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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1915
Page
4
Local item from Mobile Alabama cites the Audit Bureau of Circulation and the National News Service noting a report on 6 CO Inc and related business activities in the area.
The article urges Mobile to send a large delegation to celebrate the completion of Lock No 17 on the Warrior river around mid May. It argues waterward access benefits Mobile’s commerce and coal and iron industries, urging a flotilla of light craft and representation from wholesale, retail, manufacturing, and shipping sectors.
The article notes New York City theatres display large exit signs with instructions to locate the nearest exit and move calmly to it in case of fire. A recent fire prompted orderly evacuations by about a thousand theatregoers, with no casualties, highlighting strong exit provisions in Mobile and other venues.
The Tuscaloosa Board of Trade gathers many residents to urge a municipally owned wharf of ample size to serve boats reaching the Warrior River and opening navigation to the sea. A $25,000 bond issue is favored to fund the project as part of opening a gulf district.
Mayor Greenhut faces a clash between a general welfare clause and a charter election requirement as Pensacola weighs a $25 000 bond for fire truck houses and municipal improvements. Supporters push for funding while charter constraints spark an intra city dispute.
A St. Louis paper notes Fast St. Louis as a cattle shipping point and recounts remarkable birth weights in the Sylvander family. Mrs Mary Sylvander weighs 245 pounds and recently gave birth to a 22 pound girl. Two years prior she bore a 21 pound boy and has daughters weighing 14 1 2 and 15 1 2 pounds at birth.
Ladies group to decorate Confederate Rest graves with wreaths and flowers this Sunday. Nonmembers may contribute by sending flowers to the Yeend Potter building headquarters for delivery tomorrow to keep them fresh for the ceremony.
Douglas Ga April 24 Mrs Margaret Haskins arrested and jailed charged with killing her husband Reverend Allen Haskins a Baptist preacher Tuesday night He was shot with a shotgun as he slept in bed at his Lebaton home near here
The reader asks which regions aid asthma with clean air and high altitudes, answered that the Superior country and mountains of Colorado and Arizona offer relief. Other questions cover religious shamanism as spiritual magic and MichelangeloBuonarroti as the painter's correct full name.
A proud young woman defies a refusal from Alec, insisting she loves him. He rejects marriage citing lack of funds and desire, advising friendship. She pursues him, then discovers he has left, and she reads the cruel line he left: to show love is to demand the dust and ashes of passion.
Albany April 24 Republicans in the New York legislature decided to raise about 4.7 million dollars in direct revenue by advancing liquor license costs 25 percent next October 1. The measure targets state wide licenses to boost state revenue.
The Item notes church notices deadline for Saturday publication. Mr J og Hoagland will speak Sunday at 3 p m at the Y M B A Hall on Elijah as a type of the church. Associated Bible Students invite denominations to submit notices for the column.
Baptist churches listed include Calvary Baptist Cedar and North Carolina streets with George W. McRae as pastor. Sunday school at 9 30 with William J. Young superintendent. Services at 11 a m and 8 p m by the pastor and midweek prayer at 8 p m Wednesday. Also exap Street Baptist Mission 31st Texas street offers Sunday school at 3 p m and midweek Thursday service. North Side Baptist at 263 North Conception street led by D D Bosdell Bible school 9 30 with G J Abney superintendent. Divine worship 11 a m and 7 30 p m with morning topic Pure Religion and evening Saving a Great Sinner. prayer Wednesday 7 30.
The notice lists Sunday and weekday Mass times for several churches including Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception St. Joseph St. Matthew and St. Mary with details on baptisms, confessions, rosaries, holy hours and devotions. Notable times include 6, 7 and 10 30 for Sundays and 6 and 7 masses on weekdays, plus additional services and catechism events.
The churches St John s Grace Trinity St Anthony and Jackson St Paul Whistler All Saints announce Sunday schedules with morning prayers sermons Holy Communion and Sunday schools plus a Saturday Saint Philip and James observance and an Annual Guild meeting next Sunday at 11 a m.
A list of local Methodist and Epworth League activities with pastors, Sunday school times and superintendents, and preaching hours. Broad Street S W Roberts, Crichton J B Trotter, Fairhope G C Simpson, Government Street E A Donnelly D D, Epworth League details, Oakdale Rev D Y Register with Sunday school and superintendent A L Rush.
A railroad official notes massive waste between producer and consumer costing about 200 million annually due to spoilage and mishandling. The piece lists thrift examples from restaurants reusing leftovers to shell-derived pigment, waste paper recycling turning into papier mache, and broader industrial practices reflecting economy in manufacture.
A newspaper listing enumerates weekday prayer meetings and Sunday schools for multiple churches. Details include pastors Rev G W Carpenter Rev L H S Chappelle Jr Rev D A Planck D D and Rev D Y Register with times 8 p m 11 a m and 3 p m plus Epworth League meetings and Wednesday prayer services across Dumas Prichard Plateau Satsuma St Francis St Stephen’s Road Dauphin Way Toulminville Whistler and Central Presbyterian churches.
After a test of motor car No 3 of the Mobile and Ohio railroad the service will run on the Bay Shore branch between Delchamps and Alabama Port. The Mann y Dawes motor service will also begin Sunday.
President Wilson's neutrality speech in New York is drawing interest from his closest friends and advisers. They say his central aim is to show the United States can help either side or both to recover after the war and deny any belief he has abandoned hope for peace.
The Mobile Item invites readers to name a favorite character from its funny page columns and explain why. Entries must be under 100 words, on one side of the paper, and mailed or delivered by April 30. Prizes include merchant gift orders worth 10, 5, and ten prizes of 1 each. neatness valued. Contest open to all ages.
Ocean Springs shipped citrus and pecans valued at 33000 in freight and express trades, with parcel post pecans excluded. Biloxi prepares a Credit Despatch branch with 300 merchants enrolled, a public musicale at Howard School No. 1 entertains Biloxi crowds, and a home garden plan aims to reclaim swamps for unemployed labor. The Back Bay Bridge will become toll free on May 1 as Harrison county takes over.
Mme Rejane stars in a three part photo play Madame Sans Gene at the Crown Theatre. The program also features The Poet of the Peaks starring Vivian Rich, a Keystone comedy The Rent Jump ers, and Sid Chaplin in a two reel Keystone comedy. Mutual program offers additional Sunday showings.
Francis X. Bushman stars in The Return of Richard Neil a three part feature at Empire Theatre. A Dill completes with Strength featuring George Stanley. Norma Talmadge appears in Elsa's Brother a two reel feature with Van Dyke Brooke and S Rankin Drew. The Love Whip starring Lillian Walker closes Sunday program.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills to improve liver function and relieve dizziness constipation biliousness and indigestion. It claims blood clarity and lists a price of 25 cents at the druggist.
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