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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1913
Page
3
Madame Dieulafoy argues from the French suffrage movement that women should take military responsibilities. She suggests women fill nurse roles in hospitals and even acquire hospital training for field service in war. A draft bill proposes wives aged 20 may be mobilized for such duties.
International News Service reports farmers and stock raisers in Cottonwood Falls Kansas say coyotes are nearing extinction. Fenced pasture lands and high cattle density have driven coyotes from open range, with a $1 county bounty on each scalp. Springtime killings and den raids cut coyote numbers sharply, leaving few to raise families in stock-raising areas.
The article discusses a proposed system where women, married or unmarried, could be drafted into hospital service for six months, then three weeks annually until age 45. Exemptions apply for mothers with young children or those with more than three children. Proposals expand women to commissaries, cooks, tailors, seamtresses, and even generals secretaries, amid mixed views on suffrage.
ROMF Aug 16 tenth anniversary of Pius X election and coronation marked at the Vatican with subdued ceremonies. Observers note a shift from Leo XIII era splendor to frugal court life as curia and nobility reflect on changes since the pope’s election. Diplomatic ties have faded with several nations abolishing legations to Rome.
Rev. A L Baler, a 60 year old blind Columbus minister visiting Detroit, identified John Black as the pocket thief who took $36 after a handshake. Police cited the man's voice and distinctive hands in the arrest and at the grand larceny arraignment before Justice Gainey. Black pleads not guilty and awaits trial.
A nostalgic column reflects on the fading era of the antebellum black mammy, contrasting venerated warm memories with changing Southern life. It centers on Aunt Georgia Bass in Atlanta, describing her two room shanty, hollyhocks, sunflowers, lavender scent, and a life tied to past days before war.
Paris dancer Polaire boasts she is the ugliest woman in Paris and will tour America with her prized pig Time and a personal perfume. She insists only she may use perfume on tour, and she will wear her jewels on the pig’s neck to adorn the animal. Polaire signs an exclusive perfume deal worth 25,000 francs for the U.S. launch.
SENECA Kan Aug 16 Potatoes without tops are being grown by farmer J C Mornney near Oneida after a series of trial plantings. The eyeless tubers sprouted into a robust crop with no taste difference and similar yield, offering protection from early frosts and pests.
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