Plan for Winter Farm Demonstration at Mobile
Plans for a winter demonstration farm to be operated by the Southern and the Mobile and Ohio Railways at Mobile aim to aid the Gulf Coast Produce Exchange in standard crops and show home garden potential. J G Shand will direct, highlighting strawberries as a chief crop and the value of storage and forage crops for livestock improvement.
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Southern
Mobile and Ohio Railways
Mobile
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
J. G. Shand
Salsbury
Cullman
Mr. Shand
Jackson Highway Choice This Week
L. C. Irvine of Southern Alabama’s Jackson Highway executive committee travels to Birmingham for a Chamber of Commerce banquet then to Nashville to review the Pathfinder report on Mississippi and Alabama routes. The committee will base its decision on the Pathfinders’ evaluation of scenic attraction road quality and future development.
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L. C. Irvine
Alabama
Jackson Highway
Birmingham
Chamber of Commerce
Nashville
Irvine
Mobile
Ig Pathfinder Committee
Mississippi
Mobile County
Pathfinders
Weather outlook shows fair skies and cooler readings ahead
The weather map reports generally fair conditions with little temperature change tonight and Tuesday. Alabama expects fair skies tonight and Tuesday with cooler conditions in the north, while Mississippi sees fair weather tonight and Tuesday with cooler temperatures and moderate southwest winds.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Worshippers Shocked By Self-Crucifixion Attempt at Cathedral
A man named Thomas D. Thornton attempted self crucifixion at St Marys Cathedral San Francisco during Mass. He drove spikes through both insteps with a gas pipe, nailed a foot to the floor, and was restrained by ushers. He was sent to a hospital for sanity assessment.
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San Francisco
Cal
Thomas D. Thornton
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Chicago saloons push open Sundays home rule request
Chicago saloon interests plan to ask Governor Dunne to include a home rule provision in a special legislative session call. A downtown street parade yesterday drew over forty thousand participants in protest of Mayor Thompson's Sunday closing order. Police reported fewer saloon closing violations than last Sunday, with twenty five noted and forty six arrests for drunkenness.
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Chicago
Dunne
Thompson
Whitlock To Leave Belgium Due To Ill Health
Secretary Lansing said German authorities regret reports saying Whitlock left Belgium over German objections. No official Berlin Washington communications occurred. Whitlock will sail from Amsterdam Wednesday for a vacation due to ill health.
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Washington
Lansing
Belgium
Brand Whitlock
Whitlock
Berlin
Amsterdam
Cotton ginned before November 1 totals 7 384 871 bales
Census Bureau reports 7 384 871 running bales ginned prior to November 1 including 69 204 round bales and 55 358 Sea Island bales. State totals show Georgia 1 431 290 Mississippi 584 089 North Carolina 408 056 Oklahoma 171 229 South Carolina 292 481 Tennessee 146 869 All other states 40 267.
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Washington
Sea Island
Census Bureau
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Ware
Otolordiea
London Globe Remains In Government Hands
The Globe, seized by police, remained under government control. Editor Charles Palmer said under military law they are calmly awaiting developments with no move yet to prosecute Palmer.
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London
the Globe
Charles Palmer
The
Globe
Palmer
New Half Billion Loan for Russia Approved in Petrograd
London via Petrograd reports the finance committee has approved a new loan of one billion roubles for Russia. The funds will be issued over ten years at an interest rate of 512 percent.
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Petrograd
London
Unified freight rate basis proposed for Alabama railways
Alabama traffic experts present to the Alabama railroad commission a comparison of railroads with a note that the Louisville and Nashville should not be on the same basis as others. A Birmingham association letter argues the Southern Railway should receive reasonable rate increases while L and N is expanding its southern holdings. The letter claims operating expenses favor the Southern and supports a uniform ten percent rise on 110 commodities, with Mobile officials and the Mobile rates committee seeking fair adjustments without hardship.
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Alabama
Alabama Railroad Commission
Louisville and Nashville Railway
Birmingham Merchants and Manufacturers Association
Southern Railway
Louisville and Nashville
Louisville
Nashville
Mobile
R. G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile Rates Committee
Murder charge looms over schooner crew in Azores case
Consul A T Haerbele reports Thomas Brown of Florida murdered aboard the American schooner Mary K Pendleton which sailed from Eayal on November 1 bound for Mayport Florida. The state department asks Florida U S attorney to arrest the entire crew on arrival. no crime details given.
