Silingardi Grand Opera Company to Visit Mobile this Week
The Silingardi Grand Opera Company arrives in Mobile after a fifteen city run in New Orleans. La Traviata opens Thursday, Faust on Friday, followed by Gil Pagliacci and Cavalleria Rusticana as a popular double bill. The troupe will then tour the West Indies and South America with a ten city engagement booked.
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Silirdi Grand Opera Company
Ir Theater
Mobile
New Orleans
la Traviata
Faust
Gil Paglifeel
Cavaleria Rusticana
Silingardi
New Orand
West Indies
South
Greater Antilles
South America
Irdi
Cawthor Hotel
M. A.ermott
Lyric Theatre
Mr. Gardi
Uit
Havana
Cuba
Tam- Fla
Keeps Kidneys Active With A Blast Of Salts
An advertisement advises taking four ounces of rad Salts dissolved in water at breakfast for a few days to stimulate kidney activity. It claims the remedy neutralizes acids from meat, cleanses kidneys, and prevents bladder irritation and related ailments.
Alabama Plans taken steps to build good roads
The Alabama state highway department will spend about 1.6 million dollars over five years to improve the highway system. W S Keller, state highway engineer, returned from Washington with approval from agriculture and bureau officials. A map of proposed roads will be reviewed by the state highway commission next month and minor changes may be made before starting.
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State Highway Department
Alabama
W.S. Keller
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Keller
State Highway Commission
Highway Department
Relatives Seek Robert Spence In Pasadena
A 68 year old man, formerly of this city and Brantford Ontario, Robert Spence is sought by relatives in Pasadena California who have important news for him. A letter from E Ormond Lowe of Pasadena was delivered to Mayor Harry Pillans and then to the police chief for investigation.
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Robert Spence
Brantford
Ontario
Pasadena
Cal
Harry Pillans
G. M. van Liew
E. Ormond Lowe
National Association Baseball Meets for Annual Session
The National Association of Baseball Leagues convened in New Orleans with minor league owners officials and delegates from across the country as talks focus on the Baseball Players Fraternity demands contracts and player relations. President Sexton could not attend. Secretary Farrell reported 26 leagues 182 cities and towns and 4 728 players qualified for membership in 1916.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
National Association of Baseball Leagues
Baseball Players’ Fraternity
H. M. Sexton
Association
Murnane
John H. Farrell
United States
Canada
Baseball League Activity and Cuts in the Last Season
The national association disbanded one Class D member. Of 26 leagues, 25 started, 23 finished, one was disqualified. The Canadian League shut down due to war. Overall attendance rose well above 1915. Clubs exercised 59 optional agreements. majors 103. Player actions included 2,051 releases, 590 suspensions, 158 rein statements. Twenty drafts were disallowed. Disputes totaled 659 with $24,663 collected for claims and liens.
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National Association
National League
American League
National Board of Arbitration
New Orleans
New York
Chicago
Atlantic City
Boston
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Nashville
Springfield
Mass
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Endorsed by Local Pharmacists
Druggists H H Brown of Pinnacle and Porter's Drug Store Salisbury endorse Dr Kilmer Swamps Root for kidney and liver troubles. They report satisfied customers and recommend sending ten cents for a sample bottle and a booklet. Regular bottles available at drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Mrs Flagler Plans Fifth Ave Mansion and Marriage
Mrs. Henry M. Flagler widow of the railroad magnate bought ground on upper Fifth Avenue valued at $1,000,000 and will build a mansion making New York her home. She is expected to marry tomorrow to Judge Robert Worth Bingham of Louisville Kentucky.
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New York
Henry M. Flagler
Upper Fifth Avenue
JAP RETURNS VISIT TO VATICAN AND DRAFT FUNDS SUMMARY
Japan to pay return visit to the Vatican in Rome with minister Yagoro Miura to present an autograph letter from Emperor Yoshihito. The visit follows Archbishop Petrelli’s coronation congratulations and does not signal new diplomatic ties. Separate reports detail baseball drafts and arbitration funds totaling 331 350 dollars across the National League American League and National Association with numerous player transactions and payments.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Yagoro Miura
Switzerland
Vatican
Rome
Archbishop Petrelli
Yoshihito
Pope Benedict
Miura
Japan
Koo Resignation Sparks Rumor Of His Death In Washington
Following Wu Tingfang Koo’s resignation offer as Chinese minister in Washington several Chinese newspapers claimed he was dead. The foreign office denied the report, but rumors spread in the Chinese press alongside another unverified claim about Yuan Shikai.
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Associated Press
Peking
Wellington Koo
Washington
Koo
Foreign Office
Yuan Shi-Kai
Yale Busy Preparing for Battle with Princeton
New Haven Conn November 14 With the hospital squad nearly full Yale coach Tad Jones lined up his forces for the Princeton clash next Saturday Baldridge Galt Taft and Jaques were expected to return to the varsity after today’s scrimmage Their return should bolster the line which labored against Brown last week Optimism ran high in Yale camp despite the Brown defeat
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
Hospital
Tad Jones
Yale
Princeton
Baldridge
Galt
Taft
Jaques
Varsity
Scrubs
Brown
Brown Beats Crouse On Points In Pittsburgh Bout
George Brown known as Knockout Brown of Chicago defeated Buck Crouse of Pittsburgh on points in six rounds in a no decision bout at Pittsburgh last night. Both boxers were middleweights.
