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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1916
Page
4
The fragment shows a mobile item listing business phones advertising circulation with times 7 30 a m to 9 30 m except Sunday, and entries for Frances and Ed Bell with prices 45 and 4.00, attributed to editorial and society editors.
Senator Ashurst of Arizona launches a bold challenge in the Senate against Brandeis confirming a radical reformer. He exposes Democratic committee holdouts and signals a likely adverse report, while contrasting Brandeis with Hughes and urging continued support for Wilson era progressive aims. The piece weighs land ownership, tenant farming trends, and cotton belt shifts as rural reform issues.
A U S Senate inquiry examines how sisal growers in Yucatan and large buyers like International Harvester and Plymouth Cordage controlled the market. The growers formed a selling company and the Yucatan government chartered ships to move the crop, with four cents a pound paid to growers and the Comision de Reguladora coordinating sales and shipments.
The Interstate Commerce Commission probing Nashville unveiled a system giving away 7 728 000 miles of transportation valued at 226 224 to judges, jurors, legislators, and newspapers in Tennessee and Kentucky. The report denounces pass corruption, notes failed anti pass efforts, and warns railroads may seek to relieve themselves of the burden.
Senator Sheppard of Texas questioned in the Federal Senate about the growth of large land estates and rising tenant farming. Alabama shares concern as Texas politics focus on relief pledges by the governor, not a matter of ownership but of estate size and tenancy.
The Item endorses Mobile joining Tuscaloosa's centennial celebration. It urges Mayor Lyons to lead a large Mobile delegation to Tuscaloosa, highlighting historic ties along the Warrior River and benefits of neighborly unity across the state.
A 1916 horoscope advises readers that fate may influence events yet personal choices shape outcomes. It emphasizes restraint, patience, and prudent judgment guiding daily decisions and future prospects.
The forecast warns of mixed influence with Neptune and Jupiter aiding beginnings and music and art flourishing. Mars warns of alarms and naval movement, while a congress leader may face treason-like accusations. Graft, high taxes, and financial reversals loom for Taurus births. health vigilance advised.
A compendium of answers to reader queries on topics from construction materials to naval yards and famous figures. It covers concrete versus cement, rare coins, global navy bases, Mary Pickford, world tonnages, Conan Doyle, and Italy’s entry into WWI.
In this fragment Margie Waverly reflects on her evolving secrets and the urge to write for readers while confined by illness. She notes plans to shelter her thoughts and hints at a possible future story about a friend, as she weighs honesty, morality, and personal restraint.
Uncle Wiggily Longears leaves his bungalow to visit Uncle Butter the goat and finds goblin fairies unable to dance because clouds hide the moon. He flies in an airship to ask the West Wind to move clouds away, allowing moonbeams to light a woodland fairy dance and guide him home by a moonlit path.
A charred body identified as L B Mitchell a 51 year old printer from High Point North Carolina was found in the ruins of the Neil Hotel in Winston Salem after a fire the previous day. Other items include reports from Mexico City Washington London and the Mississippi Valley on various political and legal notes.
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