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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1915
Page
4
Governor Criticized for Act of Mercy on Tubercular Prisons
The Nashville Banner condemns Governor Henderson for freeing tubercular prisoners saying the act endangers public health and urging the state to fund proper care facilities. The Item supports mercy but notes slow progress toward a state home for afflicted inmates and public backing remains strong.
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Henderson
Nashville Banner
Alabama
Tennessee
Ato
Mobile
Signs of Permanent Recovery After War in Europe
In New York City the commercial world signals a permanent recovery from Europe’s war. Clews & Co reports abundant money and easy credit as signs of recuperation. Banks show sound condition with high reserves and improved banker sentiment, while general trade remains quiet but steadily improving, with iron and steel and textile activity rising though not yet at normal levels.
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United States
New York City
Europe
Old World
Clews & Co
Industrial resumption signals regional recovery in Alabama
The article notes resumed activity across multiple industries in Alabama with steel furnaces, charcoal production, and iron operations returning to near normal. It highlights districts including Gadeden Attalia Bessemer and surrounding mineral sites as revival progresses and merchant trade expectations rise.
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Alabama
Gadeden
Attalia
Bessemer
Wise Expenditure by Mobile Business Men
Mobile business leaders in the Gulf Coast Fair Association allocate 3500 dollars to premiums at each county fair across nineteen Mobile territory counties. The move aims to raise exhibition quality and farm standards, bringing local fame, cash prizes, and blue ribbons to farmers who adopt improved methods. Prosperity for Mobile and wider opportunities are anticipated as fairs showcase better crops and livestock.
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Mobile
Gulf Coast Fair Association
Gulf Coast
Gulf Coast Association
Woman from Gadsden Leads Alabama Crop Diversification Drive
Mrs. G. H. Mathis, temporary president of the Alabama Crop Diversification Association, visits Mobile to assist District Chairman J. Leslie Taylor. She urges bankers and business interests to back diversification, saying farmer prosperity benefits all, and aims to recruit support across Alabama for the movement.
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G. H. Mathis
Gadsden
Alabama Crop Diversification Association
Mathis
Mobile County
J. Leslie Taylor
Mobile
Alabama
Monument for a Pot Licker Inventor
A terse quip notes the custom of honoring big achievers with monuments and playfully asks about a monument for the inventor of a pot licker, implying a modest or humorous achievement. The remark reflects a humorous, locally flavored sentiment on fame and recognition.
War of races in Hawaii sparks heated talk today
The piece notes a charged discussion over race in Hawaii, referencing shifting social tensions and public reactions. It hints at consequences and the public mood without detailing specific events or names.
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Hawaii
Scrim Mage Drawn As Waster Garments Parade
Yesterday Old Sol wrestled with Boreas leaving a draw for the scrim mage while the Waster garments were on parade, keeping the page lively with weather and fashion notes.
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Sol
Boreas
Governor Henderson Calls Statewide Cleanup Day
The proclamation orders a general statewide cleaning effort starting today. Citizens are urged to join the drive to make Mobile the cleanest city, mirroring Henderson’s stance on other issues.
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Henderson
Mobile
Appropriation Cut for Mobile Harbor Maintenance
The rivers and harbor improvements bill reduces Mobile harbor funding from 53 000 to 30 000 and totals 107 000 for Mobile harbor with 10 000 for related work. Lieutenant Charles Keller notes a twenty five percent cut versus original estimates. Other Mobile district cuts include Tom Bigbee river 42 500 Demopolis to Walkers Bridge 6 300 Pascagoula river 10 300 Gulfport bar 62 500 Wolf and Jordan rivers 6 250 and one river below Rockport 11 000.
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Contres
Mobile Bar and Harbor
Mobile Harbor
Bar and Harbor
Charles Keller
Mobile United States Engineer
Congress
Mobile District
Tombigbee River
Demopolis
Walkers Bridge
Miss
Pascagoula River
Gulfport Bar
Rae Island Pass
Wolf and
Jordan Rivers
Rockport
Easter Services Across Churches Highlight Mobile Holiday
Easter weather drew many out in spring attire as churches across Mobile held special services and festivals. Clergy led sermons and confirmations at All Saints Christ Trinity and other parishes while revivals continued at Tabernacle and Government Street churches. Greek residents joined in home observances with Easter eggs hunts and feasts reflecting their tradition.
