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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1916
Page
6
A literary fragment on the inner life of women contrasts moments of bloom and tenderness with storms of doubt and rage. It weaves themes of light and darkness, joy and sorrow, showing the heart as a field of constant change and resilience.
In a gay dining room decorated with pink roses and ferns the birthday table featured a white embossed cake with eleven pink candles. Guests drew for prizes with Laura Lee winning the penny Louise Varnon the thimble Lena Vaugh an the ring and James Min ter the button. Miss Laura Vaughn a Mobile girl was among the guests and many gifts arrived for the honoree.
An advertisement touts Hagan's Magnolia Balm as a quick beauty aid for all ladies. It claims to freshen and beautify, heal sunburn, and reduce tan, selling for 75 cents at druggists or by mail from Lyon Manufacturing in Brooklyn, with a free sample offered.
A long list of social notes records Miss Ella Arp returning from near Mobile to stay with Miss Julia Smith on Twenty third avenue. Several families plan citrus farming in Theodore. Others visit relatives in Savannah, Signal Mount Tennessee, Birmingham, Daphne, Butler, Mobile, Montgomery, and Selma with travel to Atlanta and Detroit noted.
Albert Goldman, 60, identified as the man who jumped to death from the Singer building, plunging into a Broadway lunch hour crowd. The Associated Press reports the incident on August 10 in New York City.
The article reports the King of Italy entering Gorizia with victorious forces as Austrians retreat. It notes continued pursuit by Duke of Aosta’s army, with casualties and prisoners described by Rome's Havas dispatch. The piece emphasizes advancing Italian troops after crossing the Sonzo and repulsed night actions.
About 20 prisoners are reported in the official war office statement. An accurate estimate is impossible at present as numbers are being brought in hourly.
In Rome the city of Gorizia survives heavy fighting as Austrian forces retreat after strategic Germanic pressure. General Cardona orders maneuvers to spare the town while the Duke of Aosta arrives with cavalry and cycle corps to find the city deserted except for wounded Austrians outside. The royal party enters with his cousin the Duke.
Austrians failed to destroy military stores as Italian fire and troops pressed the bridge crossing at Pod gora toward Gorizia. The bridgehead, once Death Pass, endured a savage battle with heavy Austrian losses amid assaults from Sabatino San Michele Monte Fortin Monte Santo and Basso Fortin. Italian guns from the Gorizia heights helped clear the bridge and allow entry after intense combat.
Brest reports a fresh contingent of Russian troops welcomed by locals. The earlier wave reached Marseilles on April 20 after crossing from Vladivostok, with subsequent contingents sent to the Champagne trenches. Official numbers remain undisclosed though early estimates put the initial force at around 20,000 men.
Paris reports further progress for French troops north of Hem wood in the Somme sector despite rain and mist. Official war office statement notes ongoing operations and German reconnaissance south of the river.
Birmingham reports Mayor Bellenger of Gadsden urges a statewide centennial celebration for Alabama's 1919 anniversary. He favors an exposition or strong ceremonies to unite citizens, noting Alabama’s resources and the 1819 admission date with a December 14 1919 end date. He calls revival of the Governor O Neal era commission led by Dr. Thomas M Owen.
Neighbors reported suspicious actions by two men linked to the island munitions blaze. Investigators suspect the benzolin explosion in railroad yards last Sunday night, a week after Black Tom, was part of an incendiary plot.
Erling Iverson and Axel Larsen, arrested in connection with the July 30 ammunition explosion on Black Tom Island, Jersey City, produced alibis showing neither was near the scene at the time. Their release is expected today or tomorrow.
Washington Aug 10 Senate Democrats caucus to pass tonight on the finance committee’s recommendations for the house revenue bill. Proposed amendments include lower income tax exemptions higher taxes on large inheritances continuation of current stamp taxes and a revised wine tax schedule.
Using liquid fire was dispersed by the French infantry fire west of Verman devillerts. Intermittent cannonading is reported near Fleury Vaux and Chapitre in the Verdun sector. Fifteen battles in the air occurred on the Somme front yesterday. One German airplane was destroyed and two forced to descend inside French lines. French machines dropped 413 bombs on various railroad stations.
Rome reports General Cadorna has captured Gorizia with large parades, bands, and crowds in cities nationwide. News of further prisoner gains at other points fuels the jubilation as celebrations roll through Italy tonight.
The official statement says the front remained quiet aside from heavy shelling southeast of Trones wood. It notes progress northwest of Pozieres with all local objectives taken and being consolidated, plus 72 prisoners captured. A raid south of Arras caused enemy casualties, while a similar enemy attack northwest of Hulluch failed and an explosion south of Loss had no effect.
Washington County Alabama lists weekly rates at ten dollars monthly rate thirty six dollars. Advertises butter milk chickens vegetables as well as stomach bladder liver and kidney relief. Tickets for Millers are five dollars round trip over the A T N Ry. Questions answered by H J Pettus proprietor.
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