Gulf Coast Mobilizes For Gulf Coast Highway Plan
Gulf coast towns from Mississippi to Florida rally behind Mobile in a broad good roads campaign. Delegates from Gulfport and other cities, led by the Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce, prepare for a Tuesday meeting at the county office to discuss a regional highway system and broader coastal cooperation.
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Gulfport
Mobile Court House
Gulf Coast
Mississippi River
Mobile
Ito
Nashville
The
County Commission
Mobile Road Organization
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Jackson Highway
Ways and Means Committee
Gulf Coast Territory
Gypsfport
Wesley Evans
George M. Penn
T. J. Lowther
J. T. Connell
Pascagoula
Biloxi
Antion
Bay St. Louis
Inie
Baldwin County
Moise
Pensacola
Escambia
Florida
British Cabinet Committee to Boss Conduct of the War
Premier Asquith appoints a cabinet committee to oversee the war. Members include Kitchener Lloyd George Balfour Grey Lansdowne Bonar Law and Winston Churchill. The group acts as an executive body absorbing the cabinet's Dardanelles committee duties.
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London
Asquith
Lord Kitchener
David Liloyd-George
Arthur J. Balfour
Sir Edward Grey
Lord Lansdowne
Andrew Bonar Law
Winston Spencer Gherchill
Dardanelles
Turks Subscribe Vast German War Loan in Wartime Sympathy
Turks of modest means subscribed about 508000 dollars to a German war loan as an expression of sympathy. The items note various wartime actions, including internment rules in London for military-age males and the deaths of General Bringas and his son in Mexico City.
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Constantinople
Germany
London
Cambridge
Harvard University
Newdener Memorial
Liverpool
Camera
New York
Mersey
Shington
Wilson
Princeton
N. J
New Jersey
Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Toay
ST. Louis
Missouri, Kansas Texas Railroad
Charlies E.aff
United States
Fo . Adams
Boyle & Priest
Robert MacAulay
Sun Life Insurance
Lied
Canada
Gulf Coast Fair to Highlight Horse Show and Breeding
The Gulf Coast Fair runs October 26 to November 22 featuring a major horse show and breeding exhibits. Harry Sears of Shubut a Mississippi, a noted horse breeder, leads the department with entries open until 9 a.m. October 26. Stall fees are $2 and exhibitor tickets $2.50, with horses judged in front of the grandstand and prompt ring arrival required. A fire in Meridian destroyed Usher Brothers pony plant, totaling about $60,000 in loss.
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Gulf Coast Fair
Harry Sears
Shubuta
Miss
Meridian
Usher Brothers Pony
Hen Smashes World's Egg Laying Record at 287
Lady Eglantine a White Leghorn laid 287th egg in 330 days at Delaware College agricultural experiment station Newark Del setting a new global record. The prior mark was 286 eggs in 365 days by a Plymouth Rock hen. Eglantine is American bred from an English strain and five hens of this line have produced 1,238 eggs in forty seven weeks.
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Philadelphia
Eglantine
Delaware College Agricultural Experiment Station
Newark
Del
Plymouth Rock
Mobile Wins Big Laws Favoring Port and Shipbuilding
Alabama reporters note Mobile secured major legislative gains to aid port growth. A state harbor commission with Mobile residents and three from the mineral belt will govern harbor matters, with limited borrowing power. Shipbuilding plants gain tax exemptions for ten years on equipment and facilities exceeding 100000. Hartwell river dredging bill failed to pass before adjournment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mobile
E Harding
Pillans
State Harbor Commission
Henderson
Mineral
Jefferson
Tuscaloosa
Walker Counties
Hartwell
Senate
House
War shares set new records in New York market surge
War stocks and allied contracts led gains as Baldwin Locomotive jumped to new highs and United States Steel neared its 1912 peak. General Motors, Crucible Steel, Republic Steel and Bethlehem Steel posted sizable advances while railroad shares lagged. Trading volume hit the highest since the exchange reopened. Cotton also climbed toward the high season.
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New York
Wer
Baldwin
Crucible Steel
Republic Steel
General Motors
Lackawanna Steel
Distillers’ Securities
United States Industrial Alcohol
United States Steel
Baldwin T Locomotive
Bethlehem Steel
Westinghouse
Attack on American Marines Leaves Dozens Dead in Haiti
In Cape Haitian a force of Haitian rebels attacked an American marine unit two miles from the city. Forty Haitians were killed and ten Americans wounded. Rebels refuse to disarm as Acans march on Haut du Cap in the Plain of the North.
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Cape Haitien
Acans
Haut du Cap
Million Dollar Livestock Show Opens at Tri-State Fair
MEMPHIS Tenn Sept 27 A million dollar livestock show anchors the Tri State Fair opening today for ten days. Champion cattle herds from Central Western states compete with top Southern breeders. Daily programs include trotting races and automobile races on the one mile dirt track.
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Memphis
Tenn
City to Probe Port Authority and Waterfront Plans
City officials intend a full investigation of port bills and harbor commission law to define city premises. Mayor Pillans plans to seek copies of all related bills from the city attorney and consult port experts before outlining a waterfront development course.
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Pillans
Mayor Pillans
Mobile
Harbor Commission
Sand Island
Port Commission
Austria to recall Dumopa as Wilson request noted
Austria informally notified Ambassador Penfield that it will recall Dr. Dumopa the Austrian ambassador to the United States as requested by President Wilson. Officials expect a formal note soon while stating safe conduct cannot be acted upon until formal expression is received.
