I-Witness Report on Bay Shore Destruction by Gulf Storm
The eye witness account details terrible damage and widespread suffering caused by the hurricane and flood along the Mobile county bay shore. It describes wreckage left by the furious gale at Grand Bay Irvington Bayou la Barre Coden Rolston Delchamps and other points.
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I-Witness
Bay
Mobile County
Grand Bay
Irvington
Bayou la Barre
Coden
Rolston
Delchamps
Storm Ravages Mobile County Roads and Orchards in Wake
A scouting auto navigates wrecked Cedar Point to Pascagoula as hurricane damage slows to 40 mph. Grand Bay residents report losses from a carpenters apron to bent Satsuma trees. Boosters Orchard and nearby homes suffer, with trees, nests, and plaster affected.
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Bay Shores
Mobile County
Cedar Point Road
Scranton Road
Pascagoula
Big Jackson Highway
Selah
Grand Bay
Theodore Williams
Illinois
Williams
Robert Lutz
Chicago
Boosters
BE. T. Rempe
Ohio
J. Rempe
Mr. Rempe
Rempe
Mobile Baldwin highway workers form executive committee
The Mobile Baldwin County Highway committee outlined an urgent plan to build bridges and connect highways. James H. Webb was named permanent chairman with George Robertson as vice chair and J. B. Robinson as secretary. An executive committee led by Ewing will survey routes, meet officials, and raise funds.
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Mobile
James H. Webb
George Robertson
J. B. Robinson
Hampton D. Ewing
Baldwin
Ewing
County Boards of Commissioners
Stockton
Baldwin County
George Robinson
James K. Glennon
W. D. Stapleton
Mac Schowalter
W. M. Clemens
Herman Wefel
H. H. Patterson
E. M. Bailey
G. B. Stapleton
J. B. Robertson
Messrs
Charlton Expected Freed Upon Sentencing
Jurists in Como Italy predict Porter Charlton charged with murdering his wife will receive a term shorter than he has already served and will be freed immediately after sentence is pronounced.
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Como
Italy
Vie
Paris
Porter Charlton
German Note on Arabic Case Handed to Lansing
Count Von Bernstorff delivered a note from the German government to Secretary Lansing in New York. The document is believed to offer a negotiable basis for settling the Arabic question after talks between the German ambassador and Lansing.
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New York
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
Graphic Story of How New Orleans Weathered Storm
Graphic tale from a traveling salesman recounts the New Orleans hurricane a week after the event. Harry Buschane arrived in Mobile with early storm papers and described shattered windows, flying signs and tangled streets as the gale pressed on. He noted nervous crowds, wires down, and stalled streetcars while the wind rose to a near express train roar.
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New Orleans
Harry Buse
Jane
Government Street
Mobile
Crescent City
Buschane
Item
Texas
Alabama
Louisville
Nashville
Weather Bureau
Geraldine Farrar to Wed Lou Tellegen on Broadway
New York reports Geraldine Farrar the American opera star plans marriage to Lou Tellegen the handsome French actor once leading man for Mme. Bernhardt. The couple have been seen together in California and in front of motion picture cameras.
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New York
Broadway
Geraldine Farrar
Lou Tellegen
Mme. Bernhardt
California
Sones
Motion Picture
Bulgarian Troops Move Toward Serbia and Greece
Athens reports Bulgarian forces from Sofia advancing toward the Serbian frontier and others dispatched toward the Greek border. Havas News Agency source notes a likely building point along the upper Strouma river southwest of Sofia near Serbia.
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Paris
Athens
Sofia
Havas
Strouma River
Eastern front crisis dominates British outlook as Bulgaria moves
London experts view the eastern front as the key to the war while a western offensive unfolds. Bulgaria's menace shapes Allied plans in France and Belgium, pressuring Austria and Germany toward the Balkans and potentially linking Berlin to Constantinople. The Guardian urges a swift ultimatum to Bulgaria if diplomacy fails.
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London
Bulgaria
France
Belgium
Germany
Balkans
Grey
Turkey
Greece
Manchester Guardian
Serbia
Berlin
Constantinople
The
Guardian
Trains ReRoute After Severe Damage at the Rigolets
The Louisville and Nashville route avoids the washed out Rigolets area with a lengthy path via Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Twenty one people are reported drowned at the Rigolets with the Anglers Club washed away and residents rescued by camp cars.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad
New Orleans
Mobile
Louisiana
Rigelets
Louisville and Nashville
L. and N
Rigolets
Anglers’ Club
Harris
Effie Dawson
Manuel Marquez
A. Kaufman
Daniel Roth
Manuel Kaufman
W. O. Powell
Walter Davis
Powell
New
Louisville
Nashville
Baton Rouge
Pascagoula River
Back Bay
Biloxi
Gulfport
Gulf and
Ship Island
Jackson
Miss
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Alabama Gulf Coast
Mobile Graduate Nurses to Convene Special Meeting
The Mobile Graduate Nurses Association will hold an especial meeting in the Medical Society Hall this Saturday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The chairman has requested a large attendance.
