Combles Victory Among Widest Entente Gains
Paris dispatch reports Combles captured with great booty marking a major Somme offensive success. Allies pushed front from Martinpuich to the Somme, gaining over a mile and expanding encirclement toward Mont St Quentin and Peronne. Military writers call these among the campaign’s most important gains with 60,000 prisoners noted. Vice Admiral Concasy Palau, captain of the Marie Therese, is reported dead in Madrid.
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Paris
Combles
Martinpuich
Somme
Bouchavesnes
St. Pierre Vaast Wood
Mont St. Quentin
Allaines
Peronne
Artois
Champagne
Berlin
Madrid
Concasy Palau
Marie Therese
Santiago
Don’t neglect pain. seek its cause and conquer it
The piece warns of pains signaling serious illness from kidneys to appendicitis and rheumatism. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a daily health aid, claiming to keep you in good condition and offering refunds if ineffective, while cautioning against substitutes.
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Bright
Haarlem
No Age Limit on Flirting Says Actress Constance Collier
Constance Collier argues flirting is the heart’s gymnastics and beauty matters little. She praises plain women as delightful flirts and notes men seek partners who are friends and flirts. Collier cites Shakespeare and Beatrice to claim witty, modern women outshine trivial beauties.
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Miss Collier
England
Charles M. Schwab
Shakespeare
Cassius
Othello
Caliban
George Meredith
Meredith
Beatrice
Rosalind
Portia
London
New York
Flirtation and Falstaff in Miss Collier's Merry Wives
Miss Constance Collier discusses flirtation as heart driven and ageless, defending fat women’s right to flirt and comparing Falstaff portrayals by Sir Herbert Tree and Tom Wise. She notes American wives’ merriment and the theatrical irony of vanity, ending with her Windsor birth.
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Miss Constance Collier
Miss Collier
Reubens
Mistress Ford
Tom Wise
Falstaff
New York
Eli Terry
Mistress Page
Sir Herbert Tree
Sir Herbert
Miss Terry
Mistrey Ford
Windsor
Royal Borough
England
American wives and the lure of merriness in marriage
A discussion on why American wives are seen as merry due to scarcity of women at the founding and the value placed on staying interesting after marriage. The contrast with England is drawn, noting husbands’ jealousy and the appeal of a gay, flirtatious wife. The passage hints at cultural ideals and faithful types in marriage.
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Miss Collier
America
England
Ford
Why Women Write Letters About Lydia E Pinkham
Women ask if letters from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co are genuine and truthful. The firm asserts it never publishes fictitious letters or unconsented names and cites health benefits from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the reason many women write in.
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Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lydia E. Pink
State's farmers urged to grow a million bales of cotton
Alabama commissioner James A. Wade urged cotton growers to prepare for the 1917 season aiming for one million bales. He said the state can sustain prosperity with diversified crops and that despite boll weevil damage, a better season is ahead. He asked farmers to take action now to boost production and personal well being.
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James A. Wade
Alabama
Destroy The Cotton Stalks For Better Yields
Instructions urge immediate destruction of cotton stalks by plowing under, burning, or grazing. Benefits cited include weevil control, soil fertilization, and reduced weed growth. Recommendations specify using a two horse plow, limiting crop area to six to eight acres, and widening rows for taller cotton.
Local Fraternal and Relief Groups Meet at Dauphin Street Halls
The Masonic-Mobile Council of Kadosh No 2 Scottish Rite Cathedral meets with Rose voix No 3 and Owls-Mobile Nest No 1490 at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Mechanics' Relief Association convenes at 7:30 PM at Y M B A Hall. Peace Rebekah Lodge No 1 meets at Dauphin and St Emanuel streets with a Ladies Auxiliary to the Central Trades Council Hall.
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Masonic—Mobile
Stevedores Striking in Honolulu Demand Higher Wages
In Honolulu on September 27 workers in a stevedore strike demonstrated against non union labor as the Sierra liner from Australia arrived. Strikers armed with clubs persuaded some strikebreakers to join them while extra police kept the scene orderly. The walkout began September 18 seeking higher pay. employers claim ample non union labor to handle all cargo.
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Honolulu
Oceanic Steamship Company
Sierra
Australia
Cotton Growing Tips for Alabama Farmers
Advice outlines seed bed preparation and early planting with Triumph Cleveland for North Alabama Toole King and Simpkin for South Alabama. Recommends heavier initial fertilizer with seed, weed control, tick weevils from buds, burn infested squares as blooms form, shallow weekly cultivation through August, and emphasizes farmer intelligence and timing for best results.
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Triumph
Cleveland
North Alabama
Toole King
Simpkin
South Alabama
School Board Faces Fifty Thousand Dollar Deficit
The county board of school commissioners held a session at Barton Academy to review the 1916 17 budget. They faced a $50 000 deficit and ordered a committee to draft a full financial report. An Alabama amendment was endorsed and St Elmo school consolidation proposals were discussed. Auditor Windham Lyons was approved for $225, and officers will be elected Friday afternoon.
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County Board of School Missioners
Barton Academy
Alabama
John T. Cochrane
St. Elmo
R. ©. Bouchard
Rena
Run
Country School Committee
Windham Lyons
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
The Weather Bureau reports: Alabama partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with possible local showers on Thursday and along the coast tonight. Mississippi partly cloudy tonight.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
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Mixola Greely-Smith
Lydia E. Pinkham
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the Item
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Dauphin
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