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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1916
Page
3
New Orleans reports the country's commercial cotton crop excluding seed valued at 765,700,560 for the year ending July 31, up from 593,432,978 last year and 977,844,114 in 1913-14. Including seed, total value reaches 958,200,000 with world purchases at 14,171,000 bales. Southern mills set a records takings at 4,047,000 bales.
Deaths list white males Abe Rabino vitz Puddie Neece Charles EK Wil son Freanibal Vygard Eugene A Tipple Hardie Reed Bernard Kahn and females Maggie Phillips Rebecca R Hobbs Etta Hightower Mary Isbell Gainer and colored males James Thomas Harris Gellis Shedrick Samuel Alec Henderson Leon Finley Louis Boyn William H Brown and females Laura Lewis Mittie Dorsey Annie Jackson Births white boys V. W. and M V. Davis M. H. and Katie N. New G. Y and C. D. Thennell Edward and Katie Reese Wm. FR. and M. A . hosser Joel B.and Hattie RB. Buford girls Sam and Sarah Manohefsky Fidward S. and Annrew C. Allenbach Edward and Lottie Blank Rudolph F. and Rosalie I. Stroecker colored boys Andrew and Lily Murphy Joseph D. and Inez Robbins Gus and Samie Roberson C. and Etta I. Nicholas Horace and Tepie Taylor John and Clara Louis Dock and Annie Scott girls Vandy and Frances Washington twins M. and Olive Johnson Winston and Corean Whiteside William and Alice Kennedy.
The probate court issued marriage licenses Saturday to Joe Gardner and Pearley Edwards and to James Thomas and Laura McMillan.
French observers report German offensive efforts waning in the Meuse region. French forces press approaches to Souville and Tannes forts near Fort Douaumont while night bombardments persist at Fleury Thiaumont. Four German planes are shot down as fronts in the Somme remain quiet. Russian forces cross the Sereth south of Brody and secure captured positions near Peniaki Tchistopady.
Roumania protests Bulgarian violations on the frontier after incidents near the Danube. The Romanian foreign minister, via a Bucharest telegram, says such events are too frequent and strain good relations between Roumania and Bulgaria.
London reports British positions near Romani to the east of Port Said repelling an assault by about 14 000 Turkish troops along a seven to eight mile front. Romani lies on the Mediterranean coast about 22 miles east of the Suez Canal and near Katia where recent engagements occurred.
An 11:19 p.m. August 4 report from Egypt states 14,000 Turks attacked our position near Romani east of Port Said on a seven to eight mile front. By dusk August 4 the attack made no impression on our fortified line, the southern flank fights favored us, and 400 to 509 prisoners were taken. Royal Navy ships supported from the Bay of Tina as heat reached 100 degrees.
Berlin reports Russian detachments crossed the Sereth near Ratyseye were forced to retreat. The German high command notes Russian stands on the southern bank near Meidzygory and Tchistopady. Also, Prof. Clinton Dewitt Smith, a noted agriculturist, died Friday night in Buffalo.
Puss Junior encounters a singing miller as he travels. The miller describes his tireless daily work loading sacks and transporting goods. Puss hopes to reunite with his father and the miller offers encouragement.
A warrant for twenty five thousand dollars to the University of Alabama medical department in Mobile was honored by the state treasury as part of a 1911 contingent appropriation released by Governor Neal. The second contingent warrant paid. Objections by Louisville and Nashville Railroad to certain Alabama board of equalization assessments were heard. decision postponed for a personal property inspection by Thomas W. Sims.
Four United States signal corps men were fired on Friday about halfway between Marfa and Presidio Texas. General Funston received the report via Colonel J A Gaston. Twenty guardsmen of the Fourth Texas Infantry were sent to search for Mexican bandits or snipers.
Private Howard of Company G Twelfth United States Infantry was hit in the leg by a sniper from the Mexican side while on sentry duty at the international bridge in Nogales Arizona early Friday. He returned fire but it is believed without effect.
Judge Leon McCord in Montgomery issued a mandamus directing John Patton Jr. former state banking department agent in the Jemison bank cases to deliver all books in his possession to the state banking department by Monday. Patton said he lacked time to prepare them. the superintendent Alex Walker sought the writ after Patton failed to deliver following his August 1 conviction.
Four hundred Chicago bakers traveling to Salt Lake City for the National Association of Master Bakers annual convention argued that the five cent loaf must go. They urged a minimum price of ten cents for a fair sized loaf to remain profitable, signaling a price shift in the industry.
A new lumber complex ten miles north of Mobile and Ohio is under rapid construction. The two story sawmill 40 by 184 feet will use modern machinery with output 60 000 to 75 000 feet daily. Logs arrive by rail, pass through a pond log haul up, dry kiln, planing mill, and storage sheds, with export yards at One Mile creek ready for barge loading.
The supreme lodge of the Knights of Pythias selected Detroit as the 1918 convention site during its twenty-ninth biennial session in Portland Oregon.
Constantinople reports a Marmora Sea attack as an underwater vessel shelled areas around Kartas and Penbik near London to Constantinople, according to Athens correspondent dispatches.
A funny little man and Puss Junior tour toward a flour mill crossing a bridge. They meet the floury miller who jokes about mending old items while the man offers to heal a stool. The miller explains his busy grinding life from the fields to the kitchen and bakery.
The best laxative is outdoor exercise with a full glass of water before breakfast and a diet rich in fruit and vegetables. Establish a regular habit and ensure a daily bowel movement. If medicine is needed, Chamberlain's Tablets are pleasant and mild. Obtainable everywhere.
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