City schools enroll 5945 on opening day 194? increase
Mobile public schools opened with 5945 pupils, up 708 from last year. White enrollment 4438 and colored 1507 in city schools, with county figures incomplete. Several white and colored schools report gains, while some declines and kindergarten participation noted.
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Mobile City
S. Murphy
Mobile
Barton Academy High School
Lienkauf
E. L. Russell
Oakdale
Raphael Semmes
Marechal
Old Shell Road
Willis G. Clarke
Tucker
Owen
Council
Washington
Mr. Murphy
Whistler
Yerby
Crichton
Mobile Cotton Mill
Barker's Cotton Mill
Creola
Spring Hill
Prichard
Dog River West
Toulminville
Lovejoy
McGill Institute
The
University Military School
Baker School
Knott High School
Gets-It Promises Relief for Corns Says User
Quoting a reader, the text claims that Gets-It replaces toe salves bandages and knives for corns and promises simple relief without unsafe methods. It frames Gets-It as a preferred solution after trying other remedies.
Indictments Stolen from Cumberland County Courthouse
News briefs report a theft of 72 indictments from the Cumberland county circuit court docket for the October term, many against alleged violators of local option laws. The incident occurred Monday night at the courthouse in Burksville Kentucky.
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Bureksville
Cumberland County
Miss Phares of Mobile Elected Head of Nurses
Miss Lemoyne Phares of Mobile was elected president of the Graduate Nurses Association in session at the Cawthon Hotel Tuesday morning. Other officers include J Cady, Bell Hope, Glen MacLean, DeWitt Dillard, Mary Denman, Margaret Hutton and E M Hartsook, with an extended executive board and delegates named from Mobile, Birmingham and Montgomery. The meeting opened at 9:30 and adjourned for luncheon at the Vineyard before a 3 o'clock steamer Apollo trip.
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Lemoyne Phares
Mobile
Graduate Nurses’ Association
Cawthon Hotel
J. Cady
Bell Hope
Montgomery
Glen MacLean
Birmingham
DeWitt Dillard
Mary Denman
Margaret Hutton
E. M. Hartsook
Stay
Belle Hope
Lula Rush
Eloise Schuland
Mary Walker
Vineyard
Apollo
Susie Fitzpatrick
Verna Lee Rice
Mary B. Walker
Bessie B. _M
Rosser
Bernice Bell
A. FE. Stay
Margaret Courtney
Eunice Ward
Ruby Rush
Minnie Tolar
Susan Fitzpatrick
Bernice Chambers
Goubil Sues Continental Beneficial for Life Policy
Mary E. Goubil filed suit in the law and equity court Tuesday against the Continental Beneficial Association for $2,000 on a life policy of her late husband R. L. Goubil. The defendants are successors of the Knights of Honor which went to a receiver leaving many unpaid policies in the city.
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Mary E. Goubil
Law and Equity
Continental Beneficial Association
R. Ll. Goubil
Knights of Honor
Rudolph Opposes Rixey In First Of Phila Boston Clash
In a scoreless early phase Rudolph and Rixey duel as Boston and Philadelphia pitchers strand runners. Maranville, Paskert, and Cravath deliver key plays with slight Philadelphia scoring threat in the third to fifth innings.
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Rudolph
Rixey
Gowdy
Luderus
Niehoff
Magee
Boston
Snodgrass
Maranville
Philadelphia
Paskert
Byrne
Egan
Phillies
Fitzpatrick
Kenetchy
Smith
Stock
Whitted
Cravath
Killifer
Paskett
Konetchy
Former Secretary Harte to be honored by Y M C A
All departments of the Y M C A will close tonight for a reception honoring A C Harte former secretary of the local organization. Former friends of Mr Harte are invited to meet him at the event hosted by the association.
