Sermon on Sunday Observance Leads Mobile Meeting
A Mobile mass meeting at Harte Auditorium urged stricter Sunday observance citing the Lord's Day as a commandment and rest for well being. Speakers including Rev S P Spiegel and Judge Hogan called for open churches and playgrounds while distributing Sabbath cards to recruit 1000 signers.
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Mobile
Harte
S. P. Spiegel
J. H. Hogan
S. P. Gaillard
D. Dix
Henry WaderBose
S. D. Munroe
Ir. du Bose
Ick
du Bose
Udge Hogan
Rickardy
F. W. Evans
Y. M
Mach
Moose Lodge to Host Turkey Dinner and Boxing Night
A Moose Lodge event at 321 Loyal Order of Moose on Thursday night at 8 features a turkey dinner free of charge and a special containment program. Jimmy Ama and Red Olsen will box six rounds with preliminary bouts beforehand, organized by the lodge entertainment committee. King’s New Discovery cough remedy advertises relief for colds and chest congestion at 50 cents.
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Mobile
Orb of Moose
Jimmy Ama
Red” Olsen
King
Gold Medal Haarlem E Capsules Promote Quick Comeback
The advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem E Capsules as a health remedy for fatigue and various ailments. It claims three capsules daily restore strength, with prices 25c 50c and 1.00 per box and a money-back offer if not satisfied. It emphasizes the product as pure imported Barbic Oil Capsules and to look for the Gold Medal on the box.
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Haarlem
National Remedy Land
Mineral Water Promotion From Mobile Distributors
Offer touts money back guarantee for celebratory mineral water delivered by Mobile Distributors of twerp Drug Corp. Customers urged to phone to arrange delivery.
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Twerp Drug Corp
Lithuania Also To Be Free State Is News At Paris
Dispatches from Switzerland to morning papers report Germany plans a Lithuanian state allied to the German empire with Prince Eitel Friedrich as sovereign. A Lithuanian army of about 150,000 men would be formed to fight under Field Marshal von Hindenburg, mirroring Poland.
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Lithuania
Free State
Paris
Associated Preas
Germany
Switzerland
Eitel Friedrich
German Empire
Bavaria
Saxony
Poland
von Hindenburg
Aimwell Baptist Church Fire Damages Buildings
A blaze at the Aimwell Baptist Church on North Joachim Street destroyed the church and damaged nearby properties including 609 North Joachim and several dwellings. Firemen battled the flames for over an hour, aided by multiple companies, with losses estimated around 1800 dollars partly insured.
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Aimwell Baptist Church
North Joachim Street
Manassas
Knox Streets
North Joachim
George Walker
John Mallon
Joachim Street
Manassas Street
Knox Street
McCosker
South Lawrence Street
Pearl Young
Monroe Street
John Davis
John McNamara
Russian Casualties Reported Since June 1 1916
Berlin report cites Kiev central identification office via Overseas News Agency noting Russian losses reach 100 621 officers and 2 027 853 men since June 1 1916. The source also lists fallen generals and colonels and suggests transfers from Caucasian to European fronts.
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Berlin
Kiev
Russia
Wagon Found in Louisville Yard Awaiting Owner
A light wagon used for peddling was found Saturday night in the Louisville and Nashville yards near Theatre street. The wagon, harness, two quart measures, a black overcoat, brown top coat and a telescope are at the police station awaiting the owner.
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Louisville
Nashville
Theatre Street
U S S Blood Tonic Promises Quick Health Restore
An old medical ad touts U S S as a blood building tonic to destroy malaria germs and poisons, revitalize red blood cells, and relieve ague chills headaches and fever. It urges readers to obtain U S S from druggists and contact the Swift Specific medical department in Atlanta, Ga for advice.
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8. S
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Wasting Time and Temptation for New York Youth
A New York gathering at St Andrews church identified sources of temptation for young people. Prominent figures including John Wanamaker, Jacob H Schiff, and Columbia University President Butler blamed time wasting, young women, and living beyond means. They called Broadway's brightness an unhealthy glow.
