24 Aug 1915
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1915
Page
4
Emporia editor Kiam Allen White denounces lemon pie as a blight on the pastry world, arguing it offers neither nourishment nor intoxication. He questions pie’s value and likens its taste to a misguided culinary menace while debating its place in American dining.
The Black Belt region of Alabama, once the war era wheat source for the Confederate army, is cited as still capable of profitable wheat production. A Perry county planter notes that if his crop had been all wheat this year it could have been worth about $20,000, illustrating the long term potential of soil in this cotton belt for wheat. Diversification now urges Black Belt farmers to consider wheat as western graineries remain distant.
The Star notes Anniston, inland though far from the coast, runs a fishing tackle industry using 7000 bales of cotton yearly and earning substantial net income. The piece suggests Mobile should imitate this profitable inland venture, given its coastal fishing culture and status as a fishing resort.
The Troy Messenger argues farmers with abundant crops, livestock, and cash reserves are better off than European monarchs, noting few Americans would swap positions with kings amid current advantages and plenty in store.
The Andalusia Star lauds two major city improvements funded at 225000 dollars a courthouse costing 100000 and a packing plant 125000, signaling urban progress and cash flow for workers and merchants. A Maine bound Rev A Arnold Ross praises Alabama and urges road-building lessons. Georgia peach growers’ 2 million crop profits highlight regional cooperative marketing as a lesson for Gulf coast citrus growers in Alabama and Mississippi.
The Chamber of Commerce Ways and Means committee, meeting at the Battle House roof, urges full attendance at Thursday's general membership meeting to discuss important financial matters. The Home Industrial committee reported on an excursion to Smith's Bakery and Wheeler Manufacturing. A next excursion to Mobile Stove and Pulley Works is planned for Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. with A. J. Parsons president. The event will feature shell manufacture for U.S. big guns. Concerts in Bienville Square will follow tonight's carving concert with a $6 admission.
Jackson Mississippi Aug 24 A second Democratic primary is held today to nominate a state revenue agent a land commissioner and several minor officials The two top vote getters from the August 3 election are in the running for the nominations though results in today’s vote are not yet available
Capt Johnston notes Galveston sea wall prevented 1900 Gulf devastation while Congressman Oscar Gray urges similar protection for Coden and Bayou La Batre. Nearby, Matt Mahomer Jr reports better crop conditions in Alabama and east Mississippi and good travel roads between Meridian and Mobile. Numerous visitors register at Battle House and other hotels, including residents from Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, and beyond.
Biloxi Mississippi August 24 special report notes rising tensions from the International Longshoremen's Association strike. Citizens discuss declaring martial law as threats mount while no major disturbances have yet occurred. Vincent Bass aged 97 died at his Biloxi home after a long Gulf boating career and decades in the area.
At the Eastern Shore Baptist Association closing session in Daphne Alabama Isiah J Whitley Plateau Institute principal urged more than five hundred delegates that the South offers industrial and religious opportunity for Black people He urged earning money and supporting fairs Like Colored Fair Plateau and Gulf Coast Fair Mobile October He urged unity in Baldwin County urging Black land cultivation over selling land
Plans to improve St Josephs Catholic Association gymnasium were approved after a Monday meeting. Committees were formed to implement new ideas and elevate the facility to one of the best in the city.
An old advertisement touts GROVE'S WASTELESS CHILL TONIC as a remedy to drive out malaria and build up the system. It notes the formula printed on the label includes Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form, claiming the tonic bolsters health and fights disease.
In a domestic dialogue, Margie confides in her diary about Dick and their marriage. She wonders why husbands and wives confide, recalls his gifts and the diamond ring, and notes he avoids responsibility while she weighs his place in her life. The scene ends with a promise to continue tomorrow.
The Empire presents The Path of Peril chapter sixteen of The Diamond From the Sky set in California mining camps with Lottie Pickford and Irving Cummings in top roles. Helen Holmes stars in The Perilous Chance and Hearst Selig News Pictorial rounds out the program. The Blindness of Virtue starring Edna Mayo and Bryant Washburn closes as the V. L. S. E. masterpiece with admissions five and twenty cents, children ten.
The item explains hot water cleans grease better than cold since oil or fat melts with heat and carries dirt away. If dirt contains no fat, water temperature matters little.
The steam ship Helligolav arriving from Copenhagen reported being held up by British cruisers in the North Sea on three occasions. Passenger list included H. W. Zimmerman American vice-consul at Rostov Russia.
The piece analyzes Dr. H F Albert's public statement about documents in a German American case. It notes his restrained tone, plausible explanations, and remaining mystery regarding why he appeared excited and offered a reward to recover the papers.
The New York World quotes Dr Albert denying any secret attempt to sway American public opinion by German propaganda. He says actions have been conducted openly and with honorable assurances, aiming to counter the World’s criticisms of German methods in the United States.
The piece argues Count Von Bernstorff sent $5000 to the Fair Play Publishing Company, edited by Marcus Braun, to influence American opinion in favor of Germany. It asserts Braun’s East Side political ties and questions the moral impact of public knowledge of German funding.
Former President Taft refused to receive a Congressional Union delegation led by Mrs. Lee Davenport of Portland. About a dozen women sought to present their propaganda, but Taft said his engagements were full and would not meet them.
Mrs. Mary McCue of 186 Crystal Street writes Mayor Pillans with details about her brother Patrick Wallace last heard from Mobile forty years ago. She describes him as sandy complexion, five feet eight inches, about seventy years old, and says she is his only living sister seeking information.
The passage contrasts a mosquito with a house fly as symbols in a campaign, noting the mosquito's greater disruption despite being less deadly. It frames insects as metaphors for political tactics and public perception in a civic context.
Reports from the European War one year on note 10000 French prisoners and Longwy fallen. Belgium denies Namur capture while Antwerp bombardment kills seven. Russians defeat at Stolluponen. two great armies push into East Prussia. Asquith warns Britain of resource strain. Russians leave Vladivostok for Tsing Tao attack. Serbia declares Austrian troops expelled by Sabac battle. Salandra says Italian mobilization not imminent.
Fireman Claude Johnson of Mobile reports Galveston newspapers the Galveston Tribune and Galveston Star issued editions despite the tornado and power loss. The Tribune appeared August 19 as a four page square with full news and the Star as a double edition extra on yellow paper.
The Santa Maria, a replica of Columbus voyage ship, is too unseaworthy to sail from New York to San Francisco for the Panama Pacific Exposition. Previously towed plans to Colon with Nina and Pinta failed after ice hindered their voyage. repairs could cost about 18000 dollars. The caravels were gifts from the Spanish government after Chicago's world fair.
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