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Mobile
Beckwith
Polyoodat Ign
Alabama
All Saints’ Church
Christ Church
Trinity Church
All Baptist
J. M. Houston
Red Oak
Oakdale Baptist Church
Curtis M. Shugart
Tabernacle Baptist Church
M. C. Razey
South Carolina
E. C. Moore
Montgomery
Government Street Methodist Church
BE. J. Jorgenson
Louisville
Prichard
James O'Neal
St. Matthew’s Church
Birmingham
Greece
Turks Claim Sunk Russian Vessels At Odessa
Constantinople dispatch reports the Turkish war office stating two Russian ships were sunk near Odessa by the Turkish fleet, the Provident of 2,000 tons and the Vostochnaka of 1,600 tons. Batteries at Kum Kale allegedly sank an enemy minesweeper near the Dardanelles entrance.
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Berlin
London
Constantinople
Turkish War Office
Provident
Vostochnaka
Odessa
Kum Kale
Dardanelles
Records omit Provident and Vastoch naka in latest ships
Neither in the latest shipping records is Provident mentioned nor Vastoch naka. The report notes no sightings or entries for these names and flags the absence as noteworthy for traffic monitoring.
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the Provident
Vastochnaka
Boys and Girls Enter Automobile Contest in Mobile
Hundreds of Mobilé youths have joined the Automobile Contest launched this week in Mobile by the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company. Entrants aged eight to twelve may compete for the prize auto by selling the most Loose-Wiles biscuits and cakes over a sixty day period. Information is available from any Mobile grocer.
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Mobile
Loose-Wiles Briscuit Company
van Antwerp
Dauphin and Royal
Whistler Woman Edna McKenzie Found Dead in Bed
Mrs. Edna Pearl McKenzie 28 native of Louisiana and wife of Asa McKenzie was found dead in bed at 4 30 Sunday. She retired healthy the night before. Survived by husband two children Lucille and Willie May and four sisters. Funeral from Station street residence Monday at 2 30 in Whistler Cemetery burial.
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Whistler
Edna Pearl McKenzie
Asa McKenzie
McKenzie
Joseph
Mary Baker
Louisiana
Auto Crash Buries Two Men After Collision Evasion
On Cedar Point road four miles from town Ferdi nand Hackmeyer proprietor of a foundry and machine shop drove into a pine tree to avoid a buggy. His car turned turtle trapping Hackmeyer and Fritz Ebert beneath. Both injured, Peter Martin helped move them home. Dr. Frazer treated them.
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Cedar Point
Ferdinand Hackmeyer
Fritz Ebert
Karl
Peter Martin
Royal
Palmetto
T. H. Frazer
Requests for historical fortifications illustrations in a book
John Martin Hammond of Germantown Pennsylvania asks the Chamber of Commerce secretary for old prints or cuts of Fort Morgan and Fort Louis de la Mobile for his forthcoming book on North American fortifications to be published by J B Lippincott He intends a chapter on these forts and seeks illustrations he has had trouble securing suitable images.
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Chamber of Commerce
John Martin Hammond
Walnut Lane
Germantown
Fort Morgan
Fort Louis de la Mobile
North America
J. B. Lippincott
Hammond
Louis de la Mobile
Gore
Tick Eradication Campaign Calls Alabama Wake-Up
Governor Henderson proclaims Tick Eradication Week from April 26 to May 1 urging statewide meetings in every county seat. The plan stresses removing cattle ticks to protect cattle, milk quality, and public health, with school discussions and mass gatherings to push for immediate action.
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Henderson
Alabama
Commissioners and Boards of Revenue
Montgomery
Charles Henderson
Joint Field Artillery Camps Planned for Several Cities
The War Department announced summer joint field artillery camps for regulars and militia. From June 1 to 15 instruction for officers and NCOs will be held at Tobyhanna Pennsylvania Fort Riley Kansas Fort Sill Oklahoma Anniston Alabama Sparta Wisconsin and Sisson California.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Organized Militia
Tobyhanna
Fort Riley
Kas
Fort Sill
Okla
Anniston
Ala
Sparta
Wis
Sisson
Cal
Revival at North Side Baptist Draws Record Crowds
Large congregations gather at North Side Baptist to hear Rev. D. W. Bosdell. He states the meetings will be continued indefinitely. Services are held every night at 7 30 preceded by a song service.
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North Side Baptist Church
D. W. Bosdell
Catholic Priest Sentenced to Death in Syria
A priest named Yusef Elhait has been sentenced to be hanged in Syria for sending a letter to the president of the French chamber of deputies about Lebanon. The dispatch is dated Amsterdam via London, April 5, and comes from Beirut.