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Washington
A. T. Haerbele
St. Michaels
Azores
Thomas Brown
Florida
Mary K. Pendleton
Eayal
Mayport
Fla
State Department
Department of Justice
United States’ Attorney
Stanley's Majority Is Further Trimmed
Louisville report states a ballot recount in the first eleven wards of the city reduced A. O. Stanley's unofficial gubernatorial majority from 585 to 338. The Marseille item notes a French campaign to punish profiteers with a supply corps officer, a clerk, and four others sentenced.
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Louisville
A. O. Stanley
Marseilles
France
Parent
Texas Readies Highway Push Along Gulf Coast Route
Houston traveler H C Linn completes the first coast to coast auto tour from New Orleans to Miami along the Old Spanish Trail. Texas backs a coastal highway linking the Gulf coast to Florida and the Pacific, with cities between Jacksonville and Pensacola envisioned as future tourist centers.
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Texas
Gulf
Mississippi River
Texas Gulf Coast
North
H. C. Linn
Houston
Tex
Mobile
New Orleans
Miami
Fla
Mr. Linn
Jacksonville
Tampa
Pensacola
America
Pascagoula
Biloxi
Ocean Springs
Long Beach
Santa Barbara
California
Mississippi
Pacific Coast
Florida
Gulf Coast
Coast
Southern Railway Spends Money in the South
During September 1915 the Southern Railway disbursed 4.13 million dollars for labor materials and other purposes, with 88.64 percent paid to southern individuals and industries. Gross revenue for September 1915 was 5.62 million, down from 1914 and 1912, while operating expenses and taxes totaled 3.94 million. The company invested 452,637 in roadway and structure improvements in September 1915.
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Washington
Southern Railway Company
South
A. H. Plant
10000 War Horses Shipped to Rest Before European Run
Ten thousand war horses gathered in Pittsburgh were deployed to Elizabeth New Jersey for recuperation before shipment to Europe. A Sunday blaze damaged John Kimbrough's house on Houston Street East between Government and Dauphin. the roof loss was insured and fire officials cited a defective flue.
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Pittsburgh
Middle West
Elizabeth
N. J
Europe
John Kimbrough
Houston
Government
Dauphin
Terrible Runaway On St Joseph Street Scatters Clothes
A runaway team on St Joseph Street near Lipscomb jolted through the roadway injuring a driver who crawled away crying. Clothes and household fabrics littered the street for blocks as the wagon crashed into a post and the team fed on grass nearby.
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ST. Joseph Street
Lipscomb Street
Officer Says Attempt Made to Bribe Him
Pa patrolman Sam Hyland arrested W. B. Saunders owner of a soft drink stand at 357 North Joachim street and Joseph McClain a lookout for alleged blind tiger operations on prohibition charges. Saunders allegedly offered five dollars to Hyland during the arrest. the case goes to recorder's court Monday afternoon for the officer's statement on the money.
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W. B. Saunders
North Joachim Street
Joseph McClain
Sam Hyland
Saunders
Hyland
Recorder’s Court
Bourne’s South Farm Project Draws Silent Scrutiny
A Mobile scene centers on Senator Bourne planning a 2500 acre diversified farm in the South. He rarely speaks about it, yet government plant experts survey the site as local landholders like J Hirsh expand cultivation near Theodore with Briggs and Maloney showing off prized citrus amid Mobile climate praise.
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Wyrex
Jonathan Bourne
Mr. Hirsh
Bourne
Mobile
Big Farm
United States Department of Agriculture
Professor Lake
Bureau of Plant
Theodore
George A. Maloney
Bis Country
Ohio
Interest Lacks in Alabama Bond Issue Debated
Montgomery reports show minimal public interest in a 1.5 million bond issue tied to a constitutional amendment. Officials weigh a campaign as state finances strain with warrants, loans, and unpaid salaries exceeding 3 million dollars. Congressman E B Almon of Tuscumbia announces plans to run again despite no known opposition.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Almon
E. B. Almon
Police Plan Soiree By Relief Association
At a Sunday Police Relief Association meeting held at the police station a committee was named to arrange a charity social to be held at a later date.
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Police Relief Association
Sivas SF Guo
Peanes
Balkan Front Updates and Balkan War Dispatches
Allied efforts in the Balkans report French progress northeast of Strumitza with Serbian junctions near Babuna range. Montenegrin forces claim gains near Grahova while Romania aims to stay neutral. Turkish attacks on Allied transport at Gallipoli and a cease on the Western Front are noted. Undine sunk off the Swedish coast. Tara merchant cruiser attacked in the eastern Mediterranean. Greek premier Skouloudis vows benevolent neutrality toward the Entente. French troops occupy Kosjak and Babuna heights and anticipate linking with Serbian forces.
