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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1916
Page
6
City militiamen at Laredo, Texas, ride and care for horses as part of mounted troops. Morning routines center on harnessing, feeding, and grooming the horses before tending to personal meals. Citizens help nurse and readiness for duty remains constant through the day.
The piece describes how horses affect soldiers in Texas and along the Rio Grande. It notes horses’ reliability, the dangers of rough handling, and the routines of grooming feeding and care by noncommissioned officers and support staff. It also mentions officers drill regulations and the humorous yet harsh discipline used to remind horses who is in charge.
A Dallas newspaper prints a letter from a father to a military officer alleging his son Albert was set to work cleaning stalls on his first day out. The note urges the captain to reassign chores or remove his son from the army, suggesting Albert will be famed among men and horses. The letter alludes to horse and gas price themes amid wartime.
Article warns against coarse hidden hair from improper pastes and rubs. It promotes DeMiracle hair remover as the only guaranteed remedy, claiming it removes hair from face neck arms and limbs with bottles priced at $1.00 and $2.00.
Company C of the 123rd Regiment of Maple Camp held a lively meeting to plan a visit to Ocean Springs Mississippi for unveiling ceremonies at Summa Camp No. 703 W O W. The club formed an amusement committee led by Major Gus Se Be with W P Ludvigsen H Lang A B Jacob and G E Katede to organize dances through spring.
The Mobile Dry Goods Salesmen Association reports committees are active after the last meeting. Brother William Marshal remains ill but is hoped to recover soon. The group mourns the death of charter member Brother J. C. Thompson who contributed greatly to the order and its success.
Gulf City Court No 9 Tribe of Ben Hur will hold a regular meeting in Moose Hall Monday night. Members urged to attend as important matters are to be discussed and a large class will be put to work. Deputy Beauchamp aims to keep the camp leading the state in 1916 with all members encouraged to participate. Music by the Ben Hur orchestra. Visiting members welcome.
Maud Sylvester a 35 year old Sunday school teacher and mission worker was found guilty in Brooklyn court of flirting with Edwin A Waitword a vice squad detective and inviting him to her apartment. Sentence suspended. She admitted flirting but said she did not invite him to her residence and that he was a stranger.
Church notices list services across Mobile areas with multiple pastors, sermon times, Sunday schools, Epworth Leagues, and midweek prayer meetings. Locations include St Francis Street Broad Street Government Street Oakdale Prichard St Stephens Road Toulminville Dauphin Way and Trinity Church with various rosters and superintendents.
Sunday services and church activities listed for multiple Baptist congregations including First Baptist, Baptist Tabernacle, Oakdale, Crichton, Prichard, Dauphin Way, North Side, and Calvary. Details cover Sunday school times, worship, preaching hours, B Y P U, prayer meetings, and midweek events led by named pastors and superintendents.
Rev. Matthew Brewster rector at Christ Church St Imanuel. Holy Communion at 7:30 and 11 a.m. Rev. James F. Plummer rector at All Saints Church. Holy Communion at 7:30.
Government Street Presbyterian Church on Government and Jackson hosts Sunday school at 9 30 a m and morning service at 11 with Rev W P Nielson from Kansas City Mo Union service at Bienville Square at 8 p m Christian Endeavor at 7 p m South Franklin Street Presbyterian Church led by Rev H M Perkins holds divine worship at 7 30 p m with Sunday school at 9 30 a m and SY P s at 6 30 p m Julius Winter of Ascane Presbyterian Church presides with Sunday school at 10 a m Central Presbyterian Church at Dauphin and Ann Streets has services at 11 a m and 7 30 p m Sabbath school at 9 30 a m and Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p m.
The list outlines mass times for multiple churches including Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception St Joseph St Mary St James St Matthew St Catherine of Sienna St Margaret and St Peter with weekday and weekend services. It notes holy hours confessions baptisms rosary benediction and special observances through late September.
Seventh Day Adventists hold Sabbath services each Saturday at the First Christian Church located at Government and Dearborn. Sabbath school starts at 9:45 a.m. Services follow after the class.
Public church notice references First Christian Church at Government and Dearborn streets. Details unreadable.
Rev. D. W. Bosdell speaks at North Side Baptist Church Morning on A Vision of Duty and Evening on The Church of Today. Rev. H. M. Perkins preaches at Broad Street Presbyterian Morning on The True Relation of the Redeemed to God and at South Franklin Street Presbyterian Evening on The True Test of Religious Success. Rev. J. E. Barnes preaches Baptist Tabernacle Church Morning on Things That Abide and Evening on Saints in Caesar's Household.
Pastor leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. with G E Comer as superintendent. Preaching at 11 a.m. by the pastor. Christian Endeavor at 7 p.m. No evening service. will unite with other churches at Bienville Square. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:45 p.m.
First Church of Christ Scientist at 4 St. Emanuel Street offers Sunday services at 11 a.m. and Sunday school at 9 30 a.m. A testimonial meeting is held Wednesday evening at 8. The reading room at the same address is open daily from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. except Sundays and legal holidays.
Rev. W. H. Hennig presides at Lutheran church corner Dearborn and St Francis streets with a German language service scheduled for 9 in the morning.
James C. Reach sues the St. Louis American League Baseball Company for 15000 damages claiming an agent seized him in the grand stand at Sportsman's Park last Wednesday and detained him for twenty five minutes. He asserts such treatment follows a common practice at the park during souvenir ball exchanges.
New York reports price hikes on current publications as publishers and retailers raise costs by 10 to 25 cents. Books priced 50 cents to 1 dollar rise by 10 to 16 cents, while those from 1 to 2 dollars jump 25 cents each. Paper, leather, cloth and ink costs have surged 50 to 100 percent in the last year, with a possible further 10 to 20 percent rise anticipated.
A Lima Ohio mother credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving her daughter’s life during a cholera morbus attack at fourteen months. After vomiting and failing to keep medicines down, a doctor advised using the remedy. A second dose stayed down and the bowel condition improved quickly. Obtainable everywhere.
Sunday School Lesson by William T. Ellis argues that true Christian solidarity comes from shared purpose and fellowship. It highlights Paul’s leadership, his bonds with companions, and the call for teachers to train disciples while emphasizing humility, sacrifice, and service.
A pastor’s unique bond with his people is shown as Paul parts from the Christians at Ephesus. The leaders weep and kiss him, grieving that they will no longer see his face, as they accompany him to the ship.
After the riot at Ephesus Paul travels to Macedonia and back by land and sea to bid farewell to converts and strengthen their hearts. He fears bonds and imprisonment await him in Jerusalem and longs to be at the Jerusalem Passover. The text links his travels to war and ancient world maps as context.
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