Germans Close On Ostend as War Rages On
London reports German forces within fifteen miles of Ostend amid fierce Western Front fighting. British observers warn of a possible channel coast raid while Allied troops clash with German units near Roye Lille and Calais as Typhus spreads. Refugees flood Ostend awaiting escape from the front lines.
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London
England
Antwerp
Silesia
Russian
Poland
Russia
Galicia
Nieman
Suwalki
Vienna
Przemysl
Petrograd
Vistula
France
Roye
Channel
English Channel
Belgium
Calais
Berlin
Lille
Italy
Turkey
Black Sea
Goeben
Breslau
Ostend
Denied Anglo Belgian pact rumor sparks German comment
Berlin papers publish alleged Belgian general staff documents claiming alliance with Britain before WWI. British denial notes no such agreement ever existed and recalls Britain’s guarantee of Belgian neutrality. mentions discussions possibly tied to 1906 tensions with Germany over Morocco.
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Washington
Berlin
Belgium
Great Britain
Brussels
Germany
Grierson
Barnardiston
Tsing Tau
Alabama lawyer Fred W Bacho faces disbarment hearing
In Mobile the law and equity court set a first Monday in November for Fred W Bacho to show cause why he should not be disbarred. The petition by Harry H Smith and Mobile Bar Association accuses Bacho of deceitful misconduct in a land transaction involving six conveyances to him and five black clients with alleged improper fees. affidavits from E B Ave n ge F J Pierson and John W McAlpine detail the alleged scheme and threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Bacho
Mobile
Law and Equity Court
Safford Berney
R. E. Gordon
Moses Kahn
Mobile Bar Association
Harry H. Smith
Bacho
E. B. Avenge
F. J. Pierson
New Orleans
John W. McAlpine
McAlpine
Law and Equity Court of Mobile
State of Alabama
Fred W. Bache
State of
Alabama
Jed W. Bache
Mary Seymour
Ellen Cephas
Mobile County
Jean N. Avegno
Badio
Towit
Frank J. Pierson
A. B. Avegno
Moses Kohn
Robt
E. Gordon
Impossibility of Belgium Being Party to Aggressive War
The article argues Belgium could not have joined any plan to violate its neutrality and notes Belgium's long history of resisting such violations. It cites Germany’s 1906 railway network from the Rhine to the Belgian frontier as evidence of preparations for a sudden attack, referencing events two months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Germany
Rhine
Von Bernstorff Denounces Anglo Belgian Pact as War Drive
German ambassador Count Von Bernstorff declares England denied the 1906 Anglo Belgian agreement but says Belgium joined the British war coalition of its own accord. He charges England aimed to ally with Belgium to compel Germany into war and claims documents show a long standing British effort since 1906.
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Associated Press
Rome
Paris
Belgium
Brussels
Kruese Zeitung
France
England
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Vossische Zeitung
Hollland
Washington
Count von Bernstorff
Ingland
Germany
Rotary Club Secures Fifteen Men for Jobs
The employment bureau of the Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce, via Acting Secretary G. C. Card, reported that fifteen men who sought work were placed cutting crossties and boarding wood. Ten new applications were filed on Thursday, bringing total received to 120.
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The
Rotary Club and
Chamber of Commerce
G. C. Card
Sulphur Cream Promises Relief for Itching Skin
A historic medical note touts common bold-sulphur as a parasite killer and anti-pruritic treatment for skin conditions. It claims rapid itching relief and healing in eczema and irritable inflammations, with Salicylate cream repeatedly recommended for irritated skin.
Schooner Wilhelmina Gertrude Breaks Chronometer in Mobile
The three masted schooner Wilhelmina Gertrude of Gulfport arrives in port with a damaged chronometer after an accident near the bar entrance. Towed by the tug Cloud, it will depart later Thursday after repairs. Other vessels and dredging plans are noted in the same dispatch.
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Cloud
Mobile Towing & Wrecking Company
Wilhelmina Gertrude
Gulfport
Miss
John Quill
Colombia
Robert Graham Dun
Marine Ways
Ethel V. Boyton
Bisso
Porto Rico
Belize
Fort Morgan
Falk
James Gibboney & Company
Mobile
Home Dredging Co
Port Inglis
Fla
Tourists Will Come This Way
Thomas Cook and Son, New York agents for tourists, reply to a hotel inquiry on southern winter travel. They predict a great development in tourist travel to the South this coming winter, noting many Americans who spend winters abroad will turn to the South. Cities in the region are expected to attract more visitors and offer appealing attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cook & Son
New York
Cawthon Hotel
Hyomei Promises Quick Relief From Catarrh and Colds
An advertisement touts Booth's Hyomei from Buffalo as a quick effective cure for catarrh croup asthma and colds. It describes inhaler use drops of antiseptic Hyomei placed in the inhaler to reach inflamed air passages and claims immediate head clearing chest relief nasal discharge and headaches will disappear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ust
Booth
Hyomei Co
Buffalo
Antwern
Harrigan Starts Buy-a-Bale Move At Big Lumber Plant
The Buy-a-Bale drive reaches Fulton Clarke county as W D Harrigan of Scottish Lumber Co leads a relief effort for distressed cotton. He bought a bale at ten cents a pound and thirty employees soon joined, loading thirty bales for Mobile via Southern Railway to store the gathered cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrigan
Scottish Lumber Co
Fulton
Clarke County
W. D. Harrigan
Mobile
Southern Railway
Appealed Cases Set for City Court Hearing
In the city court on Thursday the following appeal cases were set for trial on the civil side. October 19 John Benedict violating stock law Alfred Broadus abusive language Sam Kirks Minnie Kirks gaming on Sunday. October 20 Hughes Cowart prohibition law D H Barrett assault and battery Cassie Fort no license Dora Johnson Willie May McFarland vagrancy. October 21 Sam Bush W H Dulaney Minnie English assault and battery Annie McKeon vagrancy J W Johnson open store on Sunday George Gamble public drunkenness. October 22 John Laurie Eugene Jordan assault and battery Louis Russell abusive language Son Early assault with a pistol Bernard Green assault with a knife. October 23 G Gerhard Edward Murray prohibition law Co W Kountz assault and battery J M McVoy automobile law Joe Wade petit larceny Henry Thomas affray.
