Lord Mayor's Day in London A Military Pageant
The Lord Mayor's Day parade in London focuses on imperial and military displays as Sir Charles Johnston is inaugurated. Canadian troops and English regiments march, with veterans of Antwerp drawing particular interest. The banquet features a rare cabinet presence and nineteen ambassadors, including U S ambassador Walter Hines Page.
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Associated Press
London
Charles Johnston
Thomas W. Bowater
England
Antwerp
Walter Hines Page
Drummonds Win New Divorce Decree Free to Remarry
Los Angeles November 9 final decree of divorce signed by Judge Monroe grants both John N. Drummond Jr and his wife Evora Drummond the right to remarry. The couple wed in Chicago on July 11 1908 with Evora formerly Miss Evora Meyer daughter of Chicago businessman Willis Meyer.
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Los Angeles
Drummond
Monroe
John N. Drummond, Jr
Evora Drummond
Chicago
Evora Meyer
Willis Meyer
Berlin Still Eats Wheat Bread and Goes to Theatres
Berlin society shows calm amid mobilization with wheat bread for civilians, visible posters scarce, and horses requisitioned. Large photographs of the emperor and generals decorate streets as business continues and cafes stay crowded. Women knit for the war effort while war bulletins receive limited attention.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Holland
Hen
Germany
von Hindenburg
von Spessler
Mobile battalion to hold rifle practice at Montgomery
The Mobile battalion A N G composed of companies A B E and M is ordered to range training at Montgomery from November 13 to 17. Captain J Grove will command the unit which travels by heavy march to the range for five days of shooting and qualification.
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Montgomery
Mobile
J. Grove
Guard
Grove
Vassar heroine receives medal for life saving act
Phoebe Briggs of Sacramento California received a Carnegie medal for rescuing four classmates from drowning on Vassar Lake near Sunset Hill in February 1913. She attempted to save a fifth girl, Miss Elizabeth Mylod, who was drowned under the ice, expressing regret she could not reach her.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vassar Lake
Phoebe Briggs
Sacramento
Cal
New Hamburg
Mildred R. Keniston
Fred A. Keniston
Cambridge
Mass
Laura M. Reiner
John Reiner
Kingston
Annie J. Oldham
J. R. Oldham
Cleveland
Ohio
Sunset Hill
Miss Briggs
Elizabeth Mylod
Miss Mylod
Mylod
Successor to Dr von Ezdorf takes Mobile Marine Hospital charge
Dr. R H von Ezdorf transfers control of the Mobile Marine Hospital to Dr John T Burkhalter and leaves for New Orleans to assume charge there. Burkhalter, formerly assistant surgeon in 1900 at Mobile, has served in Baltimore and New York and comes with fourteen years in the Public Health Service. He is a Georgia native and Maryland and Georgia graduate.
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United States Public Health Service
R. H. von Ezdorf
United States Marine Hospital
John T. Burkhalter
von Ezdorf
New Orleans
Burkhalter
Mobile
Mobile Medical Society
W. P. McIntosh
Baltimore
Marine Hospital
New York
Key West
Ship Island
Grubbs
Georgia
University of Maryland
University of Georgia
Welsh Favored In Ten Round World Title Bout
Fred Welsh of New York, lightweight champion, is a 2 to 1 favorite for his ten round bout with Charlie White of Chicago in Milwaukee. Weigh in at 135 pounds at 3 pm. Wisconsin law forbids a decision.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Freddie Welsh
New York
Charlie White
Chicago
Wisconsin
Critical Moments The War Teaches Vital Health Insight
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a vegetable remedy that cleanses blood impurities within 24 hours and improves liver, stomach, and bowels. It claims to reach every fibre and joint, curing skin issues and boosting vitality for better health.
