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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1916
Page
4
Advertisement shows mobile street delivery options and subscription pricing for a Mobile Alabama newspaper dated April 7 1916. It lists in advance rates 5.00 per quarter 45 per year and 4.00 for some display or advertising portions.
Mobile welcomes a new Civic group the Tourist Welcome Club hosting its first reception at the Battle House Club room. It seeks public support as a public institution to boost the gulf coast area attracting visitors and anchoring future growth through Southern hospitality and neighborly outreach.
Postmaster Prenton states 250000 mail order catalogues are mailed from Mobile to customers in Mobile's trading territory annually. The article argues citizens should shun mail order, urging support for Mobile merchants who offer similar goods, arguing dollars spent at home stay in Mobile and benefit local builders and the city.
The piece notes hostile Republican criticism of the Wilson administration over submarine policy. It cites German press contempt for the note and portrays Roosevelt Mann Lodge and others as influencing American opinion, with dispatches offering little hope for improved German-American relations.
Two Berlin items stand out in AP cables the Lokal Anzeiger hints Germany can concede to U S demands and Maximilian Harden is allowed to publish a bold defense of the United States in plain words. Backers of the government would remain loyal even if a breach occurs. Some German leaders are level headed. The Kaiser may not want war with the United States.
The author urges Mobile to prepare as a future ocean-going port with rail and steam line support. Growth in Cuba trade and Latin American wealth could bring raw Cuban products and manufactured goods via inland lines, with docks and warehouses needed to handle a surge in export freight. Foresight and enterprise can build a great city as tidewater commerce arrives.
A 1916 forecast warns of an unfavorable day with malefic planetary aspects. Caution is advised in major transactions as Saturn foreshadows trouble in excavations and mines, the Panama Canal, tunnels, and subways may incur heavy costs, and employment prospects look bleak. Women face subconscious conflict and associations may see rivalries.
A reader asks about banking endorsements for firm checks and who may cash them. Other queries cover silver dollar premiums, maiden marriage after prison, divorce causes in New York, voting eligibility, land depth from front footage, and a 1788 Mexican dollar premium. Answers note endorsement forms, acre square footage, and basic canal details with officials.
Margie learns Mollie vows to form a club of married women to do meaningful work beyond being wives. Mollie envisions five children per couple as a birth of a new era, while Margie contemplates publishing her diary and Mollie’s love story as a joint project.
Uncle Wiggily and Susie head through the woods to a party. Susie falls in a mud puddle ruining her dress, and they plan to fashion a temporary replacement from birch bark as she seeks a new outfit to attend the Wibblewobble party.
A roundup of brief reports notes Wireland plant closures in Chattanooga for at least a week unless machinists return to work. Also covers opposition protests at a British Socialist conference, suffrage debate resolutions in San Diego, mutineer action near Shanghai, a Canadian scientist's death, a flight plan from San Diego to New York to test stabilizers, and various regional incidents from Alaska to Wisconsin.
Brennan mayor George Harms made his weekly Saturday night visit to Hastings and returned with his usual brisk mood as reported by The Deweese Booster.
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