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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1914
Page
4
A reflective meditation on European conflict describing war as a depraved expression of individual malice amplified across nations. It argues that mutual destruction may deter future hostilities if nations emerge broken and compelled toward disarmament, reshaping the global outlook.
A cooperative plan by the agricultural department and partnering colleges offers home based agricultural and domestic science classes for ten or more farmers or farm women. Courses include poultry, fruit growing, dairying, cheese making, soils, and cooking with five to seven week schedules and equipment valued at $100 per group.
A New York federal suit requests accountable action by the New Haven estate and its receivers. Plaintiffs seek appointment of a receiver to oversee disbursements and an accounting of alleged misappropriations in acquiring subsidiaries and assets. The case targets directors led by the so called triumpvirate J. P. Morgan Charles Mellen and John D. Rockefeller.
The Chicago Herald urges Americans to keep calm and steady as war looms. It cites strong grain crops, a sound financial system, and ample gold reserves while predicting renewed trade and production and an emergency fund of 500000000 under the Aldrich-Vreeland act. Alabama bankers express optimism they can weather European risks and keep smaller banks serving customers.
Stephen Paget argues parental authority is not a natural product but an evolving interplay. Authority grows through countless acts of care and understanding between parents and children, not a fixed possession.
A Washington Star clipping notes a mother seeking a poetic, uncommon baby name and a father offering help by listing all apartment houses in town as part of the discussion.
The article explains how contraband of war is defined under international law, distinguishing absolute, conditional, and non contraband goods. It details articles that always or sometimes can be seized, lists items classed as contraband, and cites the London declaration’s rules on neutral vessels and defense of cargo.
The Memphis News-Scimitar notes morning papers publish war extras on Sundays and other evenings, calling it commendable but a belated purge of news. It argues papers must invade the afternoon field to serve the public.
A London milkman pricked by a thorn carried germs from his poisoned hand nosocomially to his milk. An epidemic of diphtheria followed, causing 117 deaths as doctors traced the outbreak to milk from the implicated farm. The man reportedly worked while ill, delaying hospital care.
A Courier Journal fragment recalls a father who deflects a child’s plea for a sundae with a bitter question about a future gold watch at nineteen. The biting remark exposes a冷贫 tempered household dynamic.
Auburn Ala Aug The first session of the Boys Corn Club School of Practical Agriculture opened with 155 members from 62 Alabama counties present. The program includes hog raising soil fertility home orchards beef cattle corn raising and other farm topics with a semi military structure and lectures by top experts.
The Mobile County Medical Society at a special meeting directed city health officer Dr Charles A Mohr to hire five non practicing graduates as district inspectors and arm each with five assistants to push the anti rat drive. A resolution seeking city funding and broader authority was sent to the health committee. Drs Mohr and P J M Acker to seek county cooperation before the revenue and finance commissioners.
The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows opened in Selma Alabama with 260 lodges present at Brown Chapel A M E church. Leaders discussed endowment department reform and a pivotal vote on lodge financial status while delegates from Philadelphia and Birmingham spoke on returning to the order’s original aim. Evening programs feature lantern slides and moving pictures.
The Tribune argues for restoring the American flag on the seas by inviting foreign vessels under reasonable conditions, buying and converting ships, and boosting U S merchant marine profits during wartime. It warns Britain France and Germany adjust trade while neutral ports face risks and stresses America’s grain needs abroad.
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