French Advance Drives Germans From Somme Fortifications
In Septembers on the French front near Somme Allied troops press the German line, capturing vast ground and thousands of prisoners. French artillery and infantry attacks push through fortified positions north and south of the Somme, with heavy trench fighting and mounting casualties on both sides.
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Associated Press
Senlis
France
Somme
Ess
Bouchavesnes
Clery
Mont St. Quentin
Cry
Ross
Agle
Masonic Groups Schedule Evening Meetings Tonight
Masonic-Mobile Chapter No. 21 R and 8 M holds a 7:30 session at the Masonic Temple. Odd Fellows McInnis Lodge No 71 meets at Dauphin and St Emanuel streets. LO. O. F. Erndt Lodge No 278 gathers at the Odd Fellows hall.
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Masonic
Mobile
Masonic Temple
Odd Fellows—McInnis
Dauphin and
St. Emanuel Streets
LO. O
Erndt
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Cartoonist buys isle in Atlantic near Bahamas
Chicago cartoonist John T. McCutcheon has bought Salt City Island in the South Atlantic near the Bahamas. The 3.5 by 1 mile island, known to mariners as Treasure Island for legends of buried loot, will be developed for its cocoanut trees rather than treasure.
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Chicago
John T. McCutcheon
South Atlantic Ocean
Salt City Island
Treasure Island
McCutcheon
French Hold High Ground as Allies Dominate Skies
The article describes French forces repelling German assaults with fortified positions and high crests held against German artillery. It notes Allied air superiority with balloon and aircraft observation, stringing defenses and reporting German moves, while naval guns support the offensive.
War headlines on mobility and riverine artillery
Describes valuable naval guns on railroad trucks enabling wide range and rapid transfer. Reports French seamen using waterways in armored boats armed with ship guns to attack German positions. Notes high efficiency behind lines creating impression that war is an ordinary condition.
King of the Aces Sinks Three German Planes in 150 Seconds
Paris dispatch reports Second Lieutenant Georges Guynemer, famed ace, downed three German aeroplanes in two minutes thirty seconds. He then, after a wing strike, survived a dramatic plunge and crash landing. He had earlier been credited with multiple kills and was wounded in March.
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Associated Press
Paris
Georges Guyenemer
Guyenemer
Jackson to Wage Illiteracy Fight
The Mississippi State Illiteracy Commission plans a Jackson publicity week in late October. Despite no legislative funds, volunteers operate night schools in Panola Lee and Clay counties with expansion in Monroe Noxubee Tate and Quitman. Ellie Willingham leads the effort with a booth at the liberal arts building and state fair literature distribution.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi State
Panola
Lee
Clay
Monroe
Noxubee
Tate
Quitman
Ellie Willingham
Commission
Liberal Arts
Club Women of
Mississippi
He Weds Fifth Time at Age of 94 Years
Captain Charles A. Gordon aged 94, a Colorado Springs resident, marries his fifth wife, Margaret Dixon, 78, in a ceremony recalling his long military career from Chatham Military Academy in London to service in India, Crimea, and the American Civil War.
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Associated Press
Colorado Springs
Col
London
Victoria
Charles A. Gordon
Margaret Dixon
Gordon
Chatha Military Academy
Punjab
India
Crimea
America
Fall Hat Day proclaimed by Mobile mayor in 1916
Mayor Pat J. Lyons proclaims September 30 as Fall Hat Day in Mobile Alabama calling for the summer straw bonnets to be retired. The proclamation urges residents to replace summer millinery with fall styles and to ring the bell signaling the change.
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Pat J. Lyons
Te City
Mobile
Derby
Dicer
Kelly
Alabama
City of
United States
Swiss to Intern Prisoners in Universities
In Berne the Swiss foreign minister Dr. Arthur Hoffmann told parliament that all interned students would attend Swiss universities. He warned the expanding internment may outpace Swiss resources and suggested seeking cooperation from other neutrals, notably the United States.
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Associated Press
Berne
Paris
Arthur Hoffman
Hoffmann
Switzerland
United States
Dr. Hoffmann
Hamburg American Line Stockholders Hold Meeting
The Hamburg American Line held its first general stockholders meeting since the war began. Ninety million marks of its capital were represented out of 180 million, and no financial statement was released due to wartime provisions. Most directors elected are residents of Hamburg and its outskirts.
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Associated Press
Hamburg
Herlin
Ment
London
German Interned Cruisers Head to Philadelphia for Yard Work
The German cruisers Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Friedrich left Norfolk Navy Yard for Philadelphia under convoy. The Kronprinz was towed by five tugs including Ontario and Sonoma while the Fire started propulsion. The Vermont and Minnesota with two destroyers accompany the convoy.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Prinz F Eitel Friedrich
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Kronprinz
Ontario
Sonoma
Hercules
Patuxent
Alvah Bushnell
Vermont
Minnesota
Thornhill Named Supply Pastor for North Side Baptist Church
Rev F L Thornhill a young minister in Mobile has been named supply pastor at North Side Baptist Church succeeding Rev D W Bosdell who has resigned. Bosdell left Mobile Friday for Pascagoula Miss to undertake missionary work for the time being.
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F. L. Thornhill
North Side
General Pierre Girodon Falls in Somme Drive
London Sept 29 General Pierre Girodon a brilliant young general killed in the Somme fighting September 23. He was a colonel at the outbreak of hostilities. The latest appointments list ten generals moved to the reserve to make way for younger energetic officers.
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Associated Press
London
Pierre Girodon
Somme
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Robert W. Chambers
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