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New York
St. Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
John Wanamaker
Jacob H. Schiff
Butler
Columbia University
Broadway
Deputy breaks arm during attempted arrest
Deputy Sheriff Earle Easterling of Sheriff Holcombe's force suffered a second fracture of his left arm Sunday night while trying to arrest a group of African American individuals for gambling at Royal and Madison streets. His previous arm injury from a collision had not fully healed.
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Earle Easterling
Holcombe
Easterling
Royal
Madison Streets
Billion-Dollar Europe Relief Plan Urged by Herrick
Myron T. Herrick urged a billion-dollar fund for European sufferers in a speech to a Philadelphia audience of about two hundred affluent attendees. He proposed organizing all U S philanthropic forces under government supervision to raise the money for relief efforts in Europe.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
United States
Europe
Myron T. Herrick
France
Steamship Sarnia Narrow Escape Cited by Mate
Fourth Mate Wybrance reports twenty unexploded bombs found in the Sarnia sugar cargo after the ship arrived in Cherbourg from New York. The vessel reportedly caught fire during the voyage that began September 2, with fire of unknown origin.
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New York
Sarnia
Cherbourg
France
Wybrance
American Line
Liverpool
Germans Order Rebuild of Dinant Wrecked Homes
Dinant Belgium houses wrecked in August 1914 must be rebuilt or the sites cleared and turned into gardens. The town is ordered to reconstruct the church belfry with a six hundred pound subsidy from the Belgium budget, a directive Dinant protests.
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Amsterdam
London
Telegraf
Dinant
Belgium
Spring Hill Holt Prepares for Thanksgiving Game with Howard
Spring Hill coaches start a special training course for the football squad ahead of the Thanksgiving clash with Howard College. Fresh from a Saturday win over Southern University, the Hill team trains hard and aims to win. Alumni gather tonight at the Battle House Parlor C to plan attendance and boost enthusiasm for what could be Mobile's biggest game.
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Spring Hill College
Howard College
Hill
Southern University
Howard
Mobile
Spring Hill
Battle House
Justice of Peace Leads County Ticket Claim Letter
A reader disputes an election tally in the November 11, 1916 issue. J G Bowen asserts the justice of the peace precinct 10 in Mobile County Alabama garnered 3,382 votes, the highest on the paper’s report, requesting correction and signed as Bowen.
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Price Williams
Justice of the Peace
Mobile County
Ala
J. G. Bowen
Churchill begins Sunday history of Antwerp siege
London reports Col. Winston Spencer Churchill writes in the Sunday historical that the admiralty urged defense of Antwerp but delay persisted in September. The piece says German bombardment triggered relief actions and Belgians lost confidence by being left unaided too long.
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Associated Press
London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
Historial
Antwerp
Churchill
Evolling America Theme of Thanksgiving Sermon at Temple
Rabbi Alfred G. Moses will preach a Thanksgiving sermon titled Evolving America at Government Street Temple on November 30. Congregation Shaarai Shomayin will hold 10 am services of gratitude with a special musical program. public invitation.
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America
Government Street Temple
Alfred G. Moses
Congregation
Shaarai Shomayin
Russell Boy Wins Orleans Free for All Pace
Russell Boy, champion pacing horse at the Gulf Coast Fair, won the free for all pace at New Orleans in the National Live Stock Show program. He took the heats in 2:08 3-4, 2:09-14 and 2:07 flat with Horace Mc Kerron second in all three. Allie Waters won a special match race from Abu Taleb.
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Russell Boy
New Orleans
Horace McKerron
Allie Waters
Abu Taleb
Russia vows punishment for Bulgaria over treachery
A semi official Russian communique declares Russia will punish Bulgarian government leaders for allying with enemies and disseminating alleged Russian atrocities. It states Bulgaria as a sovereign unit will be held responsible while not harming the Bulgarian population.
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Petrograd
London
Bulgaria
Russia
Entente
Vacant House Robbed on Adams and Jackson Streets
Police report details a burglary at a vacant Adams and Jackson Street house. Owner Mrs. Mims Baker says chandeliers and hydrant facets were stolen, signaling ongoing sneak thief activity in the residence area.
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Adams and
Jackson Streets
Mims Baker
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Kaiser
Spring Hill Gridiron Warriors
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