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Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Lokal Anzieger
Beirut
Syria
Yusef Elhait
Chamber of Deputies
Lebanon
Legislators Thank Card From Mobile Visit
Secretary Card of the Chamber of Commerce received a letter from John B Weakley chairman of the joint committee upon finance and taxation of the Alabama legislature thanking him for his services to the committee while in office and noting the visit will benefit both the committee and Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
John B Weakley
Joint Committee Upon Finance and Taxation
Alabama ‘Legislature
Mobile
Bills in Trouble in the West Legislature
A Denver letter from a son in the West reveals his fall from virtue as the speaker recalls warning him about temptation. The father asks the parson to tell his wife that Billy, now in Denver, has joined the Legislature but the reason remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver News
Montgomery Advertiser
Billy
Bill
Waller
Denver
Easter Egg Rolling at White House Draws Thousands
Washington April 5. The annual Easter egg rolling filled the White House lawns with hundreds of children and adults enjoying the pastime. President Wilson and his family watched from the south portico as gates opened at nine, with many government officials’ children participating.
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White House
Washington
Wilson
Gulf Ports to Handle Horse Shipments for Italy and Greece
Italian authorities will ship 1,200 artillery horses from New Orleans aboard the Portuguese Prince, with the first Gulfport shipment. Greek purchases total 1,100 cavalry horses to depart Galveston aboard the Rappahannock, sailing from New York to load cargo.
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Gulf Ports
Italy
Greece
New Orleans
United States
Galveston
Rappahannock
New York
Two German Steamers Strike Mines in Baltic Waters
A Reuters despatch from Copenhagen reports two German coasting steamers struck floating mines in the Baltic near the Trelleborg Sassnitz route, with traffic suspended and crews saved. Some sailors were landed at Sassnitz.
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Baltic
London
Malmo
Sweden
Reuter
Copenhagen
Trelleborg
Sassnitz
Services at Temple Conclude Passover Observance
At the Jewish Temple Monday evening at 8 o’clock services conclude the Feast of Passover. Rabbi Alfred G. Moses will deliver the address. Services were held Sunday night and Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Alfred G. Moses
British tank steamer Trinculo sails and returns damaged
London reports the British tank steamer Trinculo sailed from Newport on April 1 toward New Orleans and came back two days later with collision damage. Repairs are expected to take a fortnight.
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London
Trinculo
Newport
New Orleans
IN AND OUT OF TOWN PERSONAL COLUMN
Substantial list of visitors to Mobile hotels notes Ernest W. Wiggins and wife from Washington D C at the Cawthon, E S Caldwell of Paris with a Japanese valet at the same hotel, plus other guests from Alabama Florida Ontario and Georgia at the Cawthon Battle House Bienville and St Andrew hotels over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest W. Wiggins
Washington, D. C
Cawthon Hotel
E. S. Caldwell
Paris
France
G. R. Henry
Fairhope
Ala
L. S. Mudd
Tampa
Fla
Sam Stern
Demopolis
W. L. Ungicker
Satsuma
M. A. Touart
Pensacola
H. A. Gould
Nina B. Gould
Filynon Gould
Barre
Ontario
Mobile
Battle House
W. W. Steele
Herbert Arky
Meridian
Miss
C. W. Lacy
Anniston
J. L. Southgate
Birmingham
W. B. Cochart
Atlanta
H. B. Fowler
No Change at Dardanelles in Allied War Reports
Constantinople dispatches relay no shift in the Dardanelles situation. The Russian fleet attacked Eregli on March 30 with about 2,000 shots, sinking nine barges and damaging four shore houses, but caused no casualties and coal continued to arrive. Greek sources claim over 30,000 Anglo French troops have landed on Lemnos, while Tanin suggests Britain may aim to seize positions at the Dardanelles to counter Russia.
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Constantinople
Bosphorus
Eregli
Black Sea
Asia Minor
Athens
Lemnos
Dardanelles
Russia
Sunday School Convention Session Highlights at Dothan
The Alabama Sunday School Workers meet in Dothan with sessions at First Baptist First Methodist and Foster Street churches. Leaders include Myra Batchelder N A Barrett Mattie Huston Nannie Baker Lottie May Rose Minnie Kennedy H W Denman and John L Alexander.
