City of Chicago Excursion Vessel Fire Rescue
The City of Chicago boat carrying 2600 passengers caught fire twelve miles from Chicago harbor in Lake Michigan. Captain Oscar Bjork ordered full speed and the vessel wedged into a government pier, saving about 300 lives as flames raged for three hours and rescuers ferried passengers to safety.
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Associated Press
Chicago
City of
Lake Michigan
Oscar Bjor
Bjork
Government Pier
Benton Harbor
Mich
Swetman Rites Held For Lytton C Swetman
Funeral services for Lytton Carlyle Swetman killed at Delchamps were held in Handsboro Mississippi. He leaves wife formerly Miss Carrie Andrews of Bayou la Batre one child and sixteen brothers and sisters. Members named include J W Swetman Biloxi J T Swetman Gulfport C C Swetman Perkinston S H Swetman Mobile and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lytton Carlyle Swetman
Delchamps
Handsboro
O. D. Bowen
Swetman
Carrie Andrews
Bayou la Batre
H. T. Graves
J. W. Swetman
C. G. Swetman
J. E. Swetman
P. W. Brielmaier
E. L. Doyle
Biloxi
Miss
J. T. Swetman
Gulfport
C. C. Swetman
Perkinston
S. H. Swetman
Mobile
Ala
H. D. Swetman
R. S
Julia Scott Obituary Honors a Respected Local Woman
Julia Scott, a well known colored woman, died Monday at her home near Cedar and State streets. She earned respect among white citizens and her own people through forty years of service in Sunday school and church work at State Street A M E Zion Church. Her funeral was held Tuesday at 8 PM at the State Street Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Scott
Southwest
Cedar
State Streets
State Street
A. M. EB. Zion
Naval stores allowed as security for currency credit
Secretary McAdoo ruled that naval stores may be accepted as security with other safeguards. Through national bank currency associations these stores may back up to 75 percent of their value as part of currency transactions.
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Washington
McAdoo
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Relief From Rheumatism
An old time blood tonic claims rheumatism stems from a blood acid and slow digestion. Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood and aids the liver kidneys and skin while improving digestion. Get Hood's Sarsaparilla today. Sold by all druggists.
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Hood
Cunarders All Transports Says Liverpool Letter
A Liverpool letter dated August 17 reports all Cunard steamers fitted for troop transport. England to send territorial troops to defend Egypt and Suez. Liverpool parks mined and barricaded with cannon. Bridges guarded by police or soldiers. Colleges schools hospitals and large buildings turned into barracks for thousands. Seaforth Sands fortress displays battlefield skyline as attack feared.
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Liverpool
England
Cunard Company
Egypt
Suez Canal
Seaforth Sands
Mersey
War News At A Glance From Northern France Forces
Silence dominates reports from London Paris and Berlin as Allied and German forces fight around La Fere and Croissilles. French left falls back amid German right wing advances while Paris braces for possible impact on the capital.
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France
London
Paris
Berlin
Mons
Cambrai
Lecateau
la Fere
Oise
Lille
Roubaix
Turcoing
Sedan
Rome
Roumania
Galicia
Francis Joseph
St. Petersburg
Poland
Petrograd
Russia
Antwerp
Belgium
Aerschot
Campine
Brussels
Elizabeth
Lord Curzon
Hague
Germany
6 000 000 LES OF MACHINERY TO GO TO CUBA
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad drives a rising export trade from Mobile with big shipments to Cuban ports including Havana and Santiago. Fulton Iron Works of St Louis ordered twelve cars of machinery totaling about a quarter of a million dollars, including two complete sugar mills. The line of ships will carry 3 000 tons of equipment with 300 men by day and 150 by night required to fulfill the order, boosting local employment on the wharf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mobile
Havana
Santiago
Cuba
St. Louis
Fulton Iron Works
Munson Steamship Line
United States
Fulton
Unimportant Fire Calls Reported In Local Area
Two minor fire runs occurred Monday night. A garage blaze at 462 Broad Street owned by A Evans caused minor damage. A shed fire at 402 Savannah Street on Eliza Smith property caused very little damage. Cause for both fires was listed as unknown.
