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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1916
Page
4
The speaker argues that opponents misframe failures to cut living costs while praising current gains. He recalls prewar unemployment and Underwood tariff, then touts record gains in employment, shipping, industry, and farm income, asserting voters care about today’s prosperity, not past critiques.
The piece denounces Casement execution as a frightful blunder by England claiming his reformist work against rubber industry abuses in South America justified his actions. It contrasts his fate with alleged treachery by Sir Edward Carson and frames the Casement case as an example of unequal punishment in Ireland and Britain.
The article recounts the establishment of the government war risk insurance bureau and its two years of operation. It reports a $2,000,000 government profit and notes Secretary McAdoo plans to seek an extension to the war’s end, praising the bureau for aiding business and lowering insurance costs. It contrasts with early criticisms of state socialism and private interference.
An industrial note from Houston reports the Cheek-Neal Coffee Company will build a 100000 dollar five story plant in Mobile to clean roast grind blend and pack coffee. It cites Mobile firms importing Guatemalan coffee and argues Mobile could evolve into a major coffee market rivaling New Orleans and Galveston with local support.
The editorial urges Birmingham to join Mobile and Montgomery in a united statewide bid for a farm loan bank. It argues that Alabama should speak with one voice, as Georgia does, to improve chances for whichever city offers the best proposition, warning against acting alone.
A Mississippi man presented President Wilson with a hickory cane saying he resembles Andrew Jackson. The piece notes Wilson’s courage, loyalty to friends, democratic faith in the people, and scholar’s mind aligning with Jackson’s instinctive soldierly vigor. The gift also serves to highlight the president’s public image.
A speaker backs Jones against neighbors who accuse him of hay theft. He pledges seven bones as support and says Jones is upright, likening neighbors’ stories to idle yarns. The speaker vows to choose friends personally and not be swayed by town rumors.
Horoscope notes an unfavorable day for construction and engineers with Mars as a strong negative influence while Neptune offers some friendliness. War news may surface but no major US fighting is seen. Ads face editor disputes, removals feel sway, and routine matters are advised. Caution urged for letters, nerves, accidents, and explosive risks.
News items from The Hague Corfu Nashville Rotterdam Toledo La Plata and Plattsburgh report union formation in Germany railways transport of Serbian army to Saloniki warnings against evacuation rumors by General von Bissing Catholic Ladies of Columbus push federal film censorship talk hunting lodge contracts in Louisiana and marshland purchases by Joseph Leiter with notable officials and generals in attendance.
An account of Mecca’s climate and faiths notes the city once under Turkish rule, its pilgrims providing livelihood, sacred sites including the Kaaba and Abraham's Stand, and a dangerous holy well. It describes Burton’s view of the black meteorite stone and the 1908 Pilgrim's Line railway from Damascus improving safety for travelers.
Commissioner of education, President Drinker of Lehigh University, and President Powell of Harvard visited the military training camp on Wednesday. Secretary Baker dressed the rookies.
Reuters reports the Dutch steamer Koningin Wilhelmina was sent to the bottom by a German mine near the North Hinder lightship. The mine was believed to be on a German submarine route.
A railroad employee with breathlessness was found to have advanced valvular heart disease. Early diagnosis could have extended his life by years, but after transfer to light duties he died prematurely, causing loss to his employer and suffering to the worker.
The article explains that carbohydrates include all sugars, starches, gums, and woody fibers from fruits vegetables and plants. Starchy foods are a subset of carbohydrates such as corn starch potato starch and related plant starches.
The group travels with friends including Bunty Helen and Warren, enjoying a farmhouse lunch, roughing it for one night since big hotels open after July Fourth, and planning card games on the ferry while a tense exchange over Helen’s attire unfolds.
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