French Move Toward Alsace and Lille Fronts
Allied offensives progress with French observers optimistic about gains in Alsace where troops near river plains. Germans rush to build defenses around Strasbourg as Lille actions draw close watch. France and Austria to exchange civilians under Swiss mediation with some German civilians returning to the frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Alsace
War Office
Rhine
Strassburg
Lille
Institute of France
Germany
Berne
Switzerland
France
Austria
Louisville and Nashville to Install Electric Headlights
Assistant Superintendent John Bose of the New Orleans and Mobile division announced that installation of electric headlights on engines of that division is rapidly progressing and expected to be completed within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bose
New Orleans and Mobile
Louisville and Nashville
City Commissioners Approve Monthly Bills and Court Costs
A 12 minute city commission session led by Mayor Pillans approved payment of $53 175 20 for bills and bond interest plus current expenses. The session included a court costs bill of $1 097 07 in delinquent tax cases against Carl Holzborn registrar in chancery in city cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pillans
Carl Holzborn
Aimed at Thin Folks Sells Sargol for Quick Weight Gain
An advertisement targets thin nervous adults with claims that Sargol tablets, taken with meals, will steadily add 10 to 30 pounds of solid flesh by aiding fat absorption. The text urges readers to gain ten pounds or more, promises refunds if unsatisfied, and notes druggists like Van Antwerp Drug Co. carry the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Antwerp Drug Co
Baron Romberg Killed in Battle with Lady Converse
A report from Greenwich Connecticut says Baron von Romberg, husband of Miss Annette MacDonough Converse, was killed in action. He was an officer in the Kaiser’s army and died after a desperate charge, leaving two children and a widow. Edmund C. Converse confirms the marriage and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron von Romberg
Annette MacDonough Converse
Edmund C. Converse
Greenwich
Conn
House Moves To Take Up Cotton Relief Measures
Washington Oct 20 Two special rules to license cotton warehouses and to consider the Glass bill to raise circulating notes against commercial paper were brought to the House by the rules committee. Amendments would authorize 246.665 million in two percent treasury notes or Panama Canal bonds with four percent interest to fund loans for cotton farmers. Senator Simmons urged passage of the warehouse measure and the bank bill, hoping quick action would ease the cotton crisis in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
National Banking Association
House
Committee On
Representatives Poll
North Carolina
Hardwick
Georgia
Treasury
Representative Glass
Virginia
McAdoo
Federal Reserve
Senator Simmons
Finance Committee
Representative Underwood
Ways and
Simmons
Deaths and Funerals of Mrs Mamie Allen Doster
Mrs Mamie Allen Doster dies at home in Tuscaloosa after weeks of illness. She is survived by husband B F Doster three children and mother Capt William G Allen a brother and two sisters Mrs Lizzie D Haas and Mrs R F Waddle of Mobile. The remains arrive Tuesday night via Mobile and Ohio and the funeral will be held Wednesday at Mrs Haas's home 57 North Monterey Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
Mamie Allen Doster
B. F. Doster
City
William G. Allen
Capt
William Allen
Lizzie D. Haas
R. F. Waddle
Mobile & Ohio
Haas
North
Monterey Street
Funeral of 11 year old Margaret McCarron at St Marys
The funeral for 11 year old Margaret McCarron daughter of Mr and Mrs William McCarron was held Monday at 3 from the home 26 Espejo Street and at 3 30 from St Marys Catholic Church Fr T J Eaton officiating. Pallbearers Allen Duffee John Adams R Nelson George McCrary R Carney Aubrey Slocum. Relatives and friends attended the Catholic Cemetery burial with floral designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret McCarron
William McCarron
Espejo Street
St. Mary's Catholic Church
T. J. Eaton
Allen Duffee
John Adams
R. Nelson
George McCrary
R. Carney
Aubrey Slocum
Mary Etta Goodman
Walter E. Goodman
Carson
Washington County
Ala
Richardson
Gerow
Mobile
Obituary for Mrs. Georgia B. Peters of Savannah Street
