Traveling salesman Bennett fails to appear in theft case
Bennett a traveling salesman from Ohio was arrested in Mobile on charges of stealing four brass items valued at 2.50 each. He was bound over on 300 bond but failed to appear when the case called, forfeiting his bond. An alias warrant had not been issued before arrest. The theft drew local notice as Bennett was caught in the act by Chief of Police Cernshaw at Cunningham Hardware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Ambus
Ohio
Recorder’s Court
Mobile
Cunningham Hardware
Tice Cernshaw
Burglar Tools of Davis Boys Recovered in New Orleans
Chief Crenshaw received a telegram from New Orleans stating a burglary kit was found in a Canal Street room used by Charles and Ira Davis. The pair, residents of the city, were arrested and brought to Mobile for the robbery of the American Laundry Company on Franklin and St Louis streets. They are in county jail under $500 bond each, with Charles Davis facing an additional grand larceny charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Crenshaw
W. J. Rey
New Orleans
Canal Street
Charles
Ira Davis
Mobile
American Laundry Company
Franklin and
St. Louis
Crenshaw
Vinci Cod Liver Iron Tonic Endorsed By Louisville Reader
Mrs. W. C Clayton of Louisville reports renewed health after trying Vinci a cod liver and iron tonic. The advertisement promises to help nervous weak rundown systems and elderly people with chronic coughs colds and bronchitis. Available from Van Antwerp Drug Corp Inc and leading drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Vinci
W. C Clayton
van Antwerp Drug Corp., Inc
Store Buildings for Rent on Government and Dauphin Streets
W. S. Royal offers a new and modern store with large windows at 2 N Government street. No 6 Dauphin street features a two story brick building in good condition suitable for store or warehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Royal
N. Government Street
Dauphin Street
Field Marshal French Foresees Victory In War Talk
British Commander Sir John French told Usrespontans in a Paris drawing room that there is no doubt of victory. He praised regulars and cavalry, lauded French resilience, and noted Allied, Canadian, and Territorial forces performing beyond expectations amid the Mons retreat and Ypres defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Palmer
France
Associated Press
London
Sir John French
Marshal French
John
Mons
Sir John
Ypres
Armentiera
Dhar
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Dyspepsia Relief
A vintage advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as quick relief for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims five minute results, stomach soothing, no gas or belching, and a lasting sense of health after taking a fifty cent case from any drug store.
Business Men's Lunch Offer At The Market
The ad showcases a business men’s lunch served from 12 to 2 30 pm priced at 25 cents. It promises top quality, quick service for short orders, and features DeBriere’s Famous Java Coffee described as the best in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeBriere
Turks Ready to Yield Constantinople Amid Allied Push
London dispatch reports Turkey planned to surrender Constantinople and the Dardanelles to the allied fleet but Germany blocked the move. The peace faction pressed to send emissaries including Henry Morgenthau to negotiate, until General Liman von Sanders threatened court martial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Evening Chronicle
Bucharest
Roumania
Turkey
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Chronicle
Germany
Henry Morgenthau
Straits
Liman von Sanders
Died on Train Journey Home Personage
J LiggHair a 30 year old resident of Blackville South Carolina died on Louisville and Nashville railroad northbound train No 2 between Pascagoula and Mobile early Monday morning from tuberculosis. The body was removed at the depot and prepared for burial. Mrs Ivy Hair mother of the deceased was with him at the time of death but missed the train and remained in Mobile until Thursday. She will accompany the body from Montgomery to Blackville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. LiggHair
Blackville
S. C
Louisville and Nashville
Pascagoula
Mobile
Berenson & Sands
Ivy Hair
Montgomery
Damage at Marine Street home owner Martin Lindsey
About 7 30 Thursday morning a two story frame house at 258 ee street owned by Martin Lindsey and occupied by Lee Morrison was damaged in an incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Lindsey
Lee Morrison
Henderson urges convict labor for county road work
Governor Henderson proposes leasing state convicts to counties for road development. Counties would contract with the convict department at a nominal rate, must provide cages and barracks, and keep the prisoners under state supervision. Probate judges are urged to notify commissioners in advance of desired numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
Seamen's Law Provisions Set To Take Effect Dates
Washington March 25 Secretary Redfield outlined when sections of the seamen's act of March 4 1915 take effect The changes specify Section 6 for US vessels laid keels after March 4 1916 Section 14 for US and foreign vessels on and after July 1 1915 and Sections 4 11 and 13 for foreign vessels as indicated in Sections 16 17 and 18 Officials noted potential conflicts and confusion among shippers about the act’s effective dates with some predicting November 4 under Section 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Redfield
United States
Epidemics Rage Among Austrians
Dr Charles McDonald head of the American war relief hospital in Budapest reports typhoid smallpox and other contagious diseases are epidemic among Austrian soldiers. He warns warmer weather may spread typhoid like a prairie fire and notes Budapest hosted as many as 70000 wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles McDonald
Washington
American War Relief Hospital
Budapest
America
MacDonald
River steamer City of Parkersburg hits obstruction near Gallipolis
The river steamer City of Parkersburg departing Cincinnati for Pittsburgh struck an obstruction six miles below Gallipolis Ohio today. It was towed to dry docks at Point Pleasant West Virginia. Passengers were taken to Gallipolis and there were no casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Parkersburg
Pittsburgh
Gallipolis
Ohio
Point Pleasant
W. V
Dardanelles bombardment devastates ships in seven hour clash
A. P. correspondent reports on March 18 allied fleet efforts to force the Dardanelles. French battleship Bouvet sunk, another British battleship damaged and later beached. Turkish forts hit back with precise fire, Greek quarter burned, Chanak Kalessi streets torn open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dardanelles
Constantinople
London
Tme
Chanak Kalessi
Associated Press
Streltér
Fort Chimenlik
Fort Kales Sultanie Tower
Beithe Etoana
O' Noan
Hamidieh
Chemenlik
Bouvet
Half Brother Kills Senator's Slayer in Utah
Matthew Bradley aged 20 died from knife wounds at price Utah after a quarrel with Arthur Brown Bradley 15 son of the former senator and half brothers. The earlier case centered on former Senator Arthur Brown whom Mrs. Bradley shot in 1906 in Washington.
