Butler Diversification Rally Promotes New Farm Movement
A large crowd in Greenville Alabama attended the second annual Butler County Stock and Agricultural Fair with Captain John Craft Senator Bankhead and Engineer W S Keller speaking. Bankhead urged reducing cotton acreage and diversifying crops while Keller urged continuing road improvements. Craft highlighted Alabama soil for stock raising and the value of local grain production, noting Alabama imports large sums in poultry and eggs. A parade and banquet followed the events with many state officials and prominent citizens attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Greenville
Butler County
John Craft
Alabama Good Roads Association
United States
J. H. Bankhead
W. S. Keller
Mobile
Butler
Europe
Senator Bankhead
Keller
Captain Craft
Wilson
South
Tennessee
Craft
Green al
Co. E. Hamilton
No Short War Years Needed to Put Kaiser on His Back
Lord Charles Beresford warned in Stafford that a German defeat would not be swift. He predicted six months to a year to force Emperor William to surrender and demanded humbling Germany by destroying the fleet Kiel canal colonies forts and Krupp works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Associated Press
Stafford
Eng
London
Charles Beresford
Charles
Emperor William
Germany
Kiel Canal
German embassy reports progress in eastern war theater
The German embassy in Berlin says its offensive against Augustowo is progressing well and fighting near Ivangorod is favorable, but no final decision has been reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Berlin
Augustowo
Ivangorod
Vitalitas Endorsement From Marvin of Texas
A Dallas based Marvin of Texas advertises Vitalitas from Vital Remedies Co of Houston. The letter, dated Sept 25 1914, extols relief for stomach liver kidney bowel and blood derangements and cites wide territory sales and public recommendation. It invites samples at Sutton's drug store and direct inquiries to the dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin
Texas
Dallas
Vitalitas
Vital Remedies Co
Houston
Marvin’s
Z. E. Marvin
Sutton’s
Field's Minstrels Draw Big Memphis Crowd at Lyceum
Al G. Field's Greater Minstrels wowed Memphis with a near sellout Friday night at the Lyceum Theatre. The lower floor mezzanine and galleries were packed, many turned away, as Bert Swor and Joe Coffman led the show with new routine hits amid roaring applause. Annie of the Mines headlines the Empire today, with Tom Mix and Goldie Colwell in Jimmy Hayes and Muriel on the third reel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field
al G. Field
Greater Minstrels
Lyric
Memphis News Scimitar
Memphis
Lyceum Theatre
Bert Swor
Joe Coffman
Annie of
the Empire
Myrtle Gonzales
Arthur Vosburgh
Margaret Gibson
George Stanley
Jimmy Hayes
Muriel
Tom Mix
Goldie Colwell
Lubin
Harry _Meyers
Rosemary
George Ade
Essanay
Harry Dunkinson
Liilian Drew
Millionaire Tramps Begin at the Empire
Barr and Brunswick perform as The Millionaire Tramps at the Empire. Their first appearance yesterday drew applause at each show and they will continue singing at the Empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barr
Brunswick
the Empire
The
Empire
Dreamland hosts hit farce The Dashing Widow with Emmett Green Co
Chappelle praised as Dreamland manager for the Emmett Green Company presentation of The Dashing Widow. James F. Green as Jeremiah Budd drew big laughs as the wealthy bachelor in a bustling comedy with a glitzy chorus and eight musical numbers. The show runs daily with a matinee through Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manager Chappelle
Dreamland
Emmett Green
James F. Green
Jeremiah Budd
Big vessel drags anchor in gale near Mobile
A four masted schooner Samuel W Hathaway dragged anchors for two miles in strong north winds around 34 mph and headed seaward before regaining control. Nearby ships add port activity with the Freda docked at pier 3 to load cargo for Venezuelan ports and several other vessels arriving from Cuba and Europe.
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Fort Morgan
Samuel W. Hathaway
Mobile Towing & Wrecking Company
Freda
Seeberg Steamship Company
Seeberg Line
New Orleans
Seeberg Company
Matilda
Isle of Pines
Cuban
Munson Line
Belvernon
United Fruit Company
Puerto Cortez
Wladimire Sarwin
New Orleans Export Company
Pier 6
Copenhagen
Denmark
Louisiana
Cuban Molasses Company
Mobile
River Packet
City of
Upper River Landing
Municipal Wharf
John Quill
New York
Key West
Tampa
Pinto Dry Docks
Louisville and Nashville
Eugene O'brien
Samuel W. Taylor
Cloud
Leader
Marine Ways
Uelize
Orr-Laubenheimer Company
Black woman case continued to October 28
The recorders court postponed the serious case of Rebecca Jones, a Black woman charged after a Saturday afternoon incident. The incident occurred at her home on Bloodgyay Street when Nathan Elmore Black was fatally stabbed. The case was continued to October 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willié
Fiftieth Street
Rebecca Jones
Nathan Elmore Black
Recorders Court
Underwood Forbids Campaign Speeches Owing to Health
Representative Underwood unable to campaign before the election due to throat condition. He will travel to Hot Springs Virginia for three weeks of rest, then return when Congress reconvenes in December. Senator White headed to Birmingham and Senator Bankhead remains in Alabama with Beasley staying on.
