Mobile and Baldwin Farmers Unite for Gulf Coast Exchange
Immediate coalition of Mobile and Baldwin counties forms to boost the Gulf Coast Produce Exchange. T. D. Ferrell becomes general manager, W. C. Bromley secretary, A. Zimlich treasurer. Plan includes Baldwin county expansion, with incorporation papers to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Baldwin Counties
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Mobile County
T. D. Ferrell
Exchange
W. C. Bromley
Eastern Shores Exchange
Maryland
Virginia
A. Zimlich
Dauphin Way
Farmer’ d
Baldwin County
John B. Lawrence
Dyas
Bay Minette
Foley
Fairhope
Daphne
Summerdale
Robertsdale
Loxley
Verdun Front Breakthrough Drives Allied Gains
The report describes a major Allied advance in France along a twenty mile front northeast of Verdun. French forces pierced the German second line and pushed the battle line forward with significant gains, as shown on a map detailing the new positions and the extent of the advance.
Engineers' Storekeeper Dies Suddenly Tuesday
Kenneth Earl Damrell, 37, storekeeper for the United States engineers' office in Mobile, died Tuesday morning at 4 30 from acute indigestion after a one hour illness. He was son of the late Major W. T. Damrell and survived by his wife, two children, four sisters, and other relatives. The city learned of his death with regret on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Earl Damrell
Mobile
United States Engineers
W. T. Damrell
W. T. Henderson
Pendleton Barnes
Irma Damrell
Edith Damrell
Greece Prepares for War With Big Navy and Strong Army
Greece enforces compulsory military service from age 20 for 31 years. Army strength ranges 280000 to 300000. After 1912–13 wars with Turkey and Bulgaria, Greece gained 6919 square miles and population neared 5 million. Since 1911 a British naval mission trains the navy, which includes two battleships three small ships fourteen destroyers and other craft. Greece became independent in 1830 as a kingdom under Britain France and Russia protection. King Constantine is 47 years old.
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Turkey
Bulgaria
Greece
Great Britain
France
Russia
Constantinos of
Explosion Hits Destroyer Cummings During War Maneuvers
Newport R I Oct 5 An explosion and fire aboard torpedo boat destroyer Cummings during coastal war maneuvers left two wounded by oil flames. The ship returned to Newport under Lt J C Fremont after the blast occurred in the forward compartment about noon. Cummings left Newport yesterday with destroyers Cassin and Alwyn in the fleet exercise off the coast.
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Newport
R. I
Cummings
J. C. Fremont
Cassin
Alwyn
Navy Censors News Of Destroyer Cum mings Accident
The navy department withholds news of an accident on the destroyer Cum mings as maneuvers simulate war conditions. Officials say publishing details could aid the enemy, while relatives of injured men will be notified with full information. Censorship covers fleet movements.
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Navy
Washington
Navy Department
Cummings
Biloxi Set for Scheduled Biloxi Biloxi Meeting
George Grayson of Biloxi told The Item by phone the Alabama Gulf Coast Highways Association meeting will be held Wednesday as planned. Delegates from Mississippi and Alabama coast counties are expected to attend Biloxi with Mobile County commissioners and other delegates also set to participate.
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George Grayson
Biloxi
Alabama Gulf Coast Highways Association
Mississippi
Alabama
County Board of Commissioners
Mobile County
Weather Outlook for Alabama Mississippi Mobile Areas
Alabama fair and cooler tonight with possible light frost in extreme north portions. Wednesday fair with light to moderate northwest to north winds. Mississippi fair and cooler tonight with Wednesday also fair. Mobile area fair tonight and Wednesday with temperatures around 56.
