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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1914
Page
2
Allied gains and German losses reported in Oct war update
London reporting on an afternoon attack at Vailly where Allied forces repelled the enemy, capturing 1,000 prisoners and two machine guns. In the Argonne forest west of Verdun German forces attacked but were driven off with heavy losses. No decisive change in the northeastern theater yet. Russians advance slowly near Warsaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vailly
Argonne
Verdun
Toul
Warsaw
Nieuport
le Bassee
War Office
Ypres
Chaulnes
Lequesnoy
Ger
Aisne
Sois
Woevre
le Pierre
Allies press German lines in northern France and Belgium
German attacks along the coast resume as Allied forces gain ground near Ypres Paschendaele and Chaulnes. Rampkapelle is retaken by Belgians after a brief German occupation. In New York and Liverpool, bankers arrange a 10 million dollar loan to support cotton brokers as exchanges reopen and the cotton pool stabilizes prices. W. G. P. Harding cites expected strong effects on cotton trade and markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Belgium
Ostend
Arras
Lille
Zeebrugge
Bruges
Heyst
Souain
Progress on Loan Fund Satisfactorily Reported by Harding
Satisfactory progress on subscriptions to the cotton loan fund is reported. In St. Louis the full 7,500,000 allotted has been raised and subscribers are ready for the underwriting contract. Attendees at today's conference included Sir George Paish, Mr. Blackett, Charles H. Hamlin, Paul M. Warburg, Albert H. Wiggin, Benjamin Strong Jr., and James Brown. The Liverpool exchange opening and wartime relief were cited as priorities by bankers and English representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Loan Fund
St. Louis
George Paish
Mr. Blackett
Charles H
Boston Shoe Shop vs McCue's Athletics Big Game Preview
Boston Shoe Shop faces McCue's Athletics in a closely matched afternoon clash. Both teams bring balanced lineups and strong pitching depth, with anticipated stalemates and the winner likely to feature a key pitcher on the mound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Shoe Shop
McCue
Alabama Legislature Opposed to Cotton Bond Plan
Special to The Item from Montgomery reports Alabama's next legislature largely opposes state bonds to ease the cotton crisis. Members write the governor they favor no acreage reduction, no elimination of planting, and likely oppose a special session. A practical relief plan remains elusive as letters are tallied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Union Trouble at Lyric Theatre Settled
Lyric Theatre signs contract with the local International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes to use union stage hands and musicians exclusively starting November 14 with The Ham Tree to be staged by McIntyre and Heath. Third Vice President Charles Neal of St Louis facilitated the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric Theatre
James T. Duggah
Lyric Theatre Company
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
MclIntyre and Heath Company
Charles Neal
St. Louis
Lyric Company
Four Bales Added to Chamber of Commerce Sales List
The buy a bale effort grows as William H. Monk Jr adds buyers. Misses Bangs and Whittons School in New York purchase one bale the Illinois Refrigerator Co Morrison Illinois one bale and Bacon Underwood Veneer Co Chicago Illinois two bales. These names join the chamber of commerce honor roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Monk, Jr
Monk
Bangs & Whittens’ School
New York
Ilinois Refrigerator Co
Morrison, Il
Bacon-Underwood Veneer Co
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce
Chandler to Advocate School for Exports in Mobile
Cole Chandler, South American agent of the Southern Railway, arrives in Mobile on Wednesday November 4. At 8 p.m. he addresses the Chamber of Commerce at the Cawthon Hotel and invites teachers bankers and others to attend. He will propose establishing in Mobile a school for export trade studies, mirroring a recent New Orleans model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole Chandler
The
Southern Railway
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Cawthon Hotel
Chandler
New Orleans
Gulf Coast Fair prospects urged by visiting organizer
The speaker toured southern fairs to study best practices for Mobile's Gulf Coast Fair. He argues a compact, well located site near city center with integrated grounds boosts attendance and profits, cites Oklahoma City Memphis and Birmingham layouts, and highlights supportive progress in Hattiesburg Gilberton Thomasville and Bay Minette exhibits and local endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jossen
Oklahoma City
Memphis
Birmingham
Mobile
Hattiesburg
Gilberton
Thomasville
Bay Minette
Choctaw County
Kentucky
St. Louis
United States
South
Goode
Coeing
Mobile County
Baldwin
Market improves as bond and stock demand revives in New York
New York reports a week of rising prices across bonds notes and stocks with a $6 million increase in bank surplus reserves. Short term notes show heightened activity and six month maturities rise as demand outstrips supply while trustees and estates drive trading. Insurance buyers reinvest yearly and over the counter turnover reaches about $2 million daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aggregate
