England Changes Horses In War Policy Shifts
Britain relieves Gen Sir Ian Hamilton of the Dardanelles command, with Gen Charles Monro taking over as Gallipoli operations are reassessed. Sir Edward Carson resigns as attorney general amid cabinet rifts over home rule, signaling discord among London advisers and raising questions about war strategy. In Alabama, Tuscaloosa farmers organize for stock improvement and tick eradication, while Attalla reports a sudden mule death sparking local gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Sir Ian Hamilton
Dardanelles
Charles C. Monro
Gallipoli
Hamilton
Edward Carson
London
Ulster
Emerald Isle
Carson
Ireland
Im May
Sir E. Carson
Hamton
Tuscaloosa County
Gate Tech
Tus
Mobile Harbor Invites Neighbors to View Pine Land Growth
A Mobile bank invites neighbor bankers to tour local pine land ventures and the citrus belt push. The piece lauds Mobile’s harbor expansion and waterfront investment opportunities, urging shared visits to showcase the growing economy and investment potential along the waterfront.
Mobile Emerges as Coast Empire Center for Creamery and Trade
J F Farnsworth of Indiana touts Mobile as the logical shipping point for Alabama Gulf coast towns. Leaders in industry and farming recognize Mobile as the center of distribution, with its port and facilities driving new investment. Mobile opens its doors to the world as a coastal metropolis ready for growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Farnsworth
Indiana
Gulf Coast
Alabama
Mr. Farnsworth
Mobile
Farnsworth
Coast
Grady's Prophecy Foretells Southern Farmer Independence
The excerpt recalls Henry W. Grady of Georgia as a friend to farmers and a predictor for the South. It envisions a day when each farmer earns from own fields and pastures, free of creditors and debt, selling cotton by choice in cash and not via mortgaged strings, signaling a new era of economic freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Grady
Georgia
Alabama
South
Longtime New York official Joseph Haag praised for steady service
Joseph Haag, secretary of the New York City Board of Estimates and Apportionments, has drawn pay in city government for forty five years. He began as a minor clerk under A Oakey Hall and rose to a highly responsible post, admired for diligence and sobriety, proving public office can be kept professional regardless of political creed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Haag
Board of Estimates and Apportionments
City of
New York
A. Oakey Hall
Centenarian cowboy defies doctors to ride cattle herd
George Cassibry, said to be 104, vows to mount his pony and lead the spring roundup after seven months unable to ride. He credits a pine woods spring as a Fountain of Youth and recalls a life of cattle herding, despite prior ill health and a note that he might die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cassibry
Mobile
Cassibray
Grand Bay
Stately Masonic Temple Dedicated in Washington D C
The two million dollar Masonic Temple the headquarters of the supreme council of Scottish Rite Free Masonry for the Southern jurisdiction was dedicated in Washington on Monday in elaborate ceremonies. The temple, modeled after the mausoleum of King Mausolus, stands on Sixteenth Street near the White House and features a grand staircase, sphinxes, a vaulted dome, green granite pillars, a black marble frieze and a central altar. Sovereign Grand Commander George Fleming Moore led the rites, with officers and Masons from many states and Canada attending and a special Scottish Rite choir and orchestra providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Supreme Council of
Scottish Rite Free Masonry
United States
Mother Council of the World
Mausolus
Artemisia
Halicarnassus
Sixteenth Street
White House
Washington
Supreme Council
Free Masonry
Isis
Nepthys
Supreme Council Executive Chamber
George Fleming Moore
Charles I. Rosenbaum
Sovereign
Charles F. Buck
Louisiana
Finnest KB. Hussey
Trevanion W. Hugo
Minnesota
John H. Cowles
Kentucky
John M. Morris
West Virginia
Adolphus I. Fitzgerald
Nevada
Sam P. Cochran
Texas
Rosenbaum
Moore
Camp Guard of Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Benjamin Allen
Canada
Leon Abbot
Sovereign Grand
James H. Codding
Harry J. Guthrie
Delaware
Jamesb. Krause
Pennsylvania
Charles T. Gallagher
Frederick W. Hamilton
Massachusetts
Robert A. Shirrefs
New Jersey
George W. Currier
New Hampshire
What is the Victoria Cross and its meaning
The Victoria Cross, founded by Queen Victoria in 1856, is a bronze cross with a central disc bearing the crown and crest. It signifies conspicuous bravery and is worn with blue Navy and red Army ribbons, with a bar for subsequent acts of gallantry.
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Ans
Navy
Army
Missing Kronprinz Wilhelm crew believed heading to Cuba
Six missing petty officers and seamen from the interned German cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm at Norfolk are thought to be en route to Cuba. A ship captain reported seeing the power boat Eclipse off Virginia Beach last Monday but no trace was found. If they do not return, crews of all interned vessels at Norfolk will be kept aboard and shore liberty halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Norfolk
Cuba
Department
Virginia Beach
Uncle Wiggily and the Red Tippet on Thin Ice
Uncle Wiggily knits a red tippet to keep warm and help rescue Jackie Bow Wow after ice on the pond cracks. The tale follows election day chatter, playful animal mischief, and a lifesaving tug using the scarf as a rope. The rescued pup avoids drowning as others learn a lesson about icy risk.