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Alabama
Mississippi
US warns Turkey as Armenian massacres provoke anger
Ambassador Morgenthau in Constantinople was told to inform Turkey’s foreign minister that US public anger over Armenian atrocities could harm friendly ties if killings continue. The note stops short of threatening a break and notes no American lives or property are affected yet. Secretary Lansing says no US protest to Germany, though Berlin reportedly filed a Turkish protest.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Constantinople
United States
Turkey
Lansing
Germany
War of extermination being waged in Van
Sixteen American Board of Foreign Missions members report a holy war of extermination against Armenians in Van Turkey. They describe Armenian resistance to 5000 Kurds and a German commanded Turkish company from April 20 to May 17, until Russian troops relieved the town. Flags of the United States and Red Cross were not respected by combatants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Board of Foreign Missions
Van
Turkey
Ernest Yarrow
Red Cross
Bulgarian King's Ambition and Constantinople Sides with Allies
Paris report says Mehmed Cherif Pasha in the Mafin declares the Young Turks sold Constantinople to Bulgaria in exchange for Russia's Asian possessions and North Africa. He asserts Germany's victory would unite much of the Mussulman world under Turkish rule and he seeks to crown himself at San Sofia.
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Constantinople
Paris
Mehmed Cherif Pasha
Radical Turk Party
Mafin
Young Turks
Bulgaria
Russia
Egypt
North
Africa
Germany
Cherif Pasha
San Sofia
France
Great Britain
Attorney General Urges Railroads to Restore Local Trains
Washington Oct 6 Assistant Attorney General George H Ethredge of Mississippi asks the supreme court to force Mobile and Ohio Railroad to restore local trains via Waynesboro and Okolona. A federal court had barred enforcement of a railroad commission order to restore the trains cut during wartime conditions. Ethredge argues railroads must share wartime losses with the community and may raise rates if facilities require it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George H. Ethredge
Mississippi
Supreme Court
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Waynesboro
Okolona
Federal District Court For Southern
Yuan Shi Kai Donates to Peking University Program
President Yuan Shi Kai contributes 2000 dollars to extend the educational program at Peking University in appreciation of the Methodist Episcopal board of missions work there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuan
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Peking University
Methodist Episcopal Board of Missions
Bank Robbers Blow Maud Vault For 4000 Dollars
Two men robbed the State Bank at Maud Oklahoma shortly after midnight. They blew open the vault and escaped with four thousand dollars. A sheriff's posse pursued the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Shawnee, Okla
State Bank
Maud
Okla
Here
Cotton Soars at Opening as Market Grows Livelier
In New York and New Orleans on October 5, cotton prices surged with January contracts hitting 13.19 in New York, up $2 per bale from the prior close. European buying and South weather, plus optimistic crop forecasts, pushed values higher before noon, with Orleans reporting a 42 point advance and new seasonal highs as frost and rains spurred demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liverpool
Department of Agriculture
Orleans
New Orleans
Texas
Oklahoma
Bulgaria United to Defend National Interests in War
Sofia reports Premier Radoslavoff declares Bulgaria must wrest from enemies what they took two years ago and seek satisfaction for every insult. Russia’s ultimatum to Bulgaria reportedly delivered. Bulgaria has until 4 o’clock this afternoon to decide between strict neutrality or siding with Germany Austria and Turkey. Greece protests allied troop landings at Saloniki citing constitutional need for special legislation.
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Petrograd
London
Russia
Bulgaria
Radoslavoff
Foreign Office
Sofia
New York
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Greece
Saloniki
Athens
the Star
Allies welcome Russia’s ultimatum on Bulgaria
Paris reaction views Russia’s move as clearing the Balkans. French and Italian experts urge swift, hard action by allies, proposing 500 000 to 600 000 troops and possible Italian support at the Dardanelles. Bulgaria entering the war could threaten Serbia, with Germans and Austrians pressing from the north.
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Russia
Paris
Bulgaria
Balkan
France
Sofia
Great Britain
Italy
Jean Herbette
Balkans
Saloniki
Dardanelles
Folly Seen Across Summerdale and Robertsdale Near Baldwin
The piece describes Summerdale and Robertsdale in central Baldwin County as having a grand college-like building that signals an academic air. It notes a costly folly estimated in the thousands, suggesting the two towns lie on the Baldwin area’s drainage divide feeding the Fish River toward Mobile Bay and the Styx River, with creeks forming a boundary toward Florida.
