Farmers Invited to Give Data to Farm Loan Board
A Birmingham hearing on October 28 will gather Alabama farmer and organization input to define the twelve federal land bank districts under the federal farm loan act. The session seeks farm loan needs, rates, tenancy impact, and location claims for land banks as the act promises long term mortgages at low interest with government capital.
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Farm Loan Board
Washington
Alabama
Birmingham
Federal Farm Loan Board
Federal Land Bank
GETS-IT Corn Cure Ad Claims Quick Relief
An advertisement touts GETS-IT as a modern corn remover that loosens and lifts corns rapidly. It features testimonials about easy removal using a finger nail and proclaims the product as a wonder cure.
Barometer Normal in Tampa as 15-Mile Breeze Rises
AP reports a normal barometer in Tampa before noon with a southeast breeze of 10 to 15 miles per hour. The storm is centered over the gulf’s central region and moving northward. No vessels were held. southbound ships may depart safely, though westbound risks exist. Carrabelle, the gulf’s eastern warning point, lies south of the tri-state meeting, limiting warnings along the Florida coast.
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Associated Press
Tampa
Fra
Gulf
Carrabelle
Fla
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Air battles rage on Somme in single day
Greek government handed a new note of protest after a tense exchange. King Constantine rushed from Tatoi as French and Italian sailors, about 1,000 men with two machine guns, occupied Athens and Piraeus stations and the Castella barracks, with 159 sailors at the municipal theatre. The city remained quiet as an urgent cabinet council was convened to brief security forces.
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Terranean
Constantine
Tatoi
Athens
Piraeus
Castalla
Reuter
French Capture Sailly Saillisel Village on Somme Front
Paris reports another group of houses in Sailly Saillisel on the Somme front were captured by French forces last night. A strong German counterattack was repulsed.
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Paris
Sailly-Saillisel
Somme
War Office
Serbian Bulgarians clash on Macedonian front report
Paris dispatch says violent artillery battles continue on the Macedonian front. The war office reports Serbian forces checked a Bulgarian counterattack near the Cerna river area.
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Paris
Cerna River
War Office
Teutons Counter Attack In Lemburg Area
The war office said Teutonic troops mounted heavy counter attacks in southeast Lemburg after intense bombardments near Kérytniza and Bolshovtse five miles north of Halicz. Russians held ground and took fifty prisoners and one machine gun. In the Carpathians near the Romanian and Bukovanian borders Austrian and German forces advanced, but Russians repulsed all assaults.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
London
Teutonic
Jave Heavil
Lemburg
War Office
Kérytniza
Bolshovtse
Halicz
Carpathians
Bukovanian
Fighting Continues in Eastern Rumania Front
Fighting persists along the eastern Rumania front with no change in the overall situation reported in the official dispatch dated October 1. The communique notes ongoing hostilities without shifts in strategic positions.
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Eastern
Rumania
Associated P
Petrograd
London
Patrols Active on Both Macedonian Fronts
The official Macedonian front report states patrols have been active on both fronts with nothing further to report. The dispatch was issued from London on October 17.
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Macedonia
Associated Press
London
Macedonian Front
Allies Enter Enemies Trenches West of Ancre
Allied forces report entering enemy trenches west of Sere near the Ancre river in France. The official front line update notes no other notable actions for the day.
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Ancre
Associated Press
London
Sere
Anccre River
France
SOFTA CLAIMS GREAT LOSS INFLICTED ON a. OH
Sofia reports enormous losses for French troops on the Monastir Florina railway line in the Macedonian front after Saturday attacks. The war office says the assaults by Serbians to break the Bulgarian front on the Cerna river between Brod and Skochivir on October 14 and 15 were repulsed.
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SOFTA
A. OH
Sofia
London
Monastir-Florina
War Office
Cerna
Brod
Skochivir
Wheat Prices Soar In Stampede To Buy
Chicago October 17 Wheat prices jumped 71 2 cents a bushel as traders rushed to buy. Transactions reportedly topped 4.5 million bushels amid reports the British government seeks to lower handling costs and cut Atlantic freight rates on American wheat.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Atlantic
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Harriet J Vaughan
Mrs Harriet J Vaughan died in Pensacola Florida aged eighty three. She had lived in Pensacola since childhood and was buried Sunday in Molino Cemetery near Pensacola.