Mrs. Georgia B. Peters, a Baldwin County native and longtime city resident, died Tuesday at 5 AM at 304 Savannah Street. She is survived by her husband George B. Peters a son Morris S. Burton her mother Mrs. Maggie Covington a brother W. W. Covington and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia B. Peters
Baldwin County
Ala
Savannah Street
George B. Peters
Morris S. Burton
Maggie Covington
W. W. Covington
Death of Rossville girl Emma Perkins after illness
Litle Emma Lucille Perkins age - year old daughter of Mr and Mrs George E Perkins of Rossville Miss died Tuesday morning at a local infirmary after two weeks illness. The remains were taken in charge by Berenson Sands and will be sent to Rossville Tuesday night for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litle
Emma Lucille Perkins
George E. Perkins
Rossville
Miss
Berenson & Sands
Quaker Health Teacher Promotes Herb Extract Cure
The article reports a Mobile Alabama seller and health teacher promoting Quaker Herb Extract through testimonials from a mother of a frail child. It claims blood cleansing germ destroying tissue building effects and urges mothers to try the remedy citing broad audience interest at a Braswell drug store location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba Street
Mobile
Ala
Braswell
Dauphin
Claiborne Streets
Clothing Found In Ditch Hints Of Dark Mystery
Ovid Powell, a 22 year old Cedar street line conductor, vanished after leaving work, with his coat vest and cap found in a Texas street ditch. Police searched Mobile city area. no body found. Powell last seen with his father and brother, reported for duty, then disappeared after midnight. He lived near George and Texas streets. his clothing and uniform lay near the ditch. Powell is 5 feet 7 inches, 147 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Wages totaling 47 dollars are due him at Mobile Light and Railroad Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid Powell
Cedar Street
Texas Street
Charles
Marine
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Hattie A. Christidns
Powell
Pastagoula
Mobile Light and Railroad
Monroe Park
Zeke Bonnet
H. L. Rheinhardt
George
Texas
German Torpedo Boat Destroyed After Sinking Japanese Cruiser
Tokio reports German torpedo boat 890 found aground and destroyed sixty miles south of Kiau Chau Bay after escaping Tsing Tau. Japanese cruiser Takachiho sunk by the same action with only three survivors from 284 crew and Captain Ita's body recovered. A dispatch from Tsing Tau confirms Takachiho was sunk in Kiau Chau harbor on October 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Tsing Tau
Kiau Chau Bay
Sazebo
Japan
Takachiho
Ita
Peking
China
Kiau Chau
Equity Court Dockets Set With Orders and Dates
Law and Equity Court. Equity side judge Safford Berney. Business Tuesday lists cases with orders and motions including testimony orders and decrees pro confesso. Notable items include Cooney and Byrd set for October 21 and Croshin Blue v Eddie Lord on October 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Scheible
Edward Johnson
Thomas H. Smith
Carrie O. Humphreys
Sidney H Humphreys
Jeff Pierce
Lula Pierce
Joseph Robbins
Estella Robbins
Edith Roberts
Dominick O’kunz
Register
Willis Broadus
Robert W. McAlpine
Ezekiel Taylor
Lavinia Taylor
Ora W. Larson
Louis Larson
August Rejoui
Minnie Rejoui
Peter Voss
Addie Voss
Thomas J. Cooney
Bertha Cooney
Martha Byrd
Harrison Henderson
William FP. Cothran
Item Publishing Company
Croshin Blue
Eddie Lord
George H. Hoyle
Benjamin McDonald
Dave Hudgens
T. B. Pace
Confesses murder links to lion trainer tale in Chicago
A Boston telegram claimed a lion trainer confessed to killing Emerson Dietrich in Chicago last June. The victim, son of Brooklyn architect Ernest G. W. Dietrich, was found in a lions cage during a show where he managed. Private detectives noted a neck bullet wound. Chicago police found the mangled body in a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Ernest G. W Dietrich
Brooklyn
Boston
Dietrich
Emerson
Chicago
Emerson Dietrich
George McCord
McCord
Gerard Arranges Release of Englishmen in Germany
The Americas ambassador James W. Gerard has secured the release and departure of all English men in Germany over fifty five, including clergymen and physicians, to England via Holland. In Przemysl siege news, Russians bombarded the city from Sept 18 to Oct 5, with heavy losses. Austrian estimates put 40,000 Russian casualties and many prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hague
