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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1915
Page
18
A Northern Mobile county community at Satsuma advances its push for organization and farming. The district plans to raise its first crop with marketing efforts by Als. and other groups. A small-farm settlement spans eight to nine miles, focusing on agriculture and community development.
An OCR fragment mixes a hair treatment remedy with a descriptive piece on the Heartley family. It notes a home at Satsuma near bayous and creeks, the Heartley mansion, and a hospitable southern lineage. The piece links progressive Heartleys with a thriving Satsuma orange grove and southern development.
Dawes residents showcase citrus culture at Gulf Coast Fair and plan a stronger next year. Women lead community development, Dawes sits in the Satsuma belt, and diversified farming attracts Northern farmers seeking a healthy climate for orchards and crops.
An old article extols the Satsuma orange grown in Mobile County describing its hardiness on trifoliata stock, thornsless trees, heavy yields, early September ripening, seedless flesh, easy peeling, and superior taste. It notes high wholesale prices and growing recognition in the North as the ideal eating orange.
A Gulfport columnist shares practical use of citrus in cooking. The article lists candied peels and kumquat preserves, with step by step directions for candied orange and grapefruit peels, kumquats, and kumquat preserves, including preparation, cooking times, and storage tips.
Biloxi committee from the Biloxi Commercial Club will travel to Mobile on Saturday to attend the Old Spanish Trail promoters convention, following a message from the organization secretary. President George W. Grayson leads the Biloxi group.
Postponement of the Mike Gibbons versus Young Ahearn ten round contest is set for at least a week because Gibbons has a cold that threatens pneumonia. If he resumes training next Monday the fight could be rescheduled for December 17 in St. Paul Minnesota.
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