German claims of cavalry victories denied official Paris statement
Paris dispatch reports an official denials by France of German press claims that two French cavalry divisions were destroyed. The release cites ongoing engagements along the La Bassée Estaires Bailleul front, German setbacks near the Lys, Verdun fortifications, and failed enveloping moves toward St Mihiel Meuse and the Argonne forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
la Bassee
Estaires
Bailleul
Canal of
Lys
Verdun
Argonne Forest
Biiarville
Varennes
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Maizey
Chauvoncourt
Woevre
Villa Seizes German Property in Durango and Rebels Fight
Carranza reports from Durango that Gen. Francisco Villa confiscated German citizens estates worth about 1 000 000 dollars and ordered seizure of large estates within his territory. Reports from Chihuahua City say Villa sent 500 troops from Chihuahua to Parral to confront Gen. Herrera in revolt, with 15 000 to 3 000 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Texas
Carranza
Francisco Villa
Durango
Villa
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
Herrera
Parral
Sixteen year old girl reports illness improved after tonic
A New Orleans teen, 16, says she was very sick but improved after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. A St Clair, Pa. woman recounts relief from suppression and headaches after the same remedy and requests confidential guidance from the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
New Orleans
Pinkham
Amelia Jaquillard
Tehoupitoulas St
St. Clair, Pa
L E
Din E Pinkham Medicine Co
Mass
Brickley May End Football Career After Illness
Capt. Charles Brickley of Harvard scored his first touchdown of the season as Harvard clashed with a rival team. Reports say he was hospitalized a week earlier with appendicitis and underwent an operation. Doctors doubt he can play again this season or in future games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles FE. Brickley
Harvard
Brickley
Foreign tramway plant in Mexico City seized by Carranza government
Carranza forces seize the Mexican Tramways Company plant at the capital, with troops surrounding the main building and all property except cash delivered to police. The move affects light and transport across a 30 mile radius, valued near 100 million dollars. Affected foreign officials protest to multiple legations as Villa massed forces nearby. Secretary Bryan seeks details from Brazil about the seizure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Mexican Tramways Company
Carranza
Mexican Tramways Company, Limited
Toronto
Graves
Tomas Ramos
Mananger
Tramways Company
Meixcan Light and Power Company, Ltd
Aguas Calientes
General Villa
Washington
Bryan
Stone
Missouri
State Department
Seven Will Speak at Dollar Dinner in Mobile
Mayor Harry Pillans and four other officials will speak at a Monday dollar dinner at the Cawthon Vineyard to welcome officers and directors of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Speeches cover Mobile Harbor development, export port status, Cotton Port role, and Citrus Fruit Industry. Automobiles for the visitors’ motor trip are being arranged by John Shearer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Pillans
Henry Forchheimer
William H. Armbrecht
W. H. Reynolds
Cawthon Vineyard
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Entertainment Committee
Convention and Tourists Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Pillans
Mobile
M. Armbrecht
Forchheilmer
Reynalds
Gulf Coast Horticultural Society
John Shearer
Commson
Topeka Franchise For Sale In Western League
Topeka baseball club directors announce the Western League franchise is for sale after a season they say has not been profitable. Dick Cooley, the manager, has been released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kas
Topeka Baseball Club
Dick Cooley
Birmingham to self insure cutting city insurance costs
Birmingham officials move to self insure with a sinking fund of 5000 dollars per year to be invested in local bonds or banks. When fund covers losses, outside policies will be canceled and all claims paid from the sinking fund, saving the city between one thousand and five thousand dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
George Ward
City of Birmingham
Jefferson County
Ward
Roye Falls Back and Fights for Third Week in France
Paris dispatch reports three weeks of violent combat between Roye and Lassigny with Roye exchanged hands twelve times. Villages nearby constantly changed control as French forces allegedly surrounded and captured 2,000 German cavalry and infantry eight miles from Roye on the day of the twelfth recapture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Paris
The
Daily Mail
Roye
Lassigny
Roye Steelf
Destruction of Louvain Reported by Belgian Rector
The Vatican received a report from Mer. Jules de Becker rector of Louvain college describing days during Louvain destruction. He said he was imprisoned with Mer. Willemsen and recounted aid from the Spanish ambassador to Belgium and Brand Whitlock American minister to Belgium who helped liberate them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rome
Paris
Vatican
Mer
Jules de Becker
Louvain
Belgium
Mer. de Becker
Mer. Willemsen
Brand Whitlock
Viviani Wife Seeks Help for Missing Son in Geneva
Mme Viviani wife of the French premier arrives in Geneva from Paris to learn news of her son a Geneva student missing since mobilization and plans to appeal to the Swiss president for aid in the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Presa
Geneva
Paris
Mme
Viviani
Red Cross Society
Dwellings for Rent in Morill & Lyons Listing
