Panic and Pandemonium Aboard Italian Liner Off Malta
A liner leaving Messina for New York encountered an Austrian submarine near Malta. Passengers, mostly Greeks with large families, panicked as boats were lowered amid gunfire. About eight lifeboats got away, many with passengers aboard or in the water. fatalities occurred during the chaotic evacuation.
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Malta
Reuter
Messina
Ily
Naples
New York
United States
Ancona
Ves
Bome
Captain Fincke Arrested on Old Embezzlement Charge
Captain William C. Fincke in command of the freighter C. W. Morse was arrested aboard ship at Port Richmond Staten Island by a U S marshal on a federal warrant based on a Norfolk Va grand jury indictment from 1912 for embezzling 5340 while in the navy auxiliary service. He was arraigned and held in 2500 bail until November 1. Bail posted. London Lord Murray appointed to a new post in the munition ministry per the Express.
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New York
William C. Fincke
C. W. Morse
West Indies
Port iGrimond
Staten Island
United States
Justice
Fincke
Norfolk
United States Navy
How
Mber
Rar
Confessions of a Wife in a Cranky Mood at Home
A wife recalls learning to read her husband Dick’s moods after he comes home from work in a sour mood. She explains the futility of forcing cheerfulness and advises restraint, noting that silence often helps when he needs space and that overbearing efforts to please him backfire.
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Mollie
Mary
Live to 125 Aims Seen In Japanese Old Age Club
The piece notes Japan's old age society seeking 125 years as a slogan led by Count Okuma. It contrasts with America where life expectancy rises with health knowledge and promotes Vitalitas as a tonic. Sutton's Drug Store sells it.
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Japan
Okuma
Bok
America
Nature
Sutton
Night Reveries and Quiet Conflict Amid Relationships
In a domestic scene Mary, Dick, Margie, and Eliene navigate care, rest, and social plans. Margie urges Dick to back off, Mary seeks sleep, and Margie contemplates trying on a Nile green evening gown as tensions and affectionate frustration simmer. The chapter ends with a tease of continuation.
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Eliene
Mary
Elrene
Margie
Southern Agricultural Workers Convention Closes at Tennessee
The seventeenth annual convention of the Association of Southern Agricultural Workers ended at the University of Tennessee. Officers elected include President Dr. C. A. Cary of Auburn Alabama and Secretary Professor C. A. Willson of Knoxville Tennessee. New Orleans will host the next meeting.
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Knoxville
Henn
Southern Agricultural Experiment Stations
New Orleans
Association of Southern Agricultural Workers
University of Tennessee
C. A. Cary
Auburn
Ala
C. A. Willson
Knoxville Tenn
Pecans From One Tree Bring $75 In Ocean Springs
Ocean Springs Mississippi on November 12 Special reports that C P Bees a 22 year old pecan tree grower sold $75 worth of pecans this year from one tree nearly two and a half barrels were sold with about three quarters of a barrel destroyed by a storm another seedling tree in his yard will yield about $40 more Officials note no yellow fever in Porto Rico after War Department inquiry led by Major General Gorgas S San Juan Puerto Rico
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Ocean Springs
Miss
C. P. Bees
San Juan
P. R
Porto Rico
Gorgas
War Department
Robertsda le Personal Notes Reflect Community Ties
Mrs Walters will return to Chicago while Mrs Nester’s mother joins the winter from near Springfield Illinois. Lizzie Martin’s health allows her mother to return home at Castleberry. Mrs Lila Strong serves as third teacher as Dr Palmer and Dr Pierce preach. Granny Wright dies in Chicago September 25.
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Robertsdale
Ala
Walters
Chicago
Nester
Springfield
Lizzie Martin
Castleberry
Jasper Brewton
Plantation
Ola Cooper
P. J. McCarty
Dauphne
Chaney
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London
Lord Murray
Elibank
Ministry of Munitions
The
Express
Everett True
Vitalitas
Irvings. Simon
North Royal Street
Mobile
Alabama
Jack Mann
Battle House
Agriculturists’ Body
U. S
Robertsdale Personals
Atterbury
Jacobson Store
Styleplus
High Art
Style
Frankel
Jacobson
QrAycal Company
Taylor
Taylor - Reynalds Optical Company
Dauphin Street
H. Britton
Dauphin St
Conti
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