woodrow Wilson Day at the Panama Pacific Exposition with a planned flag release in the Court of the Universe. A fire at a local plant caused extensive damage after a lightning strike, threatening records and prompting firefighting efforts and evacuations.
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Woodrow Wilson
Panama-Pacific
San Francisco
Wilson
Cornish
N. H
Court of the Universe
Chicago Labor Shutdown Forces Widespread Closures
Chicago on July 1 announced a general shutdown of allied building construction and material industries. More than 200 000 workers face unemployment as plants close until a settlement with organized labor is reached. The move targets lumber yards brick plants lime kilns sand and gravel mills sash and door mills planing mills terra cotta firms elevator companies and hardwood floor makers. The aim is to compel 16 000 carpenters on strike since May 1 to accept arbitration after wage demands failed.
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Chicago
Allied
Allied Industries
Pkne
Sia & Terra Cotta
New York Business Men Sign Up for Plattsburg Camp
More than two hundred New York City business and professional men plan a month of military training at a Plattsburg instruction camp this summer. Organizers expect nearly 1,000 attendees by August 10 as regular army officers take command. The push followed General Leonard Wood's plea for civilian military training at a Harvard club gathering.
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New York
New York City
Plattsburg
N. Y
Harvard Club
Leonard Wood
Wood
Court Transacts Demurrers and Defaults in Local Cases
Law and Equity Court records demurrers to pleas overruled in Quinn vs Nellie Z Penny et al and judgments by default for Louisville Paper Co vs Alabama Staats Zeitung and J Goldstein Co vs Meyer Mitchell. Circuit court fined several defendants for assault, battery, vagrancy and gaming with various penalties and adjourned to county court on appeals and witness issues.
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Law and Equity Court
Berney
Quinn
Nellie Z. Penny
Louisville Paper Company
Alabama Staats Zietung
J. Goldstein & Co
Meyer Mitchell
Saffer Bros
M. Mitchell
T. W. Sims
D. G. Barclay, Jr
T. W. Elms
E. Hochstein
Interior Criminal’ Court
Madelehn Matthews
Daisy Anderson
Williams
Willie Nettles
Francis Warren
George Warren
Elijah Walker
Isiah Johnson
Willie Williams
Charles Parnell
Dave Watts
John Collins
Madeline Matthews
Eugene Perlite
Irene Nelson
Band Concert Tonight in Bienville Square
The Tuesday night band concert in Bienville Square will be held tonight after two weather postponements. A fine program has been arranged for the evening.
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Bienville Square
Vitalitas advertised as natural health tonic cure
An advertisement claims Vitalitas as a pure natural product that cleanses and restores vitality for a range of illnesses from indigestion to nervous strain. It urges readers to visit Sutton's Store to purchase and benefit from its tonic effects.
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Sutton
Seashore Divinity School Closes On Coast
Seashore Divinity School at the Camp Grounds closes after a morning lecture by Rev. J W Young D D and a keynote by Rev Allen Hoben Pha of Chicago on democracy. July events include camp meetings July 14 to 22 led by Dr George Frasier with delegates from Mississippi Alabama and more. Mrs A D Eaton of Columbia Miss dies while visiting Biloxi and is sent home for burial with relatives in Mobile and Preston Barnes among them.
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Jiloxi
Miss
Seashore Divinity School
J. W. Young
D. D
Seashore Tabernacle
Allen Hoben
Pha
Chicago
Seashore
George Frasier
Atlanta
Mississippi
Alabama
Rae
Annemarily
South
Epworth League
Woman’s Board of Missions
Sunday School Board
Epworth League Board
A. D. Eaton
Columbia
Biloxi
West Howard Avenue
Mobile
Preston Barnes
Barnes
RUSSIANS REPULSE ATTACK FROM SEA SINK GERMAN BOAT
Soldiers on the Galila lines and along the Vistula front see heavy fighting as Austro German forces push toward Warsaw and Lublin. Italian actions on the Isonzo River prompt renewed Vienna offensives and fortress operations in Trentino and the Carnio frontier.
