French and British Press Fresh Offensive Against Teutons
Paris dispatches report German casualties from the French and British offensive exceed three army corps or more than 120,000 with continued fighting in Champagne and Artois. North of Messignes 1,000 Germans surrendered while Bulgaria is expected to attack Serbia within fifteen days per Havas.
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Bulgaria
Serbia
Athens
Distone Corps
Ls St
Russia
Paris
French War Office
Champagne
Artois
France
Messiges
War Office
Havas
Pinsk
London
Times Petrograd
Greece
Macedonia
Constantinople
Berlin
Dardanelles
Allied assaults continue as allies push at Loos
British forces batter the third German line near Loos while French offensives in Champagne persist. German gains in the Argonne are limited. Allied pressure remains high with German positions under intensifying attack.
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London
Loos
Champagne
Argonne
England
French
Neuve Chapelle
Joffre
France
Belgium
Russia
Poland
Lutsk
Dvinsk
Soes
Weather Forecast from Washington
Washington forecast calls for rain tonight and Thursday with strong east to south coastal gales. Mississippi area expected rain tonight and Thursday with gales along the southern portion.
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Washington
South Portino
Tea Can Be Raised on Gulf Coast Declares Professor
O C E A N S P R I N G S Miss Sept 29 Special That tea can be raised on the coast is the statement of Prof O H De Lamorton a citizen of Jacksons county who has raised and cured at Laine Miss a fine grade of Chinese tea His crop is now in bloom and Professor De Lamorton after due experimentation finds the soil and climate of south Mississippi Alabama Florida and Louisiana well adapted to the culture of tea.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
Jackson’s County
Laine
de ‘Lamorton
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
Bridge and highway drive linked Mobile and Baldwin counties
Twenty two seconds after the good roads convention adjourned a committee was formed to push a delta bridge and connecting highways between Mobile and Baldwin counties. S. A. Le Blanc issued a call for a Baldwin Mobile joint meeting to organize rapid construction and secure county and private backing. New cooperative effort emerged with Hamp ton D. Ewing backing Baldwin county plans and pledging broad notices and interviews to mobilize support.
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Good Roads
Alabama-Mississippi Gulf Coast Highway Association
Delta
Mobile
Baldwin Counties
Baldwin County
S. A. le Blanc
Mobile County
Cawthon Hotel
le Blanc
Rotary Club
Gulf Coast
Mobile-Baldwin Counties
Hampton D. Ewing
New York
Mr. LeBlanc
Mr. Ewing
Bal County
Molderstein
Oscar Johnson
W.W. B. Thomleyn
C. A. Boller
John Craft
T. H. Webb
L. C. Irvine
A. LeBla
Rain Needed By Fall Gardens
The Item reports hay has been cut and covered, cotton largely picked, corn and fodder gathered, but a dry spell harmed fall gardens. Farming activity in Mobile area slows for winter as crop reports pause until spring. Potatoes plentiful, Irish potatoes uneven, peanuts plentiful. pecan crop shows promise. Continued on Page 7.
Florida jury finds Mendenhall guilty of murder
In Clearwater Florida J J Mendenhall a known orange grower and mill operator was found guilty of murdering Susie Eliot and her mother following testimony from state witness Guy Stemple. The verdict came after a daylong jury deliberation with mercy recommended.
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Clearwater
Fla
J. J. Mendenhall
Susie Eliot
Bessie Eliot
Mendenhall
Guy Stemple
Stemple
Here
Golver
Cotton futures open steady in New York and New Orleans
Cotton futures opened steady in New York and New Orleans with October near 11.90 in both cities. Sold on Liverpool's decline, buyers later pushed prices higher as Gulf storm fears spread, lifting several active months to around 12.15 to 12.68 after opening declines.
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New York
New
Liverpool
New Orleans
Forty Mobilians to Visit Cotton Factory Wednesday
More than forty Mobillane will tour the cotton factory as the Dale converts raw cotton into garments for humanity. The group is led by E. M. Bailey of the Know-Your-City committee of the Chamber of Commerce and will depart from Royal and St. Francis at 3 PM Wednesday. Automotives will be provided and others may join by notifying Mr. by noon to ensure seating.