Amalgamated Copper
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Turkey at War Frontline With Black Sea Actions and Diplomatic Strains
Reports say Turkey has bombarded Sebastopol and attacked the Russian Black Sea fleet, sinking a mine layer and a torpedo boat destroyer and seizing a collier. Turkish warships are blamed on German officers aboard Turkish vessels, while the Porte hesitates to declare war on Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russian Black Sea
Breslau
Goeben
Sebastopol
Black Sea
Turkey
Turkish ambassador in Petrograd works to avert Ottoman war
Reports from Constantinople say the Turkish ambassador to Russia tries to influence his government to disavow the Turkish warships acts and avert war by indemnifying Russia. Ambassadors of Britain Russia and France plan to leave Constantinople, with Russia turning to the Italian envoy and possibly the American envoy for mediation. A grand vizier cabinet meeting is urged to address the powers demands, casting doubt on a declared war between Russia and the Ottoman empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Petrograd
Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
Veteran Jewels to Honor Pythian Forty-Year Members
For Mobile Lodge No. 67 Knights of Pythias silver anniversary the banquet on November 10 at Battle House will feature solid gold Veteran Jewels for twenty-five-year members and numerous solid silver souvenir pins for attending ladies. Jewels are enamelled and engraved. pins were made by Julius Goldstein and are on display at his Royal Street shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Battle House
Julius Goldstein
Royal Street
Meridian Cotton Fair Survives Amid Boll Weevil Toll
In cotton country hit hard by boll weevil, Meridian hosts a fair with turnout matching any year, reflecting local pride in agriculture and cotton based wealth. The piece contrasts with other fairs in similarly impacted regions where some fairs fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian
Next Year's Butler County Crop Will Not Be Cotton
Farmers at the Butler county stock show and demonstration institute decided that next year's crop will not be cotton. They reported higher profits from hogs and feed crops, with about 15,000 attendees over five days. The event featured 17 state and national experts and ended with plans for $2,000 in prizes and a gold headed cane for Representative-Elect H. A. Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Ala
Butler County
Farmers’ Demonstration and Institute
H. A. Thompson
A. D. Whitehead
Department of Agriculture
Thompson
J. B. Stanley
The
Advocate
R. F. Kolb
J. T. Watt
United States Farm Demonstration Agent
Alabama
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Pauline J Stillman
The funeral for Pauline Jos ephine Stillman widow of F Still man was held at Point Clear Alabama on Thursday at 3 pm with interment in the local cemetery. Pallbearers were Alex Johnson John Johnson John Cain Edward Dana Gus Dade and Joseph Pose. She died Tuesday October 27 at 1 pm at the home of her brother Charles Ladnier 109 Marine Street. She was 55 and had good health prior to death. Survived by mother six sisters Janie Louise Gertrude Ladnier Mrs G C Blaylock Mrs S N Cash and Mrs C Dana and four brothers John Edward Charlies Joe and Sod Ladnier and a host of relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Stillman
Pauline Josephine Stillman
F. Stillman
Point Clear
Ala
Alex Johnson
John Johnson
John Cain
Edward Dana
Gus Dade
Joseph Pose
Alexander M. Lawrence
Honduras
Janie
Louise
Gertrude Ladnier
G. C. Blaylock
S. N. Cash
C. Dana
John
Edward
Charlies
Joe
Sod Ladnier
Funeral for John H. Tucker Arrives in Whistler
Funeral services for John H. Tucker, a longtime Mobile & Ohio engineer who refused a pension, were held Saturday night at his Whistler home. Rev Vaughn of Whistler Baptist Church and the Odd Fellows led rites before burial by Crenshaw Undertaking. Remains sent to Waynesboro, Mississippi. Pallbearers named Charles Welch, M. B. Hayes, M. A. Graham, J. W. Crockett, W. M. Cato.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Tucker
Mobile & Ohio
Whistler
Mr. Vaughn
Whistler Baptist Church
Odd Fellows
Crenshaw Undertaking Company
Waynesboro
Miss
Charles Welch
M. B. Hayes
M.A. Graham
J. W. Crockett
W. M. Cato
Church Incorporates In Bayou Street District
The Big Zion A. M. E. Church filed incorporation papers in probate court on Saturday. Congregation members J. P. Hubbard Levi Jackson W. H. Larkins E. J. Meyers S. D. Porter Henry Rogers Frank Miles D. J. McNeill John E. Allen and Pastor Lynwood W. Eyles are listed as incorporators.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bernalts Music Mouse
Liverpool Exchange
Treasury Department
W. G. P. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Harding
Sclons
O’neal
Tages
Association
Mort L. Bixler
Io Ocen
Mark
International News ,Service
Newport
Tennessee
California
South Royal Street
Italy
Donets
Porte
Hota
Atntinople
Greenville Fair
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