War Dispatches From Petrograd on German Cavalry Actions
From Petrograd London Sept 15 Russian lines report German cavalry outside the Petrograd railroad corridor with captures in Courland. Russians counterattack Austrians in Galicia while inflicting reverses on Austro German forces near Vilna Dvinsk and Svientsiany. German raids threaten planned engagement in Vilna region later expected by General Polivanoff. Further east fronts show German forces active on both sides of the line with no junction yet formed.
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London
Marshel von Hindenburg
Petrograd
Courland
Galicia
Svientsiany
Vilna
Dvinsk
Prof C C Stamps of Irondale Endorses Vitalitas Elixir
Irondale resident Prof C C Stamps recalls his kidney ailment cured by Vitalitas and urges others to use the remedy. He praises its safety and says a local woman in his care will benefit as he has, recommending a visit to Sutton's drug store for a booklet and purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bragg
Johnston
Wood
C. C. Stamps
Siocenes
Ala
Stamps
Vitalitas
Irondale
Sutton's
Een. Vv
Russian Front Struggles Prompt Cautious War Warnings
Russian forces continue retreating eastward as rear guards fall back. Military writers urge the public not to expect major advances from the Galician offensive amid cautious reporting on frontline gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
Roumanian Railways Freight Traffic Suspended
A Times dispatch from Athens reports freight traffic on the Roumanian railways has been suspended, signaling disruption in transit and affecting shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Times
Athens
German airship damaged descends at Koenigsberg
An airship from Germany, heavily damaged by Russian fire, descended at Koenigsberg in East Prussia. The craft is thought to have taken part in the Gulf of Riga raid. A September 10 German statement claimed a naval air ship dropped bombs on a Baltic port base and returned undamaged after being fired upon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koenigsberg
London
East Prussia
Amsterdam
Central News
Gulf of Riga
Baltic
Crichton Family Faces Gaunt Poverty in Cramped Shed
Maggie Logan and her sick husband Frank, with five children, struggle after illness and job loss. Living in an outhouse on William Hayes’s Crichton property, they must move as Hayes needs his shed for cattle. A county official confirms the Logans’ distress and asks Mobile readers for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Logan
Frank Logan
William Hayes
Crichton
Item
Mobile
London to New York Gold Shipment Heads for Halifax
Railroads and an express company arrange transport from Halifax to New York of a fourth consignment of gold and securities from London to bolster Allied war credits in the United States. A steel train is expected to depart Halifax within days carrying about fifty million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Halifax
New York
London
Oregon Senator Clears Twenty Acres Daily In Mobile County Farm Venture
The Bourne plantation near Theodore mobilizes twelve teams to clear twenty acres daily as the largest farm investment in Mobile County, with $27,000 already invested and 1,800 acres being prepared for citrus, grapes, and other crops. Manager A Ensor and his son oversee the work while seeking rapid expansion through September and October.
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Theodore
Mobile
Mobile County
A. Ensor
Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
America
Alabama
Bourne
Chicago
Ensor
Southland
South Carolina Votes Dry in Referendum Victory
unofficial returns across South Carolina show prohibition leading by about two to one with roughly 20 000 votes more for statewide prohibition than the local option system. If confirmed, the new law would take effect January 1 and ban beers wines and liquors with few loopholes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Columbia
S. C
Harrington Wins Maryland Democratic Governor Nomination
In Maryland's primary Emerson C. Harrington defeated Senator Blair Lee for the Democratic nomination. Harrington carried sixteen counties and two Baltimore districts, securing a strong convention majority. Ovington E. Weller was the Republican gubernatorial nominee. Other nominees include Albert C. Ritchie, A. A. Doub, H. A. McMullen, and Robert F. Duer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Emerson C. Harrington
United States
Blair Lee
Harrington
Baltimore City
Ovington E. Weller
State Roads Commission
Albert C. Ritchie
A. A. Doub
Allegany County
H. A. McMullen
Robert F. Duer
Somerset County
Docks Swarm With Cotton Freight as Tallapoosa Anchors
The Mobile Municipal Docks buzzed with activity after the coastal cutter Tallapoosa anchored in the stream. Dockside appears crowded with cotton sisal jute bagging and dressed jumper while three fruit steamers unload at Pier 1. The James W. Paul Jr. sailed from Gulfport with 1,247,000 feet of lumber valued at 28000 destined for Rio de Janeiro with plans to reload for Connecticut. Captain F W McLaughlin now commands a large tanker for a Mexican arm of Standard Oil. The City of Mobile arrived from Selma with 370 bales of cotton 400 barrels of naval stores 3500 slaves and forty seven passengers. Abbie C Stubbs sails to St Johns with timber worth 3670. Lizzie E Dennison bound for Havana. Norwegian steamer Bodo expected to sail. Leonatus of Munson Line arrives. Viator shifts to Southern Coal for fuel.
