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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1916
Page
5
The YMCA plans a Tuesday push with seven youths to promote character building and membership benefits. They emphasize improving health and intellect through access to rooms at low prices and high quality associations, forming a triangle of strength for members old and young.
Committees from the ha Committee and the Home Economics Club plan to plant azaleas along Government Street to make it the Street of Azaleas. The project, supported by civic bodies, calls for public funding and community cooperation with initial costs as low as 2.50. Planting should begin soon to show blooms next year.
A historic note discusses the Deep Water approach to New Orleans and Mobile with hydrographic figures from the United States Navy. It cites depth readings at South Pass and nearby channels indicating shoal and jetty impacts on navigable water.
A Selma special reported in the Birmingham Ledger recalls a 14 year old Dallas girl who swallowed a button sold for education funds. Prompt medical aid saved her life. The piece urges that the buttons are for moral support, not ingestion.
The piece contrasts Dothan's narrow garden idea with Mobile's broader Home Garden Association ideal. It argues that real gardens supply abundant vegetables for owners and often aid poorer locals, highlighting Mobile’s approach to communal gardening and year round produce.
The article argues that Selma once produced cannon and Mobile built a submarine, noting Mobile’s readiness for a government shipbuilding plant. It contends the government should consider Mobile as a site when a suitable location arises, given its facilities and strategic value. It contrasts Pensacola’s alleged financial troubles with Mobile’s claimed municipal practices.
Vice President R V Taylor of Mobile and a railroad entourage sail for New Orleans for a New Orleans Terminal Company meeting. Congressman Gray’s campaign manager Percy M Kearns returns to Washington with opposition to Gray reportedly withdrawn. A broad Mobile county social and business rep presence plus a fish fry plan in Coden Irvington Grand Bay area.
The Mobile County Medical Society plans a four day meeting of the Medical Association of Alabama beginning Tuesday April 18 at the Battle House with a public lecture at Lyric Theatre on Wednesday night. Dr W W Dinsmore, Dr Byman and Dr Arthur J Cramp will speak on life loss from preventable causes cancer and frauds in medicine.
Sunday astrology notes a sinister significance for April 2 1816 with Virgo and Saturn in adverse aspects. It warns of international tensions and labor or political conflicts in the United States, possible losses in war, graft in public works, and a promising season for theater managers.
An article in Motor Print highlights a sweeping highway program in the South linking routes from the Potomac to the Gulf of Mexico. It notes two main through routes via Mobile and the Mississippi coast with minimal poor road segments and rising ferry service plans to boost tourist traffic along the Riviera of America.
Law and Equity Court calendar for Monday April 3 shows numerous civil actions including Locker versus Gulf Coast Fair Association and Weinacker Ice & Fuel Co. versus Mobile Light and Railroad Co. Followed by weekly calls April 4 to April 8 for Verona Lumber, St John & Co., Catherine Arata, New Battle House, and several other suits with adjournment to Monday at 10 o clock. Chancery Court business includes decrees, settlements, and a sale of assets.
The Alabama registration books closed January 6 1916 and will not reopen for two years. The last legislature changed voter registration timing. Thales, a Greek philosopher circa 600 B C, discovered that amber rubbed attracts matter.
The note outlines a preference for concise reader editorials under 300 words. It discourages political statements from the Wem and repeats the constraints against recurring messages from the same source, aiming to avoid controversy and overload.
A Letter from M H Bohreer praises Mobile for its climate, homes, and beauty and urges city leaders to promote Mobile as the Floral City. The writer believes continued efforts by railroad, steamship lines, and citizens will attract tourists and growth over the next decade. He forecasts Mobile County becoming a hub of comfortable residents. Also notes Stanley H Rose’s promotion to head New York office of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
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