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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1915
Page
4
An Associated Press report notes total net paid figures amid international news coverage.
The piece discusses warfare losses beyond lives including wrecked homes funds and ships. It highlights merchant vessels sunk in Europe and British navy losses such as the pre dreadnought Lord Nelson with its mixed heavy gun battery and advancements leading to later dreadnoughts. It notes speed and power progress from 12 to 21 knots and 58 000 horsepower in subsequent ships.
The article argues for a market exchange to aid citrus and truck farmers in South Florida and Mobile areas. It cites Chamber of Commerce support and reprints a Times Union argument that exchanges help farmers connect with buyers, reduce delays, and improve sales through organized management and cooperative action.
The Seima Journal reports Mobile and Mobile County residents rejected bolting and instead backed Governor Henderson. Voters supported the state’s nominee through primary defeats, upheld state laws, and held a dignified meeting of citizens and taxpayers to endorse enforcement of the measures.
Dr. William H. Oates state jail and prison inspector reports to Mobile county board of revenue and road commissioners that the convict camp is in the very best condition. He commends the keepers and calls the humanitarian view of the report highly gratifying.
John Englis, who died recently in Brooklyn, was born in his father's shipyard in that city. He witnessed the peak of American maritime supremacy with the Stars and Stripes in harbors from Pernambuco to Calcutta, and also lived to see the decline and decay of the great fleet.
The text recalls McManus who lived in Culture and Beans. It notes his broad charge account reach across city saloons and suggests he was a politician, a fact his partner praises as his greatest distinction.
Mrs John Elliott and daughter Norma visit relatives in Mississippi. Avenger of Bay avenue left to Fort Deposit for his mother’s death. Mrs Higgins returns to St Elmo after visiting Mrs J W Spikes on Parham street. Tummell of Sigler Grocery travels to Deer Park Alabama for a week vacation. Mr and Mrs L Stone relocate to 57 Magnolia avenue. Yoke Bearers Sewing Circle meets Mrs Edwin Patterson Bay avenue at 3 this afternoon.
Mrs Exe laments impossible fashion plates while Exe notes many are now engraved from photographs. She spots a gown scene with two women walking in opposite directions, neither glancing at the other.
A fragmented 19th century line hints at a farmer or boarder’s plan to rely increasingly on soil and crop yields for living. The OCR lacks full context but suggests agricultural self sufficiency and rural livelihood themes.
City visitors from Alabama Mississippi Illinois and Louisiana checked in at Battle House Bienville St Andrew Windsor and Klosky hotels on Wednesday. Names include Cothran Morrow Beadley Richardson Jones and others. Dr Dewitt Gordon left for Montgomery to attend the Alabama Dental Association convention.
The British steamship Nor wegian of the Leyland Line arrived Tuesday and began loading about 4 000 bales of cotton at Pier 2 Wednesday morning. Also noted is Kyleakin reaching Scotland in good condition after departing Mobile March 17.
The Crown Theatre presents Your Girl and Mine a World Film Corp feature tied to the National American Woman's Suffrage Association. Local suffrage groups back the film promising the biggest Crown crowd yet. Tomorrow Laura Sawyer stars in A Daughter of the People at the Crown.
In a clipped dialogue two neighbors discuss a birthday party and speculate on Miss What’s intentions. The fat neighbor notes a party planned for this evening while the thin neighbor confirms an invitation and hints at past behavior and future plans.
Isabel Hamilton and her husband John attend a theatre with Adelaide Simmons and Henry Dennis. Dennis encourages Isabel to join them for supper, sparking tension as Isabel notes John’s jealousy and Mrs. Simmons’s charm. The party moves to a supper room where Isabel drinks and is drawn to Dennis, while John grows more distant. The scene ends with renewed intrigue and a tease of further developments.
Bay Minette Alabama April 14 special reports that Class No 3 of the local Methodist church will hold its annual summer picnic Saturday near Godbold creek four miles north. Hon Ira B Thompson county representative leads the class of about thirty members. Also noted is a Bay Minette Women’s Improvement League ice cream supper Friday to support the band stand, a closed bank observing Jeffersons birthday, and a fishing club clubhouse nearing completion with good fishing reported.
Miss Callie Goff and Miss Annie Goff of Wade, and Miss Edith Roberts hosted guests this week. Mrs. John Ely of Harleton and Miss Vera Parker of Basen visited Mrs. David Crawford and Miss Flonie Crawford. Dr. A G Bates returned from Hattiesburg after attending his daughter's funeral.
A 400 member street company committee told the Finance and Taxation Committee that most are family men and Mobile residents earning living wages. They argued jitney drivers face unfair tax parity with street cars and lack injury coverage, while street car workers endure long shifts starting at 4 a m.
Roy Wall visited Repton Friday while Mrs. Missgrove and Mrs. Howington stayed with Mrs. Pierce. Leone Butler visited her mother near Repton Wednesday. Martin Kitchen of Evergreen visited Sunday. Easter exercises at the Baptist Church drew a full crowd. Ladies attended a Saturday party at the Johnson home. Lula and Mable Countryman visit friends at Canoe. Ed Nall and sisters Lottie along with Erbie Corner and sister Bertha attended a singing near Evergreen Sunday. Methodist Church services Sunday morning. Mrs. Mary Oggwom observed her eighty fourth birthday recently.
Correspondent reports British and French efforts to force the Dardanelles are hampered by heavy Turkish defenses. Despite silencing Kum Kale and Sidd-el-Bahr briefly, Turkish positions in elevated ground rebuff Allied gunfire as ships circle the bay and endure repeated shelling.
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