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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1915
Page
4
Notice lists the 8 C Beckwith Agency offices in New York Chicago and Louis and the Third Nation at the Mobile Post Office as second class mail matter.
The Mobile Item declares it is the only Mobile newspaper serving all subscribers at the same weekly rate. It offers daily and Sunday editions delivered anywhere in Mobile for 10 cents per week or $6 per year with no price variation. A reward is offered for any proof of delivery at a different price by any authorized carrier.
A quoted aphorism notes that nothing truly valuable can be bought without effort and labor, attributed to Addison.
Congressman Oscar L Gray spoke at Roads Day in Grand Bay praising good highways for linking country and city. He cited county roads to Bay area travel and urged road improvements to benefit Mobile County residents and Alabama communities.
The text recalls a European war period where many Americans faced hardship in a scramble for aid. Treasury officials plan to reclaim funds from those who did not meet obligations while continuing aid to genuine relief recipients, with the government preparing to publish details publicly.
The article condemns Georgia for a lynching linked to Leo Frank's 1915 case. It decries mob justice, cites the warden’s removal of Frank, his hanging near Milledgeville, and accuses state leaders of complicity. It denounces the violence as a stain on the New South.
The Senate passed Pillans port improvement measures for Mobile, approving an islands cession after twenty years and a bond election. The Item hails the move, noting swift city action on water terminal plans and praise for the Mobile delegation and Senator Hartwell for advancing the Pillans bills.
A Texas board and university officials consider adding military training to high school and college curricula as a means to increase national preparedness. Proposals include expanding West Point and using National Guard instructors to provide basic arms and warfare education during students' schooling to create a ready pool of volunteers.
The San Antonio Light mockingly disputes congressman James L. Slayden’s claim to direct U S policy on Mexican affairs. It cites his failure to appoint a postmaster in his own district and declares he has had, has, and will have no national influence.
Mrs. W. 8. Neal of Escambia county and neighbor Mrs. John O Bannon each put up 700 cars of fruits and vegetables for the local market this year with stock for their families. John Jackson south of Brewton sold $300 of fruit from a four acre orchard and reserved enough for home use. The Brewton Standard notes this as encouraging diversification of soil use.
A fragment from a Columbia State page riffs on cheeky banter about kissing a girl while out angling and jokes about social mischief across Raleigh Asheville Anniston Tampa Charlotte Wilmington and Fayetteville.
Editor E B Gaston of the Courier disputes boosters claim of only three creameries in the state. He notes Fairhope operates a main creamery with two branches at Loxley Silver Hill and Summerdale, and links profits of about $3,000 monthly to farmers. He asserts Fairhope dominates the industry on the coast and cites local citrus and pecan leaders visiting for Good Roads Days.
Belgian seat of teenage moved to Antwerp as German cavalry nears Brussels. French advance claimed in Alsace with regimental capture. Russia reports Austrian losses along the frontier. Adriatic cleared of Austrian ships by a French fleet sinking four vessels. Kaiser said to have left for the battlefront in Alsace. Wealthy Americans in steerage in New York.
A dense roster of individuals and spouses from Memphis to Los Angeles appears, with many tied to Birmingham, Columbus, Montgomery, Pensacola and other locales. The fragment lists dozens of surnames and city pairs, indicating a broad social or mailing line across the South and Midwest.
Steamboat ride on Lake Bankhead and the Warner river from Salter's Bluff to Lock 17 on August 25 will entertain Alabama merchants as the Alabama Merchants Association meets in Birmingham August 24 26. The Birmingham Chamber chartered the John Quill Martha Hennen Swan and Myrtle from Mobile with brass bands on each boat and a big barbecue at East Lake Park. W W Ogden of Sulligent and Crawford Johnson of the Birmingham Chamber will speak. Mobile merchants are invited.
Question box answers include using chloride of lime in hot water to treat mildewed white goods and oxalic acid with water for white leather bindings. An alternative method suggests kneaded rubber for cleaning. The column notes Jewish senators David Yules Levy and Judah P. Benjamin as early U S senators.
Benjamin P. Jonas, a Louisiana figure, became a senator. Joseph Simon represented Oregon from 1898 to 1903. Isidor represent ed Maryland from 1902 to 1911. Simon Guggenheim served as senator from Colorado from 1907 to 1913.
Tom Miller known as Dare Devil Miller was arrested Monday night by Detective Noah Harris on a warrant filed by Mrs Mary Sanges alleging a statutory offense against May Malone the complainant's 13 year old daughter Miller was denied bail and held at the station he denied the charge and was arraigned before Recorder Edington held to the city court without bail.
In Berkeley on August 17 Dr. Benjamin Ide Wheeler president of the University of California urged student cooperation with university military authorities and predicted the United States would adopt compulsory military training like Switzerland.
The Broad Street Sunday school council meeting scheduled for today is postponed to August 25. The text notes some people favor two six month vacations per year.
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