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Dr. Pierce
Home Conditions Responsible For Girls Downfall
Miss Margaret E. Luther, superintendent of the Florence Crittenden Home in New York, told the International Purity Congress in Kansas City that home conditions drive most girls into trouble. She noted many courted girls are under eighteen and that dealers in commercialized vice attract young men. a judge cited that 90 percent of white slavery cases involved men under twenty-two. Right Rev Cyrus J Kephart warned social purity hinges on the church's uplift role.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Margaret E. Luther
Florence Crittenden
New York City
International Purity Congress
Cyrus J. Kephart
Calls War a Boon to Tourist Trade
Ward G. Foster of The Ask Mr. Foster Travel Information Service visited Mobile to discuss representing Hervey Hotels in the South. He cited the European war as a boon to American resorts and predicted a large winter business for Southern hotels, with travelers routing via Mobile and New Orleans to the World's Fair region.
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Ward G. Foster
Ask Mr
Panama
Mobile
New Orleans
America
Gulf Coast
Governor Hunt S Sålly Hunts for Mexico Adverts
We evaluate Governor Hunt as a strong advertiser rather than a sole negotiator in the Mexico matter. The statement emphasizes public perception of his political role and public messaging rather than a direct diplomatic action.
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Governor Hunt
Mexico
Presidential primary law unlikely before 1916 session
President Wilson does not expect a presidential primary law to pass in the next Congress, with Democratic leaders doubting its effectiveness in 1916. He favors a federal primary but cites technical date fixing and high costs of separate state and national primaries. Delegates will likely choose nominees at national conventions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
K. O. C. INSTALL ON DECEMBER 20
Mobile Council No. 666 officers elected in October will be installed at the December 10 meeting. Grand Knight Yeend urges full attendance for important business. Memorial services for deceased members set for Sunday November 29 at 3 30 p m. A new class of members to be installed on Sunday December 6.
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Mobile Council No
Yeend
Corn Crop Outshines Other Grains in Magazine Folios
Despite a large corn harvest, magazines report substantial mush production from other sources, reflecting diverse cereal usage and reader preferences amid ample supply.
Mobile native Charles Forsyth killed in Milwaukee crash
Charles Forsyth well known in Mobile and head of a local leather company died in an automobile accident near Milwaukee Wisconsin. Lloyd T Boyd part owner of the Milwaukee Journal and Mrs Alice Murray also died. Ely sian A Thomas hospital superintendent was seriously injured. Boyd a noted golfer. Forsyth was grandson of Col John Forsyth former Mobile Register editor.
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Charles Forsyth
Mobile
Milwaukee
Wis
Navy
Lloyd T. Boyd
The
Milwaukee Journal
Charlies Forsyth
Alice Murray
Elysian A. Thomas
East Side
Boyd
Col. Forsyth
Col
John Forsyth
Mobile Register
Messrs
James
John D. Hagan
Forsyth
Charles and
Laura Forsyth
Only Negro Clerk Transferred from Mobile Customs Service
J. C. Banks, a clerk and stenographer at the Mobile Custom House, has been shifted to the port of Los Angeles at the suggestion of collector Percy W. Maer. He was the port's only Black employee and his position will be filled by a former white worker.
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J. C. Banks
Percy W. Maer
Los Angeles
Cal
Masons Invite Reunion in Birmingham November
Scottish Rite Masons of the Valley of Birmingham issue invitations for a full reunion in Birmingham from November 17 to 20. The program covers degrees from the fourth through the thirty second and invites Scottish Rite bodies from across the state to attend.
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Valley of Birmingham
Rivers and Rivers Congress meeting dates set in Washington
Senator Ransdell announced December 6 10 and 11 as the dates for the annual National Rivers and Harbors Congress gathering in Washington. President Wilson has been invited to deliver the opening address.
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Washington
Ransdell
National Rivers and Bors Congress
Wilson
Warning for American Women on Health and Lydia E Pinkham
A York assembly claims American women are rare and nearly extinct. The text urges women to beware health issues such as headaches backaches and nervous depression as signs of organic derangement and promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a simple remedy.
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York
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