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Bulgaria
Strumitza
Saloniki
Paris
Prilip
Babuna Range
Balkan
Grahova
Roumania
Nautral
Bucharest
Bratianu
Balkans
Gallipoli
Cali
Seddul Bahr
Berlin
Londen
Mediterranean
London
M. Skouloudis
Kosjak
Babuna Heights
Pletvar Pass
Perlepe-Kavadar
Monastir
Matin
Bulgarians and Teutons Unite After Nish Fall
Allied forces report Bulgarians and Austro German units now hold over half of Serbia and dominate the Nish railway. The line from Nish curves north to Krivivir then west across Serbia as prisoners fall. Southern Serbia sees setbacks for the invaders amid Greek cabinet turmoil and neutralist policy. Fronts at Riga and Dvinsk remain severe but indecisive with no other major changes.
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Nish
London
Hag
Serbia
Morava
Krivivir
Macedonia
Babuna Pass
Strumitza
Skouloudi
French Advance Slow but Certain at Saloniki Front
French forces push toward the north near Saloniki with terrain hindrances. Kachaly and Meimissy fell on the fifth, Colombo was stormed yesterday, while a British contingent holds the right wing. Serbs repelled Bulgarian assaults in Krivolak as French extend lines toward Gradako and beyond the Thema river to Kavadar.
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Saloniki
London
Strumiaza
Kachaly
Meimissy
Colombo
Krivolak
Gradako
Thema River
Kavadar
Pensacola Mobile and New Orleans Railroad Expands Capital
Stockholders approve raising capital from 750 000 to 1 150 000 to complete the line to Mobile Bay then by trestle to Ft Blakely and Pinto Island. Elwood McLaughlin presides as the plan includes ferry transfers from Pinto Island to the west side of the river to connect with other roads. The road was first incorporated at 10 000 and later increased to 750 000.
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Pensacola, Mobile and New
Mobile
Elwood McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Pinto Island
Pensacola, Mobile and
New Orleans
Baldwin county plans model farm network near Robertsdale
Report describes Baldwin County farmers establishing a system of model farms to teach diversification and best practices. Mentioned are Weder’s farm near Foley, a model farm at Bay Minette, Cap, Fairhope and Sunny Brook owned by Dyer near Robertsdale showing crops, stock handling, and new crops suited to the region.
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Baldwin County
Hans
Robertsdale
Condainen
BE. M. Dyer
Yer
Bald An
Weder
Foley
Bay Minette
Cap
Fairhope
Death of Dunkhorst recalls bout with Fitz
The obituary recalls Ed Dunkhorst once weighing 270 pounds who fought Bob Fitzsimmons, 167 pounds, years ago. Fitz teased Dunkhorst in rounds one and two then landed a left to the solar plexus. Dunkhorst, carried off, quipped asking what happened as Fitz joked a trolley car ran him over.
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Ed . Dunkhorst
Bob Fitzsimmons
Fitz
Dunkhorst
Bob
Fire Cry Triggers Panic at Peabody School
In Peabody Massachusetts a false cry of fire sent 200 St. John’s parochial pupils fleeing an old high school building. No deaths occurred. one boy broke his arm escaping through a window. The alarm echoed memories of the October 28 blaze that killed twenty one people.
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Peabody
Mass
St. John’s Parochial School
Stea
Funeral Notice for Virginia Mountain Smith
Entered into rest November 8 1915 at 7 20 a m Virginia Mountain relict of the late George Washington Smith The friends of the family are requested to attend her funeral from the home of Mrs Ida Mountain 265 North J Street Tomorrow Noon at 4 0 o'clock Interment in the Ma cemetery
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Smith
Virginia Mountain
George Washington Smith
Ida
Mountain
North
J Street
Strayed Dark Red Mare With White Star Near Bienville
Strayed from Bienville area a large dark red mare with a white star on the face. Reward offered to Jesse Townsend, route details incomplete. Report missing horse promptly to reclaim animal and reward.
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Cedar Point Road
Bienville
Jesse Townsend
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Francisco Villa
Senora Villa
London Globe
Russia
Stanley
St. Joseph
Lipscomb
Government Bureau
Battle House
Akron
J. Hirsh
Senator
Undine
Pensacola, Mo
Bile
New Orleans Road
Crease Capital
Baldwin Co
Suilitty
Brook
Purc
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