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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1915
Page
4
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The Mobile Item guarantees advertisers higher nonpaid circulation in Mobile City and suburbs than any other Mobile news outlet. The claim is audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulation for two consecutive six month periods.
The Mobile Item newspaper offers home delivery city wide for 10 cents a week or 5 dollars a year with no price variation across Mobile. A reward of one year’s subscription free is offered to anyone who proves delivery at an address by an unauthorized carrier. Mobile Alabama August 16, 1915.
An anonymous line laments a single frame holding multiple phrases about things won done and gained. The terse verse blends aspirational language with a compact summary of effort rewarded in a unified image.
The overall business tone shows no clear national improvement though eastern reports cite growing activity in crops while western areas see gradual gains. Corn oats hay and wheat are highlighted with cotton also drawing attention. A surge in gold and American securities from England unsettled Wall Street briefly, but major railroad stocks remain firm with an upward tendency as industrials brace for a settling week.
A sharp witted woman outsmarts domineering cabbies during a downpour that leaves residents stranded. The scene shifts to Atlantic City where crowds shelter on the boardwalk as a dramatic storm hits, while Chipley Florida notes a local meat report and Alabama farmers face supply questions.
The Montgomery Advertiser reports Frank P. Glass has sold his half stake in the paper ending a thirty year connection. W. T. Sheehan and Charles H. Allen will control the paper with the Screws estate, keeping public policy but reducing political emphasis. Glass remains editor and part owner of the Birmingham News.
A Berkeley convention discusses artificial ripening and coloring of immature citrus, noting green oranges do not change sugar or acidity after picking. Experts urge health authorities to monitor imports into Mobile and other regions to protect consumers, especially children, from digestive disturbances.
A feature on the rising fad of the collarless sport shirt sweeping Mobile readers notice. The piece mocks public curiosity about misidentifications in police cases and notes social shifts toward emanci pation from traditional collars. It mentions a St Paul vow on hair, and the Wabash Railroad auction result amid broader wartime talk.
Reporter William Philip Sims tours the Metz region amid trenches and shelling, describing the city’s fortifications, the Moselle junction, and popular sentiment among French troops. He notes Metz’s history, the 1870 surrender, and the potential for French long-range artillery to threaten the forts.
Dialogue fragment shows Charley refusing to discuss with his wife, citing a preference not to talk about it. The line hints at a domestic disagreement and stalled communication between spouses.
Thomas M. Campbell of Tuskegee and C W Green with N Juanita Coleman wrapped up two effective Movable School sessions in Marengo county under the Smith Lever act. Sessions at Old Spring Hill and Farnsdale drew hundreds with talks on seed selection, year round gardening, home canning, and farm equipment. Expert R H Allen and other white visitors attended. Two more sessions are planned in Green county Forkland August 17-18 and Cedarville August 20-21.
Paris Aug 16. Italian engineer Quarini reports a device that drives torpedoes off course and detonates them has passed tests. Arrangements are underway to supply the device to allied fleets for use in battle.
Information indicates Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad Company barges, under construction to move coal down the Warrior and Bigbee rivers to Mobile and New Orleans, will begin full operation around September 1. Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company plans to place its barge fleet in regular service.
The Knights of Peter Claver, an organization for negro Catholics formed in Mobile November 7, 1909 with members in four states, will hold their sixth annual convention at K. O. P. C. hall on Scott Street Wednesday and Thursday. Founders include Rev. Fathers C. F. Rebasher and S. J. Kelly and J P. Van Boast, with charter members Gilbert Faustina Frank Collins Frank Trenier and J H Dorsey.
William Henry Rhein 61 a German native who came from Florida five years ago died at the city hospital after two weeks with internal injuries from the partly erected Gulf Coast Fair grounds grand stand collapse. He is survived by a daughter Mrs. H M Farnell and four grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the daughter's home and burial followed at Valley cemetery conducted by Rev S W Ro of Broad Street Methodist Church.
Baron Chinda hands to Secretary Bgyan for transmission to Berlin the mikado's ultimatum requiring the Germans to quit Kaop-Chau within a week. Serbians sink two Austrian boats filled with soldiers while big guns duel at Belgrade. Canada receives a war gift of 500000 dollars to start a fund. US cruisers Tennessee and North Carolina reach Falmouth with gold for stranded Americans. Still fighting at Liege. French and German forces clash near Diant. French attempt to retake Mulhausen.
A St Louis Republic report recalls a sergeant pleading with an employer to release a National Guard sergeant for a training encampment in Louisiana. The employer refuses, saying the worker is the only reliable one in his department, highlighting a common annual delay in guard mobilization. Also noted is a new Belgium mail rule delaying delivery of non letter items.
A Cavalry Officer cautions a recruit grooming horses to announce themselves first. He warns that approaching horses without greeting them could provoke a kick, risking injury and leaving the unit with lame horses. The judge interrupts with the admonition.
Fragmentary note describes Miss Binks closing her eyes perhaps to hide a hurt or fear while facing an awkward social moment. The line hints at compassion and internal resolve in a strained domestic scene.
Amusements note the Empire shows Eyes that See Not starring Beverly Bayne and Richard C. Travers with a romance between a stock broker's daughter and his worker. The program also offers The Winning Wash a comedy and a Chinese laundry sketch. Desperate Chances and The Hazard series knockouts plus Hearst-Selig News Pictorial. Admission 5c.
City Commissioner Schwarz acted as mayor while noting trivial complaints and reporting a dangerous asphalt break on Government street. Congressman Oscar L. Gray visited Mobile for Good Roads Day, praising rural credits bills. a parade of guests registered at local hotels including Selma, Pascagoula, and New Orleans residents.
Colonel F. B. Merrill organizer of the Alabama naval militia has called a meeting for August 23 and May sessions. Several members were dropped for nonattendance at the August 9 meeting. Merrill is reconnecting with attendees and asking each to bring an applicant to secure the required numbers for the re formation.
A fragment notes a steamship stuck in mud with the phrase I see one of your steamships is fast in even mud. The line emphasizes a vessel trapped by mud and hints at a larger log of waterway delays.
Rev. Irwin St. John Tucker of Chicago spoke at St. Francis Street Methodist Church on Christianity and the War. He argued Europe faces a hurricane of blood and fire and urged a cooperative commonwealth to end commerce driven conflict and wars.
Dr. Tucker preached on Genuine Patriotism at St. John's Church. He used Amos as text to argue for a world commonwealth on earth with justice and peace. He said the present industrial system is a war, noting many more killed in industry than on battlefields.
A reader asks the value of a 1858 dime with thirteen stars and receives Ten cents as the answer. Another queries the oath aliens take to become citizens, with the full oath quoted. A third asks for hay fever relief and is advised a bicarbonate soda nasal rinse used several times daily.
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