Sunbeams Help River Clean-Up of Flood Damaged Bridges
Sunshine returns as workers on the Catawba river banks repair washed out railroad bridges for Southern Seaboard Piedman and Northern Electric lines. A citizens mass meeting pledges funds for highway bridges, banks offer loans at four percent, county to seek emergency bonds authority, relief fund rises to 2267 dollars.
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Charleston
S&s. C
Catawba
Southern
Seaboard and Piedman
Northern Electric
A C L Opens Big Bridge on Santee River
Charleston July 26 The Atlantic Coast Line opened its large bridge on the Santee river near St Stephen to carry through traffic between Florida and New York as the river falls. All lines in the area are open except the Sumter to Columbia segment. Coastal rivers rise with Lynches likely to crest later this week. No new reports of serious damage.
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Charleston
S. C
Atlantic Coast Line
St. Stephen
Florida
New York
Sumter
Columbia
South Carolina
Garment Workers Back On Strike After Rejected Proposal
In New York on July 26 the garment workers refused to ratify the leaders' agreement with the Garment Manufacturers' Association and were ordered back on strike by union president Benjamin Schlesinger.
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New York
Garment Manufacturers’ Association
Benjamin Schlesinger
Workers’ Union
Weather outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Forecast from Washington on July 26 says partly cloudy tonight and Thursday in the southern portion with probable thunder showers Thursday, generally fair conditions in the northern portion.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
American Publisher Ordered to Leave on Arriving in England
S. S. McClure the American publisher was detained on arrival at Liverpool aboard the Philadelphia and must return to the United States Saturday on the same liner. He is to stay at an inland watering place for his wealth while authorities decide. The British home office refused a permit to remain.
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London
Ration plan partly granted by Britain for occupied areas
London July 26 The British government will consent to a civilian rationing plan for areas occupied by German and Austrian armies under a neutral commission if the central powers agree not to remove native food supplies. Ambassador Page will receive details in a letter from the foreign office this week.
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London
Wilson
Ambassador Page
Foreign Office
England
Native food removed stalls Polish peace talks
Washington dispatch notes officials feared British insistence on keeping native food in Poland would block any peace agreement. The stance, similar to Great Britain's prior position, was cited as the main reason negotiations led by the state department failed.
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Washington
Poland
Great Britain
State Department
Mobile Exports Show Large Gain in 1916
A Washington sourced statement shows Mobile exports rising to 20,995,826 for the year ending June 30 1916 from 18,230,614 in 1915 an increase of 2 765 212. Imports fell to 3 917 366 from 4 461 984. Vessel traffic dipped slightly with 647 arrivals in 1915 and 588 in 1916 and 600 vessels cleared in 1915 versus 588 in 1916. An economical saving of 2 267 27 was reported for the local district.
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Mobile
Washington
Russia Plucks Turkish Thorn From Armenia
An official war office statement reports Pozieres wholly captured with trenches and prisoners, while elsewhere on the front no change. Berlin notes Turkey supplies Ottoman troops to Central Powers moving through the Balkans toward Galicia to aid against Russia.
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War Office
Pozieres
Berlin
London
Turkey
British biplane shot down by German submarine
A British biplane was shot down north of Zeebrugge, Belgium, after a point north of Zeebrugge. Two officers aboard were captured, according to a German admiralty statement released in Berlin via London.
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Berlin
London
Zeebrugge
Belgium
Austrians say Russians captured 100000 troops
An Austro Hungarian general staff bulletin reported to Morning Post from Budapest states that Russians took 100000 Austrian and Hungarian soldiers prisoner during the ongoing offensive. It rejects Russian claims of 266000 captives and says on the 300 kilometer front the combined forces were fewer than 266000.
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London
Morning Post
Budapest
Germans Pushed Back After Penetrating Russian Line
German forces under Field Marshal Von Hindenburg attacked near Kemmern twenty miles west of Riga and nearly broke the Russian front. Russian fire forced a retreat as reported by the War Office.
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Russ Line
Petrograd
London
von Hindenburg
Kemmern
Riga
War Office
French Capture Houses South of Estrees on Monday
The French war department reports a calm night on the front south of the River Somme and notes a French capture of a group of houses south of Estrees on Monday.
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Somme
Paris
Tiver Somme
French War Department
Estrees
Tax Equalizers Rush as Term Nears End
Mobile board of tax equalizers holds long sessions to hear cases before August 1. Real estate agents Maury and Unruh dominate forenoon. numerous properties including 12 14 South Royal Street rise to $33 000. many assessments adjusted upward, with multiple owners and parcels listed. Robert Jemison visits Mobile. 117 Germans captured and three German guns seized.