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Southernee Theological Seminary
Louise
Presbyteria Church
Myra Batchelder
N. A. Barrett
East Lake
Rahama/ Baptist Sunday School
Mattie Huston
Mobile
Mobile Graded Union
Nannie Baker
Mobile County Sunday School Association
First Baptist Church
Freda Rose
Lottie May Rose
Mobile Older Girls’ Council
John L. Alexander
Minnie E. Kennedy
Birmingham
Sunday School Association
H. W. Denman
Birmingham U. S. Association
Foster Street Methodist Church
Wm. D. Dunn
Excell
Roper
E. H. Jennings
Dothan
A. J. Dickinson, Jr
Eufaula
F. E. Chapman
Southern University
Greensboro
Ethel Beane
Montgomery
Philathea
Court Street
M. E. Sunday School
John W. Bowers
Troy
First Baptist Sunday Chool
J. B. Davie
W. Blocton
W. Blocton Baptist Su
W. C. Pearce
International Sunday School Association
Women to Build Hotel for Girls in New York
One hundred fifty women, led by Mrs A C Page, contributed to fund a new hotel for working girls at a luncheon in the Martinique Hotel. Donations reached over 100000 with gifts from Mrs William Tod Helmuth and Mrs Edward W Hooke, aiming to add sewing, laundry, and reception spaces. The existing Federation Hotel at 462 West Twenty second Street turns away 10 to 15 girls daily.
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New York
New York City
Federation of Women's Clubs
Martinique
A. C. Page
West Ninety-second Street
William Todi Helmuth
Edward W. Hooke
International Pure Milk League
Page
Federation
City Federation
West Twenty-second Street
Pagesa
Frederick R. Lee
E. Glogan
Federation Hotel
Lifting the Band of Coventry Tops Empire Theatre Program
Broadway feature Lifting the Band of Coventry stars Darwin Karr Lillian Walker Harry Northup and Harry T Morey at the Empire with The Outlaw's Awakening also billed. Admission five cents. Tomorrow adds Runaway June episode and Hazards of Helen Helen Holmes plus Hearst Selig News Pictorial. Du Barry Wednesday with Mrs Leslie Carter in lead role. six act production from George Kleine.
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Coventry
Darwin Karr
Lillian Walker
Harry Northup
Harry T. Morey
Empire Theatre
G. M. Anderson
The
Empire
Helen Holmes
Helen
Hearst-Selig News
du Barry
Mobile
George Kleine
the Empire
Leslie Carter
Samson at Crown Promises Big Pleasure for All
Samson a five reel picturization Henry Bernstein masterpiece headlines tomorrow at the Crown Theatre. William Farnum leading man with a nationwide following. Admission 5 and 10 cents. Keystone comedy with Roscoe Arbuckle also billed for Tuesday. In the Switch Tower two reel Broncho drama today. Irving Cummings star in When the Fire Bell Rang. Black Sheep Reliance drama with Loretta Blake and Harry Elmore completes the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samson
Henry Bernstein
Crown Theatre
William Farnum
Mr. Farnum
Keystone
Roscoe Arbuckle
Irving Cummings
Loretta Blake
Harry Elmore
Cabiria Draws Big Crowds at Lyric Theatre
Gabriele D Annunzio, famed Italian poet dramatist, wrote the Cabiria scenario for a masterful photo spectacle now shown at the Lyric Theatre. Carlo Sciamengo says after Rome premiere he rejected many offers to write for others, stating he spent two years on Cabiria and will rest at his Alessandria villa to finish two plays for Rejane and Bernhardt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabriele D’annunzio
Cabiria
Lyric Theatre
Carlo Sciamengo
Italy
Turin
Signor Sciamengo
Grand Opera
Rome
D’annunzio
Spain
Sicily
Switzerland
Egypt
Alessandria
Genoa
Rejane
Bernhardt
Pavlova to Perform at Lyric Theatre Thursday Night
Anna Pavlova the famed dancer known as the twinkling toes arrives in town for a one night engagement at the Lyric Theatre on Thursday April 8. She discusses a third American tour after an extended season in England and will present a varied program under Sidney Berrey with the Imperial Russian Ballet of fifty and additional soloists in tow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paviowa
Anna Paviowa
Lyric Theatre
England
Sidney Berrey
Mile
Pavlova
Danseuse
Mobile C of C invited to send delegates for Columbus meeting
Commerce received a note Monday from the Columbus Chamber of Commerce and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce announcing a joint meeting of farmers and business men in Columbus on April 15 to discuss Marketing and Diversified Crops. Mobile asked Mr. Card to appoint one representative and five delegates, with a Mobile delegate speaking on How to Grow and Prepare for Marketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Card
Chamber of Commerce
Columbus Chamber of Comierte
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Columbus
Mobile
Adult Bible Class Evangelizing Agency Address
Dr EK J of First Presbyterian leads evangelizing session for men at 8:15 with Mr S A Russell of Anniston. Mr W C Peares delivers 8:45 address at First Baptist Church in a evening program.
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Powhatan W. James
D. D
First Baptist Church
Selma
W. C. Pearce
Pyrie
A. G. Moseley
Baptist Church
Wetumpka
Geo. Stoves
First Methodist Church
Dist
A. B.C
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