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Mobile Graduate Nurses Association
Medical Society Hall
Jett-Muths Wins Gulf Coast Entrance Contract
Jett Muths Construction Company has closed a contract with the Gulf Coast Fair Association to build two handsome entrances for the fair grounds one facing north and the other east opposite Cedar Point road. Work will begin on the contract at once.
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Jett-Muths Construction Company
Gulf Coast Fair Association
Cedar Point Road
Weather forecast for Mobile and gulf states
Fair tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Light east to southeast winds. In Washington forecast notes Alabama and Mississippi similarly fair tonight and Sunday with gentle winds from the east to southeast.
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Mobile
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
White sand beach springs up at Monroe Park
Children eager to explore a new white sand beach at Monroe Park described as wide and long enough for wide play. The piece recounts a storm washing driftwood away and sand toward the shore after high water, creating a safe place to wade and enjoy the shoreline.
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Water's Edge
Monroe Park
Known dead and missing rise after tropical hurricane
New Orleans reports 181 dead and 117 missing with 208 more dead along the Mississippi River. Total known dead projected at least 350 with property damage near 12 million as levees fail and relief crews move along the storm path.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tulf
City
Rigolets
Pointe A-La Hatche
Lake Catherine
Yoloskey
Shell Beach
Bayou Cook
Cheniere Caminada Island
Hazel
Grand Isle
Pass Christian
Miss
Bayou Portage
Buffalo
Portage
Daisy
Bay St. Louis
Hammond
Nestor
Nicholls
Bayou Dufon
Mississippi River
Myrtle Grove
Burns
la Branche
Island de Croix
St. Sophie
Mary Whitman
Harvey
Kilma
Houma
Bayou le Mare
Leeville
Bayou Riquad
Gulfpor
S Ee
Is Lyons Slated For Mayor's Job
Mobile city government under the commission plan will select a mayor from the five commissioners on October first. Pat J Lyons is expected to be chosen again as chief executive, with Laz Schwarz and Harry Pillans having alternated in past years. No public signs point to department head changes as the annual meeting nears.
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Mobile
City Commission
Board of City Commissioners
Pat J. Lyons
Harry Pillans
Laz Schwarz
Commission
Captain Lyons
Pillans
Schwarz
Lyons
Section Hand Runs Amuck in Alaska Kills Four
Dawson Yukon Territory Oct 2 Alexander Geogoff a section hand for White Pass and Yukon railroad killed four workers three miles south of White Horse He then rode a hand car to White House and asked for Fighting Mike Sinnett I have killed four and I want to kill Sinnett He was arrested for sanity examination New York Rev Richard W Williams editor of The Iron Age died yesterday in Glen Ridge New Jersey after a long illness
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Dawson
Yukon Territory
Alexander Geogoff
White Pass
Yukon
White Horse
Geogoff
White House
Mike”Sinnett
Sinnett
New York
Richard W. Williams
Iron Age
Glen Ridge, N. J
Many Biloxi Schooners Wrecked but Crews Safe
Biloxi reports a hurricane caused dozens of wrecks along the gulf coast with 300 to 400 seamen feared in the marshes. No confirmed deaths there, but three schooners, including the Tony M and Velma B, were wrecked. crews were saved. Captain Bullock of the Mabel Redding cites losses at Rigolets and marshes as crews recount the storm.
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Biloxi
Miss
Phoenix-Like
Gulf Coast Region
Beach Boulevard
Gulfport
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
William Bullock
Mabel Redding
Rigolets
Bullock
Tony M
Velma B
J. Brander
Dunbar
Ar, Lopez & Dukate Co
Lost Hound and Wallet Notices From Local Ads
Several lost item notices report a brown white female collie named Maxine, a back and ringed hound with ear scar, a wallet with 13.60 dollars, and a crochet samples package. Locations include 652 South Bayou St Liberal and 912 Washington Ave. plus a key ring with City Bank tag at 856 Selma St. Contact details and rewards offered.
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South
Bayou St. Liberal
Bienville Hotel
Maxine
Washington Ave
Crichton Bauer's
City Ban and Trust Company
Selma Street
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Mobile - Baldwin
Charlton
Telegen
Lou Zellegen
Allies
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
City of New Orleans
Kap
Mississippi Coast
Alaska
O. L
Tephens
Bell
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