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K. O. Brown
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
George
Extradition Move Aims at Huerta Nephew Maas
Senor Olivarez head of Saltillo bank arrived in Havana to meet the secretary of gobernacion in an effort to secure extradition of General Joaquin Maas nephew of the late General Huerta. Maas says the funds were seized by his troops not by him.
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Associated Press
Havana
Senor Olivarez
Saltillo
Mexico
Gobernacion
Joaquin Maas
Huerta
Maas
Americans Aid Japanese in Korea Fight Cholera
In Siso ul Korea on November 14 American physicians and missionaries work with Japanese authorities to stamp out cholera. An epidemic at Chemulpo is abating with no fresh Seoul cases. The Americans have been gratefully accepted as aid by Japanese authorities.
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Associated Press
Sisoul
Korea
Chemulpo
Seoul
Unnecessary Severities in German Prisons
Berlin reports show the war ministry instructs a review of all wartime arrests. Officials aim to release as many inmates as possible while only those posing a real menace stay imprisoned. The minister warns against excessive measures to avoid postwar damage claims.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
War Ministry
Reichstag
American family massacred near Tampico reported
Mrs Eva Hanson who arrived from Tampico says an entire American family was murdered on the gulf coast near Tampico. She could not name the family or give details. Hanson noted about 300 Americans in Tampico with six women, all preparing to depart.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Tex
Eva Hanson
Tampico
Mex
Gulf Coast
Hanson
Japanese Submarine Wrecked After Gasoline Explosion
The super dreadnought Ise was launched in Kobe. En route in the Inland Sea from the ceremony submarine No. 4 suffered a gasoline explosion destroying the vessel. Six officers were seriously injured and eight sailors lightly hurt. Two crewmen are missing.
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Associated Press
Kobe
Japan
No. 4
German appeal urges public to turn in gold coins
A Cologne dispatch says a Camburg on the Saale residents appeal to citizens of that city to surrender any old gold coins they may have as Germany plans to re coin all gold and issue new 10 20 and 50 mark pieces for postwar use.
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Associated) Press
Cologne
Germany
Eee
Camburg-on-the-Saale
U S Rescuing Boys Who Enlist In Foreign Armies
The United States has freed many American youths who joined European armies during World War I. More than a thousand cases have occurred, with about fifty new pleas daily to the State Department. Officials move slowly through red tape as consuls negotiate with foreign governments to return the young men home.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Canada
England
London
Ottawa
Goodyear Raincoat Stock Damaged by Fire
Fire Monday evening about 6 20 damaged Goodyear Raincoat Company stock at 212 North Royal street. A crowd gathered as Traffic Officer Jeff Pierce alerted the Aerial Truck Company on St Joseph street and more companies arrived. An explosion blew out the front window. The store, leased by United Cigar Stores Company, was damaged. Later Monday night about 8 10 Mrs C Renth’s store at 471 Dauphin street suffered slight damage from an unknown origin fire.
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Goodyear Raincoat Company
North Royal Street
Jeff Pierce
St. Joseph Street
United Cigar Stores Company
C. Renth
Dauphin’ Street
Metropolitan Opera Opens New Season With Bizet Work
In New York the Metropolitan Opera opened its season despite war pressures, adding subscribers and richer repertoire. The premiere American performance of Bizet's Les pecheurs des terres features a Ceylon setting and was well received. Season runs through April 22.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera Company
Bizet
Paris
Metropolitan
Mme. Calve
Ceylon
Tea party planned at Plateau school
Sixth and seventh grade pupils of Mobile County Training School at Plateau plan a unique Japanese tea party on November 16, 1916 at Masonic Hall with music by the Eureka band and supper served.
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Mobile County Training School
Plateau
Masonic Hall
Eureka Band
British government weighs lowering military age to eighteen
The government has indicated a tendency to reduce the legal military age to eighteen, aligning it with the age at which individuals are deemed to come of age for service. This signals potential policy shift on conscription and enlistment thresholds.
Hamburg South American Line to Touch Tampa
Arrangements between Cesar Wehrman of New York and Hamburg general manager of the Kosmos Line set a 5000-ton passenger and freight service between Valparaiso and South American ports and Hamburg via Tampa. Vessels will bring nitrate from Chile and phosphate to Hamburg with general merchandise returning to South American ports. Line to start with three ships after the war, one ship monthly, speeding to a ship every twenty five days if needed.
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Tampa
Fla
Cesar .Wehrman
New York
Hamburg
Kosmos
Valparaiso
South American
Chili
Wehrman
Quick Cure for Croup Claims Safe Relief
Mrs. S. Cartwright of Collingsville NL says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy gave the quickest relief for croup and was pleasant for her child to take. She reports her young child never objected to the medicine.
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S. Cartwright
Collingsville
Chamberlain
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Silingardi Company
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Harvard
HauexTon
Ywale
Kaughton
Lu Tider
Alabama Highway Department
National Assn. Baseball
Dr. Kilmer
U.S
Goodyear
Metropolitan Opera IN
Kosmos Steamship Company
Hickey & Lyons Clothing CO
Dauphin Street
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