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Harriet J. Vaughan
Pensacola
Fla
Mobile
Molino
Vaughan
Death of Mrs Eliza J Bossard in Mobile
Mrs Eliza J Bossard aged 52 died Tuesday morning at home 501 Augusta Street Mobile after a long illness. She was a native of Louisiana and had lived in Mobile thirty years. Survived by three grandchildren and relatives.
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Eliza J. Bossard
Louisiana
Mobile
Augusta Street
Hughes Attacks Tariff in Mitchell Speech
Charles E. Hughes spoke to farmers in Mitchell South Dakota denouncing the administration’s tariff stance. He argued the Underwood measure fails to protect agriculture, citing fiscal year comparisons of imports and tariff revenues under Payne Aldrich and Underwood and accusing opponents of lacking fiscal economy.
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Mitchell
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
Payne-Aldrich
Mr. Hughes
Mayor Pillans Named Police Commissioner
Mayor Pillans becomes police commissioner arguing the city cannot block new construction unless it harms morals or health. He defends property owners right to erect billboards within the law. Commissioners Lyons and Schwarz oppose rescinding actions, citing prior complaints and property history with a troublesome Negro class.
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Pillans
Lyons
Schwarz
City Commission Acts On Building, Bills, And Speed Regulations
The Mobile city commission approved a petition against a building project and upheld monthly bills of 11 261 42. An ordinance to regulate rental buildings and electric wiring was adopted. The board also discussed school district speed limits for motor vehicles and signals to slow traffic near schools.
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W. P. Lee
Pillans
City of
Mobile
Lyons
Board of School Commissioners
St. Louis
Conception Strets
Schwarz
Bremen Story Censored Over False Kriegsmarine Report
London reports the Vossische Zeitung and a Reuters dispatch state the commander of the German second army corps banned the Pommersche Tagespost for printing an article called The Destruction of the Bremen the German commercial submarine. The paper received a censorship warning and the claimed destruction was deemed incorrect.
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Associated Press
London
Vossische Zeitung
Reuter
Amsterdam
Second German Army Corps
Pommersche Tagespost
Bremen
Court notices and decrees in several chancellery cases
Court listings include Wiley Denmark vs Molly Del Buo with sale report read and set for 28th, multiple decree pro confesso entries for cases such as Lizzie Kanavan and Annie Roberts, pleadings submitted in others, testimony ordered in Debe Chelminski vs Mike Chelminski, and a receiver directed in Turpines Cup Co matter. Also notes on Della Jones petition and upcoming calls for Wednesday in Law and Equity Court with cases including Cook et al. vs Walsh et al and Lowenstein vs McAndrews Hopper.
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Chancery
Thomas H. Smith
Wiley
Denmark
Molly del Buono
Register
Lulu May Alexander
Jessie Alexander
Lee Washington
Stella Washington
John Finley
Lizzie Finley
Stella R. Hunt
E. R. Arbuckle
Debe Chelminski
Mike Chelminski
Otto E. Zundel
Emil J. Zundel
J. M. Walsh
Louis Lowenstein
McAndrews & Hopper
Joseph Pinger
Republic Creosoting Company
Viscount Uffington Weds in London
Viscount Uffington, heir to the Earl and Countess of Craven, married Mary George of Invercargordon in London on October 4. The 19 year old groom met his bride during military training near her home. Her father was Inver Gordon’s town clerk and her grandfather Bradley Martin of New York.
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Viscount Uffington
London
Earl
Countess of Craven
Mary George
Invergordon
Miss George
Bradley Martin
New York
Earl of Craven
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Court
The probate court issued licenses to Whi harles J. Kounts and Mattie J. Therrill William H. March and Margaret E. Taylor Michael Gavin and Josephine Emmons.
