French Join Serbs in Brilliant Victory at Krivolak
Paris dispatch reports French troops linked with Serbian forces at Krivolak after a bold maneuver routed Bulgarian attacks. Bulgarians retreated toward Strumitza as French and Serbian cavalry pursued. La Courtine fortification seized after heavy shelling. 200 German prisoners taken. A Petrograd note cites the cruiser Prinz Adalbert sunk near Libau by a British submarine.
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Paris
Krivolak
Petit Parisien
Athens
Strumitza
Pirot
Vranya
Vincena
French Troops Hold Line From Saloniki Toward Negotin
Dispatches report French troops pushing along the Saloniki rail line and repelling Bulgarian attacks in southern Serbia to Negotin about fifty miles southeast of Uskup. Claims say Uskop and nearby rail sections are Bulgarian, while Austro German forces inch southward. Serbs counterattack in Nish and capture machine guns, with Italian actions failing to breach Austrian lines except for outposts.
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Saloniki
Serbia
Negotin
Uskup
Gradek
Veles
Uskop
Nish
Teutonic
Vienna War Office
Tolmino
Gorizia
French Troops Threaten Strumitza After Victory
French forces pushing against Bulgarians threaten Strumitza Bulgaria after routing Bulgarians who retired in disorder. French hold a line from Barakli to Rabovo and inflicted heavy losses with three inch guns. Teutonic offensive halted by Serbians, per Athens despatch via Havas.
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Saloniki
Paris
Strumitza
Bulgaria
Barakli
Rabovo
Athens
Havas Coreasion Tsipes
I C C Takes Up Mobile Cotton Rates Protest
Interstate Commerce Commission to decide on suspending Mobile cotton schedules by November 1 after examining a letter from R G Cobb of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce. The protest was outlined to Judge Campbell and Chief Clerk Gardner, with Cobb noting mileage as a key factor in the evidence and questioning carriers’ faith in obeying the order.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile
R. G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Campbell
Suspension Board of the
Commission
Gardner
McCord
Cobb
Mallory Liner Colorado Catches Fire Off Cape Romain
Charleston dispatch reports the Mallory liner Colorado burning and abandoned while carrying 5 990 bales of cotton from Charleston to New York. Crew of about thirty seven, all safe aboard the steamer Suwanee. The incident ships off Cape Romain, with no passengers aboard the Colorado.
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Charleston
S. C
Colorado
New York
Suwanee
Cape Romain
Here
Mallory Line
Congdon
Alleged Burglar Is Returned to Mobile
Charles Franklin alias James Carr arrested by Montgomery police for burglary. He was returned to Mobile Sunday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Charles Brannan and jailed. Franklin is alleged to be part of a trio who entered W. E. P. Wilsons home and carried off valuables.
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Charles Franklin
James Carr
Montgomery
Mobile
Charles Brannan
Franklin
W. E. P. Wilson
German Regret Over Aviator Bombing and Indemnity Promise
RERNE Switzerland via Paris reports the German government expressed deep regret for the bombing by a German aviator at Chaux de Fonds. It says Germany will pay indemnity for Swiss deaths injuries and property damage. The aviator and observer were punished and transferred after claiming they were over French territory.
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Rerne
Switzerland
Paris
Chaux de Fonds
New Chinese Minister to United States Appointed
President Yuan Shi Kai announced the appointment of Dr. Willington Koo as Chinese minister to the United States. He replaces Kai Fu Shah, who is recalled to Peking. Dr. Koo previously served as minister to Mexico Peru and Cuba.
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Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Willington Koo
Mexico
Peru
Cuba
United States
Kai Fu Shah
Fire at Union Paper Box Factory: twelve dead in Pittsburgh
A blaze at the Union Paper Box Manufacturing plant in Pittsburgh killed twelve people, eleven of them girls, with many others injured as workers jumped from upper floors. Another fire later involved a North Side feed store, spreading to the box factory where thirty two girls were employed, seven saved from the sidewalk and three rescued by firemen before collapse left twenty unaccounted for.
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Pittsburgh
Union Paper Box Manufacturing Company
Union Paper Box Company
Surgeons at North America Clinical Congress Open in Boston
Boston hosts the sixth annual clinical congress of the surgeons of North America with an estimated 1590 attendees. Surgeons from around the world will conduct morning and afternoon clinics. Dr. Charles T. Mayo of Rochester Minnesota will be inaugurated president at tonight’s general meeting succeeding Dr. John B. Murphy of Chicago.
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Boston
the Surgeons of North
Senator Bourne Tract Seeks Artesian Water at Modern Farm
Senator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon owns a large Mobile county farm near Theodore and aims for artesian water. Drilling has reached 906 feet with water seen at 390 and 650 feet, signaling persistence. The farm, once pine land, is being planted with cowpeas and legumes to enrich soil for future crops.
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Senator Bourne
Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
Mobile County
Theodore
Scranton
Allready
Hotels in Mobile Fined for Possessing Liquor
Recorder Edington fines John West 500 dollars and Jo W. Steele 100 dollars for liquor found in rooms at Bienville Hotel. Tests showed 651 twelve ounce beer bottles in Steeles room and 20 in Wests. West and Steele admit personal use. Williams named traveling man faces arrest if returning.