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Uncle Wiggily
Nurse Jane
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Hollow Stump
Old Rabbit
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Jane
Mr. Longears
Rabbit
Uncle
Jack Frost
Wiggily
Rabbit Gentleman
Grandfather Goosey Gander
Gentleman Goose
Animal Land
Goose
Grandpa
Grandpa Goosey
Sammie Littletail
Johnnie
Billie Bushytail
Jackie
Peetie Bow Wow
Cammie
Johnnie Bushytail
Jackie Bow Wow
Peetie
LOBBY AND CURB FRIENDS NOTE RECOVERY AND LOCAL MOVEMENTS
Edward Kelly of the Ed J Higgins Candy Company has recovered from typhoid fever after three weeks in Providence Infirmary. Robert Albright left Mobile for Choctaw Bluff to take a new position aboard the river packet Peerless. The Great Southern Hotel in Gulfport will close November 10 until January as manager James Lynch reports a strong season. Wilmer representatives R L Whatley and T H Brannan met in Meridian to arrange Gulf Coast Fair exhibits. Gulf Coast Fair Association secretary Mort L Bixler spent time at the Mississippi Alabama fair drawn by D Winslow Partridge of the C S firm after a New Orleans visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kelly
Ed. J. Higgins Candy Company
Providence Infirmary
Robert Albright
Mobile
River Packet
Peerless
Choctaw Bluff
Great Southern
Gulfport
Miss
James Lynch
Lynch
Mort L. Bixler
Gulf Coast Fair Association
Meridian
Partridge Hardware Company Returns to the City
George S. Gaines chief clerk to VP and GM Taylor and Mrs Gaines traveled from Colorado Springs and Denver to the city after a pleasant trip. Allen Hood passenger agent for the Gulf Mobile and Northern Railroad returned from New Orleans Louisiana and is back in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partridge Hardware Company
George S. Gaines
M R K
Taylor
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Allen Hood
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
City
New Orleans
Hotels and affiliates listed across southern states
A long OCR led list shows numerous names and affiliations under hotel groups in cities like New Orleans Birmingham and Atlanta. The passage ends with a reflective note that says Things to learn come as near perpetual motion as anything we can think of.
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Peewee
Bell
A.B. C. Auditor’s Report
Audit Bureau of Circulations
City Net
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Sir Joshua Reynolds
England
Attalla
Gulf Country
Los Angeles
Bankers
National Currency Association
Bank of Mobile
Grady
Grand Lay
St. Elmo
George Cassidry
Bayou la Batre
Florida
Great Britain
Mississippi
Bayou la Barre
George
Peter
Orange Grove
Ala
Mary Deakle
Elmer Pugh
Washington, D. C
the New
Logos
Fulton
Robert Fulton
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Howard R. Garis
The
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Wilmer
R. L. Whatley
T. H. Brannan
D. Winslow Partridge
C. S
Battle House
A. V. Dorgan
J.S. Hostetten
St. Louis
J. A. Coggins
Atlanta
W. Jones
Cleveland
Ohio
T. E. Gunter
Jackson
Henry T. DeBardeleben
Birmingham
C. P. Burns
N. E. Turner
Vinegar Bend
Miss Albn Turner
Mrs. Hawkins
Grove Hill
Cawthon
H. G. Hickman
Canton
W. C. Randall
O. K. Schwind
T. F. Magouth
Charles S. Patherbridge
S. Israel
Simon Hick
N. Y
H. L. Dreyfus
Charles Hewett
R. E. Hopson
R. Steinhardt
Charles Felder
Fred Lobell
S. N. Widle
W. C. Turner
J. D. Crosby
Stockton
A. J. Bryan, Jr
Florala
C. E. Ayre
Norfolk, Va
W. R. Yarber
Jacksonville Fla
Geo. Richards
Chicago
Ills
J. L. Griffin
Montgomery
Carl Dranell
Tampa, Fla
F. Kauffman
Sam Battaglia
Pittsburgh
M. Scjarlata J. Siciliano
Johnstown
William Walker
Walkerville
J. B. Hebron
Memphis Tenn
Dave Salinsky
Nashville
St. Andrew
Frank M. Boykin
Calvert
E. A. Seaton and Family
Daphne
R. B. Seargent
Pascagoula
E. B. Yarbrough
Irvington
D. B. Fox
Laurel
Frank Mattock
W. H. King
Lower Peach Tree
W. M. Statchum
J. W. Tellum
Windsor
A. S. Eldridge
Enterprise
D. N. Mathews
Lake Side
Neb
Charles Grot
Fowl River
Paul and
Richard Grot
T. H. Young
Mitchell, Neb
C. C. Smith
E. P. Smith
Delchamps
National City Bank of Mobile
Dawes
Prichard
Crichton
Tacon
Government St. Loop
Pasadena
L. C. Irvine
St. Francis St
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