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Washington
Austria
Ambassador Penfield
Dumopa
United States
Wilson
Penfield
State Department
Austria's Second Note on Munitions Not Reaching U.S
Washington reports that the text of Austria-Hungary's second note protesting war munitions has not arrived at the State Department. Acting Secretary Polk has no official word on its pending arrival. Berlin offered no comment as Vienna's dispatches carry partial content.
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Austria
U.S
Washington
State Department
Polk
Vienna
Count von Bernstorff
Wth State Department
Lansing
New York
Berlin
Weather forecast for Alabama Mississippi and mobile
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and probably Tuesday for Alabama and Mississippi with moderate to fresh northeast winds. In Mobile the weather is fair with northeast winds prevailing into Tuesday.
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Mobile
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Greece Requisitions Twenty Merchant Vessels For Troop Transport
Paris dispatch reports Greece requisitioning twenty merchant ships including Themistocles King Constantine and Patris for troop movement. Mobilization will involve about 400000 men across twenty classes with ample equipment and munitions. King Constantine may or may not command, with Prince Nicholas as potential commander. Roumania seeks explanation from Bulgaria in a Sofia note on military preparations.
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Themistocles
Constantine
Patris
Roumania
Bulgaria
Rome
Turin
Idea Nazionale
Sofia
Paris
Greek War Ministry
Athens
Havas
War Ministry
Nicholas
Constantine Receives Italian Envoys on Balkan Situation
A Rome dispatch reports King Constantine of Greece met with Italian envoys who urged a joint approach to the Balkans. The Italian reiteration emphasized their view of the regional crisis and aims.
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London
Rome
Exchange Telegraph Company
Constantine
Grescé
Serine
Fener Yon
Balkan
Bulgarian mobilization declared in national interest
The Bulgarian government issued a note to the powers stating mobilization was ordered for national defense not as an aggressive move. The note echoes Sofia’s September statement that Bulgaria entered armed neutrality due to political changes, aiming to defend rights and independence. A separate Sofia rumor claims Bulgaria sent an ultimatum to Serbia, with Entente diplomats possibly preparing to depart, though unconfirmed.
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London
Sofia
Bulgaria
Serbia
Berlin
Sayville
Alabama Guardsmen Select Team for Jacksonville Rifle Shoot
About 150 Alabama National Guard members gathered in Montgomery to select a 12 man team for the national rifle shoot in Jacksonville Florida on October 23. An October 12 election in the First regiment will choose a new adjutant general to replace Col G J Hubbard. Lieutenant Colonel F M Maddox is the sole candidate for colonel of the First regiment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama National Guard
Alabama
Jacksonville
Fla
State Military Department
G. J. Hubbard
F. M. Maddox
Meat Cargo Damaged On Sarnia At Naples
A Lloyds dispatch from Naples reports the American steamer Sarnia from New York September 3 reached Naples with a frozen meat cargo badly damaged. The entire cargo is unfit for consumption as the refrigerating apparatus broke down.
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London
Lloyd’s
Naples
Sarnia
New York
French Infantry Break German Trenches in Twenty Minutes
Paris reports say a 20 minute French assault followed sixty hours of shelling to overrun the first German trench north of Perthes Cham pagne. Zouaves bayoneted foes as battalions collapsed and surrendered, with wounded and prisoners heavy. Parisians mark the victory with large newspapers and public readings of bulle tins.
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Paris
Perthes
Champagne
Germans Press Attack Across Champagne Front
Paris dispatch says the German offensive continues along the Champagne front with new positions reported in Artois and intensified cannonading between the Meuse and Moselle. Allied gains and Bulgarian diplomacy add cautious optimism as Russian action appears more favorable and Hindenburg’s efforts seem to falter.
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Paris
Champagne
Artois
France
Meuse
Moselle
Lorraine
Bulgaria
Balkan
Sofia
French and British exchange heavy fighting near Arras
French officials report advances north of Arras toward Souchez and Champagne with heavy losses on both sides. French claims say more than 12,000 enemy troops and 50,000 to 60,000 German casualties across the front of about 212 miles.
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Paris
Arras
British Troops Advance in Northern France Front Line Gains
British forces crossed into northern France and captured five miles of German trenches near the Bassee canal east of V, with shelling and infantry advances reported by Sir John French. Britons penetrated German positions and took the outskirts of Hulluch. further details continued on page 3.
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London
France
Bassee Canal
Ishal
John French
Hulluch
Freak Caribbean cyclone heads north toward Cuba and Florida
The tropical cyclone moves across the Caribbean toward Jamaica and western Cuba with warnings issued for vessels bound to Cuban southern Florida and Yucatán waters. Forecasters say its path is highly uncertain as authorities monitor potential approaches to the Gulf Coast.
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Caribean Sea
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Florida
Yucatan c
Gulf Coast
Caribbean Sea
Bureau
Cuban
Yue
Jamaica
Yucatan Channel
Gulf
New Orleans
Brownsville
Tex
Texas
Washington
Yucatanch
Unites States
of Pines
Funeral Notice McKEAN Died Thursday 1915
Friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral for Harris L. McKean from his home to Magnolia Cemetery. The notice requests condolences and remains private at this time.
Lost Hound Advertised in Liberal Classifieds
Lost hound described as male with one ear split and a scar near the flank. Last seen near 652 South Bayou St. Liberal, Oklahoma. Contact Ada at Paga for details.
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South
Bayou St. Liberal
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