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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1916
Page
4
The Mobile Item carries telegraphed updates from the Associated Press on Post Office matters in Mobile Alabama. Subscription details show weekly and monthly rates, with notices of newspaper operations and home loan society listings.
The Ledger criticizes Mr. Kitchin as Ways and Means chair for allegedly opposing key Wilson administration policies. It argues his leadership as a Democrat in Congress is misaligned and calls for his retirement in favor of a Wilson loyalist. The piece cites historical examples of intra party opposition.
The piece argues President Wilson shows intellect by changing his mind on federal power to regulate commerce and child labor. It cites his critics as small minded, quoting Emerson that consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds and praising Wilson for courage to learn and revise views.
A short quotation from Dr. Alexander Graham Bell urges young men to form their own ideas and persevere. The piece notes Bell’s focus on communication, believing that sustained imagination leads to monumental inventions like the telephone.
An opinion piece praises Bell as a beacon of achievement through focus and invention. It lauds his telephone work and broader contributions to longevity genealogy and aviation, urging young readers to set a clear course and pursue determination.
A violent poem describes a driver who boasts of fatal wrecks including clerks, attorneys, a banker, and an auctioneer. It portrays speed as deadly, with law enforcement unable to stop the rampage and hints at mob vengeance while reflecting on wreckage and fear.
A reader asks why lightning comes before thunder and is told thunder follows the electrical discharge. Another asks which religion is oldest and the answer points to Hinduism with roots in Upanishads and Zend Avesta. A third asks the meaning of selling one's birthright and the response defines birthright as entitlements by birth such as estate or civil liberty.
The Birmingham Ledger notes that Leader Kitchin represents a North Carolina district, earned Ways and Means Committee status by merit, and that Congress is a separate branch from the executive. It argues leadership arises from internal consent and election, not automatic alignment with President Wilson.
The writer quotes a medical reader on love lasting when minds align and goals cooperate. True love includes liking respect and mutual interest, not mere attraction. A lasting marriage rests on honest congeniality and unselfish adjustments rather than selfish demands.
Horoscope notes uncertain day with harsh planetary aspects. It warns against political attacks and unreliable new acquaintances, notes potential for gossip and legal trouble over military matters, and advises Leos born January 20 to February 18 to guard health and finances while noting possible career obstacles for children born on this date.
Plymouth Massachusetts reports the death of Thomas McClellan 79 president of Provident Life Insurance and Accident Co of Chattanooga from injuries after being struck by a car driven by Peter O Harper of Whitman in Manomet. He died a few hours after arrival at a Plymouth hospital.
Alexandria report states the first field medical corps of the Louisiana national guard departed Camp Stafford for border duty at San Benito Texas. Ten infantry recruits accompany the medical unit to fill gaps in Louisiana companies. In Havana the Libertad steamer loaded with lumber from New Orleans was wrecked August 3 off Cape San Antonio with three crew lost.
A meditation on lasting love describing marriage as a union of souls and minds rather than shifting emotion. It argues that the physical bond gains beauty only when the mental and spiritual share life, color, and poetry, and that durable love thinks, aspires, and understands.
The piece explains infantile paralysis as a modern plague in New York City, detailing how the virus enters through nasal and throat mucous membranes and travels to the spinal cord. It emphasizes the unequal struggle of disease, the lack of effective treatment beyond cleanliness and sanitation, and the cycle shown by spinal cord scrapings in monkeys.
A twenty four year old sister participating in a religious revival has developed acute indigestion, frequent trembling attacks, and nervous chills. Doctors have not provided relief, and the case is treated as a nervous breakdown.
A couple’s afternoon out begins with small talk over money and a ten cent budget for their daughter. Helen arrives late causing tension, but the car ride cools tempers and the pair plan to dine at the Waterfalls with music and a display of Helen’s appearance lifting Warren’s mood.
A promotional blurb pitches Crowds as an accessible book by Gerald Stanley Lee. It describes the work as practical, light reading about God, society, business, and politics written in plain religious economic terms. The passage encourages reading aloud to steady nerves and improve digestion.
Former Greek premier Venizelos accuses his opponents ministers of war and interior of secretly hindering fair elections in Macedonia. He notes anti Venizelists plan to seek judicial annulment if defeated, arguing Entente military powers obstruct campaigning.
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