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Municipal
Municipal Docks
Pier 1
James W. Paul, Jr
Mobile
Progreso
Gulfport
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Connecticut
F. W. McLaughlin
Mobile Towing and Wrecking
Kisso Towboat Company
Standard Oil Company
Selma
Elder-Dempster Steamship Company
Liverpool
Harland & Woolff
Belfast
Ireland
Abbie C. Stubbs
St. Johns
N. B
Lizzie E. Dennison
Havana
Cuba
Bodo
Leonatus
Munson Line
Viator
Southern Coal Company
Most Drastic Action to Stop Patent Medicine Evils
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture has pursued enforcement under the foods and drug act with over fifty cases terminated under the Sherley amendment. Criminal prosecutions began in twenty-five cases while thirty-one other seizures targeted false cure claims in patent medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Toulminville Church and Club News Headlines
In Toulminville Alabama on September 15, town notices include a Thursday 8 o'clock Methodist church prayer meeting led by Rev. D Y Register and a Woman's Missionary Society business session at Mrs S Meeker's home Wednesday at 4 pm. The Busy Bee Sewing Circle meets Wednesday afternoon.
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Toulminville
Ala
Methodist’ Church
D. Y. Register
Woman's Missionary Society
S. Meeker
Busy Bee Sewing Circle
Club Room
S. G. Sims
Be.l. Jones
Gulf Crest
Pollye Barrett
M. Quick
Meridian
George Floyd
Mississippi
Thomason
Margaret
Douglas
Lower Peach Tree
R. H. Richardson
Roy
Biloxi
Miss
W. L. Pritchett
Ravenwood
Marion Gaines
T. Gaines
University of Alabama
Thomas Mitchell
Jackson
S. C. Jackson
A. Parratory
New Orleans
Mercedes Johnston
Vernon Christa
Louisville
Nashville
North Carolina
Virginia
C. Mitchell
Kate Johnstone
Ben Ward
Coden
Vaughan Daffin
Ben Secour
E. M. Daffin
Maud
Margaret Buck
Lucille Crowell
Mobile
Tom Thumb
Tommie Nabers
Dorothy Dodge
Dennis
Must Dig Up Alimony or Make Home in Jail
Horace Gill was jailed by chancery court order until he pays alimony to May Lou Gill from whom he has been divorced. He claims no means to pay the amount, and must make a proper showing before release from sheriff custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Gill
Chancery Court
May Lou Gill
Gill
Notary Louis Harwell Files Bond in Probate Court
Louis G. Harwell, recently named notary public by Governor Charles Henderson, filed his bond in the probate court Tuesday afternoon. ET Sheet Music at less than publisher's cost. Reynolds Music House ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis G. Harwell
Charles Henderson
Reynalds Music House
Adyv
VESSELS IN PORT AND STEAM SHIPS LIST
A port listing shows multiple vessels including Uppland Swe, Gaines Nor, Winona Ame, Corinto Nor, Karen Nor, Viator Nor, Leonatus Br, Soma Laguna Ame, Coniscliffe Ame, Henry Crosby Ame, W. Millis Ame, Hildegard Ame, and others with positions at terminals and docks. Mobile bound bark, steamships from New York to Porto Rico, and various harbors such as Puerto Cortez Matanzas Cuba, Havre and Liverpool are noted with origins and destinations.
