New York Carmen Expect 75 000 In Ranks By Monday
Labor leaders plan a sympathetic walkout of 75 000 workers to back the striking streetcar men while Interborough Transit Company officials seek injunctions to restrain union leaders. Trade unions vote to act and by Monday expect mass mobilization of longshoremen teamsters tidewater boatmen and other trades. One death and thirty four injuries reported on elevated and surface lines amid tensions.
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Associated Press
New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
James L. Quackenbush
Interborough
New York City
Central Federated Union
State Chamber of Commerce Plans September 27 Meeting
Governor Henderson issued the call for a September 27 board meeting at the governor's office in Montgomery to discuss a systematic citizen recruitment campaign. Henderson, elected president at the first capitol gathering last week, will chair the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Chamber of Commerce of Alabama
Governor's Ofice
Henderson
Capitol
Kidney Disorder by Dr Pierce Advocates Simple Home Remedy
The article promotes simple kidney health methods including hot water each morning and ample daily water, plus a small anuke before meals. It urges recognizing danger signals like backache and fatigue and states death could result if kidneys fail to remove poisons from blood.
Gulf Coast excursions out of Mobile to be discontinued
Gol f Coast excursions from Mobile will end after Thursday September 28 per Passenger Agent H. Geron of the Louisville and Nashville. The service has been very successful. Mobile and Ohio general agent Jack F. Ross Jr. from St Louis is visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs S L Herold and party from Shreveport arrived by auto and stay at Cawthon hotel before returning to Shreveport. F I Presley and wife of Birmingham are in Mobile en route to Coden. Dr O F Be Whberg of Silver Hill, president of the Gulf Coast Horticultural Society, spent Saturday in Mobile en route to Irvington with Mrs Be Whberg.
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H. ©. Geron
Louisville and Nashville Road
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Jack F. Ross, Jr
Mobile and Ohio Road
St. Louis
Relaves
S. L. Herold
Shreveport
Asheville
N. C
Cawthon Hotel
New Orleans
F. I
Presley
Birmingham, Ala
Coden
Magic City
O. F Be, Whberg
Silver Hill
Ala
The
Gulf Coast Horticultural Society
Irvington
Winberg
German offensives repelled along Somme fronts
Paris reports German counter attacks north and south of the Somme were repulsed with four hundred French prisoners taken yesterday and 86 German bodies recovered in a single trench. British forces on the Struma front conduct raids east of Doiran and shell Bulgarian positions while Doiran and Gudeli areas face steady artillery fire.
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Associated Press
Paris
Somme
War Office
Clery
Berny
Peronne
London
Struma
Saloniki
Macedonia
Doiran
Dzami Mah
Komaju
Gudeli
Lake Tahinos
German Field Marshal Mackensen defeats Rumanians and Russians
The official German army statement reports Field Marshal von Mackensen’s forces decisively defeated Rumanian and Russian troops in Dobrudja and are now in pursuit.
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Berlin
London
von Mackensen
Balkans
Dobrudja
German Army Claims New Position After Malka Nidze Loss
The German high command issues a statement claiming occupying a fresh front position on the Macedonian front after retreating from Malka Nidze in a battle with Entente forces. The claim emphasizes strategic gains despite the defeat.
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Berlin
London
Malka Nidze
Turks repelled by Russians in Caucasus action
Turkish troops in the Caucasus again attacked west of Kalkit but were driven from trenches near Sharafkhan and Mush, retreating toward Kosemagiaduk pass as Russians report no change of front on Russian and Galician sectors.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
London
Caucasus
Kalkit
Sharafkhan
Mush
Kosemagiaduk Pass
Old St Stephen's Road Landmark Burned Down
An old two story landmark on St Stephen's road near Bull's Head was destroyed by fire around midnight Friday night. The building occupied by A H Gavin and owned by Matthew Welch was not saved. The cause is unknown and the occupants barely escaped with a few garments.
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St. Stephen's Road
Bull's Head
A. H. Gavin
Matthew Welch
Pilans Named to U S Port Authorities Board
Harry Pillans of Mobile was elected as one of five vice presidents of the American Association of Port Authorities at its annual meeting in Montreal. W G Ross, chairman of the Montreal harbor board, was chosen president. The association will meet again next year in Cleveland.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Harry Pillans
Mobile
American Association of Port Authorities
W. G. Ross
Montreal Board of Harbor Commissioners
As.seiren
Cleven
Chamberlains Colic Remedy Advised For Quick Relief
This medicine is essential for every family to have as colic and diarrhea can strike suddenly. Prompt treatment prevents prolonged suffering until a physician or medicine arrives. Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is renowned for fast relief and is obtainable everywhere.
British Armored Cars Spark Surprise In France
Sept 16 reports describe the new armored cars cooperating with British infantry in a dawn assault toward German trenches. The bizarre machines, dubbed Tanks, advanced across shell craters and tree stumps, routing trenches and taking prisoners despite initial laughter from observers.
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Associated Press
France
London
Maloney Urges Hog Owners to Fight Hog Cholera
Public health notice stresses cholera control in pigs. It outlines exposure to onset for five to thirty days, lists symptoms such as fever up to 107 F, dullness, eye discharge, and nervous signs, and prescribes sanitation measures, isolation of new hogs, disinfection, and removal of infected animals.
Frost Visits Tennessee Early This Season
A light frost touched Middle Tennessee last night the earliest in twelve years with a trace in most areas and official 6 a.m. temperature at 48 degrees.