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Thee
John Benedict
Alfred Broadus
Sam Kirks
Minnie Kirks
Hughes Cowart
D. H. Barrett
Cassie Fort
Dora Johnson
Willie May McFarland
Sam Bush
W. H. Dulaney
Minnie English
Annie McKeon
Cutter Winona to Welcome Visitors at Mobile Port
Chairman C B Hervey of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce tourism committee announced the revenue cutter Winona had been ordered to Mobile. It will be ready to assist the party visiting Mobile on October 19 under the National Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Hervey
Convention and Tourists Committee
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
United States Revenue
Winona
Mobile
National Chamber of Commerce
Offenders Hit in Inferior Court with Varied Fines
In the inferior criminal court on Thursday Steve Bourges was fined $1 or ten days for gaming. Horace Thomas and Mack Bettis each faced $20 and costs. Grant Allen paid $10 and costs for gaming on Sunday. Arthur Bryant was fined $1 and costs for beating Edward Nelson. Willie Young received sixty days at hard labor for stealing a cotton jumper from George Cooke. Alex Goldstein was fined $101 and costs for vagrancy and remanded for sentence.
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Inferior Criminal Court
Steve Bourges
Horace Thomas
Mack Bettis
Grant Allen
Arthur Bryant
Edward Nelson
Willie Young
George Cooke
Alex Goldstein
Deaths and Funerals: Child dies in Calvert after illness
Florence Moore, four years old, daughter of Cass R. and Fern Moore of Calvert, Ala., died Thursday at 6:45 AM in a local hotel after weeks of illness. Crenshaw Undertaking Co. to transport the body to Calvert for interment Friday. Also reported is the death of Max Stern in Savannah, Ga., on October 8, a long-time traveling salesman for Ullman & Co. of Cincinnati who often visited Mobile.
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Florence
Cass R
Fern Moore
Calvert
Washington County
Ala
Crenshaw Undertaking Company
Mobile
Savannah
Max Stern
Ullman & Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
Russian and Austrian maneuvers in Galicia and Carpathians
Reuter dispatches report Austrian and Russian forces clash along the Stry Sam bor and Midura line in Galicia as the Russian occupation establishes fortified positions. In the Carpathians Austrian troops seize Teronya and pursue the enemy toward Wyskow amid scattered skirmishes in the Visso valley.
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London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Vienna
Stry
Sambor
Midura
Galicia
Carpathians
Teronya
Wyskow
Visso
Governors Wire Wilson for Relief on Cotton
Four cotton state governors urge President Wilson and Congress to provide immediate relief for the crisis facing the cotton industry. They propose government loans, currency measures, acreage restrictions for 1915, and low interest credit to stabilize growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Congress
O. B. Colquitt
Texas
Texas Executive
Earl Brewer
Mississippi
Lee Cruce
Oklahoma
John M. Slaton
Georgia
Cruisers Fight Near Kustendje Amid Black Sea Tension
A Bucharest dispatch relayed via Rome reports heavy cannonading off Kustendje on the Black Sea. It is believed the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau now flying Turkish colors, escorting transports from Sulina, either engaged or were engaged by the Russian fleet amid the Dobruja region activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Bucharest
Rome
Kustendje
Roumania
Black Sea
West Point Appointments List For 1915 Class
War Department announced admissions to the military academy at West Point for 1915. Georgia candidate Dan Chappell is named as alternate from Americus. Mississippi candidate Hugh B. Waddell from Columbus is listed among the appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Washington
Military Academy
War Department
Georgia
Dan Chappell
Americus
Mississippi
Hugh B. Waddell
Columbus
Papes Diapepsin Stomach Aid Promises Fast Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Papes Diapepsin as a fast safe remedy for indigestion dyspepsia gastritis and stomach upset. It claims quick relief from gas sourness and indigestion and urges keeping a fifty cent case on hand for accidental stomach trouble.
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Pape
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Bizet
Leonalds
Mousi
Western Beef
Morocco
BAGHO
Equity Court
Bernstorff
Rotary Club
Schooner
Mobile Marine Movements
Cawthon Management
Servia
George
Peter
Alexander
Tion
Executives of
Mis
Sissippi, Oklahoma and
Warsaw
Times
Praemys
East Prussia
von Hindenburg
Ludwig
Bavaria
Dankl
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