Florida Welcomes Spanish Trail Plan With Enthusiasm
James A. Emmett leads the Old Spanish Trail scouting party through west Florida as Pensacola Milton De Funiak and Escambia County pledge support for the gulf coast highway. Delegations plan to join Mobile meeting with pledges to back bond votes and local good roads groups.
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de Funiar Springs
Fia
Pensacola
de Funtak Springs
Fla
Cleveland
Ohio
Milton
Gome
West Florida
de Funiak
Gulf Coast
Escambia
County
Santa Rosa County
Mobile
Gulf, Coast
James A. Emmett
Florida
Baldwin County
W. H. Herrider
West Florida Highway Association
Emmett
Thees
Chipley
Governor backs 1.5 million short term bonds for state needs
Alabama Governor Henderson argues the 1.5 million short term bonds are not new debt but funding for public schools old soldiers and elm support. He notes a September deficit of 2.24 million but cites reduced October 1915 state expenses and a fifteen year path to balance if the plan passes.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Henderson
Treasury
Greece defies allies warns on Serbs in Greek territory
Berlin dispatch via Tuckerton reports Greece summoning the diplomatic corps in Athens to announce that any Serbs driven into Greek territory will be disarmed and interned immediately. The foreign minister said Greece must prevent the war from spreading to its soil as Entente representatives were deeply impressed.
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Berlin
Tuckerton Wireless
Greece
Athens
Frankfurter Zeitung
Newark to stage 250th anniversary pageant with male gods
Newark will celebrate its 250th founding anniversary with a city pageant next spring. Suffragists vow a strictly stag event in retaliation for actions by Newark men on October 19.
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Newark
N. J
Doctor Sues for Alienation of Affections in Divorce Case
Dr. Howard E. Myers a Columbia professor and surgeon sues Mrs. Sally Kahn in New York for 100000 damages alleging alienation of affections of his wife. The suit cites the mother-in-law urging divorce and financial motives amid a Dallas connection and family disputes.
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New York
Sally Kahn
Dallas
Howard E. Myers
Columbia
Texas
Dr. Myers
Mexican abductor fatally harms couple and takes teen daughter
In Ensenada area a Mexican man killed Mr and Mrs G Burlingame after their disapproval of his courtship and abducted their sixteen year old daughter. Relatives pursued the suspect and captive into the mountains as authorities investigated.
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San Diego
Cal
G. Burlinghame
Ensenada
Lower California
Gale Sweeps the Lakes
Great Lakes navigation halted by a fifty mile gale that raged two days. The storm subsided slowly but vessels stayed in shelter as high waves persisted. Sea reports say communication with coast guard stations along the Superior shore was cut off and details of possible losses could not be learned.
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Detroit
Great Lakes
Coast Guard
Superior
Lake Superior
German dressmakers refuse gowns may trigger diplomacy
Paris November 20 The New York firm Kuritzmann has not yet raised the issue with the American embassy after a Paris dressmakers' syndicate refused to deliver wedding gowns for Mrs Norman Galt to an agent with a German name Ambassador Sharpe said he had received no complaint or request for help tonight
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Paris
New York
Kuritzmann
Norman Galt
Sharpe
Fairhope Plans Major Roads Meeting In Baldwin County
Fairhope Alabama slate hosts what organizers call the most important good roads gathering in Baldwin County with delegations from Escambia Florida and Mobile counties. Mobile will be well represented as debate focuses on the Old Spanish Trail and Jackson Memorial Highway routes and bond support.
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Fairhope
Ala
Baldwin County
Hdscambia
Florida
Mobile
Escambia
Pensacola
Clarke
Washington
Escambia County
Fla
Baldwin
Mrs Watts Burned to Death in Indiana Auto Crash
Mrs George Watts of Knightstown Ind died when her car crashed with a street car in Indianapolis. The vehicle exploded in flames after the collision. Watts and others suffered injuries as the gasoline fire enveloped the wreck.
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Indianapolis
Ind
George Watts
Knightstown
Watts
Phantom fiancee of Atlanta girl buried in public notice
Dr Alleynd Hensley described as a phantom fiancee of Miss Julia Crumley of Atlanta Ga was buried in Chicago with hoboes as escort. The tramp's body had been used to support the imaginary suitor until Crumley confessed the romance existed only in imagination.
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Chicago
Alleynd Hensley
Julia Crumley
Atlanta
Miss Crumley
Jitney Turkeys To Supplant Expensive Birds In New York
New York reports indicate "jitney turkeys" or chickens will dominate Thanksgiving tables as genuine birds fetch 28 to 25 cents a pound today with prices likely rising. The note signals a shift toward cheaper substitutes amid high fowl costs.
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New York
Woman Hangs Self Over Sneezing Fits
New York, Nov 20. Margaret Ebert aged 24 a milliner hanged herself from a bathroom gas fixture after doctors failed to stop her sneezing fits.
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New York
Margaret Ebert
Trouble ahead for President Wilson's defense program
Washington reports battle lines forming over the national defense plan as Congress nears reconvening. President Wilson invites Gallinger and Mann to confer while Republicans demand nonpartisan approval and threaten votes, signaling possible GOP revisions to suit their leaders.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Gallinger
Mann
Senate
House
White House
Repubs
Senate Democrats
Clark
Representative Saunders
Virginia
Democratic Caucus
Representative Page
North Carolina
Man who never heard of the war in North London court
In North London police court an unkempt man recently released from prison admitted a charge after hearing of war and France. He was hard to convince of his sanity, having just completed a long penitentiary term and then encountered the war topic on the streets.