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Harte
Y.M.C.A
A. C. Harte
Birthday celebration and fire hit New Richmond mills
Monday marked his sixty ninth birthday at headquarters on the eastern front. Fire Monday night destroyed the roller mills and the downtown elevator of the New Richmond Roller Mills Company in New Richmond Wisconsin, causing an estimated loss of 259 0.
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Omaha
Morris’ Company
Eastern Front
New Richmond
Wis
New Richmond Roller Mills Company
Quell East Indies Rising
The rebellion in the Dutch East Indies is being quelled according to official dispatches. Rebels near Miatebi have surrendered. Three brigades of infantry inflicted serious losses on a rebel force near Semadoe on Sept. 26.
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Hague
London
Dutch East Indies
Miatebi
Semadoe
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
An advertisement urging households to keep Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for sudden colic and diarrhoea. It claims rapid relief and emphasizes prompt treatment before a physician or medicine arrives. Obtainable everywhere.
New Pro Allied Party Forming in Greece by Gounaris
Athens dispatch reports Demetrios Gounaris, former Greek premier, organizing a new pro allied party. The government reportedly receives the move favorably while Peloponnesus shows demonstrations against the anti Venizelist faction. Gounaris led a 1915 cabinet that fell to Venizelists in June and resigned two months later.
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Greece
Gounaris
Associated Press
Paris
Demetrios Gounaris
Athens
Havas
Peloponnesus
Bryce Urges International Arbitration for Permanent World Peace
Spirit of hatred against Germans decried by Bryce as a candidate for the presidency argues for unity with European nations and a plan of arbitration and conciliation to end war. He cites joint efforts of the two major parties and calls on churches and citizens to support a path to peaceful cooperation.
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Bryce
Republican Party
America
Europe
General Moves Faster to Save His Army on Front South of Constanza
The general shifts with speed to protect his Army as pressure grows along the Constanza to Chernavoda corridor. Russians and Rumanians bolster the offensive in the flank action while Sofia downplays the Romanian invasion, calling it a force of several battalions ferried by river in boats between Rustchuk and Turtukai. Measures are claimed to be taken to attack this force.
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Constanza-Tchernavoda
Sofia
Rustchuk
Turtukai
Violent fighting north of Rancourt reported on Somme front
Paris dispatch says heavy fighting continues on the Somme front north of Rancourt as French artillery and machine guns repel German debouching attempts from St. Pierre Baast wood. Casualties and exact moves were not disclosed by the war office.
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Associated Press
Paris
Somme Front
Rancourt
War Office
St. Pierre Baast
Reon
Deaths and Funerals Notice for Williamson and De Mattie
Augustus Williamson aged 59 died Tuesday morning after a weeklong illness at 56 Delaware Street home of J G Hines. Survived by brother John Williamson of San Antonio and other relatives. Rosa de Mattie died at 159 St Francis Street at 1 30 am. She left husband six children Pete August Purvis Sims Monchett and three daughters. Funeral arrangements not completed.
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Augustus Williamson
Peter and Mary Williamson
John Williamson
San Antonio
Texas
J. G. Hines
Delaware Street
Rosa de Mattie
St. Francis Street
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Purvis
Sims
Monchett
Pete
August de Mattie
Burial of John Neff in Mobile
The funeral for John Neff was held Tuesday at 10 am from the family home on 556 Charleston Street. H. W. Du Bose of Government Street Presbyterian led the service with large attendance. Delegations from the Knights and Ladies' Protective Association and other groups attended, and the Knights of Pythias conducted burial rites. Pallbearers: John J. O Connor, John H. Moore, C. F. Powell, J. G. Graham, Theodore Ebbecke, Adam Kothy, Marshall McAuley, Charles Davison.
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John Neff
Charleston Street
H. W. du Bose
Government Street Presbyterian Church
Knights and Ladies’ Protective Association
Young Men’s Benevolent Association
German Relief Association
Mobile Lodge 67
Knights of Pythias
John J. O'Connor
John H.moore
C. F. Powell
J. G. Graham
Theodore Ebbecke
Adam Kothy
Marshall McAuley
Charles Davison
Malaria Cured While Reading Paper Claims
An advertisement boasts a cure for malaria and headaches by Mr Height using a herbal regulator. It touts a pure, chemical free product kept in a tin box and praises its rapid relief after supper while reading.