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Vessel— Uppland
Swed
SOE Naan Atadegedh Coy Gaines
Nor
Winona
U. Rae Ear
Corinto
Karen
Viator
Leonatus
Carolina
Havana
Cuba
Moragues Lumber Company Fruithandel
Bel
Penarth
Pathfinder
New York
Naperian
Mobile Liners, Inc
Alex Lawrence
Liverpool
England
Oaklands
Havre
France
Perceler
Antilla
Anna
Australia
Walsh Stevedoring Co
Daniel Bailey
Boston
Mass
J. M. Scott & Bros
Mavisbrook
Newport
Eng
Gulf States Ship’s Co
Mariana
Proteso
Mex
Ward Line
Steamship American
Puerto Cortez
United Fruit Co
Amelia
Chamelecon Line
Corinthia
Nassau
M. P
Horace Turner & Co
Local Notes From Prichard and Nearby Areas
Mrs. Alice Hunt returns from Deatsville and Mrs. Hosea comes home from Margerone county. The W M Barnes family moves to Whistler. Miss Lizzie Thomley of Perdido visits Mrs. Kirven. Mrs. Jake Biehl travels from Cincinnati with her children. Maurice Dismukes joins L F Darley and Co. Mrs Graves speaks on Chinese customs to a Baptist crowd. Master Dempsey Collins visits Ararat. Bessie Weldy and Esta Brown enjoy a day ride. Brown to Eight Mile Station, Vinegar Bend.
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Prichard
Ala
Alice Hunt
Deatsville
L. R. Hosea
Marengo County
W. M. Barnes
Whistler
Lizzie Thomley
Perdido
W. E. Kirven
Jake Biehl
Major S A Jonas Dies Aberdeen Editor and South Leader
Major S A Jonas editor of the Aberdeen Examiner died at his home after months of illness. His daughter Annie Lowe Jonas Mc Williams and son S A Jonas Jr. were by his side. He was renowned across Mississippi and the South as a veteran journalist and public servant. He served in the agriculture department during the Cleveland administration.
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Aberdeen
Miss
S. A. Jonas
Aberdeen Examiner
Annie Lowe Jonas McWilliams
Major Jonas
S.A. Jonas
Mississippi
South
Department of Agriculture
Cleveland
Frontline activity increases near Swiss border as armies move
German and French forces along the Basel Delle frontier intensify operations with heavy reinforcements arriving and artillery duels growing fiercer. Civilians are being evacuated from border villages as the conflict nears the Swiss line.
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Basle
Switz
Paris
Swiss
Delle
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Stamps OF
Logans
Kitchener
Joffre
Mobile Gas CO
Maryland
Marine News
Soma
Laguna
Coniscliffe
Henry Crosby
Ery Co
W. Millis
Peewee, Stee Eee
Hildegard
S&ehips
Gulf Per
Om - Dry Pinto Dryks
Southern Coal Co
Gira
Dry Docks
Pinto Dry Docks
Turner Terminals
Stream
Puérto Cortez
Barrios
Port Ur
Leake
Puerto
Cortes New York
Matanzas
Gulf Dry Docks Barkentines
Ollinger & Bruce Docks
Gienesk
Deveron
Ee Cuba
Progreso, Mex
Ning
Brown
Eight-Mile
Vinegar Bend
Aberdeen, Miss
Jacobson Store
Fifth Avenue
Foremoste Tailor Shop
Atterbury
Sam Peck
Jacobson’s
Dauphin Street
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