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County Board of Tax Equalizers
Maury
Unruh
Festerazzi
South Royal Street
Pozieres Now in British Hands as Berlin Reports
Berlin says British troops have established themselves in Pozieres. East of Foureaux Wood and near Longueval minor British attacks were repulsed and assaults on Trones Wood were frustrated by German fire.
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Berlin
London
Pozieres
Foureaux Wood
Longueval
Trones Wood
Huntsville Sees Twist in Green Death Case
Huntsville residents heard Mobile reports that C. C. Green a Madison county landowner and banker who vanished in January 1915 and whose supposed body was buried in Huntsville March 21 1915 may have appeared in Mobile The daughter questioned the burial and insurers waited seven years for a claim The true identity of the buried man remains uncertain with attire thought to be Green's.
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Huntsville
Ala
Mobile
C. C. Green
Madison County
Waynesboro
Miss
Dadeville
Green
Maple Hill
Gren
Deaths and Funerals Martha Moore Smith
Martha Moore, five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rittenhouse M. Smith, died Wednesday at 3 a m in a local infirmary. The funeral is set for Thursday at 10 a m from the home of Mr. R. H. E. Smith on Ann and Selma streets.
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Martha Moore Smith
Martha Moore
Norfolk Pitcher Sale Redirected to Senators for 2000
Norfolk Virginia League owners announced that pitcher Maurice Craft was sold for 2000 dollars to the Washington Senators instead of the Chicago Americans. Craft departed tonight to join the Washington club in Cleveland.
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Norfolk
Maurice Craft
Washington
Chicago Americans
Craft
Cleveland
Vance Brothers Charged With Assault in Street Attack
Lonnie Vance and H. H. Vance are docketed at the police station on assault and battery with D. W. Moseley as complainant. Moseley, wounded with a broken jaw, could not attend court and the case was continued to August 3. A second man, known as Cowart, was also beaten with a brick.
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Lonnie Vance
H. H. Vance
D. W. Moseley
Moseley
Vance Brothers
Curry
St. Michael
Warren
Japanto Build Palace in Seoul for Imperial Visit
Seoul, Korea July 26 Japan plans a detached imperial palace in Seoul to host the emperor and empress if they visit. Construction, paused by the coronation of Emperor Yoshihito, has been contemplated for some time as Korea is described as part of the Japanese empire.
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Seoul
Korea
Japan
Yoshihito
Holland to Roll Out Bread Card System
The government plans bread cards for all of Holland due to grain shortages, announced via Telegraaf with Amsterdam reporting from London on July 25. The move targets rationing and would affect bread availability across the country.
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Holland
Amsterdam
London
Telegraaf
Six Civilians Executed by Germans Near Ghent
A German force executed six civilians at Ghent on charges of treason, according to a Reuters dispatch datelined London July 26. The report notes the executions as part of wartime actions described as retaliation for alleged treachery.
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London
Ghent
A. Renter
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Weather Forecast
Dreaper & Burns
Dreaper
Dauphin St
DR. Adams
Russia
Armenia
Hannah Brodie
Wilkinson
Canal
T. C. Keyser
Texas Street
Cedar 4
Delaware Street
Selma
Franklin
Hamilton
Mary Z. Chastang
Walnut
Mary I. Seymour
Corine
McNamee
Conception
Eslava Streets
A. R. Kirchner
Terrell
Glennon Avenues
Margaret Strachan
Crichton
B. and
H. Goode
Dearborn
St. Anthony Street
Bettie Goode
Dunham and
Elmira Streets
William E. Rodgers
Annie E. Gaines
Fry-Dunlap Tract
G. J. Biggio
South Elmira
John Neville, Jr
St. Francis
A. K. Sherill
Sarah J. Mauminee
Georgia Avenue
Caroline Avenue
Dauphin Street
Annie Dawsey
Cedar and Canal
Monroe
Z. T. Windham
Hamilton Street
John E. Strachan
West Mobile
Catherine
Center Street
W. P. Roberta
Northwest Quarter
Royal
F. M. Senter
Government Street
Fred Adolph
Claiborne
South Madison
Hammel's
Robert Jemison
Birmingham
Episcopal Church Home For Orphans
Hammel’s
Jadiss
Apparsh
Senators
D. W. Mosely
TREA
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Gayfer’s
Palm Beach Automobile Coats
Palm Beach
C. J. Gayfer
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