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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1916

Page

5

British policy toward Ireland harms Anglo American ties says Guardian

The Manchester Guardian editorial warns that British actions on Ireland and wartime censorship fuel American suspicion and erode support for a postwar league of liberal pacific powers. It notes Irish American sentiment and Maxwell's Dublin leadership threaten U.S. cooperation for lasting peace.

Associated Press London England Ireland United States The Manchester Guardian Guardian Sir John Maxwell Dublin

Armenians in Syria Suffer Severe Hunger and Sickness

Rev. J. L. Barton of the Armenian relief committee cites an eye witness among 3 500 deported Armenians at Meskene. He reports many refugees are sick or dying in tents with no shelter, some begging and even fear of famine. A preacher from Aintab recalls desperate acts including parents killing children.

Associated Press Boston Arabia J. L. Barton Barton Meskene Sepka Aintab

Hog Breeders of Coast Plan Law Enforcement Drive

A Gulf Coast Duroc Hog Breeders' Association meeting at the Chamber of Commerce voted a $10 reward for information leading to arrests of anyone releasing infected hogs in Alabama. Plans were laid for an educational campaign in Mobile and Baldwin counties to teach hog care, cholera prevention, and disease control by agents and association officials.

Gulf Coast Duroc Hog Breeders’ Aation Chamber of Commerce Alabama Livestock Sanitary Law Mobile Baldwin G. A. Maloney Mobile County P. 8. Hedrick Hog Breeders’ Association

Prince Maximilian of Hesse Killed in War

A Paris report details the death and disappearance of Prince Maximilian of Hesse after being shot in the groin during a clash near Godewaersvelde, Northern France. Monks found the prince, he died at a monastery, and his coffin cost thirty francs funded by a poor man.

Associated Press Paris Prince Maximilian of Hesse Petit Parisien Godewaersvelde France Bernard Hazebrouck Maximilian William Germany Alexander Frederick Hesse

Union writers protest Hughes banquet plan in San Francisco

The San Francisco Culinary Workers Union delivered a written protest to Francis V. Keeslin, chairman of the Republican state central committee, objecting to entertaining Charles E. Hughes at the Commercial Club where an open shop card is displayed. Officials said it was too late to alter banquet plans.

San Francisco Cal Charles E. Hughes Commercial Club Culinary Workers’ Union Francis V. Keeslin Republican State Central Committee

Nashville Negro chosen head of National Negro Business League

Aug. 18 report from Kansas City notes election of officers and next year’s meeting site as key items at the seventeenth annual session. Nashville Tenn. J. C. Napier as executive committee chair eyed for presidency. Chattanooga Tenn. favored as convention city for next year.

Associated Press Kansas City National Negro Business J. C. Napier Nashville Tenn Chattanooga

Farmer burned as fire destroys home near Laurel

A. J. Moss, living nine miles north of Laurel, was badly burned when fire swept his residence and several outbuildings. He was trapped beneath burning timbers while attempting to save meat from a smokehouse. Neighbors arrived quickly and saved his life.

Laurel, Miss A. J. Moss Laurel

Railroad assessment up by fifty thousand in Alabama

The state board of equalization raised the assessment on the Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad in South Alabama by $50,000 after a hearing that featured William H. Armbrecht for the railroad. The total assessment for the year will exceed $1,000,000.

Montgomery Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad South Alabama State Board of Equalization William H. Armbrecht Mobile

Death at Baumbhauer Candy Factory on Dauphin Street

An aged Black man named Frank Wilson died of heart disease Thursday night while working on the third floor of W. C. Baumbhauer's candy factory at 14 Dauphin Street. Coroner G. A. Thomas viewed the body before it was turned over to an undertaker for burial.

W.c. Baumbhauer Dauphin Street Frank Wilson G. A. Thomas

Soap brands and prices listed in paper item

An OCR fragment shows a catalog-like list of soap brands and prices including Woodbury's Facial Soap Resinol Soap Cuticura Soap Casisie Soap Tar Soap Pearl's Unscented Soap and Fairy Soap, with multiple 2h or 0 markings indicating costs or listings.

Woodbury Pear

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