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Height
Germany Counts on Big Business With U S He Says
General Henry H. Morgan US consul general at Hamburg returns from his post and says Germany will be ready for any trade war and expects America to be its closest trade partner after the war. He notes Germany foresees restrictions with allies but plans to do a large postwar business with the United States.
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Associated Press
New York
Germany
Henry H. Morgan
United States
Hamburg
America
Paris
Denver Progressives Rally Behind Wilson Support
Edward P. Costigan, former Progressive candidate for governor, announced in Denver that he would support Wilson in the upcoming race. He urged progressive voters to unite behind the Democratic contender and pledged active campaigning.
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Denver
Col
Edward P. Costigan
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi areas
Forecast notes fair weather in Alabama and Mississippi with warming trend. Alabama: fair tonight and Wednesday, interior warming. Mississippi: fair tonight, warmer east portion, Wednesday fair.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Local social and business notes from Mobile
The notices record visits by William Jemmett and John Murphy to Mobile, land purchase near Calvert for orange planting, Earle Austin returning from New York and Philadelphia, W M Maiden resuming at University Military School after a summer at Fort Oglethorpe and Sweet Briar camp, W H Murfree visiting his brother J M Murfree, Harry Pillans filing bond after election, A M Palmes and Mrs Richards touring Pensacola by motor.
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William Jemmett
Wilcox
Canada
John Murphy
Pittsburgh
Mobile
Jemmetts
Calvert
W. M
University Military School
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Sweetbriar, Va
A. M. Palmes
Local Customs Service
John A. Richards
Pensacola
Visitors and locals in Mobile from regional towns
Rupert Touart of the First Regiment band stationed in Montgomery Alabama visits Mobile to see his mother Mrs Kate Porart. Edward C Emanuel a former Mobilian now in Biloxi Mississippi travels to Mobile with his wife. EB Bohn and wife of New York City visit Mobile for several days. S H Marcuse of Colon Panama passes through Mobile en route to New Orleans.
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Rupert Touart
First Regiment
Montgomery
Ala
Mobile
Kate Porart
Edward C. Emanuel
Biloxi, Miss
Wid
Battle Oase
Mr. EB. Bohn
New York City
8. H. Marcuse
Colon
Panama
New Or
Miller to Try Overton for Madison County Murder
In Montgomery Alabama Chief Justice Anderson announced the trial of David D Overton for the murder of Probate De T Lawler of Madison County will start at the Madison Fourth Circuit court on November 13 at a regular term. Overton is detained in the county jail following a conference with Assistant Attorney P Turner. Charles Grimmett of Z ville was hired by Overton to aid his defense and conferred with him today.
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Montgomery
Ala
Och
B. M. Miller
Camd
Fourth Circuit
David D. Overton
de T. Lawler
Madison County
Madison Air Court
Aderson
P Turner
E. D. Overton
Overton
Ing
Charles Grimmett
2Ville
Man Charged With Petit Larceny Over Fan at Dance Hall
Hickey Smith, a Black man, was sentenced by Recorder Edington to six months hard labor on a charge of petit larceny. The case involved an alleged theft of an electric fan from John’s Dance Hall on Warren Adams streets.
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Hickey Smith
Edington
Smith
John
Warren Adams Streets
Notary Bond Filed by Marion Ward in Probate Case
Gov Charles Henderson notes Marion Edward Ward as notary public and files his bond in probate court. EK EB Droege, once of Shreveport, has moved to this city to start a business. T J Harrison of Silas underwent surgery at the local infirmary.
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Marion Edward Ward
Charles Henderson
Probate Court
EK. EB. Droege
Shreveport, la
Bile
T. J. Harrison
Silas
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