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Arras
Gallipoli
Achi Baba
Dardanelles
Argonne Forest
Meuse
Vosges
Vienna
Isonzo
Wedding at Eight Mile Whistler Alters Mobile Ties
Miss Ida Mae Burganus wed Alvah B. Reed in Meyers Memorial Baptist church Eight Mile Station at 7 pm on Tuesday. The ceremony was by Rev. Guy Hurlbutt with pink and green decor and attendants Miss Sallie Combs and Mr. Maniey Hetfield. After the ceremony the couple left for Meridian and New Orleans before settling in Mobile with Mrs J F Wentworth. The story also notes Whistler social notes and various local visits and sewing circle meeting.
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Whistler
Ala
Meyers Memorial Baptist Church
Eight-Mile Station
Ida Mae
H. L
Laura Burganus
Alvah B. Reed
Mobile
Sallie D. Combs
Meridian Eid
Maniey Hetfield
Guy Hu
Ohio
Meridian
Sallie ‘Combs
New Orleans
J. F. Wentworth
Catherine Street
St. Stephens Road
W. M. Gaston
Margaret Doods
Hight-Mile Station
Benjamin Gibson
Winona
June Bride Crop Shrinking Affects Mobile
The article notes disrupted June marriage trends nationwide with Mobile affected. In June 1915 probate records show 52 white licenses issued, down from 70 in 1914, while 46 negro licenses were issued, the same as 1914. GOVERNMENT ST. FARMS CO. raises capital from 15000 to 80000 with stockholders Hyman Gabriel Leo M. Brown and Emil Weinbrecht. Probate court records list marriage licenses issued to couples including E. Gletcher Ruth Emma Adolph Moskowit Beulah Phillns and others. several Negro couples listed as well.
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United States
Government ST. Farms Co
Government Street Farms Company
Government Street
Hyman Gabriel
Leo .M. Brown
Emil Weinbrecht
E. Gletcher
Ruth Emma Adolph Moskowit
Beulah Phillnsmore
Peter Antonio Venturini
Linnie Mae Wiseman
Ed Jenkins
Hilda Atkins
Raymond Thomas
Emma Young
Walter Patton
Eva Ellis
Edward Eaton
Eliza Maryland Valentine
Robbery trial in city court for George Price
George Price and another unnamed defendant face robbery charges in city court for an alleged early morning hold up on March 12. M. B. Cates says $84 was stolen at gunpoint. Price contends he was in bed. A jury of 12 was chosen: Simison, Hammond, Battiste, Hess, Pugh, Edwards, Peters, Stone, Bright, Logan, Kelly, Lichthach.
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George Price
M. B. Cates
Cates
Price
John G. Simison
Frank Hammond
Jacob D. Battiste
Charlies Hess
W.W. Pugh
Henry M. Edwards
Howard G. Peters
Jesse D. Stone
Alfred M. Bright
John C. Logan
John B. Kelly
Isaac Lichthach
German Le Une Said to Bvangorod First London
A Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports Field Marshall Von Mackenzen leading forces toward BVangorod as priorities shift in the early theater of war.
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le Une
Bvangorod
London
Reuter
Petrograd
Field Marshall
von Mackenzen
War Shock Called Serious Ailment By Homeopathy Experts
Chicago reports at the annual convention of the Kimi can Institute of Homeopathy Dr James Searson of London described war shock as a real ailment among soldiers and noted its effects on nerves and mental health Quiet and sleep are essential but hard to obtain He cited soldiers standing waist deep in icy waters for long periods and trench foot as common wartime afflictions.
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Chicago
Kimican Institute of
Italians Press Forward Toward Monfalcone Amid Fog
Italian forces advance under fog as they push toward Monfalcone, still distant from Trieste. The line remains drawn, with the front not yet secured and supply issues evident as units maneuver in the area.
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