Admiralty Denies Teuton Baralong Charge Second Time
London November 7 The Admiralty published a communique denying issuing orders to rescue survivors of German submarines and dismissing German accusations as an anti British plot. It recounts a neutral flagged auxiliary rescuing a German crew after sinking a submarine near the Scilly Islands and claims the Germans opened fire first.
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Associated Press
London
Admiralty
Great Britain
Wihe
Scilly Islands
Omit All Meat From Diet To Cure Kidney Troubles
A 1920s style advertisement urges Americans to avoid meat to ease rheumatic and bladder issues. It claims uric acid overload harms kidneys, causing back pain and frequent urination, and promotes Jad Salts as a cheap remedy to flush kidneys and neutralize urine acids. The product is described as a pleasant effervescent drink fit for home use.
Skeletons of 3 Million Year Old Animals Found
The pillotherium skeleton, about the size of a black bear and rodentlike, is added to the American Museum of Natural History collection. Found in Colorado after a twenty year hunt, it is the only complete specimen of its kind. The museum also secures two pilohippus bones, linked to three toed horses and modern horses, each with one toe per foot.
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Associated Press
New York
Pillotherium
American Museum of Natural History
Colorado
Nova Scotian Inquiry About Mobile as Winter Resort
Manager S H Peck of the Battle House received a letter from E B Weaver of Cape Breton Nova Scotia asking for winter tourist information about Mobile. It seeks climate data and nearby places of interest. The requested information was sent Monday night.
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S. H. Peck
The
Battle House
E. B. Weaver
Cape Breton
Nova Scogia
Mobile
Weaver
Lanao Sunk by Submarine Under Philippine Register
The steamship Lanao, sunk October 28 by a submarine, was under Philippine register and flying the Se flag. Captain Henry Mainland, the only American aboard, reports the submarine fired across the bow, then twice more after reversing engines. The crew was landed at Cardiff aboard the Tromp after the sub sank the vessel for contraband.
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Cardiff
Lanao
Henry Mainland
Mainland
Trial Not Halted by Election Day in Trabue Case
Election day did not interrupt the Trabue murder trial in Nashville. Jurors may vote in their ward this afternoon. Key testimony covered bullet holes in Stokes' private office and claims a retraction was planted. Witness Stephenson described entering the room after the shooting and noting a missing sign incident. Witness Blake testified Trabue admitted killing Stokes after seeing him in the reception area.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Charles C. Trabue
Harry 8. Stokes
George W. Carter
Stokes
J. G. Stephenson
Trabue
Stephenson
Jeff McCain
R. E. Blake
Florence Harrison
North Dakota voters to go to polls amid favorable weather
N D farmers out Fargo North Dakota reports favorable morning weather promising wide turnout in rural districts as voters head to polls across the state.
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N. D
Fargo
North Dakota
Ferriline Tasteless Syrup of Quinine Ad
An old advertisement touts Ferriline as the first tasteless syrup of quinine. It claims improved quinine that does not nauseate or excite nerves and targets both children and adults who cannot take ordinary quinine. The 2-ounce original package is priced at 25 cents, with branding on the bottle.
Cured Malaria While He Read His Paper
Mr Height reports curing malaria by taking a teaspoonful of Granger Liver Regulator for three nights after supper while reading his paper. He says the vegetable product relieved his malarial headache and endorses the remedy as free of chemicals and alcohol. The druggist stocks it.
Last Plea Made for School Levy
William F Feagin issues final appeal to Alabama voters urging support for a constitutional amendment allowing a three mill local tax for public schools. He frames local self government as essential and appeals to patriotism citizenship and childhood in a last utterance before Tuesday's election.
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Montgomery
Ala
William F. Feagin
Alabama
Feagin
South
Senate
Alabama Officials Vote as Polling Areas Open
A large majority of state officials and employees left the capital to return home and vote in their counties on the educational amendment. Dr Sien Ming Woo a Boston medical student from Southern China visited the Alabama health department to learn about plague control and stated his aim to combat bubonic plague in his homeland. In Lowndes county court Judge J Wood refused to nolle pros two liquor violation cases against William Toole and two black draymen and set a minimum $50 fines. William L Martin the attorney general said the state would seek dismissal of the cases.
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Alabama
China
Sien Ming Woo
Boston
Alabama Health Department
Woo
United States
William J. Toole
Montgomery
Lowndes County
Wood
Nolle
William L. Martin
Louisville and Nashville Claims Car Shortage Justifies Line Embargo
The Louisville and Nashville railroad filed a statement with the Interstate Commerce Commission detailing the share of cars on October 1 for many lines to justify its embargo against cars moving to other lines. The figures show percentages from 33 for Queen and Crescent to 397 for Central New England, with various lines reporting higher shares and others lower, illustrating the strain in car supply amid the inquiry.