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Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
Middle Tennessee
Weather forecast signals mild week ahead in southeast
The weather forecast from Associated Press reports generally fair skies with temperatures below seasonal averages across the southeastern states for the coming week. No disturbances are expected in the West Indies at this time.
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Washington
West Indies
British Drive on Somme Sees Key Village Gains
Associated Press dispatches from London report a British offensive along the Somme making ground across the line except opposite Ginchy. Courcellette Martinpuich Flers are captured, while Germans launch counterattacks as French advances continue north and south of the Somme. In Macedonia Entente successes are noted, and in Dobruja Axis forces claim a decisive win.
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Associated Press
London
Somme
Ginchy
Courcellette
Thiepval
Martinpuich
Pozieres Bapaume Road
Flers
Paris
Clery
Berny
Estrees
Macedonia
Dobriudja
Romania
von Mackensen
Railroad Shares in Great Demand
New York reports a decisive resumption of stock trading with broad activity on the exchange. Union Pacific Great Northern St Paul Atchison New York Central led gains as cotton carriers rose while United States Steel set a new high at 107 1 4. Western Union showed strength with earnings up nearly 4 points as half a million shares traded in the first hour.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Union Pacific
Great Northern
St. Paul
Atchison
New York Central
Collergs
Reading
United States Steel
Western Union
Real Sherlock Holmes Work Shown Here
Stuart Malone, a convict at Speigner state prison, left the stockade seeking home in Randolph County. Authorities traced him returning there and he will be sent back to serve a fifteen month sentence for grand larceny with prior leniency cited.
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Montgomery
Ala
Stuart Malone
Speigner
Randolph County
Malone
Negro jail breaker given extra ten days
Jim Hubbard, a negro, escaped from the police station while serving fifteen days for disorderly conduct and was captured Friday. He was arraigned Saturday before Recorder Edington and given an additional ten days.
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Jim Hubbard
Edington
T Hubbard
Burial of Mrs M A J Quinney
Large funeral attendance for Mrs Mary Ann Josephine Quinney held Friday at Roche Burke parlors and St Josephs church with Father Macreddie officiating. Burial in Catholic cemetery. pallbearers included Gus Shaffer John Cronin L G Sutton and Charles Dobriere. Also the death of one year old Mary Louise daughter of Mrs Hazel Kirst, buried in Catholic cemetery.
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M. A. J. Quinney
Mary Ann Josephine Quinney
Roche & Burke
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Father Macrendie
Gus Shaffer
John P. Cronin
L. G. Sutton
Charles Dobriere
Mary Louise
Hazel Kirst
Storm Strikes Jamaica and Cayman Islands In August Toll
Refugees reach Mobile aboard the Lizzie E Dennison after a tropical storm devastates Kingston and coastal areas. Winds peaked with destruction to railways docks piers and wireless stations. Tenants report numerous church and school house damages and loss of boats and banana crops.
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Jamaica
Cayman Islands
Mobile
Lizzie E. Dennison
Isabella Thompson
Verona Bodden
Ava Thompson
William H. Clark
Herbert A. Bodden
Kingston
Cayman
Jamaican
Leyland
Today meetings of medical groups listed
Mobile Medical Society meets at 7 30 at St Michael and Conception streets. Yes Student Doctors meet at 7 30 at Y M B A Hall.
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Mobile Medical Society
St. Michael and Conception Streets
Yes
Y.M.B. A
Birmingham Businessman Webb to Face Grand Jury Probe
Henry Grady Webb, prominent Birmingham businessman by day and alleged train robber by night, will be investigated by the U S grand jury in October session. The case stems from the Louisville and Nashville passenger train robbery near Greenville last year, with Webb sought for possible involvement. Webb fled Birmingham months ago as detectives pursued him, later signaling a return once excitement subsides. Reported loot from the Greenville holdup was said to exceed the robbers' risks, though officials have not released an amount.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henry Grady Webb
Birmingham
United States
Webb
Louisville and Nashville
Greenville
Regional place names listed across several parishes
A sequence of locations is cited including Montego Bay Spanish Town Glen Goffe St. Ann St. Thomas Santa Cruz St. Elizabeth St. Catherine Black River Hanover Redwood Por us Chapelton Georgetown and Grand Cayman in the readable fragment.
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Montego
Spanish Town
Glengoffe
St. Annn
St. Thomas
Santa Cruz
St. Elizabeth
St. Catherine
Black River
Hanover
Redwood
Porus
Chapelton
Georgetown
Grand Cayman
Muscle Shoals plant urged as top southern priority
In a letter to The Item the Muscle Shoals Association publicity committee urges Southerners to back the $20 million government nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals. It argues the project would bring cheap fertilizer and power, spark industry, and advance the region, warning that supporting smaller plant efforts could jeopardize victory.
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South
Muscle Shoals
Committee On Publicity
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Carmen
Interborough Company
DR. W. M. Pierce
Stearns
Stearns’ Electric Paste Co
Chicago
Queen Theatre
Anna Little
Frank Borzage
Omorman Sia
Rian
N. Royal St
ST. Stephen’s Road
U. S
Chamberlan
Maloney
J. Frost
Tennessee
U. P
Sherlock Holmes
Postoffice
Dandy-Bandit
Manning-Bowman
Meteor Coffee
Dauphin Street
Muscle Shoals Association
Square Brand
All -Grocers
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