Villa Heads To Meet Peace Commission In Mexico
General Villa left Torreon for Aguas Calientes to meet with General Obregon, head of Carranza peace commission, after receiving hundreds of urging messages from army officers to pursue a peaceful settlement. Villa thanked them for their noble spirit.
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Villa
Aguas Calientes
Obregon
Pacification Commission
Carranna
Carranza
Rheims Cathedral Beauty Can Never Be Restored
Paris Sept. 30 New York architect Whitney Warren returned from Rheims where he inspected the cathedral damaged by German bombardment. He says the artistic beauty can never be restored, noting the structure's robust carcass allowed partial survival though much is lost. Warren plans to brief Ambassador Myron T Herrick.
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Associated Press
Paris
Rheims
Whitney Warren
New York
Rheitas
Warren
Myron T. Herrick
France
Mr. Warren
Fire destroys nine structures in Plateau. $4800 loss
A Sunday fire in Plateau wiped out one store owned by grocer L. D. Finley and eight small dwellings, totaling about $4800 with no insurance. Occupants escaped in night clothing with possessions lost.
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Plateau
L. D. Finley
Phases of the Present Cotton Problem
The article outlines eight interdependent avenues to relieve the cotton crisis. Immediate steps include warehouse backed currency and debt settlement at Baltimore, plus buy a bale efforts. Future measures urge acreage reduction, bonded warehouses, buy a bale of cotton goods, expanded mills, and more American production to shield growers from foreign market disruption.
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Washington
Baltimore
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
America
Gamesters Fall Out Fined in Recorder Court
Dan Young George Washington and Charles Cannon three men engaged in a skin game that broke up in a fight were arraigned in the recorder s court and each fined Young hit Washington over the head with a picket and received 51 dollars and thirty days costs Washington faced disorderly conduct with 15 dollars or thirty days Cannon charged with drunkenness and fined 7 dollars or ten days
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Dan Young
George Washington
Charles Cannon
Recorder’s Court
Washington
Cannon
British Action Closes Dardanelles and Dutch Ship Losses
Reports from Constantinople say British warships near the Dardanelles have forced Turkey to close the waterway. Berlin notes rising Dutch anger over British seizures, including the Rotterdam steamer Sophie. A British aviator reportedly bombed Maastricht, violating neutrality, while alleged dum-dum bullet use by British officers is claimed in German accounts. Albert Berlin discusses British finance amid a moratorium.
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Constantinople
Dardanelles
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Holland
Rotterdamsche Courant
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Netherlands
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Albert Berlin
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Hamburger Nachrichten
First Slavery Conviction in Frisco Courts
In San Francisco United States district court Mrs Wong Sam, an aged Chinese woman, was found guilty of holding Loy Gum in bondage. The evidence showed the girl was smuggled into the country and sold for 3900 dollars. After the charge was resolved threats of burial alive were used to deter escape.
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San Francisco
United States
Wong Sam
Baldwin to vote on $250000 6000 roads bond issue
Baldwin County Good Roads Association approves a new plan to seek a $250,000 bond for road improvements. The group will circulate petitions to urge the county board of revenue to call a bond election, aiming for a countywide plan and broad support. President J B Lawrence notes this as the remedy for the county's bad roads.
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Baldwin County
Loxley
Baldwin County Good Roads Association
J. B. Lawrence
Dyas
F. Co. Hall
Ray Minette
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Board of Revenue
Lawrence
Alabama
Baid
Thirty British gunners reach death in vain stand
A Paris Reuters dispatch reports thirty British field battery gunners fell as they knowingly faced almost certain death. They saluted comrades and then went out of action. Their fire, despite losses, helped the British infantry seize the enemy position with bayonet effort. Similar actions occurred along the western wing aiding Allied resistance to German onslaughts.
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Associated Press
London
Reuter
Paris
Vinci Strength Restorer Promoted With Patient Testimony
Plant City Florida woman Mrs C H Miner reports dramatic improvement after using Vinci claiming restored strength sleep and weight gain. Ad offers money back if it fails and lists Van Antwerp Drug Corp Mobile Alabama as seller. Also details train schedules from Mobile with connections to Birmingham Chattanooga Cincinnati and New York with Pullman service and through sleepers.
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Vinci
C. H. Miner
van Antwerp Drug Corp, Inc
Mobile
Ala
Meridian
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Cincinnati
Pullman
New York
Information City Ticket Office
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Baxter Named Collector of Customs for Dominican Republic
Clarence D. Baxter of Paterson New Jersey chosen by President Wilson to fill the post of collector of customs for the Dominican Republic, succeeding Walker W. Vick who resigned. The nomination faced no immediate discussion of reports that Vick had lodged charges against the American minister Sullivan.
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Associated Press
Washington
Clarence D. Baxter
Paterson
N. J
Wilson
Dominican Republic
Walker W. Vick
Homes of Women Wrecked By the Invaders
American women are urged to use Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription to regulate the female system during life stages from girlhood to motherhood. The ad touts the remedy as a restorative for headaches lassitude pale health and other feminine ailments and invites readers to obtain it from dealers or write to Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York.
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Dr. Pierce
Property Assessing To Begin Thursday In Mobile County
The Mobile county property assessment will start on October 1 with Tax Assessor E. D. Laurendine and assistants conducting the work. Laurendine will be at only ana Eight Mile Station during the initial phase and will continue the process through the month.
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Mobile County
E. D. Laurendine
Mr. Laurendine
Ana Eight Mile Station
Brass Theft and Embezzlement Cases Postponed in Court
Ed Blake accused of stealing brass valued at $20 and Hattie Austin charged with embezzlement had their cases called in the recorder's court on Wednesday and continued until Thursday morning to summon witnesses.
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Ed Blake
Hattie Austin
Recorder’s Court
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