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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1915
Page
6
Fragmentary religious verse noting a heart above guiding and comforting, dear to every child, with themes of burden, sigh, and pardon expressed in a contemplative tone.
A portrait of Oklahoma oil man Charles Page, once a brakeman, who used his fortune to aid a large family after his mother’s early widowhood. He supported 400 widows and 1,000 orphans, earning praise for his generosity and devotion to family values as stories from Frisco recount his benevolence and the “big time” life he enabled.
The note quotes Senator Hoke Smith urging Great Britain to revoke its blockade order or risk losing neutral trade. The piece also references a Brooklyn jeweler missing since July and a wife’s denial of involvement, with police from Brooklyn and Bronx pursuing abductors.
The Item urges southern cities along a possible route to lobby for the Liberty Bell’s return from the exposition. Officials, business groups, and civic organizations from Alabama to Louisville should press for strong letters and united action to ensure coverage by key cities like New Orleans Mobile Montgomery Birmingham Nashville and Louisville.
Mississippi reports anthrax in cattle near Jackson likely brought from Natchez by buzzards. Health authorities quarantine affected herds and police exterminate the scavenger birds to prevent spread. Officials fear wider impact on regional cattle efforts if unchecked.
Texas faces a pellagra outbreak with 60 000 to 100 000 cases, mainly in the east and south. A Dallas clinic crowd debates whether poor nutrition or diet variety causes Pellagra, prompting two committees to find causes and a cure.
An old editorial notes crime follows cycles from murders in scattered communities to arson, embezzlement, and defalcations. It discusses motives and social factors blamed for criminal waves as patterns shift over time. It emphasizes periodic bursts driven by crises, gambling, and personal temptations.
The New York Clearing House creates the Country Check Department to collect out of town checks from 388 member banks in New York New Jersey Connecticut Massachusetts and Rhode Island with plans to extend nationwide. Banks will forward daily checks drawn on listed out of town banks the department will sort them charge banks and send remittance letters, distributing proceeds to depositing banks. Executives M J McDermott and J Leslie Taylor praise time and cost savings while travel notes and local visits fill the Mobile scene with talk of improving tourism and livestock farming.
A fragmentary Springfield report notes a five mile space on the Connection today and mentions plans or movement connected to the route. Details are sparse but indicate ongoing site or route considerations.
Nick Johnston, accused of fatally shooting Stewart F. Foster a former University of Georgia athlete, remains at large in Rutledge, Ga. Foster died after a quarrel over a card game and reportedly made an ante mortem statement. His body was returned to Madison, Ga., for burial.
A. Bruce Etheridge of Virginia street and Marys Jane and Alphonse Zieman of St. Michael and Wilkinson streets were arrested Thursday night by Deputy Sheriff R H Puckett on liquor violations. Hearings set for next week before Judge Henry Chamberlain in inferior criminal court. Bail posted. liquor thought to be for the arrested parties. Deputies found empty boxes and drums on Dog river near Muntz's place. search failed to locate remaining liquor.
George Joseph Smith, known as a wife murderer, was hanged at Maidstone today after a July 1 conviction for killing three wives. He allegedly drowned each wife in a bath tub to collect life insurance, ending a court praised verdict and noting two earlier marriages where he defrauded money.
In probate court on Thursday afternoon articles of incorporation for the Mobile Sash Door and Blind Factory were filed. Capital stock is $10,000 with initial business capital of $7,000. Officers include G. J. Bates as president and treasurer, E. G. Hill as vice president and manager, and Cc. F. Bates as secretary.
Mrs. Cattie Hunter sues dentist Dr. F L Tapia for 8000 damages after a bucket of muddy water was thrown from the gallery of Tapia's office at Dauphin and St Emanuel streets. The complaint says the incident ruined her clothing and caused humiliation. A separate suit by Frank Ryder seeks 1000 damages from the city of Mobile after a city cart struck his shed.
A Mobile County column extols local agriculture including dasheen grown on marsh lands with high yields and superior nutrition. It touts Mobile grown peaches cantaloupes pumpkins watermelons cauliflower lettuce and peanuts and invites readers to report large crops and to ask for Mobile grown produce.
Deputy sheriffs arrested Oscar Taylor at Conception and Bloodgood streets on robbery charges after Horace Coleman identified him as the hold up man. Taylor carried a concealed 32 calibre revolver. an initial charge of carrying concealed weapons was filed. Coleman, robbed Monday night at Hamilton and Knox streets, positively identified Taylor during a jail visit Thursday night.
Incorporation papers for the Lady Woodmen Benevolent Association No 192 were filed in probate court on Thursday afternoon. Trustees listed include Ella Hogan, Mary E Matthews, Ella Marshall, Gertrude Clark, Lilly E Lewis and Rebecca Scott.
The Goddess continues as the serial story with Anita Stewart in the lead. Admission is 10c for adults and 6c for children. Saturday program includes Bud Jamieson and Marguerite Rieger in Street Fakers Ricca Alien and Plato in a Vitagraph comedy Lives of the Jungle a Selig Jungle Zoo wildlife film and Waking Up Sean a Mina farce film.
The entry notes claims that some aboriginal Americans may descend from Chinese due to two thousand year old inscriptions found on rocks near Hermosillo Mexico said to be Chinese characters. It cites F W Christian of the Polynesian Society and mentions Civil War officer appointments and local social notices in Big Point, Miss.
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