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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1914
Page
7
A fragmented notice lists children born on August 14 across years from 1904 to 1912, inviting all of age to send birthday pictures to the Children’s Editor of Mobile Birthdays. The text preserves names and ages with OCR gaps and uncertain spellings.
The Empire presents a two part Lubin drama The Man With a Future starring Arthur Johnson and Lottie Briscoe with audience appeal. Edison comedy One Touch of Nature completes today’s bill. The Rajah's Vow a Kalem drama will headline Saturday.
The readable fragments mention Maurice Omviiile, WMaravecte Clay ton, and G. M. 4ater-22 to be seen on the Sunday previous. No clear context or full details available.
The Dreamland program features Dean Van Rhinshart as the littlest boy with Miss Kart and Mr. Dean in strong parts. The chorus delivers a top singing showcase. Matinee and evening shows run today and tomorrow, with two performances nightly. Next week May Vernon company returns for another week, offering two plays with a Thursday change.
The census bureau reports July cotton consumption at 448,269 bales excluding linters, down from 462,242 in July last year. Eleven months ended July 31 show 5,193,659 bales consumed, with manufacturing establishments using 904,414 and warehouses holding 424,216 bales. Exports reach 8,444 bales for July and 254,996 for eleven months.
The Havas News Agency offers a version of Paris wartime statements noting a whole German division and machine guns surrendered. It reports spies shot including Thann mayor and postmaster, French battalions driven from La Garde, Belgian forces taking 2000+ German prisoners, and 1500 more captured along the frontier.
The second assistant postmaster general bans by mail the import of living sugar cane canes and cuttings. The measure follows a Department of Agriculture quarantine notice due to tamarindus insects and fungal diseases found in foreign cane. It cites June 6 1914 quarantine orders and names B T Galloway acting secretary of agriculture. The prohibition excludes Hawaii and Porto Rico. No war news released today.
A Houston tailor, A. L Hecht of Barringer Norton, shows a glass case with Vitalitas bottle as his proof of recovery from weeks of crippling rheumatism. Hecht claims the tonic cured him and urges customers to try Vitalitas, noting its pleasant taste and effectiveness.
Crown Prince leads 120,000 German troops in a brutal assault on Liege as Belgian defenses tighten. About 31,000 German casualties reported while 80,000 French troops rush to aid Belgian defenders. German planners had expected easy passage through neutral Belgium into France.
A special train carrying 300 Americans and five cars departed for Holland last evening from Berlin. Ambassador James W. Gerard coordinated with German port authorities and foreign governments over freights and free navigation for steamers flying flags of allied nations.
American travelers continue to depart Europe as the Chicago and France depart from Le Havre for New York this morning and afternoon amid anti German sentiment. Washington powers outline plans to repatriate about 20 000 war-bound Americans within thirty days using army transports chartered ships and neutral vessels with five transports Sumner Kilpatrick Denver City of Macon City of Memphis and Cristobal to be outfitted at Newport News for relief tasks.
Seattle today saw freight rates on all cargo between Seattle and Europe advance about twenty five percent due to war risks. The Pacific Oriental tariff bureau, governing lines between Seattle and the Orient, is considering a similar twenty five percent increase to the Far East.
The Standard Oil Company of New York announced a fifteen point reduction in refined petroleum export price to 8.10 cents per gallon.
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