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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1915

Page

5

Flag reference in luncheon address stirs cheers

President Wilson reviews Atlantic fleet from Fifth Avenue amid rain and umbrellas. The ceremony features the New York and Texas superdreadnoughts, 16 destroyers, and naval units as Secret Service keeps watch. The parade concludes with a luncheon at the Biltmore Hotel and a Vera Cruz tribute banner.

Mayflower Dolphin Daniels Yankton Patrol Dixie Wilson Great Britain Germany Teehion New York Texas Nomina Utah Florida Delaware North Dakota Mid- Topshira Louisiana Virginia Ronde Island Nebraska Georgia Admiral Etcher Wyoming Fifth Avenue Secret Service Secret Service Guard Seventh Regiment New York National Guard Ublic Marine Corps Band Marines McAneny Admiral Fletcher Butler Citizens’ Committee Biltmore Vera Cruz

Local notices and events from Prichard May 17

The notice list shows a postponed lawn sale date from May 21 to May 28 at Mrs. Charlies H. Whiteman residence. Frank Odum returns from Birmingham. Helping Hand Society meetings and School Improvement Association gatherings are scheduled. McMillan Drug Company opens a rebuilt storefront with ice cream. Lane Gilpin named new druggist at Bauer's drug. Carl Hansen visits Orleans. Ladies' Aid and other community activities noted.

School Improvement Association Lane Gilpin Bauer Carl Hansen Orleans Otte Thomas Wilkins

Transylvania Docks at Greenock After Submarine Danger

The Transylvania arrived safely at Greenock Scotland at 3 this morning after altering its course from New York to avoid the war zone. The vessel carried nearly 1000 passengers including 28 Americans and had been feared due to its contraband cargo and the Lusitania sinking nearby.

Liverpool Transylvania Greenock Scotland New York Secoth

Rebels Gain Portugal Victory and New Cabinet Named

Rebels victory in Portugal leads to the formation of a new cabinet. Medieros, former minister of public instruction, and others were sent aboard the battleship Vasco da Gama after confinement. Rioting damaged ministry buildings as loyalists and civilians clashed with naval forces. The new ministry pledges obedience to the law and urges calm while Arriaga is set to remain president until October.

Portugal Medieros Carmo Vasco da Gama Havas Almirante’ Reis Cunha Madeira Jaime Castro Lisbon Ministry of the Interior B. Machado Santos Lucas Arriaga Oporto Hotel de Ville Mundo Revolutionary Committee

Arrest Warrant Issued for Man Over County Highway Blockage

The Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners ordered the arrest of A F Leslie who fenced a county road near Chinchula. The highway obstruction was to be removed by the road superintendent with county attorney Robert E Gordon advising. The board discussed a $75,000 loan, tick eradication funding, and a tuberculosis nurse stipend. Bids for clay gravel were opened with Jackson Sand and Gravel Co leading at $1.15.

Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners F.leslie Chinchula Robert E. Gordon A. G. Ward Mobile Acumonics George E. Stone Jackson Sand and Gravel Company J. P Bogue & Co Toulmin & Ta Southern Fuel and Kesny J. L

New Orleans Cotton Market Mixed On Calm Open

New Orleans reports a quiet morning with little cotton offered yet prices up 4 to 9 points from Sunday’s close. Spot cotton remains steady at Middling 9. Sales total 450 bales on spot with none to arrive.

New Orleans

Cotton receipts for trains 42 and 241 total 14 bales

Eskinsky & Co report 5 bales on Louisville and Nashville Train No 42. Touart & Quinn record 12 bales on Train No 241. Clarke Davis Company supplies 2 bales. Total 14 bales.

Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company Eskinsky & Co

British Hammer Germans for Gain in Major Front

In a war update, British forces have driven German troops back along a front stretching nearly a mile as Field Marshal French reports a quiet sector for forty eight hours. Russian defeats widen, with central Poland to the Carpathians under pressure and Praems threat. An enemy Zeppelin raid on the English coast is repelled near the lightship Weat Hinder, suffering minimal damage. Italy’s entry remains tied to Salandra and Coenen positions while the war’s diplomatic scene shifts with Allied emphasis.

French Petrograd Poland Carpathians Praemys Resos England Weat Hinder Germany America London Italy Cat Teng

New York Cotton Opens With Decline Then Rises Amid Quiet Trade

Cotton prices opened down on May 17 due to Liverpool reports but soon rallied as active months firmed. Private cables noted selling of confiscated cotton in Liv- but local sentiment remained optimistic. Spot middling uplands at 9.65 with 3,600 bales traded. close steady.

New York Liverpool Liv

Wall Street opens firmer as war stocks lead gains

Atlantic market shows broad advance with Bethlehem Steel strongest, United States Steel active on 4,600 share block. Bonds firm and shorts cover. copper and several industrials quoted near near closing levels while tobacco and chemical shares post varied gains. Savannah turpentine steady with mixed barrel prices and receipts reported.

New York Bethlehem Steel London United States Steel Re Ees Acan Agricultural American Can American Far & Foundry American Cotton Oil American Smelting American Sugar American Tel. & Tel Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio Canadian Pacific Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago Mil St. Paul Erie General Electric Great Northern Interborough Met Kansas City Southern Liggett & Myers Lorillard Co Mexican Petroleum Missouri, Kansas, & Texas New York Central N. Y N. H. & Hartford Amer

Noted Newark Family Lost in Lusitania Sinking

Friends and relatives of Mr and Mrs Walter Mitchell of Newark New Jersey received word from London that their bodies were recovered from the wreck of the Lusitania.

Newark N. J Wal‘Mitchell

Madam Royal Clairvoyant Palmist Ad Promises Answers

A vintage advertisement urges readers to consult Madam Royal, a clairvoyant and palmist, claiming she can reveal names, dates and facts without questions. It promises reunions, fortune control, lost friends, buried treasures, and verdicts on love, lawsuits, and rivalries, implying widespread solutions through her powers.

Madam Royal

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