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Washington
Underwood
Mr. Underwood
Hot Springs
Congress
Virginia
Senator White
Birmingham
Senator Bankhead
Alabama
C. A. Beasley
Campaign to aid superannuated Methodist clergy
Washington, Oct 27. A national Methodist convention opened plans to raise 5 million dollars for 6,300 incapacitated ministers and widows and orphans. Sessions run through Thursday with appeals from conference heads urging aid for the retired clergy and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paulding Destroyer Driven Ashore in Gale at Lynnhaven
The torpedo-boat destroyer Paulding went ashore about 2 AM at Lynnhaven Inlet near Norfolk. The vessel lies fast with bow on as gale force winds battered the coast overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paulding
Associated Press
Norfolk
Lynnhaven Inlet
Eczema Outbreaks on Face and Scalp Reported
A reader describes pimples spreading over the face and scalp, forming beads and sores, with intense itching and scratching. The testimonial claims Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured the condition and offers free samples by mail from Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry
Misa
Rosa
Zeppelins Rapidly Expanding After New Launch
A Geneva dispatch reports the launch of the most powerful Zeppelin yet at Friedrichshaven on Lake Constance. It flew northward to London amid cheers, with armored bomb compartments and a front gun. a second airship of similar type is due by month’s end as Germany speeds up production toward a hundred Zeppelins.
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London
Geneva
Switzerland
the Express
Friedrichshaven
Lake Constance
Zeppelin
Dusseldorf
Colmar
Berlin
Quarter of real moose served to Mobile progressives
Frank Matlock a Mobile civil engineer returns from a hunting trip to Lake Harney Canada with a quarter of a young moose for a banquet at the Cawthon Hotel. He was joined by R. W. Hamill and son of Chicago whose party bag included two moose and several hundred pheasants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Matlock
Mobile
Lake Harney
Canada
Cascade Falls
Cawthon Hotel
Progressive Party
R. W. Hamill
Chicago
Negro bound over for burglary in city store theft
Clay Williamson, a Negro, was bound over to the grand jury on a $500 bond by Judge Edington after a burglary at a store on Commerce Street opposite Pier 8. Goods including ham and other eatables were recovered.
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Clay Williamson
Edington
Grand
Williamson
Frank Commerce Street
Pier 8
Physician’s Simple Plan for Gaining Flesh and Weight
A physician endorses Sargol tablets to aid thin people in gaining weight. He explains digestion and blood building elements, claiming the tablet with meals can increase a thin person’s weight by a few pounds per week. Antwerp’s Drug Co. and other druggists stock Sargol with a positive guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Drug Co
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Escort
Grand Central Station
Sens
Pete Pene Séheeer
Louisville Maling CO
Louisville
T. G. Bush Grocery Co., Distributors
Mobile, Ala
Orman Bell
N. Royal St
E. H. Winkler
J. B. Stanley
Fred Winkler
Dan Rouse
Dan Rhodes
T. N. Peagler
Reuben F. Kolb
State Commissioner of Agriculture
R. C. Burnett
R. A. Beeland
Bruce Kennedy
Montgomery
A. D. Whitehead
Henry Brown
Walter Harper
A. W. Metcalf
J. Lee Long
L. S. Betty
Professor Mitchem
Ray Rushton
T Watt
C. H. Leedes
J. H. Dunklin
A. Wade
A. W. Black
E. D. Helvin
Dan D. Metcalf
Miles Allgood
Victor B. Atkins
Hugh W. Roberts
J. E. Wall
C. B. Gamble
Judge Lampley
Joe Poole
J. M. McKenzie
W. C. Coker
John Goldson
W. J. Beeland
Lows
James F. Green Jasper Stupid
Jack Hanley
Hamlet Dinks
James J. Rice
Cari Tenside
Madeline Hanley Melas Fe
Francis Raynor
Woes Weavsss
Bier S ¥E Maude Emmett
Mrs. Tattler
May Hanley
Manning
Gaylor
Negress
Atlanta, Ga
Exelente Medicine Co
Exelente
Ina
4GENTS
Exelente Medicine Inc
Atlan
the Gentleman's Tailor
Government Street
Bloodgood Street
A. A. Richards, Auctioneer
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