Rentals listed for multiple properties with descriptions of floors, rooms, galleries, kitchens, baths, lighting, yards, garages, and servant quarters. Includes addresses at 258 North Conception Street, 8 Dauvit Street, and 911 Savannah Street, with monthly rates from $25 to $60. Details note flats, painting, and first class condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Conception St
Dauphin
W. Davitt St
Savannah Street
Morrill & Lyons
Mrs. McGowan Case Among Those Taken Up by Pensacola Jurors
Pensacola grand jury opened state court investigations into six murders over the past six months. One defendant is Mrs. Florence McGowan of Mobile accused of killing Buster Brown in the county courthouse. Judge Wolfe told jurors not to probe the recent primary unless irregularities were brought to attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fila
State Court
Florence McGowan
Mobile
Buster Brown
Wolfe
Drowning of Captain Near Pensacola Navy Yard
In Pensacola Florida on October 15 Captain William Bisneck drowned while trying to reach shore from the schooner Algoma anchored at the navy yard. A crewman was saved after falling overboard as the captain, unable to swim, perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Algoma
Navy Yard
William Bisneck
Russian Black Sea Fleet Seizes German Cereals Steamers
Athens newspapers report the Russian fleet in the Black Sea has captured two German steamers carrying cereals from Galatz to Kustendje Roumania. The seizures heighten wartime disruption of neutral trade and fuel tensions in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Athens
Black Sea
Galatz
Kustendje
Roumania
Commission Decides Alabama Rate Cases With Mobile Interest
Interstate Commerce Commission allows continuing chemical and dye stuff rates from Boron Providence New York Philadelphia Baltimore to Birmingham Exfauta Sylacauga and England Alabama without long and short haul rules. Rates remain subject to complaint and correction. Weashburn of Mobile and Ohio Railroad denied authority to fix gasoline rates on iron and steel barrels from Mobile to Demopolis Sheffield and Turreimbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ocet
J. J. Cottrell
Atlantic Coast Line
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boron
Providence
York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Birmingham
Exfauta
Sylacauga
England
Alabama
M. W. Weashbirn
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mobile
Demopolis
Sheffield
Tureimbia
Suffrage delegates pledge wear cotton gloves and hose
In Logansport Indiana on October 15 delegates to the Indiana Equal Suffrage Association pledged themselves to wear gloves and hose of cotton until the European war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Logansport
Ind
Indiana Equal Suffrage Association
DeBrière’s Cafe Advertises Business Men Lunches
Try our Business Men's Lunch from 12 to 2 30 p m. Specializing in lunches for the trade. Best market offerings and quick service. DeBriere's Famous Java Coffee six cents. The Cafe Which Has the Best to Eat at 12 South Royal St.
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DeBriere
German Forces Enter Holland In Clash Near Roosendaal
The Daily News reports that on Friday German soldiers crossed into Holland near Roosendaal. The Dutch officer refused internment and a battle followed, with about a dozen Germans killed or wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
the Daily News
Holland
Roosendall
German cyclists reach Bruges in afternoon convoy
The Daily Mail Flushing correspondent reports about 200 German cyclists arriving at Bruges at 1 PM on Wednesday, the telegraph dated October 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Mail
Flushing
Bruges
Dowager Empress Hosts American Red Cross Nurses
In Petrograd the Russian dowager empress hosted an American Red Cross corps for a short reception. She greeted the surgeons and nurses, who wore varied uniforms, with a democratic gesture and expressed appreciation for American aid.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
London
American Red Cross Corps
Royal Palace
Empress
Ican
Pbrograd
Local Businesses Listed With Names and Addresses
A directory style listing shows multiple firms on Dauphin Street and nearby avenues. Includes Candy makers Henry R Hawes Candy Co and Howells Candy Kitchen, grocery and hardware vendors, a laundry, a picture framing shop, a dry cleaners, a bicycle company, and more, with street addresses and telephone numbers where shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Hawes Candy Co
Dauphin Street
Gustave Gass
Bell
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Charley Brickley
Lneat
Mexi
Mayor Pillans
Pensacola Harbor
Norville Bros
St. Francis St
Dumont & Croom
St. Michael St
West
Jefferson
Palmetto
South Eslava
Jackson
Wilkinson
Charleston
Hall
East
Franklin and Conti
Church and
Wilkinson and Conti
Cedar and Church
N. L. Vickers Real Estate
Commission
Red Cross
DR. F. L. Tapia
Candy Manufacturers
Howells Candy Kitchen
Dell
Goodbraa Floral Company
Minge Floral Co
N. Conception St
Zieman Grocery Co
Wilkinson Street
Home
Mobile Creamery
Cor. Conception and
St. Louis Streets
Alvin
Opticians
Mobile Optical Company
In . Co
Ae Ff, Hockwell, Mgr
Lenape Onception St
Evans Furniture Co
Public Accountants
F. C. Horton
van Antw Bell
N. Pe
Troy Steam Laundry
St Emanuel Street
Ult City Dye Works
Conception Street
Business Colleges
Mobile Business College
C. O. Meux
Bell Phone 1846
McKenzie-Barrett Carriage Co
State Street
Nack Carriage & Wagon Works
N. Royal Street
Scheuermann Bicycle Company
Bell Phone
Langan Hat Company
Mobile Hoofing & Cornice Co
S. Water Street
United Tea & Coffee Co
Mobile Stationery Company
Commercial Printing Company
Michael Street
Wood Printing Co
St. Mi
Insa Duggan & Taylor
Royal Bell
Grand Bay Land Co
C. Gordon & Co
Conceptual Street
Lumber
Verona Lumber Co
Hothy
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