Carlton sees Ble Business advance on Gulf Coast
President Newcomb Carlton of the Western Union Telegraph Company and officers visited Mobile to plan to keep Gulf Coast cities connected during hurricanes. The party studied river outlets and announced mobile telegraph facilities would be improved. Carlton said national business improved, noting telegraph activity leads indicators and October showed higher activity. The delegation traveled in the private car Morse, after visiting Galveston and New Orleans, and planned to Birmingham next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcomb Carlton
Western Union Telegraph Company
Mobile
Carlton
Gulf Coast
Galveston
New Orleans
Here
Lewis McKisick
G. M. Yorke
W. N. Fashburg
New York
L. H. Beck
Atlanta
J. G. Hilbert
Dallas
Texas
W. C. Merley
New York City
Morse
Birmingham
Ensign Ford Acquitted by Jury in Pensacola
Ensign Lawrence K. Ford of the Pensacola naval station was acquitted of manslaughter by a jury in the court of record. The case stemmed from the death of a woman in a Pensacola automobile collision caused by Ford’s vehicle. Hallett Mills to Rebuild Plant Opens Early Monday for Hallett Cca Company pit props contract for British government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensign Ford
Pensacola
Fla
Lawrence K. Ford
Naval Station
Hallett Mills
Hallett Cca Company
Water Street
W. M. Hallett
Uncle Wiggily Repairs Chimney With Silk Hats
Uncle Wiggily Longears and Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy face a cold wind and a blown off chimney. With the stove smoking, they improvise by sealing tall silk stove-pipe hats together to vent smoke until a mason arrives and a new chimney is built the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiggily Longears
Hollow Stump
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Nurse Jane
Wiggily
Uncle Wiggily
Uncle
Jane
Wiggy
Squeakie
Tragedy in Samson as Ex-Husband Kills Wife Then Injures Self
In Samson Alabama on November 18 Mrs. Thomas Jordan was killed and her divorced husband Thomas Jordan shot and probably fatally wounded himself after a failed reconciliation attempt. A three year old child witnessed the tragedy unharmed. Jordan was a prominent local farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samson, Ala
Thomas Jordan
Jordan
Balkans in critical stage as Greco Turkish forces clash
Saloniki dispatch reports a critical Balkan situation with Greek territory opened to enemy passage and reinforcement shortages. Serbian resistance weakens with Babung Pass isolation imminent and Bulgarians advancing. Austro German forces push south. Submarine fleet gains in the Mediterranean as Greece contemplates withdrawal of aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Balkans
Saloniki
Greece
Babung Pass
Prilep
Monastir
Belgium
Mediterranean
Curl Hair This Way and Keep It Healthy
A Home Doctor advert describes using a harmless fluid called silmerine to curl straight hair while keeping it soft and glossy. Applied with a clean toothbrush from crown to tip, hair dries overnight into natural looking waves that stay neat and hygienic. A few ounces last months and do not stain scalp or hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adv
Confessions Of A Wife Begins A Tragic Tale
A husband narrates a doomed romance with an heiress amid mining strikes in West Virginia. He faces opposition from her father over his union with the daughter and his stand for miners, setting the stage for a forthcoming tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Stuart
West Virginia
Reverend Strickland to Speak at Baptist Church
The Rev. H. L. Strickland of Birmingham is expected to lecture on Sunday School Work at the Baptist church at 7:30. The Ladies Aid will hold a large meeting Thursday afternoon at 3:30, and members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Semmes
Azula Allen
J. W
Wilmer
Marguerite Stroker
Olivia Hinson
Mobile
C. J. R. Cash
W. P. Roberts
Ethel
J. R. Roberts
Phillips
Jessie
Fannie Mae
Asddel
B Wilkes
Highland Avenue
Orleans
Flinn
W. L. Roberts
Marguerite
W. L
Neshota
C. L. Murphy Bright
Alma
Orchard
Joe Sermon
Esate
Loxley
Ala
Baldwin County
Maguire
Adoration Described By A Pale Visitor
A fragmentary first person excerpt recalls a pale visitor who appears sweeter than the speaker and inspires a profound, almost worshipful affection. The speaker confesses love beyond normal bounds.
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Western Union
Coast
Sovereign
France
Howard R. Garis
The
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Jacob Ross
Ross
Mobile & Ohio Road
Russell
Leon Dennis
O'Dell
Washington Avenue
London
Trenegles
Hain Steamship Company
St. Ives
England
Wwnichton
Www
Gayfer
A. Ae
Gama
Henry
L. T. Piper
Jj. Gayfer & Company
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