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Probate Court
Harles J. Kounts
Mattie J. Therrill
William H. March
Margaret E. Taylor
Michael Gavin
Josephine Emmons
George Moulton Wins Second Lieutenant Promotion
Sergeant George L. Moulton of Mobile won a competitive exam and was elected second lieutenant of Mobile’s machine gun company. He will assume duties immediately as the cavalry regiment receives rifles saddles and bugles. Rev C W Gavin of Andalusia was commissioned as first lieutenant and serves as chaplain of the regiment.
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Montgomery
Ala
George L. Moulton
Mobile
Eutenant Moulton
Cavalry
Ie Regiment
Aveltisens
Fort Oglethorpe
C. W. Gavin
Andalusia
Military Department
Quarantine Ends as Vaccination Blamed for Smallpox Signal
After Company M of Oxford Fourth regiment faced a day in quarantine for suspected smallpox, officials announced the illness stemmed from vaccination. The private Salvo, recruited recently, developed red pimples after a ten day earlier vaccination and was placed in a detention tent. Major O Connell said quarantine remains only precautionary with no disease fear, and movement to Nogales was in doubt.
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Oxford
Montgomery
Baie
Nogales
Arriz
O'Connell
Salvo
Galveston Barometer Holds At 29.86 In Strong Breeze
The Galveston barometer stood at 29.86 at 1 p.m. today, remaining nearly steady since morning. Winds ranged 15 to 20 mph from the north after shifting from the northeast, with a notably high tide in effect.
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Galveston
Tex
Inland course of the storm raises shipping concerns
In New Orleans on October 17 fluctuations in Burrwood barometer and shifting winds signaled an inland storm path. At 10 a.m. Burrwood reported 29.82 inches with an east wind of 36 mph, and by noon barometer eased to 29.78 with winds down to 24 mph, while New Orleans saw a fall from 29.90 to 29.82 as a 12 mph breeze persisted.
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New Orleans
Burrwood
Hughes Begins Midwest Campaign With Four Speeches
The Republican nominee Hughes spoke in South Dakota and Iowa on October 11. He started in Mitchell and planned a one and a half hour stay in Sioux Falls before moving to Yankton. He expected to reach Sioux City by 6 45 p m and depart for Michigan after the night address.
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Associated
Alleged Negro Robber Taken to Haynesville
Tom Johnson, a Negro, arrested in this city for an alleged robbery committed at Haynesville, Lowndes County. Alasabe is taken to that place Tuesday morning and trial.
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Tom’ Johnson
Hayneville
Lowndes County
Alasabe
Rail Commissioners to Meet in Capital November 14
Washington October 17 A call issued for the 28th annual convention of the National Association of Railway Commissioners in the capital on November 14. The主 topics include the work of the congressional joint sub committee investigating railroad conditions and legislation.
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Capital
Associated Press
Washington
National Tion of Railway Commissioners
Congressional Joint Sub-Committee
Cotton Seed Oil Market Closes Firm in New York
Cotton seed oil market closed firm with bids and prices listed for October through May futures. Total sales reached 43,000 bags as of Oct 17, reflecting firm demand.
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Cotton Seed OD
New York
Multiple U S notes from 1914 era dispatches newscast
Chattanooga bound traveler from Asheville travels with mother on a Pullman car. Meridian businessman J W McCorkite referenced. Midwest towns report fires destroy plant with $75 000 loss and no insurance. Archduke Ferdinand conspirator Nedjo Kerovic dies in Sarajevo report. John B Nor pioneer cutglassman inventor dies in Hawley. Thomas Milling Company grain elevator fire threatens 100 000 bushels and $800 000 loss. Calumet endures heaviest storm of years with widespread impact. James W Gerard US ambassador to Germany to visit President Wilson in New Jersey next week.
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Thomas, Okla
Demands of Bayonne Strikers Renewed as Talks Continue
Bayonne New Jersey strikers pressed seven demands during talks with the superintendent of the company's main plant. Officials indicated willingness to discuss wage changes and working conditions and to arbitrate hours and conditions if the workers dropped their wage claims.
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Associated
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Roche & Burke
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