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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1915
Page
22
The article outlines best practices for growing grapefruit and pomelo in the Gulf Coast region. It covers soil choice, drainage, and careful cultivation in early years, with lighter work once trees bear. It stresses proper nitrogen management, high quality fertilizer, and strict spraying to maintain clean trees and control pests and diseases.
F C Bell near Grand Bay proves peaches grow in the Satsuma region by yielding high quality fruit. Captain Poitevant near Ocean Springs reports a 650 tree orchard with about twenty varieties and a season crop praised for size and flavor. He notes proper spraying and care allow peach orchards to thrive locally.
The list names 60 jurors drawn for the criminal side in city court for the week of December 13. The passage ends with a quip about American energy and a remark on humor revealing enemy trenches.
A panoramic view shows a citrus and pecan grove south of Grand Bay on level ground beside a road. Four year old Satsuma trees are in full bearing and part of a growing cluster of groves from the past four to five years. Trees are planted in orderly rows with space for cultivation to keep soil loose and yield marketable fruit.
A southern coast feature extols rich hunting and fishing, urging visitors to explore Satsuma and Mobile area attractions. It touts abundant partridges, rabbits, ducks, coots, woodcocks, turkeys, deer, and squirrels with expert notes on shotgun tips and regional game abundance, urging responsible, balanced sport.
Gulf Coast persimmons lead the season with high prices and ready sales. The Japanese variety grown locally is large, seedless, and praised for its sweetness, maturing about thirty days before California fruit. Wholesale prices run from 3 to 4 cents per fruit, with pecans and oranges following in market sequence.
Mobile Catholics observe the Forty Hours devotion with Masses at 5 7 and 8 oclock at the Cathedral for peace among warring nations. A 730 pm rosary sermon and benediction features Rev Father E J Hackett. Friday Masses follow Thursday schedule with 130 pm closing procession.
The Blessed Sacrament and benediction began in Milan around 1534 during the forty hours devoted to Jesus in the Sepulchre. It spread to Rome by 1551 and was observed monthly by two Archon fraternities. The devotion reached the United States in 1853 in Philadelphia and 1858 in Baltimore, gaining formal approval at the 1866 Plenary Council of Baltimore.
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