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Associated Press
Louisville, Ky
C. C. McChord
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Queen and Crescent
Central New England Railway
Louisville & Nashville
Long Island Railroad
Boston and Maine
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Boston and Albany
Philadelphia
Reading
Erie
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Lake Erie and Western
Michigan Central
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Vandalla
Wabash
Southern
Sunset Central
Grand Trunk
Pere Marquette
Big Four
Baltimore & Ohio
Mobile & Ohio
Queens and Crescent
Atlanta
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
St. Louis Southwestern
Pennsylvania
Court fails to dismiss case over grand jury delay
Attorney General Martin notes a rare instance of a court denying a prosecutor's motion to dismiss. Toole and draymen were arrested at Lowndesboro after obtaining liquor from the station and loading it on a dray. Toole claims shipment originated in Pensacola and repeats the claim to secure payment.
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Lowndes County
Martin
Toole
Lowndesboro
Pensacola
McKee Taken to Penitentiary to Begin 25Year Term
Ben F. McKee of Alabama City was sent to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta to serve a 25 year sentence for his complicity in the robbery of a Louisville and Nashville passenger train at Greenville on July 10, 1915. He was convicted and sentenced accordingly.
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McKee
Ben F. McKee
Alabama City
Atlanta
Louisville and Nashville
Greenville
Ely's Cream Balm offers relief for cold and catarrh
An advertisement promises instant relief from head colds and catarrh by applying Ely's Cream Balm in the nostrils. It claims to open air passages, relieve congestion, soothe swollen membranes, and end symptoms like sniffing and headache with a small fragrance antiseptic bottle available from druggists.
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Ely
Mobile booklet draws militiaman’s interest
A Southern Port Mobile booklet attracts attention from an Eastern militiaman unit stationed at Columbus New Mexico. In a letter to Mobile’s Chamber of Commerce A S Tillman says he may move Mobile as his home. The booster plan of the chamber led to copies aboard the troop train for Alabama soldiers to pass around.
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Mobile
Columbus
N. M
Chamber of Commerce
A. S. Tillman
Alabama
Tillman
Gulf Coast Poultry Meet Postponed to Third Tuesday
The Gulf Coast Poultry Association postpones its regular meeting from the second Tuesday to the third Tuesday in November. The Gulf Coast Duroc Jersey Poultry Breeders' Association will meet on the third Thursday in November.
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Gulf Coast Poultry Association
Gulf Coast Duroc-Jersey Poultry Breeders’ Association
Funeral services announced for Mrs. John W. A. Sanford
Funeral services for Mrs. John W. A. Sanford, longtime United Daughters of the Confederacy worker, will be held from her brother's home Tuesday morning. She died after a two year illness from a fall that fractured her hip at 81. Surviving brothers A J Taylor Hails Taylor and Thomas Taylor of Montgomery and grandchildren Burlin Starnes John W A Sanford and Hugh Sanford. The National Surety Company paid 1490.47 into the state treasury as partial restitution in the case of W D O'Brien former Tallapoosa tax collector indicted.
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Sanford
John W. A. Sanford
United Daughters of the Confederacy
North Carolina
Lanao Reported as American Vessel First Believed
London papers front the claim that the Lanao was initially regarded as an American ship. Lloyds later notes the vessel is no longer listed on American registry. The Lanao was hailed 25 miles off the Portuguese coast November 2. The crew say a British steamer was unsuccessfully attacked while aboard the submarine.
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London
Lloyds
Portfuese
Opposition to Demurrage Fines Flows From Trade League
Chicago November 7 members of the National Industrial Traffic League representing shipping interests decided to oppose a proposed rail schedule filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission that would impose heavy penalties for car demurrage service.
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Associated Press
Chicago
National Industrial Traffic League
Interstate Commerce Commission
US foreign trade seen near eight billion in 1916
The National City Bank foreign trade department estimates the United States will reach about 8 billion dollars in calendar year 1916, roughly one fifth of world trade. Exports exceed imports by around 3 billion, with nine months of 1916 total commerce at 5.78 billion compared with 1915 and 1914 levels.
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Foreign Trade Department of
National City Bank
Associated Press
New York
United States
Foreign Trade Department
Agony over Varicose Ulcer Healed by D D D Remedy
Mrs Stitt of West Toronto testifies to a painful varicose ulcer that resisted doctors and ointments. After using D D D, the leg healed, sleep returned, and the patient praises the remedy. Advertisement notes bottles priced 25c 50c and 1.00 with money back guarantee from Van Antwerp, Druggist.
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Teutons
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Wor
OAS Authority
By Edgren
Jess
Stu
Mop
Ano Weiner
Crange Mul
Frevpy Weise
Ub Seu Om
Nova
England
U.S
Chas
Geo. Carter
Mr. J. Height
Wetumpka
L. and
Federal Commission of Inquiry
Poultry Association
Tenced
Circuit Court of Appeals
van Antwerp Drug Corp
D.D.D
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Princieg, Company
St Michael Street
Bell
Real Estate and Insurance
Duggan-Taylor Realty Co., Inc
Royal Street
Narcissus
Campernelle
Crocus
Jonquille
Spencer Sweet Pea
van Antwerp Seed Store Mobile
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