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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1915
Page
6
A brief notice from Mobile Alabama concerns a dispute or item involving The Mobile Item and the age of a party, with readable fragments indicating a civil matter or filing dated in June. The text preserves names Mobile and St. Santi with unclear context.
Mobile Rotary Club to raise funds to eradicate citrus canker in Mobile county with a goal of three thousand dollars, matched by federal funds. Col. Richard Y. Taylor leads a committee to seek local support from merchants and the county board of revenue and roads, highlighting civic benefits to growers and tax base.
A census bulletin notes nine diseases caused over half of 1918 deaths in the registration area covering about 65 percent of the US population. Tuberculosis remains leading but declines, while typhoid deaths drop since 1900. rural areas show higher rates for typhoid and tuberculosis than cities. The piece also urges Citrus Canker relief funds as a local civic appeal.
The First National Bank of Mobile reports some trades prospering while others limp as European war continues. Financing by corporations totals 78 million with 40 percent for new capital and 80 percent recently for refunding. About 900 million in securities maturing in 1915 are provisioned, suggesting cautious optimism ahead.
The United States participates in The Hague conference allowing citizens to send money to relatives who may be prisoners of war in European combat zones at no cost to the sender. The policy aims to aid families during the conflict with no charges levied on remittances.
Citizens are invited to attend the legislature conference next week to evidence support for improving Mobile port facilities. The gathering aims to show backing from the local delegation in the state house.
The Union Baptist Church on Warren and St. Anthony streets will baptize this Sunday at 3 p m at Three Mile Creek on Davis Avenue. The public is invited to attend both the 11 a m and night services. Special sermons will be delivered by Pastor Rev HD Parker.
F M Hill of Fairhope writes praising the memorial to Confederate dead and the patriotism of a great people. He praises Mr Mahorner Jr and envisions a future where all sing My Country Tis of Thee as a symbol of liberty and national destiny.
The Item invites readers to name their favorite character from its weekly comic pages and explain why. Prizes include merchant advertising orders worth up to 10 dollars for the best answer and ten runner ups receive similar rewards worth one dollar each.
Marie Dressler stars in Tillie's Punctured Romance with Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand. The Bre presents the film today and tomorrow with red tickets suspended during the engagement.
Six reel comedy featuring Marie Dressler with Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand as it plays today and tomorrow. The adaptation of Tillie’s Nightmare promises nonstop laughs, with Dressler and Chaplin delivering brisk gags and fast pacing praised as a national hit.
At the Crown The Lost House from Mutual Master Pictures is playing today with star names Gish Reid and an all star cast. The Light in the Window drama features May Gaston and Fay Pincher. Ethel's New Dress completes the bill. The Castle Ranch American drama starring Ed Coxen and Winifred Greenwood is tomorrow’s headliner with Big Brother Bill and a Keystone comedy on the bill.
Grover and Earl Kennedy from Nettlesboro attended the W O W meeting in Chance Saturday visiting Mr. S B Kennedy. Prof M F Dozier of Lower Peach Tree spent the weekend with his mother. Clyde Jeffrey of Lower Peach Tree visited Mrs L J Dozier. Sunday school drew attendees from Damon Lower Peach Tree and Packers Bend. Week Vick, recently moving to Angton, Ala, was in Chance on Saturday. Mr S V Dozier's hen coop was robbed and several chickens taken. Leslie Smith's house was burglarized Friday night.
Johnny Kilbane world featherweight champion outpointed Benny Leonard in six rounds of a ten round match in New York. Leonard led in the early rounds but Kilbane dominated later rounds to secure the decision.
Readers ask for harmless weight loss remedies and how typographical errors are handled in linotype papers. A Bible verse in Exodus 22 2 is cited to discuss the responsibility for a thief killed during a break in.
News notes from Fairhope Alabama dated April 30 report T E McFarland ill at home on Section Street with expectation of recovery soon. Luncheon at the Gables hosted by Mrs L J N Comings for Mesdames Hoggson Haythorne Whittier and Miss Woodruff plus Mrs G C Simpson and infant son visiting Citronelle. Miss Margaret Widney of Battles visits cousin Miss Nell Slosson and Elma Forsman of Silverhill helps care for Mrs D S Magnuson before Forsman returns home this week. Fifth Thursday Club spring meeting noted.
Windsor Hotel and Cawthon Hotel hosted guests from Alabama and nearby states on Friday. Notable visitors included M W, W E Carter, Gunter, Stockton, and J W Egee of Birmingham, with W B Mason of Cincinnati on business marking his first Mobile visit in eight years and noting Bienville Square’s revival.
A circuit court awarded Misrepreeentation A. Frelichstein a verdict of 5 552 against Alphonse Phillips alias Rev. Alphonse Phillips near Venetia Station. The plaintiff says he claimed ownership of lands on Dog River and took 4 800 as part payment while not owning the lands, a fraudulent act.
The Fifth Thursday Club met on the veranda and lawn at Cottage Content, Mrs. L. J. N. Comings home. Mrs. A. M. Troyer planned the program with recitations by Owen Meredith’s Aux Italiens and Sid ney Carton, songs by Walter David and Miss Slosson, and folk dancing by eight young students trained by Miss Hazelle Williams and Miss Olive Wood. Cream and wafers followed as the gathering closed.
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