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D. K. Edington
John West
Jo W. Steel
Blecville
Lacey
Steele
West
Bienville Hotel
Edington
W. M. Williams
Mr. Williams
Mobile
County aims to make road to fair dustless
County engineer Harry Fisher oversees a plan to dustproof the Cedar Point road to the Gulf Coast Fair by oiling and sprinkling. The county seeks city water access to maintain sprinklers for the approach, with ongoing improvements from Virginia Avenue to ensure smooth automobile traffic and an appealing avenue lined by oak trees.
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Harry Fisher
Old
Fisher
Cedar Point
Virginia Avenue
Cedar Point Road
Cmtatiien Ak Se
Welcome smiles as sunshine for opening of fair
Mobile greets the Gulf Coast Fair with a festive mood and eager crowds as the seven day event opens. The city emphasizes hospitality and shared joy, inviting locals and visitors to enjoy the attractions, rides, and performances planned for the fairgrounds.
Gulf Coast Fair Association Opens at Fair Grounds
All offices of the Gulf Coast Fair Association were established Monday at the fair grounds. The secretary Mort L. Bixler will be in the Woman's Building for information. Entries in all departments must be in place by 9 o clock Tuesday morning October 26 to have the show ready. A crew will work Monday to finish exhibits and grounds.
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St. Petersburg
Mobile
Gulf Coast
Theo Ianaiete Orrin
Paradise
Fair Grounds
Smile
Cedar Point
Tham
Gulf Coast Fair Association
Mort L. Bixler
Old Spanish Trail convention invites gulf coast towns
Eastern gulf coast communities show interest in the Old Spanish Trail to influence the Miami to New Orleans route via Mobile. The convention gathers November 18 and 19 in Mobile with Florida Mississippi Alabama and Louisiana towns listed as inviting participants.
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Gulf Coast
Miami
Fla
New Orleans
Mobile
Florida
Palm Beach
Cocoa
St. Augustine
Jacksonville
Lake City
Live Oak
Valdosta
Thomasville
Tallahassee
Marianna
Chipley
DeFuniak Springs
Crearview
Holts
Pensacola
Alabama
Flomaton
Bay Minette
Fairhope
Mississippi
Pascagoula
Quean Springs
Gulfport
Pass Ghrietian
Bay St. Louis
Pearlington
Owston
Louisiane
NewsOrleans
Old Spanish Trail convention to shape Mississippi coast plan
Mississippi mobilizes for Mobile event November 18 19 as Old Spanish Trail aims to boost Jackson Highway traffic. Seawalls planned at Biloxi Pascagoula bridge projects pledged by Jackson county to protect highways and swamps. Engineers say seawall building urgent to guard routes against hurricanes and attract coastal tourism growth.
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Mississippi
Mobile
Jackson Highway
America
Pacific Coast
Biloxi
Jackson County
Pascagoula
New Orleans
Leona
Louisiana
Florida
Gerald
Case
New York
Bay St. Louis
Delares
Gulf Coast
Let the Flags Fly for Mobile Fair Week
The piece urges Mobile to decorate for Fair Week to show civic spirit and celebrate the return of better business times. It calls for local pride, inviting country visitors to share in the upbeat mood and to let the flags fly during the holiday week.
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Mobile
Murder of Jack Smith Found in Gully Near Gulf Coast Fair
Jack Smith, formerly with the New Orleans Brewing Company, was shot and found in a dry gully on the Kaver farm near the Gulf Coast Fair Association grounds. A Negro farm hand, John Brown, discovered the body. investigators traced a bloody trail to a nearby railroad, and Smith appeared robbed with cuff buttons bearing his initials. A dead swallow was clenched in his left hand.
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Jack Smith
New Orleans Brewing Company
Kaver
Gulf Coast Fair Association
Holcombe
John Brown
Puckett
Carter
Item
Smith
Cen Akeur
Louisville and Naville
Conti
Thomas Streets
Lumber Rate Raises on K C Southern Suspended
Washington Oct 25 The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended until February 23 a proposed 13 3 4 cent per hundred pounds lumber rate on Kansas City Southern routes from Picker ing Ia and other points to Galveston. The current rate of 10 cents per hundred pounds was canceled pending the new rate.
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Washington
Kansas City Southern Railway
Pickering
Galveston
Interstate Commerce Commission
Political Differences Break Up Happy Home
In Tacoma Washington Marguerite L Hopkins was granted a divorce from Elmer Hopkins after she alleged he forced her to adopt his political views and that incompatibility over politics split the marriage. The case was heard in Superior Court.
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Tacoma
Wash
Washington
Easterday
Marguerite L. Hopkins
Elmer ©. Hopkins
Roumania Faces Cabinet Crisis Over War Policy
A Daily News Rome dispatch says Roumania is nearing a cabinet crisis after several ministers resign over the country's stance on intervention in the war. The resignations threaten to topple the government and complicate Roumania's position in international affairs.
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London
Roumania
Rome
Weather overview for Mobile and surrounding coastal regions
Fair conditions expected tonight and Tuesday across Mobile and coastal Mississippi. Temperatures show little change with gentle to moderate northeast winds, cooler Tuesday in some inland areas and lighter winds near the coast.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Strayed Mare Offered Reward by W. W. Thompson
Notice of a small gray mare stray with a reward offered by W. W. Thompson at 707 Sevan Avenue.
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Reward
W. W. Thompson
Sevan Ose
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Salonik
Dardanelles
Germany
Taboota
Fair
Mississippi Coast
K. C. Southern
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