Tax exemptions bill eyed by Mobile chamber members
At a Mobile Chamber of Commerce Ways and Means session, E Q Norton presented a draft bill allowing counties cities and towns to exempt any property class from taxation except franchises. The measure was adopted and will be discussed at the next meeting. Jerome H Sheip reported Eastern prosperity talks and a plan to boost distribution of a booklet. J D Andrews urged broader attendance and involvement.
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E. Q. Norton
Ways and Means Committee
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
E. G. Rickardy
Chamber of Commerce
Jerome H. Sheip
Manufacturers’ Committee
J. D. Andrews
George W. Adams
Mobile
Italian Officers Held Over Anti War Propaganda
Morara and Prinotti, officers of the Italian Young Men's Socialist Association, were arrested in Rome on charges of organizing anti war demonstrations for September 24. Police seized 60,000 anti militarist manifestos intended for soldiers at the front, linked to the International Young Men's Socialist Association based in Zurich.
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Associated Press
Rome
Paris
Morara
Prinotti
Italian Young Men’s Socialist Association
Italy
International Young Men’s Socialist Association
Zurich
Get-It's simple corn cure promises painless loosening
The ad touts GETS-IT as a national corn cure that dries quickly and lets wearers use regular shoes. It claims corns loosen and lift off painlessly in three seconds, avoiding messy salves and knives, with 25 cents plus postage to E. Lawrence & Co. in Chicago.
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E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Puss Junior Returns Borrowed Bike To Willow Tree Inn
Puss Junior wins back his gray horse and devises a plan to return a borrowed bicycle from the Willow Tree Inn owner. Georgy Porgy leads the bike escape as chasing schoolboys, the bell rings, and Puss rides off to safety while helping keep Georgy out of trouble.
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Puss Junior
Willow Tree Inn
Puss
Georgy Porgy
Georgy
Local firms plan moves on November first
Several firms announce address changes effective November 1. Emil Kraft Jeweler will relocate from 15 St Emanuel to 119 Dauphin. H M Price Hardware shifts to 108 Dauphin. Postal Telegraph takes 106 Dauphin. Smith Piano moves to 214 Dauphin. Ames Cafe relocates to 8 Joseph Street Masonic Temple. Schenker Allidor Electric moves from 9 St Emanuel to 6 St et Street.
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Emil Kraft
St. Emanuel Street
Dauphin Street
St. Emanuel
Royal H. M. Price
Water and Conti Street
The
Postal Telegraph Company
Royal Theater
Smith Piano Company
Phillips Furniture Company
Ames’ Cafe
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed By wives
An 19th century-ad style notice extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for women's ill health. It claims the root herb medicine has relieved suffering for forty years, helping women become healthier and stronger wives and mothers.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Carranza Emissary to Germany Arrives in Berne
Col. Krum Heller, a Mexican diplomat and Constitutionalist army officer, has arrived in Berne en route to Germany from Mexico. British detention earlier due to his German name was noted despite official Mexican papers and an American passport signed by Secretary of State Lansing. Reports from Havana in July said he was bound for Berlin as Carranza’s emissary.
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Berlin
Col
Krum Heller
Berne
Germany
Mexico
Tageblatt
Col. Heller
Lansing
Constitutionalist Army
Havana
Carranza
Cashier of Bank Dead at 67 After Quarter Century
Myron Campbell aged 67 longtime cashier of South Bend National Bank died of pneumonia in South Bend Indiana. He gained national notice about twenty years earlier for being responsible for a $17000 loss due to a noon hour theft by an accomplice later died in prison. Campbell had left the vault unlocked for lunch and chose to repay the loss at a thousand dollars yearly.
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Associated Press
South Bend
Ind
Myron Campbell
South Bend National Bank
Holdinimself
West
Campbell
Russia Frees 120 Political Exiles
London reports that Emperor Nicholas plans a broad amnesty for political offenders exiled to northern and Asiatic Russia. A letter from interior minister Khvostoff to Sonia Howe notes liberation of 120 exiles since 1905 and says further cases are under consideration.
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London
Pétrograd
Russia
Nicholas
Khvostoff
Petrograd
Sonia E. Howe
St. Luke's Vicarage
Finchley
Committee For
Siberia
Women Run Vienna Cars In War Time Shift
Vienna reports over 5000 women now work in the municipal street car service. Of 12000 male workers before the war, about 10500 moved to other fields. The system now runs nearly 24 hours a day, moving passengers and hauling coal and merchandise as motor vehicles decline and horses grow scarce.