London
Americas
James W. Gerard
Germany
England
Holland
Zeitung Am Mittag
Przezmysl
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Relief For Stomach Ailments
An old advertisement claims Pape's Diapepsin digests food within five minutes to relieve gas heartburn indigestion and nausea. It urges Auto pharmacists to sell a fifty cent case for family use with quick relief and no sour breath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Seventy Four Foreign Built Vessels Fly Stars and Stripes
Seventy four foreign built vessels, totaling 266573 gross tons, have registered under the American flag since the European war began. Great Britain loses sixty two ships, Germany seven, Belgium five, with forty nine freighters and twenty passengers among the registrants. Eleven ships gained provisional registry via American consuls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Commerce
Great Britain
Birmingham Men Held On Suspicion Carrying Weapons
Joe Grace Lloyd Evans and Jim Barrett are held by local police on suspicion as dangerous characters. The three Birmingham men were searched at the station and found to be carrying concealed weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Grace
Lloyd Evans
Jim Barrett
Birmingham
Lucedale Deputy Captures Alleged Brass Thief
R. B. Lott of Columbus Mississippi was arrested by Lucedale police while selling brass to a junk dealer. He was turned over to Sheriff McDavid and is accused of stealing brass in Lucedale and shipping it to Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Lott
Columbus
Miss
Sheriff McDavid
Lucedale
Lott
Mobile
County Democratic Committee to Hear Finances Report
A called meeting of the county Democratic executive committee will be held Tuesday at 6 30 p m in the Inferior criminal court room to hear a report of the auditing committee on the remaining finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Executive Committee
Inferior Criminal Court Room
Peters- Georgia B Peters funeral notice
Entered interest October 20 1914 at 6 a m Georgia B wife of George B Peters. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 5 o clock from the residence 304 Savannah Street. Interment in Magnolia cemetery.
Dangers of a Cold and the Call for Chamberlains Remedy
The piece warns that colds can lead to serious diseases and urges prompt treatment. It promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy as effective to loosen a cold relieve the lungs aid expectoration and help the body throw off the illness with sale by all dealers.
D'Olive Electric Co Incorporation In Mobile
The D'Olive Electric Company filed incorporation papers in the probate court on Tuesday to engage in a general electric supply and repair business. Capital is $2,000 with initial business capital of $1,000. Officers listed include Charles B. Mode of Chicago as president, Harry N. Alter as vice president, and Louis O.ole as secretary-treasurer and manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D’olive Electric Company
Mobile
General Electric
Charles 8. Mode
Chicago
Harry N. Alter
Louis O
Ole Eebile
WTA to Host Banquet and Dance for Members
The Workingmen's Timber and Cotton Benevolent Association will entertain its members with a banquet and dance Tuesday evening in Gay Men's Benevolent Association hall. Invitations have been widely issued and a large attendance is expected as the hall is elaborately decorated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T
Workingmen’s Timber and Cotton Benevolent Association
Gay Men's Benevolent Association
What to Eat and When to Eat It
A humorous summary contrasts many diet theories with one tonic, Vitalitas. The piece notes conflicting rules about meals and fasting, then promotes Vitalitas as a universal remedy to boost vitality. It promotes purchasing Vitalitas at Sutton's drug store or via mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutton
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OT Aassburg
Trops
Louisville & Nashville
Baron Romberg
Miss Converse
G. B. Peters
Emma L. Perkins
Joseph Kesbon
Law and Equity Court
Safford Berney
Chancery Court
Gerard
Express
C. J. Gayfer & Co
D’olive Electric CO. Incorporated
Kodak Films
Kodak
Kodaks
E. C. Zadek Jewelry CO
Mobile, Alabama
Kodak Department
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