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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1915
Page
12
Police, overwhelmed by tips, search for killers amid wartime anxiety. Chief Heintz admits limited manpower while rumors point to a woman in the case. A German residents’ fund funds private detectives as suspicions rise about espionage links.
Uncle Wiggily helps Jackie Peetie and friends stage a make believe circus using Nurse Jane s clothesline as lassos. The kids capture a seadog threatening Uncle Wiggily and celebrate with pink lemonade peanuts and ice cream. The tale ends with a tease of Uncle Wiggily popping corn.
The Organization of Market Exchange to be perfected will hold meetings from September 6 to 11 with farmers at multiple Mobile county towns. Each stop aims to complete the exchange’s organization and boost cooperation between rural and city businesses, with schedules listed for each location and time.
T Chestman wife and daughter and L Franze arrived in Mobile last night after a six thousand mile automobile journey begun in Bogalusa Louisiana on July 27 1914. They traveled to Detroit then into Canada reaching Toronto and Niagara Falls before Mobile. They will leave Monday for Gulfport and home. Chestman said they never averaged less than 125 miles per day.
Greensville August 28 Special Farmers from eleven sections of Butler county prepare their best farm products to Greenville for the Butler County Agricultural and Livestock Show in October. Interest runs high with liberal prizes to spark competition. Fine stock and crops are being raised as diversification becomes the county slogan.
In Lumberton North Carolina a ten year old boy identified as Bill liott Merrick robbed the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Lumberton of $800 slipping in unobserved by the cashier. He was captured hours later and all but $20 was recovered. The boy was jailed. The incident is reported from Charlotte NC.
A midcentury column urges readers to manage money to ensure the family meets basic costs. It contrasts households that track spending with those that let funds drift away, leading to a push for careful handling of groceries rent dry goods clothing and transportation.
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