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Mobillane
Humanity
E. M. Bailey
Chamber of Commerce
Royal and
St. Francis Street
By Antenone
Loney
Mr. Boy
Mississippi Veterans Gather for Biloxi Reunion Debates Next Year
Biloxi Mississippi hosts the United Confederate Veterans reunion with Meridian and Hattiesburg as the only cities mentioned for next year’s convention. Parade led by Captain John E. Lewis highlights the day with sessions at Firemen's Hall and Biloxi Yacht Club. A ball at Riviera Hotel and a Beauvoir barbecue are scheduled as part of the activities.
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Biloxi
Mixs
United Confederate Veterans
Mississippi
Hattie
Meridian
Bloxi
Sons of Veterans
John E. Lewis
Confederate Veterans
Firemen's Hall
Lamouse Street
John A. Webb
Mississippi Division
Jackson
Biloxi Yacht Club
Veterans and Sons and Daughters
Riviera Hotel
Mississippi Sound
Camp Biloxi Rifles
Jefferson Davis
Beauvoir
Gulfport
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Pass Christian
Bay St. Louis
Farmer Leads Drive to Save Mobile Chamber of Commerce
A farmer who led the charge declared that dropping the demonstration department would shake farmer confidence and doom city county cooperation. A 25 member volunteer committee was formed to inform members of their responsibility and rally support for Maloney's department.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ae Een Sinert
Chamber “R
Mobile
George A. Maloney
Cawthon
Roth
Owat Elmer Sr
Creo
Stewart Brooks
Maloney
FE. Q. Norton
E. C. Hughes
Leon Schwartz
J. D. Andrews
T. K. Jackson
W. M. Clemens
Julius Hammel
Arthur Tonsmeire
EB. M. Batley
Elmer R. Sly
C. A. Gray
Ge Thomp
Busi
Ness
Chamber of Merce
Automobile Without License Hangs Itself on Fence Near Hall's Mill
Two Mobile girls in a new car without a license avoid helping motorists after the auto backed from a ditch and nearly struck a barbed wire fence along Hall's Mill road eight miles from Mobile. Eyewitnesses say the speed reached thirty five miles an hour though victims claim thirty five. They refused to give names or address and allowed a motorist to take them to the city. The wreck left two damaged front wheels and minor injuries.
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Mobile
Jdisniey
Humber
Storm Warning and Center Path Shift Northward
The local weather bureau issued at 8:20 a m a storm warning for southeastern Louisiana and New Orleans as the center moved northward between New Orleans and the Atchafalaya region. Gales and strong northerly winds were forecast to affect east Louisiana today and tonight with the storm inland and wind speeds increasing from 42 miles per hour.
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New
New Orleans
Louisiana
Atchafalaya
Big
Here
Gulf
New Jeans
Weather storm moving north toward mouth of Mississippi
The coastal region from Mississippi to northwest Florida faces shifting gales as a tropical storm center moves northward near the Mississippi mouth. Weather bureau reports indicate slower movement with potential strengthening tonight along the coast and into the southeastern states.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Washington
Weather Bureau
Florida
Coastal Storm Prompts Warnings and Local Preparations
Weather reports warn of a tropical storm moving north along the Gulf Coast toward Florida Louisiana and Pensacola. Storm warnings extend to Tampa and Key West as ships seek shelter. Local business leaders debate Chamber efforts and coastal commerce while fishermen and crews brace for gales and possible damage.
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Allustadigetre
Louisiana
Tampa
Key West
Motile
Pensacola
Televices
Bayou la Tre
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Erving
Nashvi
Gulf Crast
Good Roads Association
Wth
Hattiesburg
NEX
Farmier
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Ben
George Fearn, Jr
Ebse
Aubrey Boyles
H. P. Reynolds
George Kilmer
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J. D. Sutton
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