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Vienna
Heads for Headaches A Simple Reliable Remedy
The article discusses widespread headaches and the ineffectiveness of common pain relievers. It promotes A K Tablets as a permanent cure, claiming they address underlying causes and provide lasting relief without repeated recurrences. The ad urges readers to ask for A K Tablets at pharmacies.
A K Tablets Claim Quick Relief For Headaches
An advertisement promises that two A K Tablets taken at onset can ward off a sick headache and that during an attack one tablet every two hours provides rest and comfort. The copy notes genuine tablets bear the name A K and are available at all druggists.
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Arch- Besses
Japan Tells Russia Not to Worry at War Start
Viscount Takaaki Koto, then foreign minister, said Japan informed Russia early in the war not to fear Japan's actions. He noted Japan’s neutrality debates, the Okuma ministry’s choice to join the Entente, and Japan’s role in curbing German naval power in the South Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Japan
Russia
Viscount Takaaki Koto
Viscount Kato
Germany
Okuma
South Pacific
Indian Oceans
Jagan
Japs Deport Germans in Japanese Action
Hermann Wohlers a German has been deported from Japan for conduct deemed inimical to the empire and its allies. Reports say his activities included sowing misunderstanding among Japan Great Britain and the United States and writing disturbing letters to the Washington government.
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Yokohama
Japan
Hermann Wohlers
Wohlers
Great Britain
United States
Washington
Today’s Meetings On Local Fraternal and Civic Groups
Several groups meet today including I O O F Mechanics Lodge No 69 Whistler. Jr O U A M Mobile Council No 5. Knights of Pythias Mobile Temple No 2 and Mobile Lodge No 67. Woodmen of the World Palm Grove No 7. Masons Howard Lodge No 69. Brotherhood Painters Trades Council Hall. Locomotive Engineers Gulf City Division No 140. Improved Order of Red Men Tus Tribe No 59. Woodmen Circle Palm Link No 7. Veritas Chapter OES. T O O F Alabama Lodge No 1 Oda Fellows Hall. State Harbor Board meets at 10am. City Commissioners meet at noon.
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Mobile Council
Dauphin and
Rree Streets
Knights of Pythias
Mobile Temple
Pythian One Hall
Mobile Lodge
Castle Hall
Woodmen ‘of the World
Palm Grove
Moose Hall
Masonic—Howard Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Mobile
Ee Trades Council
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Gulf City
Central Trades Council
Temperance
Woodmen Circle
Palm Link
Masonic—Veritas
O. E.S
Alabama Lodge
Oda Fellows
State Harbor Board
Bank of Mobile
Municipal
Yaquis Raid Kills Fifteen in Sonora
Yaquis attacked Santa Barbara Sonora twenty miles southeast of Nogales killing fifteen Chinamens. Carranza troops cross the border in pursuit of about fifty five raiders as ranchers flee to Nogales for safety.
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Associated Press
Nogales
Ariz
Santa Barbara
Sonora
Here
Fiteenen
Commandencia
Carranza
Saving Soldiers With Steel Waistcoat In French Trench
Captain H. C. Kinred risked a bomb to smother it and shield seven sleeping soldiers in French trenches. He was blown from the trench at a 30 degree angle yet escaped with his life due to a steel waistcoat. Photographs show a torn tunic while the seven men suffered only minor injuries.
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London
H. C. Kinred
Vanderbilt Sues London Daily Over Misused Picture
Cornelius Vanderbilt served papers in Itbel against an illustrated daily for using his photo as Captain Max Valentier the pirate who torpedoed the Lusitania. The facial image, altered by a retoucher, ties Vanderbilt to a villainous character while his brother Alfred died aboard the Lusitania.
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London
Cornelius Vanbilt
Illustrated Daily
Max Vntier
Lusitania
Germany
Max Valentier
Sonderburg
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vander
Alfred
Vandibilt
Bremen Sees Yet Another Merchant Sub Leave For America
Berlin reports from Bremen that another merchant submarine is expected to depart for the United States at month end. The Bremen ship is not yet completed, according to Ocean Navigation Company director Heineken, who declined to give a firm arrival date and offered few details.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Cvia
Bremen
United States
Deutschland
Heineken
Ocean Navigation Company, O
America
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