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Summerdale
Robertsdale
Baldwin County
Fish River
Bay of Mobile
Styx
Perdido
Baldwin
State of Florida
Tobacco Tales From Baldwin County Saga
The Item Good Roads Scout recalls Summerdale and Robertsdale history with a drying tobacco industry dream. It notes early settlers lured by promises and a warehouse in Summerdale, while a Jewish colony leader backs local tobacco as a future possibility in a region tied to delta bridge plans and highway connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin County
Summerdale
Robertsdale
Good Roads Scout
Mobile- Baldwin Counties Delta
Leon Smith
Quincy
Florida
Cleanup Ordered Behind Billboards
City health board to remove unsightly spots behind billboards. Commissioner to have sanitary department inspect behind billboards within city limits and require lot owners to remove nuisances. He indicated prior notice and ongoing concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwarz
Board of Health
Sanitary Department
Bronze Washington statue sent to West Point academy
An anonymous donor presented a bronze equestrian statue of General Washington to the U S Military Academy at West Point currently under construction. The gift's delivery was announced with scant details beyond the statue's ongoing construction.
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Washington
General Washington
Military Academy
West Point
London
France
Terre Haute
Ind
James M. Gosson
Gosson
Circuit Court
New York
Franz von Papen
Pacific
Mexico
Constantin Theodor Dumba
Lyons Elected Mayor of Mobile by Commissioners
Commissioner Pat J. Lyons was elected mayor of Mobile by the city commissioners at a noon meeting. Lyons will also head the police department, with William J. Hanlon named chief of police, while the fire department will be overseen by Commissioner Laz Schwarz. Pillans endorsed Lyons for the ensuing year, praising the nomination as the mayor relinquished office and noting the department should be run by the chief executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laz Schwarz
Lyons
Meing
William J. Hanlon
Magnolia Cem Si
Pill
Schwarz
Pat J. Lyons
Lye
Pillans
Mobile
Dumba Sails Home With Wife After Recall
Dr Constantin T Dumba Austro Hungarian ambassador to Washington sails home aboard the Holland America Nieuw Amsterdam with his wife after a recall initiated by the President The ship will stop at Falmouth Rotterdam before continuing to Vienna and Dumba expressed sorrow at leaving the United States after a lengthy stay.
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New York
Constantin T. Dumba
Washington
Son
Amsterdam
Dumba
Nieuw Amst
Falmouth
England
Rotterdam
Vienna
Funeral Notice of Damrell Died October 2 1916
Earle Damrell aged 37 died Tuesday October 2 1916 at 5 oclock. The friends of the family are to attend his funeral from the residence north side Spring Hill or second west of Park avenue Wednesday afternoon at 3 30 oclock. Interment Magnolia Cemetery.
Lost and Found Classified Notices In Local Ads
SeveralLost or stolen items and pets listed with rewards. Crochet lamps from Bauer's or Van Antwerps. a mule, medium size. two mules with notes by F L Irvy and N Ranelich. a white and black spotted dog. a hound with a black back and scar. contact numbers and addresses provided for rewards or recovery.
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Bauer's
van Antwerps
Ranelich
Joseph
O. L
St. Stephens Road
Bell
South Bayou
Rewa i
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Bromley
Eastern Shore Exchange
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Zimlich
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Amiens
Erman
Jo Lille
LE Basse
Carvin
LENS
Peronne
Ermans
Laon
Mons
Rhett
russeLs
Rezieres
The
Ger
Man Crown Prince
Obar Le-Duc
Metz
Porte
State of Mississippi
Berlin
Zeitung Am Mittag
Ling Ferdinand
W. J. Hanlon
Tua
Sion
F. L. Irvy
Lawrence
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