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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1915
Page
4
The rally at Relief Hall aims to unite executive and legislative efforts to avert a looming financial disaster in Alabama. Organizers stress cooperation over partisan aims and insist the governor seeks general public interest, not votes, guiding the state’s post election policy.
The piece recalls the Ninth day of April as a historic Volunteer Firemen event in Mobile. It honors the Veteran Firemen Association and the old guard who protected life and property before modern fire protection existed. The narrative links the unit to Confederate veterans and the enduring spirit of public service.
A clipped historical note suggests Minnesota discussions on elopements and romantic themes within legislative discourse. The fragment references gendered perceptions and social pressures without detailing names or dates.
Fragmentary lines suggest forecasts of a delayed or absent spring season. Readers are left with uncertain climate predictions and notes on unusual weather patterns.
The Texas compulsory education law could jail parents who fail to send children to school. The Dallas Morning News supports the measure, noting it ensures youth receive primary education and helps Texas shed illiteracy, despite early objections about wages earned by children.
Severe weather in the past week caused little damage to Irish potato plants. The worst effects were on English peas and snap beans, with more pronounced losses reported for those crops.
The North Side Baptist church concluded a two and a half week revival last night with Rev. D. W. Bossell delivering "Almost Is But to Fail." Large crowds attended throughout, and about thirty new members joined the church, a result the pastor and congregation praised as a highlight in its history.
The editor prints a cordial note from D. W. Bosdell of Mobile Alabama dated April 8 thanking the local paper for space and favorable comments given to church meetings. He says the coverage was a distinct service to the pastor and officials and was greatly appreciated.
The Item lists guests registered at the Cawthon and Battle House hotels including visitors from Atlanta New Orleans Chicago Los Angeles Evanston Montgomery Portland and Cincinnati. Names include W H Oden J B Patterson C C Norfleet C A Gaudin J M White John Mc Kinley Mrs T J Hall and others with dates of stay noted. T T Griel of Montgomery attends the druggists convention in Mobile.
A poem contrasts trench toil with the first bloom of Spring and a soldier’s memories. He envisions a future romance in a Bavarian meadow or Devon lane, questioning whether humanity was made to kill each other and reflecting on divine purpose.
The photoplay at the Crown This Way adapts Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch from Anne Crawford Flexner and Alice Hogan Rice stories. Beatriz Michelena stars Lovey Mary with House Peters as lead male, five reels. Five cent children ten cent adults admission. The program also features The Old Chemist and Jealousy with Mixed Values tomorrow.
Fairhope residents host visitors from New Orleans and Mobile while preparing for the Knights of Pythias convention and a banquet at the public school auditorium. East Fairhope hosts social events as the Ladies' Aid Society meets and a bridge party supports a People's railroad bond.
The maid of all work, described as black as a pot, fears a visitor at the front door. Mistress tells Jane to peek, and Jane reports it is only the master, not a gentleman.
Miss Clayton headlines at the Empire with an all star cast and a Lubin comedy Monkey Business also on offer starring Joseph Kaufman with Richard C. Travers and Ruth Stonehouse in The Man of Motley. Admission six cents. Tomorrow a Broadway Star Feature shows a three act sea drama with Harry T Storey Edith Storey Harry Northup and others in a tale of revenge aboard Captain Waverlie.
The program features The Fortune Hunter starring James Morrison and George Cooper and The Demand That Must Be Supplied a George Ade piece with Bryant Washburn and Gerda Holmes. A preceding short includes Gengeance is all his own and highlights the claim to glory.
The great Anna Pavlova premiering at the Lyric Theatre Thursday night April shows a rich program from classic ballet to modern dances. No one will be admitted after the curtain rises at 8 15.
The Cabiria film by Gabriele D Annunzio is shown at the Lyric Theatre Friday with a matinee for city school children at ten cents and adults at fifteen. Signorina Lydia Quaranta plays Elissa in this acclaimed epic, a young eighteen year old actress in a major Italian film noted for soulful acting.
At the Empire theater Ethel Clayton stars in The Unmarried Husband, a two act Lubin drama headlining the bill today with the feature attracting crowds and local patrons seeking a evening of quiet suspense and romance.
Gulfport sues Harrison County seeking a one third refund of road taxes paid by city property owners. The Beach Road from Gulfport to Biloxi is proposed as a public highway, to be built, with state and local steps outlined. Also, Handsboro and Biloxi move to transfer bridges to the county to support free tolls, shifting maintenance away from city limits.
J B Rankin prominent Brewton citizen died at his daughter's home on Parker avenue Wednesday at 5 00 pm aged 88 He had been an invalid for years and had lived in Brewton since 1867 He is survived by several children and many relatives The grief stricken community extends sympathy to the Rankin family
The street railroad company was assessed 42434.05 for paving Government street. Calculations show if ten jitney buses ran and the city paid 100 toward paving, it would take 424 years to repay the principal at 5 percent interest, with 2121.70 interest the first year. The paying tax is one of many taxes borne by the street car company.
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