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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1914
Page
2
New York Oct 30 The 10 million dollar loan arranged by the French government with National City Bank and other New York banks will be used to purchase war supplies in the United States. Public offering of notes will be made and all notes will be held by the lenders. The loan carries about 5 1/2 percent interest.
Notice to the public announces reduced prices for turkeys geese ducks hens fryers and broilers with contact at J C Brincat & Co 106 110 Garment street via Bell 3214 or Hore 40.
Government Street Presbyterian church will install Rev. Henry Wade DuBose at 7 30 p m Sunday night. A presbytery committee including Rev D A Planck Rev P H Henessy and B P Gaillard will lead with Henessy preaching Planck charging the pastor and Gaillard addressing the congregation. Music will accompany the service and the public is invited.
American women spend more than ten million dollars annually on French millinery supplies. The report notes strong demand for hats and related fashion goods sourced from France.
The Nogales line in Sonora receives about 300 troops and four 38 inch mountain guns from Cananea, boosting Maytorena’s force to roughly 1,000 men. U S officials report Carranza's foreign minister offered to discuss Vera Cruz evacuation if the United States fixes Funston's withdrawal date.
The Southern Express Company offers free transport to Brooklyn for Christmas gifts to European children until Nov 8 1914. Gifts to be forwarded on government steamers from Brooklyn on Nov 10. Local agent Martin Holbrook announced the plan. Donations to the American Red Cross Society in Washington DC will also be transported free, as the Christmas ship movement gains national support.
Berlin dispatch reports from Oct. 80 that officials foresee a large South African revolt with Generals De Wet and Beyers as respected Boer leaders. Dr Rhomberg cites Japan aiming to free Asia from European and American influence to subdue China. The German War Material Company says copper stocks in Germany are ample for a prolonged war and private industries may be supplied. An Irish workman in an Irish newspaper argues Ireland should not join England in the current war.
Special Agent Roland Turner of the Southern Railway farm improvement dept in Washington visits Mobile. Lieut. J. P. MecCaskey Jr of Fort Morgan artillery garrison in Mobile Thursday. W. F. Owen of New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad returns from line trip. H. A. Smith of Mobile and Ohio spends Friday in Mobile. F. M. Griffith of Rock Island in Mobile on a visit. John Craft of Alabama Good Roads Association goes to Bay Minette to speak Friday.
In Washington Officials foresee far reaching effects as Turkey joins the war and threatens to draw Balkan states and possibly Egypt Persia and Arabia into the conflict The Turkish navy now includes Breslau Goeben and other vessels while Russia faces possible early pressure though the Black Sea fleet remains a counterbalance The Greek and Turkish legations offer cautious remarks amid shifting alliances and potential mutinous urges in the Turkish ranks.
Peru Indiana resident R F Erwin claims a year's ago indigestion led to biliousness and constipation. After using a bottle, he reports immediate relief. The product is sold by all dealers.
Birmingham, Ala Oct 30 Delegates of the American Iron and Steel Institute spent a day on a mines and plants inspection tour in the Birmingham district. More than 250 visiting steel men joined the excursion. A Bayview barbecue was on the program. The Birmingham Newspaper Club will host a dinner for Judge E H Gary president of the institute with other officers attending. A reception and ball at the Country Club will close the day.
Spot cotton in Liverpool slips five points amid light trading. Middling fair reaches 580d, good middling 4.80d, low middling 4.67d, ordinary 3.714d, low ordinary 2.97d. Total 7,500 bales with 6,200 American, basis 4.804 for middling. ports show 499 bales, all American.
Urges buyers to insist on authentic Resinol Blue package for eczema pimples and skin eruptions. Warns against lookalikes sold AS or FOR Resin as unreliable and possibly dangerous. Claims doctors prescribe Resinol and offers a free sample by writing Dept. 41 R Resinol Baltimore MD.
Weekly cotton statistics show total forwarded to mills at 49 000 bales with 43 000 American. Stocks total 768 000, American stock 459 000. Imports total 54 000 and American imports 43 000.
Advert mentions Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the safest medicine for coughs colds and croup in children and adults. It warns against giving opium and claims the product contains no opium or harmful drug and is sold by all dealers.
Chief Waskanah a full blooded Sioux will sing popular and native songs at the Windsor Rathskeller tonight. He graduated from Carlisle University in 1906 and will perform several American tunes along with one Indian song in the native tongue.
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