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Broad Street
A. Evans
Eliza Smith
Savannah Street
Fire destroys Carstens Packing main plant in Tacoma
A major blaze in Tacoma wiped out the Carstens Packing Companys main plant today, causing an estimated loss of seven hundred thousand to one million dollars. Fire officials reported the structure was engulfed quickly with damage spreading to adjacent facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Sept
Carstens Packing Company
Notices in Mobile court records and bankruptcy proceeding
A roundup of legal notices from Mobile County includes administratrix Margaret S. Alexander announcing claims must be filed within the law, mortgagee Julius Goldstein foreclosing on Lot 8 Block 2 Hall Place, executor William H. Stevens seeking claims, and a bankruptcy notice for Alabama Port Land & Improvement Company with creditors meeting set for September 15, 1914 at 2 PM in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. District Court
District of Alabama
Alabama Port Land & Improvement Company
Mobile County
Alabama
Mobile
R. T. Ervin
Housewives Storm Four Markets in New York
Housewives armed with market baskets stormed four municipal markets in New York opened by the mayor's committee to curb costs. Farmers and dealers, including from northern New Jersey, sold large quantities with prices slashed for sugar potatoes corn apples and peaches. The event was supervised by committee inspectors and featured reduced prices across basic goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Citizen Committee
New Jersey
Postheart
Mittee
Attachment and Levy Against Non-Resident Defendant
Notice from the Law and Equity Court of Mobile Alabama in the case of Fernand S Frederic versus Kamel Zahra. A civil attachment valued at 459.40 dollars was issued and executed by the Mobile and Baldwin County sheriffs on real property in Pine Crest Cemetery Mobile County and a subdivision lot in Section 12 Township South Range 2 East. The defendant is ordered to appear on the first Monday in October 1914 to defend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Alabama
Mobile County
Law and Equity Court of Mobile
Fernand S. Frederic
Kamel Zahra
Fernando
Frederic
Pine Crest Cemetery
Alabama
Baldwin County
Theo
Widell
A. D
H. Smith
Equity Court of Mobile
Bestor & Young
Seifert Gower Furniture attaches property in suit vs Creed Taylor
In Mobile County Alabama a law and equity suit seeks 155.00 dollars from Creed Taylor. Sheriff levied on numerous household items including rockers chairs tables bedstead incubator and appliances. Creed Taylor ordered to appear on the first Monday in October 1914 to defend. Attorneys Brooks and Crawford represent the plaintiff. 8:18-25 9:1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Alabama
Mobile
County
Law and Equity Court of Mobile
Law Side
Seifert-Gower Furniture Company, Inc
Creed Taylor
A. D
S. H. Smith
Equity Court of Mobile
Brooks & Crawford
Reward for Returned Jail Escapee William Sherrill
A ten dollar reward is offered for the return or information leading to the apprehension of William Sherrill aged 21 who escaped from jail hospital. Described as 5 feet 9 inches, 165 pounds with blue shirt serge pants a dark hat leather shoes tattooed arms and chest and slightly stooped.
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Sherrill
Dr King's New Life Pills advertised cure
An 19th century medicinal ad promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as a tonic for the stomach liver and general system. It claims the first dose cures dizziness biliousness constipation and low spirits and notes a price of 25 cents at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
New Life
Registration Notice for Mobile County Elector Register
The Mobile County Board of Registrars announces registration appointments under the 1903 Alabama act. Beat No. 1 on September 18 1914 and Beat No. 1 on September 19 1914 precede the municipal election scheduled September 21 1914. Board members D H Barrett J R Hinson and J J Deegan sign.
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Alabama
Board of Registrars of
Moblie
Board of Registrars
Mobile
D. H. Barrett
J. R. Hinson
J. J. Deegan
Stefansson Seeks Unknown Lands in Arctic Regions
The gasoline schooner Wing arrived in Nome from Point Barrow with news that Vilhjalmur Stefansson and two companions left Martin Point March 22 with six dogs a sled and two rifles heading north over the ice to locate new land A supporting party of three accompanied them sixteen days reaching shore April 16 Dr Rudolph M Anderson was ordered to establish a camp for Stefansson on Banks Land The Wing also carried details of explorers Leffingwell and Nahems journey from Flaxman Island to Point Barrow in thirty nine days and the shipwrecked crew of four from the whaler Elvira linked to W C Allis president of the Arctic Whaling Trading Company.
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Associated Press
Nome
Wing
Point Barrow
Alaska
Viljalmar Stefans Son
Martin Point
Barter River
Steffansson
Stefansson
Rudolph M. Anderson
Banks Land
Ernést de Koven Leffingwell
Otto Nahems
Flaxman Island
Notice of Administration for Carl Friedhoff Estate
Administratrix Anna Friedhoff announces letters of administration granted August 17 1914 by Judge Price Williams of Probate Court Mobile County Alabama. All creditors must present claims within the statutory period or be barred. Leigh and Chamberlain attorneys. August 18 25 8 1.
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William A. Alexander
Price Williams
Mobile County
Alabama
Margaret
Alexander
Webb & McAlpine
Caroline Turner
William H. Stevens
Tompkins & Kirkpatrick
Carl Friedhoff
Williams Wins National Lawn Title Over McLoughlin
R L Williams Jr of Philadelphia and Howard won the national lawn championship in singles, defeating BH McLoughlin of San Francisco, title-holder, in straight sets 6 3 8 6 10 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. L
Guinea Pigs Arrive for Bubonic Disease Work
A consignment of guinea pigs received Monday by the Board of Health from Tennessee will be used by Bacteriologist Bell and the medical college laboratory for experiments on contagious diseases and bubonic plague. One of twenty five pigs in the shipment was lost en route.
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Board of Health
Tennessee
Bell
Medical College Laboratory
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