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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1916
Page
5
A brief society note from Mobile Alabama dated April 10 1916 mentions editors Bunyan and a local social context. The readable text is fragmented but identifies the Mobile item column and local paper tone.
The piece argues U S should expand trade with Spanish American nations to offset European war debts. It notes European powers will raise taxes, seek US gold, and conduct a postwar trade war. A neutral-led expansion could keep U S industries busy and grow foreign commerce.
United States Department of Agriculture data show farm land values rose 19 percent in the South last year, with national increases totaling 11.5 percent in the past year and 25.7 percent over four years. The report notes gains across regions and emphasizes diversification of crops for continued prosperity.
The highest price for Alabama raised beef at the National Stock Yards in St Louis reached 8 40 per hundredweight for a carload of 23 cattle bred by E F Allison of Sumter county. The sale signals progress in Alabama livestock and supports eradication efforts as Mobile county cleanses itself of the pest. Thousands have invested in new breeding stock from Illinois Missouri and Iowa as the state expands stock raising knowledge and development.
A Milwaukee or regional newspaper commentary argues the volunteer system failed only due to Washington’s lack of foresight and urges prewar training and armament. It notes a House bill on public domain oil sales, Lamport and Holt profits, and cautions about US prep, war, and global events.
The April 10 1916 forecast warns of peril for happiness of women from love changes and mercurial influence while romance falters. It cautions injuries from falls and mining digs and notes a predicted epoch making American book and a warning for those born under certain dates about finances and denial.
A stream of visitors arrives in Mobile staying at the Battle House and nearby hotels. Guests include Au burn residents with families, Montgomery Alabama travelers, Pittsburgh and Boston figures, Chicago executives, and Philadelphia officials. Local officials promote fish protection laws and welcome a national banker.
Boston author Herbert D. Ward, famed for The Light of the World and A Dash to the Pole, is visiting Biloxi and will stay several weeks. Ward says he will make Biloxi his winter home, praising the Gulf Coast climate.
Uncle Wiggily Longears tries a tall silk hat for Easter. Nurse Jane alters it to fit his ears. A wind lifts the hat into a high tree. They enlist Grandfather Goosey Gander and Toodle Flat-tail to retrieve it, with help from a cooperative wind and beaver.
The Progressive Farmer notes that Chinese azaleas are evergreen and hardy in Raleigh and southward, with Alba and Phoenecia as exceptions reaching New York City. It recommends Irish magnolia relatives and several evergreens like Portugal laurel, Magnolia Fuscata, Eleagnus varieties, Holly-leaved Osmanthus, and sweet olive. advises planting azaleas on the shady side of houses and including cape jasmine in plantings.
In New Orleans on April 10 the American Society of Mechanical Engineers outlined industrial preparedness as a main convention topic opening Tuesday for a five day session. In Birmingham two hundred ASME members arrived by special train and toured the district before a banquet and departure tonight.
Paris reports a semi official note detailing German losses before Verdun. It cites March 9 at Vaux where German regiments were decimated by French fire. The text argues German sacrifices were out of proportion to early gains and cites corps reinforcements and depleted rifle counts.
The Q A discusses war relapsing into barbarism harming civilization and likens effects to personal brawls. It notes no premium on a 1857 cent, and gives growth ages eight teen to twenty five. Horoscope fragments describe Sept 13 20 and Nov 28 traits. Mississippi Amazon widths are truncated by levees.
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