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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1914
Page
11
An observer for the besieging army says Przemysl fortress is bombarded endlessly and the garrison destroyed. It notes a 3,000 Austrian sortie repelled and predicts Przemysl’s surrender within days.
A Daily Mail correspondent describes a Cossack method in East Prussia to breach wire defenses. Troops drive large herds to push through tangled wires, then advance on horseback sabring gunners in trenches behind the lines. The tactic was soon copied by German forces.
Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports refugees returning as Russians halt the German advance aided by artillery. Fighting rages about thirty miles from Warsaw with Grodzisk retaken and a front extending 160 miles from north of Warsaw to south of Przemysl. Half of Galicia is under Russian control as German planes mark movements.
John R. Danze y applies to the Excise Commission of Mobile to transfer his retail liquor business from the southeast corner of St Medar and Davidson to the northeast corner of Davidson and Davis in Mobile Alabama. Notice indicates location change request and owner name.
Notice announces a 1914 attachment issued by the Mobile Circuit Court in the Ollinger & Bruce Dry Docks versus Schuh-Mason Lumber suit for 463.20 dollars. The attachment was executed via garnishment on Union Marine Insurance, with the Illinois defendant urged to appear at the next term on the six Monday after the first Monday in October 1914. Also includes an administrator notice for Alice Sherman estate, appointing George A. Thomas and stating claims must be presented within legal time.
Commissioner Gaillard says a gravel charge claim by William H. Holcombe is to be examined at a Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners meeting. Records show eight inches were contracted but six inches were reportedly used in sections with excess gravel noted, while some spots received more than eight inches.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Dailey were held Friday at 9 a.m. in St Joseph Catholic Church with requiem mass celebrated by Rev Father Doherty and a eulogy by Rev Father Salentin. Floral tributes marked high esteem from friends as pallbearers listed.
Practically the entire fire department fought a small blaze at the one story residence 314 Charleston street occupied by A M Ranco. The fire caused very slight damage and was traced to a defective flue.
British observers split on Ostend’s significance while noting Ostend links the German lines to France. Analysts say the sea barrier limits German envelopment tactics and force a break in the Belgian frontier. Reports mention spy fears and a Belgian uniform arrest among refugees.
The British cruiser Hawke, Capt. H P E T Williams, was attacked and sunk in the northern North Sea with three officers and 49 men saved. Other officers and many crew members remain missing as further particulars are awaited. The Hawke, built 1891, displaced 7360 tons and armed with multiple guns and torpedo tubes, had a 644 man complement.
New York dispatch reports the state supreme court orders the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed to seize unpledged assets and to sue directors for damages. The suit, by Horace L. Brand, seeks recovery of losses tied to Frisco and Alton acquisitions, with details on bonds, commissions, and loans.
Captain Mel Johnson of the schooner Mary Cabral reports relief from inflammatory rheumatism after using Quaker Herb Extract and Oil of Balm. He urges crew use and invites others to consult the Quaker Health Teacher at Braswell's Drug Store, Dauphin and Claiborne.
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