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London
North London
War
France
Patterson Leads Tennessee Senate Primary Runoff
Early returns from 58 of 96 counties show Former Governor Malockyn Patterson leading against Congressman D. D. McKellar and Senator Luke Lea in the Democratic senatorial primary. Patterson has 26 503 votes to 23 782 for McKellar and 21 089 for Lea with Nashville and Foxville counted. Republicans vote December 15.
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Nashville
Tenn
Maleokyn
Patterson
Dd. McKellar
Luke Lea
McKellar
Lea
Foxville
Memphis
Chattanooga
Bulgarians Lose 11000 At Tetovo In Three Days Fight
Geneva Nov 20 Four thousand Bulgars killed and seven thousand wounded in three days of battle south of Tetovo, Austrian sources report. Allies hold their line on the Varda river and around Strumnitza. Tetovo action preceded Bulgars drive toward Prilep and Monastir. despite losses the Bulgars are said to have won. British and French offensive at Strumnitza ongoing.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Tetovo
Varda
Strumnitza
Prilep
Monastir
Vardar
Teuto London
Petrograd
Verona Escapes Submarine in Mediterranean Chase
Italian liner Verona, sister to the torpedoed Ancona, escaped a pursuing submarine in the Mediterranean and was reported heading for New York. Madrid wireless first relayed word. later reports say she eluded the U-boat off Minorca, with the submarine feared to be Austrian or German.
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Rome
Mediterranean
Verona
Ancona
New York
Madrid
Minorca
Richards Calls for Clear Publicity in Banking
At Utica New York on November 20 State Superintendent Eugene J Richards urged bankers to respond to attacks by demagogues with full information to depositors and the public. He stressed conservative operations and keeping banks free of slow and dangerous loans.
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Utica
N. Y
Eugene JL. Richards
New York State Bankers’ Association
Buncombe
Richards
J P Morgan Near Full Recovery From Appendicitis
New York November 20 J P Morgan has nearly recovered from appendicitis surgery and plans to return to his office next week.
Allies Demand Greece Disband Army for Entente Support
London reports Greece must demobilize or ally with the Entente, with Kitchener delivering the ultimatum to King Constantine. Greece is urged to guarantee noninterference with Balkan campaigns and not to withdraw troops or intern them if Serbia Bulgaria or Turkey push them back. Compliance unclear and unrest feared.
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London
Greece
Malta
Athens
Lord Kitchener
Constantine
Balkan
Serbia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Kitchener
Ious
Bomb work downturn eyed as U S ramps up
Washington officials noted a sudden lull in bomb explosions, fires, and plots against U S war plants as government actions increased. Diplomats and officials weighed delays in pursuing Austrian and German officials, citing diplomatic sensitivities and linked cases surrounding Von Nuber, Von Papen, and Boy-Ed.
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Washington
Joseph Gerber
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Secret Service Corps
State Department
United States
Austria
Germany
von Nuber
von Papen
Boy-Ed
Treasury
Justice Departments
Weather Outlook For Alabama Mississippi
Alabama fair and warmer Sunday with Monday partly cloudy and colder. Mississippi fair Sunday and Monday with colder temperatures.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Kitchener Speaks With King In Athens Over Blockade
In Athens King Cénétaxine received Lord Kitchener and his British minister for over an hour. A later communique noted the Greek ships detained at British ports and the blockade’s impact. The cabinet then held six hours of talks on the crisis.
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Athens
Cénétaxtine
Lord Kitchener
Prermier
Greece
Legation
Italians gain both on land and in air in Rome
An official war bulletin boasts Italian success on land and in the air. It says the Italian flying squadron bombed the Austrian camp at Vizza, destroyed it, repulsed an Austrian attack at Colaf, and captured part of Monte San Michele. It notes continued bombardment of Goritsa and reports Serbian resistance waning as Berlin predicts an endgame.
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Rome
No. 20
Vizza
Ama
Monte San Michele
Goritza
Berlin
London
Noy
Sam Grant of Greenville Murder Belief In Death
Sam Grant of Greenville Alabama is dead after a man hired him to drive an automobile to take his mother to a hospital. The car with Grant dead inside was found tonight with a crushed skull. Bloodhounds and posses search the woods for the unknown assailant. A bloodstained iron bar and a torn Alabama railroad map are the only clues.
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Mary
Ala
Sam
Greenville
Grant
Alabama
Commerce Commissioner to Hear Shreveport Case
Washington November 20 Commissioner Henry Hall of the Interstate Commerce Commission will leave tonight for Shreveport Louisiana where he will hear testimony in a complaint by the railroad commissioners of Louisiana on behalf of Shreveport jobs. The case alleges intra state rates quoted to Texas jobbers in eastern parts of the state are higher than interstate rates from Shreveport. Several such cases are pending nationwide and Hall seeks a decision to serve as a basis.
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Washington
Henry Hall
Interstar Commerce Commission
Shreveport
Railroad Commissioners of Louisiana
Texas
Hall
Italian Liner Giuseppe Verdi Sinks Near Tunisian Coast
The Giuseppe Verdi, 194 miles from Ancona, was sunk by a submarine off the Tunisian coast. Wireless operator Luigi Moroni reported the Verdi’s arrival and the distress call from Ancona drew rescuers who found no lifeboats at the scene.
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New York
Ancona
Luigi Moroni
Stray Beifes dog missing from 30 Yee Street
Strayed two year old red Beifes dog last seen Thursday night near 30 Yee Street. Return to the above address or contact the classified ads page for details.
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Yee Street
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