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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1916

Page

5

Tourist Welcome Club forms new convention committee

A new committee of the Tourist Welcome Club will coordinate with the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club to promote conventions in Mobile. The group includes M. J. McDermott Charles B. Hervey and H. C. Geron. S. H. Peck becomes treasurer in addition to vice president after B. H. Clin german resigns. The club also notes Mobile will soon have two 14 passenger sight seeing cars for tourists, per a New York firm.

Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club Mobile Ite Battle House Messrs M. J. McDermott Charles B. Hervey H. C. Geron S. H. Peck B. H. Clingerman H. W. Taylor New York

Philadelphia papers cut size to meet paper shortage

Philadelphia publishers meet to curb output amid famine conditions in newsprint. All daily and Sunday papers will shrink to 80 pages weekly starting September 1 and stop accepting unsold copies from wholesalers to reduce consumption.

Associated Press Philadelphia Pennsylvania

A Woman of Beauty and Cultivation Prefers Farming

The passage extols rural women of refinement who enjoy automobiles telephones and newspapers yet choose farming. It lauds farming as natural work and a path close to Paradise, arguing these women value education, social life, and outdoor living over city vocations.

Adam Paradise

Health Talks on Fermentation and Putrefaction

The speaker explains fermentation uses vegetable yeast cells like Saccharomyces cerevisiae to transform starchy and sugary foods producing items such as wine and cider. Putrefaction is described as the destruction of protein and fatty foods, leading to decay.

Athletic director swap between Kansas State and Tennessee

John R. Bender of Kansas State Agricultural College will exchange positions with Z. G. Clevenger of the University of Tennessee, effective September 1. The announcement, made Tuesday, notes the transfer and organizational news in Roanoke.

Manhattan, Kas John R. Bender Kansas State Agricultural College Z. G. Clevenger University of Tennessee Bender Tennessee Clevenger State College Broan Roanoke Steel Company John Robinson Pittsurgh Roanoke Rong Millers

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