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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1914
Page
7
Interviews with Mobile leaders extol the Satsuma citrus industry as a transformative force for Mobile county. Mayors, attorneys, bankers, and business owners foresee rapid farm development, new residents, and strengthened city revenue as trees and groves expand across the gulf coast.
In Montgomery, Chairman Mooring and Commissioner White traveled to Birmingham to review solvent credit cases while Judge Evans stayed in Montgomery. The visit highlighted potential growth in financial and wholesale sectors and the role of newspaper advertising in promoting new Gulf Coast fruits like satsuma oranges and pecans.
Montgomery reports notice of Coosa County Bank of Rockford incorporation with 20000 capital and Cash Mercantile Company of Mobile with 2500 capital paid in 1700. Mobile business leaders praise Satsuma Day and citrus fruit growth for Gulf Coast prosperity and regional development.
R N Gibson sentenced from Multnomah county to serve one to five years for obtaining money by false pretenses was refused admission at the Oregon penitentiary after arriving without commitment papers. He was told to return for them and left in annoyance.
The Daily Chronicle reports at Rams capelle near Pervyse German rafts with machine guns were met by Belgian outposts and naval support. Belgian and French artillery shelling drove the Germans back as they landed, with several rafts capsizing and many attackers surrendering amid heavy fighting along the Belgian line.
Roy A Sleep secretary treasurer of Irvington Realty Co asserts the citrus fruit industry in Mobile County will become the best paying staple within five years. He says it already draws farmers and northern dollars, aided by fire soil and natural climate, and will lead the country in citrus production.
E M Bailey predicts a Satsuma industry surge along the gulf coast from the gulf to Mobile county line. Ground is suitable for orange and other citrus. land speculators hold back while nearly all purchases are small tracts of about one hundred acres by northern farmers.
A skin specialist promotes a propanion called Mrs Wood's Wonder as the best method to remove hair on arms and hands. The advertisement claims it banishes hair forever without harming the complexion and offers a money back guarantee. Availability is noted through Van Antwerp & or any up-to-date dealer.
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