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Price
Utah
Matthew Bradley
Anna Bradley
United States
Arthur Brown
Washington, D. C
Arthur Brown Bradley
Arthur
Refugees From Florida to Be Transferred to New York
Seventy six aliens from the Florida survivors will be taken from the sea raider this afternoon and placed aboard an Old Dominion steamer at Newport News for transport to New York. Transfers occur at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company where the cruiser is moored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Florida
Prinz Titel Friedrich
Searaider
Old Dominion
New York
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
United States
Ellis Island
Brazil
Havre
Gregory Held On False Pretenses Charge
C. B. Gregory, described as a negro, was sentenced to sixty days at hard labor by Judge Henry Chamberlain in the inferior criminal court on a false pretenses charge. Complainant M. J. Falligant testified Gregory claimed to be an employee of the Louisville and Nashville railroad and obtained $5. Tom Cheney faces city court under $250 bond for stealing a gas engine from Pat Tucker's launch. John Trotter and Abe Hooks were fined $1 or ten days for gaming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Gregory
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
M. J. Falligant
Gregory
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Tom Cheney
Pat Tucker
John Trotter
Abe Hooks
California Syrup of Figs Promoted as Safe Laxative
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as the ideal laxative for children and adults, claiming it cleanses the stomach and bowels without griping. It advises mothers to use a teaspoonful for feverish, cross, or sour-tongued children and warns against counterfeit products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mmother
California
California Fig P Company
French Response Refutes Bernhardt On Belgium Neutrality
The French war ministry asserts France and Britain did not plan to violate Belgian neutrality. It says French forces stayed behind the frontier until Belgium requested aid on August 10, and that German actions prompted later movements. The document cites orders to avoid crossing into Belgium and to delay hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedrich von Bernhardt
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Meuse
War Ministry
Maubeuge
Germany
Michigan Baseball Schedule Set for 26 Games
Ann Arbor March 25 University of Michigan releases a 26 game schedule including Kentucky at Lexington April 10 Virginia at Charlotte April 16 Cornell at Ann Arbor May 15 and Ithaca May 19 Pennsylvania at Philadelphia May 23 and at Ann Arbor June 22 and 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Kentucky
Lexington
Virginia
Charlotte
Cornell
Ithica
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pimples Disfigurement Ends After Cuticura Cure
Miss Adelia Reed reports two years of facial pimples and itching, improved after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a free sample from Cuticura Dept T Boston. Advertisement touts Cuticura as skin protection and nursery toilet care with free 32 page Skin Book on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M” St
N. E
Washington, D. C
Adelia Reed
Cuticura
Dept. T
Boston
Jad Salts Promises Kidney Relief For Meat Eaters
A cited authority links backache and kidney misery to heavy meat intake and uric acid buildup. It recommends Jad Salts a four ounce dose daily in water before breakfast to stimulate sluggish kidneys, neutralize urine acidity, and ease bladder irritation for meat eaters.
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DAVIS
ROCHE
BURKE
Undertakers
St. Joseph and ‘State Streets
R. B. duMont
Wm. W. Croom
St. Michael St
St. Michael Street
Morrill & Lyons
St. Francis
LON
Scenic Circle Tours
San Diego
San Francisco
Colorado
Pacific Northwest
City Ticket Office
South Royal ST
H. C. Geron
Assenger
R. Cousins
Istic P
Cates
Benes
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Cromwell
Robert BE. Lee
Marne
Napoleon
Neuve Chapelle
Adv
Debriere’s
Marine Street
Scamen
A. P
Senator Brown
Bradley
Brown
Entel Friedrich
Fatima Ay Tery
Fatima
Ture
Cross
Bernhard
Duncan House
Government and
Royal Streets
Maury & Unruh Real Estate, Insurance and Loans
Aav
Merchants Bank
Alabama
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