British say hardest work of latest offensive over
The Associated Press reports in France that British troops feel their uphill work ends with the capture of Guillemont, after two months of fighting to gain high ground along the Somme front. Officers note German positions were strong but now vulnerable as shelling and trench warfare advantage grows.
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Associated Press
France
London
Ginchy
Guillemont
Somme
Thiepval
Daaily
Haye Road Machinery For Highways and War Efforts
British highway expansion employs road making machines from England and new railways under policy by Sir Douglas. Supplies rise despite storms. camps show rain shelter. frontline troops expect months more fighting before any peace, with Romania's entry and Somme artillery shaping Allied terms.
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England
Douglas Faig
Romania
Somme Brettle
Inside bathing and hot water cleanse promise health
The ad promotes internal cleansing by drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning. It claims skin pores and bowel pores influence illness, and that washing inside the body removes toxins from the liver kidneys and bowels to improve health. It targets men and women seeking better complexion and vitality.
Odd Fellows and Knights Lodge Meeting Dates
Notices for McInnis Lodge 71 Ernst Lodge 278 and Red Cross Lodge 1382 at Castle Hall. Magnolia Lodge 450 Whistler. Woodmen Benevolent Association 406 Dauphin Street. Y M B A hall and Knights and Ladies of Security meet at 7 30 on Dauphin and Saint Emanuel streets.
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Odd Fellows
McIinnis
Dauphin and
St. Emanuel Streets
I. O. O. F.—Ernst
Knights of Pythias—Red Cross Lodge
Castle Hall
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Magnolia Lodge No
Whistler
Woodmen of the World
Benevoent Association
Dauphin Street
Young Men’s Relief Association
Y. M. B. A. Hall
Knights and Ladies of Security
Dauphin
S J. Emanuel Streets
Germany Ready for Trade War Across Allied Lines
German plans for rehabilitating foreign and domestic trade show preparations for a renewed conflict economy. Dispatches note ships building, plant modernization, and broader corporate ties with Krupp mining acquisitions across the empire as Germany positions to meet allied trade pressure. Women workers increase output but may not stay in peacetime factories.
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Washington
Germany
Krupps
Whistler Labor Day Picnic Guests and Local News
Whistler observers recall a large Labor Day picnic at Chickasaw Bogue Creek with many attendees listed including Mildred Roche Hoffmans Kerchers and McPhersons. Local visits feature Mrs. Graham and Malcolm from Birmingham and Mattie Byrd resuming teaching in Andalusia. Dr. Lane arrives from Tillman after a death in the family and several residents report returns from Miss and Mobile travels.
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Chickasa Bogue Creek
Mildred Roche
Bernice
Agnes Hoffman
Jessie Nelson
Louise
Pauline Kercher
Willie Mott
Henry McCarty
Edgar Lyle
Charles
Joseph Kercher
Bruce McPherson
John Hickman
Pete Hoffman
Thomas
Alden Kercher
Sledge Hoffman
Lee Crabtree, Jr
Mobile
William B. Saxon
Waynesboro
Miss
Thomas Saxon
Duncan Free Reading Room
Leonard Lane
Tillman
Whistler
John Sheldt
Robert Thompson
Loretta
Frank Barry
Battles
Clark
Francis M. Atchison
Fruitdale
Ala
Mattie
Tisza and Andrassy Split Over Hungarian Policy
In Budapest at a diet sitting on Wednesday Count Andrassy former premier urged convocation of delegations and criticized Austro Hungarian policy toward Italy before the war saying offers were made at the wrong time. Premier Tisza rejected the motion and defended the government's stance noting that offers to Italy had not increased as the military situation worsened.
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Associated Press
London
Reuter
Budapest
Count Andrassy
Italy
Gunners suit over self registering target patent in San Francisco
Commander M St Clair Ellis of the Mare Island navy yard faces four suits filed in San Francisco by A C Lentile a Norfolk Virginia former gunner's mate alleging Ellis defrauded Lentile of a half interest in a patent on a self registering target adopted by the government and manufactured locally. The complaint says an 1906 agreement set Ellis to obtain patents market the target and share profits, but the suit claims patents were obtained and stock sold to navy officers while an accounting was refused. A court order bars Ellis from disposing of his target interest while Ellis denies the charges.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
M. St. Clair Ellis
Mare Island Navy Yard
A. C. Lentile
Norfolk
Lentile
Ellis
Sentile
Navy
Commander Ellis
Chicago Woman Denies Shoting Her Husband
Mrs Iva Barnes bound over to the grand jury on a murder charge in the death of her husband James R Barnes in Washington Park. She repudiates police confession saying she is innocent and heartbroken. The couple had been estranged and were strolling in the park when Barnes was shot.
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Chicago
Tll
Iva Barnes
James R. Barnes
Barnes
Washington Park
Woman Gives Spot Where Zepp Fell for Monument
London Sept 8 The hillside site at Cuffley where Lt. William Leefe Robinson of the Royal Flying Corps shot down a Zeppelin during a German air raid on the east coast was donated to the nation by its owner Mrs Kidston. A monument will be erected by public subscription at the fall site.
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London
Cuffley
William Leefe Robinson
Royal Flying Corps
England
Kidston
Romanian Finances: UK Circulars Claim Sequestrated German Capital
A Bucharest ministry of finance circular to entente allies and neutrals asserts Romanian sequestration of German capital is guaranteed twice over. It estimates Romanian rents totaling over 700 million francs remain in Germany and notes an attempt to liquidate these holdings in the United States.
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Associated Press
London
Reuter
Bucharest
Ministry of Finance
Rumania
Germany
United States
Pension boost approved for war veteran widows
The U S Senate approved a bill to raise pensions for widows of officers and enlisted men from Civil Mexican and war of 1812 service who reach 70, granting $20 a month instead of $122. The measure, already passed by the House, also restores widows dropped from the Civil War rolls due to remarriage.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Concert Tonight in Bienville Square by Drago’s Band
Friday night program in Bienville Square lists Drago’s band performing marches and waltzes including March International Peace One-Step African Smile and Finale Dixie Twilight with D. S. Drago as director.
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Bienville Square
Drago
the Centurion
Dixie Twilight
D. S. Drago
Granger Liver Regulator Endorsed by Druggist Alexis Ala
A druggist testimonial proclaims Granger Liver Regulator the best system purifier. Mr Cothram states he has used and sold it for years and found no better, noting his own family uses the vegetable, non alcoholic remedy. The product is marketed in airtight tin boxes.
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Cothram
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Lelicious Skefreshing
Coca-Cola
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Atlanta, GA
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Queen Theatre
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