Not So Particular About War Horses
In Chillicothe Missouri on September 11 a shift from strict horse standards for European armies is described. Any horse under 1,000 pounds with four sound legs now passes, priced around 175 dollars per head, fueling a boom as breeders and buyers profit. A Missouri firm ships about 4,000 horses monthly to the Canadian border, while Italy, Britain, and France expand their purchases.
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Chillicothe
Europe
United States
Missouri
Canadian
Italy
Oklahoma
Great Britain
France
West
Kansas
Flanders
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Des Moines
Commercial Savings Bank
St Stephens Personals And Gulfport News Snapshots
Mrs. R T Boykin hosts a picnic for Lizzie Wares' circle at Toiler Creek. St Stephen's basketball beats Leroy in a two of three set, with two wins. Gulfport reports timber deals, highway plans, school budgets, and a 74 year old groom tying the knot at Poplar Head. local notes include the Littlepage missing marione and civic plans for beach paving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Miss
Pole-Stark Lumber Co
Ten Mile Lumber Co
Harrison County
New Orleans
Mobile, New Orleans Beach
Bay St. Louis
Pass Christian
Biloxi
Crawford Ellis
United Fruit Co
Charles Littlepage
Long Beach
Marownie
Littlepage
Tropics
City Commission
Thomas Redmond
Ellen Williams
Justice of the Peace
Broadus
Poplar Head
Beauvoir Confederate Home
Freak Shape Quest for Mile a Minute Boat
Makers seek a craft that could power a boat to mile a minute speeds with wings and odd designs. The Tiddledy Wink owned by Dr Chesebrough of New York exhibited circling spins and unreliable straight runs during trials. Races at Manhasset Bay highlighted engine limits as top speeds hovered around 47 miles an hour amid ambitious attempts to reach 60 miles per hour.
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Chesebrough
New York
Manhasset Bay
Manhasset
Russians Resist German Advance On East Front
Reported heavy German losses and strong Slavic counterattacks as Bavarians and Austro-Hungarians in the southeast defend. The western theatre shows only one notable action with French forces near Hartmannsweilerkopf in Alsace repulsed.
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Prince Leopold
Hartmannsweilerkopf
Alsace
Austrian War Office Admits Russian Victory in Galicia
Vienna report says Austrian forces withdraw from heights east of the Strypa river as Russian attacks overwhelm them. Russian superiority is cited while heavy fighting continues near Tarnopol and west of the lower Sereth with the outcome in doubt.
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Vienna
Amsterdam
War Office
Galicia
Strypa River
Tarnopol
Count Bothnia
Lower
Sereth
Alba
Kossovo
Germans Abandon Riga Take-Winter Plan
Copenhagen Sept 11 reports say Germany has given up hope of taking Riga before winter. Fierce Russian resistance along the Dwina halted crossings, with two days of fighting east of Friedrichstadt. German forces entrench on the Dwina’s south bank as czarist troops are expected to mount an offensive in the area.
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Copenhagen
Turing
Riga
Dwina
Friedrichstadt
Liquid fire used against Italian army reported
The Germans taught the Austrians the use of liquid fire in battle with Italy as Bersaglieri soldiers captured an Austrian trench near Tolmino and some attackers burned by their own flames. In Val Cominca region Italian defenses held. Monte Maronia saw Austrian attempts to destroy wire entanglements repulsed. Deer Park personals note local club meeting and social visits. GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC advertised as a general tonic for all ages.
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Rome
Cadorna
Tolmino
Santa Maria
Val Cominca
Monte Maronia
Local social notes recount visits and services across Mobile area
Mrs B Leon and Mrs M C Batley with son Mac drove to Vinegar Bend last Saturday. Postmaster L H Read attended the Postmasters Convention in Mobile. Walter Hamil and Mr Baer vacationed in Gulf Crest. Rev Bilbro of Citronelle preached at First Methodist. Mr Taggart of Mobile visited town. Mr and Mrs C W Quiggle and Dorothy visited Mrs R W Lynch. Commissioner H H Best traveled to Mobile. James Lynch and son Richard Thayer Gordon and son were guests of R W Lynch. T J Browning of Waynesboro was in town Wednesday. Edgar Rawls of St Stephens visiting Mrs W R Leon then went to Vinegar Bend. J L Slay arrived in Deer Park Thursday for a one day visit and evening service at Free Methodist. A pleasure party including Mrs James L Wright and Julia Rucker of Memphis, Willie Del Buono of Citronelle, Leonora Wright, Earl Beshel and Eben Rawls left for auto trip to St Stephens and Tombigbee River.
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Deer Park
Ala
School Improvement Association
Chatom
Milky
F. M. Cox
Fruitdale
J. B. Bridges
Flower Farm
Mobile
W. F. Shanholtzer
Sean Palmer
Geneva Barton
Yellow Pine
Willie del Buono
Citronelle
Leonora Wright
Masters. Miller
Memphis
Tennessee
Wright
Messrs
Cody
Walter Verneuille
Ru. W. Lynch
B. Leon
M. C. Batley
Mac
Vinegar Bend
L. H. Read
Walter Hamil
Mr. Baer
Gulf Crest
Bilbro
First Methodist Church
Taggart
C. W
Quiggle
Dorothy
R. W. Lynch
H. H. Best
James Lynch
Richard, Thayer, Gordon and Son
T. J. Browning
Waynesboro
Edgar Rawls
St. Stephens
W. R. Leon
J. L. Slay
Free Methodist Church
James L. Wright
Julia Rucker
Earl Beshel
Eben Rawls
Tombighee River
Law Makers Have Busy Days Ahead in Alabama Legislature
Bealle defends press space value while considering price fixes for sugar. Grayson pushes salary bill to let Mobile County judges earn 4500 a year with board support. Shapiro backs the honest advertising law to curb deceptive ads. committees split over troop transport to the Henderson inauguration. riders fund old debts amid a busy session.
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Bealle
Northport Breeze
John
Dallas
Davie
Bibb
Mobile County
Board of Revenue
Judiciary
Grayson
Mobile
House
Senate
Alabama
Shapiro
Jefferson
Birmingham Ad Club
Chamberlain
Wilson
Hartwell
Judiciary Committee
Senate Committee On Finance and Taxation
Henderson
Montgomery
Home Cure for Rheumatism Promised by Sufferer
Mark H. Jackson of Syracuse New York claims a personal three year battle with muscular and inflammatory rheumatism ended after trying a remedy that cured him completely. He says the treatment works for others bedridden by rheumatism and offers a free trial by mail without payment unless satisfied.
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Mark H. Jackson
B. Gurney
Syracuse
N. Y
Jackson
Hill Amendment Creates Claims Commission for Governor Aid
The Hill Amendment, linked to a Montgomery senator, forms a commission of the governor auditor treasurer secretary of state and archives and history director to examine claims and report amounts due to the governor who then issues warrants for payment. The passage implies broader thoughts on scenery and morality.
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Montgomery
Vernor
Department of Archives and History
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R. T. Boykin
Lizzie Wares
Toiler Creek
H. E. Wilson
J. M. Pelham
J. T. Turner
J. W. Gordy
Healing Springs
Arthur Smith
S. Glather
St. Stephen's
Leroy
St. Stephen’s
Gulfport News
Short Jenks
Lake George
Ipswich
Madame Grace
Warner’s
Gingham
Gingham School
Grove
Lal
E. Carre
McGill Institute
Mazda
Mobile Electric Co
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