Gulf Coast Fair plans move to Jossen tract in Mobile
Gulf Coast Fair directors confirm a $30,000 budget to develop the Jossen tract for a major park and fair buildings in Mobile. The plan foresees a grandstand first and includes livestock farms, agricultural facilities, and exhibits, with premiums and a cooperative county show across eight Alabama and Mississippi counties.
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Mobile
Jossen
Gulf Coast
Jos
Transiion
Wom
Mobilé
Wtll
Executive Committee
Vareniewa
Stari
Poet Rowe
Bane
United States
Baldwin
Washington
Clarke
Choctaw
Sumter
Monroe
Escambia
Conecuh
Alabama
Mississippi
Jackson
Harrison
Hancock
Forrest
Perry
Jones
George
Greene
Wayne
Southern
Southern’s Railway
Trouble brewing in Hampton Roads for the cruiser
Battleships of the Atlantic fleet reserve at League Island Navy Yard ordered to sail for Hampton Roads tomorrow to confront the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Friedrich while British and French ships wait off Virginia capes. Philadelphia dispatch notes local police ordered to round up sailors ashore to man dreadnoughts once under way.
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Philadelphia
League Island Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
Pring Friedrich
Virginia Capes
Navy Yard
Navy Sends Alabama to Newport News to Guard Neutrality
Secretary Daniels ordered the battleship Alabama to Hampton Roads to protect U S neutrality as the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich remains in port. The plan aims to deter allied warships from violating neutrality and to enforce treaty rules governing the three mile limit and departures.
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Washington
Newport News
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Daniels
Alabama
Hampton Roads
United States
Navy Department
Prinz Eitel
Easter Service Moves to New All Saints Church
Palm Sunday services mark the final worship in the old All Saints Episcopal building. Holy communion at 7 30 a m Sunday school at 9 30 a m morning prayers and sermon at 11 a m evening prayer at 7 30 p m. Rector Rev T H Johnston urges full attendance as parish shifts to the new church on Ann and Government streets built of Mobile county sandstone and praised as one of the citys prettiest churches.
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All Saints Episcopal Church
All Saints
Fidence
Faith
T. H. Johnston
Ann and
Government Streets
Mobile County
Field Marshal French And General Haig Near Drowning Rescue
London March 27 A lucky escape from drowning by two English officers during the Boer War likely shaped British fortunes in France. General French and Colonel Haig were swept from their horses in a raging stream, wriggled free and swam to shore soaking wet. Haig rose from captain to major general in eight years and earned fame in South Africa and during the Sudan and Boer campaigns.
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London
France
South Africa
Cronje
General French
Haig
Mons
Calais
Star College
Cally
Atom
Paris
Seventh Hussars
Sudan
Kitchener
Gordon Gordon
Khartoum
Hale
French
Cape Town
Sir Douglas
Colesbury
Edward
Allies Prepare Decisive Dardanelles Assault
Athens dispatch reports colossal preparations for a final assault on the Dardanelles forts. Admirals ordered decisive action after a council, with eight fresh battleships due, while Goeben is repaired and a large raid against the Turkish fleet is planned in the Black Sea.
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London
Athens
Dardanelles
Mytilene
Gulf of Smyrna
Sofia
Reuters Telegram Company
Constantinople
Goeben
Sultan Selim
Hoppe Wins 2,000-Point Billiard Match in Philadelphia
Willie Hoppe completed a 2,000 point string in 16 innings to beat Joseph Mayer 2,000 to 1,500 in a handicap balk line billiards match. Hoppe’s final score was 394 with a grand average of 32.48.
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Philadelphia
Willie Hoppe
Joseph Mayer
Hoppe
Mayer
Mile Magers
Price Smith's Fate Still Undecided in County Jail
At 1 o'clock this morning the county jail and jury room were quiet as twelve jurors weighed Price Smith charged with cattle stealing. No verdict had been reached and by crowd reaction, anticipation was low outside the courthouse.
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Price Smith
Nash's Mission Fails In Turpentine Trade Voyage
Naval stores factors in Savannah report Edmund B Nash was sent to London to lift the ban on shipments of turpentine and resins to Germany but British officials declined to offer hope that naval stores would be removed from the contraband list.
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Savannah
Edmund 8. Nash
London
Germany
Nash
Protestant revival series continues in Mobile churches
The Mobile Ministerial Alliance will extend the revival effort this week across churches in Mobile. Dr. T. M. Hawes of Louisville opens at Government Street Presbyterian, preaching twice daily. Rev. E. C. Moore of Montgomery presides at Government Street Methodist with music by Rev. B. C. Glenn Jr. Evangelist Curtis Shugart speaks at Baptist Tabernacle. First Baptist plans a series on The Last Things in the Earthly Life of Jesus with daily sermons. Public invited.
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Curtis Shugart
Montgomery
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Mobile
Mobile Ministerial Alliance
T. M. Hawes
Highland Presbyterian Church of
Louisville
Government Street Presbyterian Church
Hawes
Government Street
B. C. Glenn, Jr
Moore
Grounds
Texas
Temple
Yoakum
Shugart
Tabernacle
First Baptist Church
Jesus
Gethsemeni
Imminent Italian Austro War Moves Reported
Rome notes Italy hastening war preparations after Emperor Francis Joseph refuses to cede territory. The Austrians redeploy the Cratz corps to Trieste for entrenchments, General Borroevic and staff arrive, and trench work continues as artillery reservists are kept in service. Diplomacy remains active amid Balkan shifts.
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Rome
Italy
Francis Joseph
Victor Emmanuel
Trieste
Third
Cratz
Laibach
Borroevic
Balkan
Bulgaria
Roumania
Woman Sues Railroad For Damages In Collision Case
Mrs. Fannie Forcheimer of Louisiana through attorneys nini and Hirsch files in Wilkes barre circuit court against W S Railroad seeking 10 000 damages for injuries from a November collision in Louisiana when a westbound train struck a bound train injuring several persons.
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Railro Wilksburg
Miss
Fannie Forcheimer
Son
Nini & Hirsch
W. S. Railway Company
Maud Booth in New Orleans Sparks Three Day Visits
The article reports Maud Ballington Booth visiting New Orleans for three days of engagements. Locals express eagerness to hear her about prison reform and social work while noting her motherly image and public interest in her views.
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New Orleans
Maud Ballington Booth
City
Louisiana
Germany Offers Territory to Bulgaria to Secure Neutrality
Reports say Germany is proposing cession of part of European territory to Bulgaria in return for Bulgaria's continued neutrality. Prince George of Greece departs Italy for Athens to back his brother King Constantinos and the royal stance favoring neutrality against Allied intervention.
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Balkans
Germany
Bulgaria
Prince George
Greece
Athens
Con
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Dauphin Street
Goodyear
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Emimanuel
Austria
Bauer’s
Penny Sale
Dave S. Bauer
Oppenheim
New York Evening Sun
Crescent Theatre
E. Phillips
Heim
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