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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1914
Page
4
The piece argues President Wilson in his Tuesday message to Congress emphasizes peace and may underrate war preparation. It suggests his peace drive could leave America underprepared against future forced conflicts while acknowledging his intent to allay national unease.
A Jacksboro News editor boasts of killing twenty seven rabbits on his farm with arsenic tainted apples and sweet potatoes. He urges others to join in, arguing poison feeds and helps relieve high living costs, while praising rabbit meat as a staple. He suggests gun hunting as an alternative for urban relief.
Mobile Chamber of Commerce pledges six thoroughbred bulls free of charge to cattle raisers in Mobile county to elevate stock grades. J Zimmern Grain Co president Lee Zimmern reportedly directed the board to purchase the first bull, reflecting public spirit as he also donated fifty dollars to The Item for Belgian relief.
A report describes a severe sea fight between English and German warships in the South Ian waters. It claims three German ships sank including their flagship, with British forces potentially pursuing two colliers and threatening capture or annihilation of the remaining German vessels.
A seven day campaign by energetic farmers urges removal of scrub cattle and razor-back hogs and promotes stock raising. They envision demonstrations of high quality cattle and hogs to showcase profits and improved land use, noting local awakenings to better breeds and efficient food production, as reported by The Mobile Item.
Postmaster General Burleson urges Christmas shoppers to mail gifts early and prepare parcels for forward by mail. He suggests marking with do not open until Christmas and ensures sender name and full address appear on the package for safe delivery. Books may be sent by parcel post with simple holiday inscriptions and optional attached communications in envelopes with proper postage.
USDA poultry handling specialists urge housewives to buy undrawn chickens with heads and feet on. Undrawn birds reveal freshness better than dressed ones, since drawing accelerates decomposition after cleaning. Undrawn poultry resists contamination and keeps longer.
The Edison plant in West Orange New Jersey burned overnight destroying a reinforced concrete building thought fireproof. The fire left 3 000 workers unemployed in the dead of winter and caused vast monetary losses for Edison and others occupying the premises.
The El Reno American published its December 3 Christmas edition, hailed as a record Christmas special for the region. The piece notes Oklahoma's reputation for energy and enterprise and wryly remarks on a war correspondent’s habit of annihilating an army corps, all in period voice.
The report notes crossmarks showing shifts in Flanders and Russia in the fourth month of the war. German losses near Calais and over thirty miles ceded in thirty days contrast with Russia’s aim to strike through Silesia toward Cracow and Warsaw. Germany gains forty miles before Lodz as casualties reach at least 800000 and costs exceed a billion dollars.
Washington diplomats urge clearing Western Hemisphere waters of war vessels to free Latin America from European influence. They seek public support to deter British French and German ships, citing neutrality concerns and incidents like the Sacramento seizure. The U S government remains unofficially neutral and wary of legal avenues.
Arnold Shanklin recounts a parable of obedience at a Washington dinner. A child asks to speak while a father reads, and after restraint the mother signals attention. The girl reveals the water is overflowing the bathroom tub, illustrating patience and attentiveness in family life.
A husband and wife who ran a provincial freak show quarrelled and split. The wife continued at the old address while the husband toured. After years apart they reconciled and resumed partnership. A morning paper notice then joked that the stock of freaks had been permanently increased by the husband’s return, per exchange.
The Southern Pine Association was tentatively organized in New Orleans with over 200 members from nine states. Officers include President Charles S. Keith, Vice Presidents Philip Gardner and J. P. Kirby, and Treasurer J. L. Young. The group will operate under Missouri law with headquarters in New Orleans and will focus on inspection and grading, lumber news, and trade extension.
W. B. Keller state highway engineer departed Montgomery for Washington to join highway engineers from other states in forming a national association. The Atlanta American Good Roads Congress chose him to head the committee to organize the group and meet federal engineers on securing federal road aid. Keller plans to return next Sunday.
Washington December 10 President Wilson was invited by the Georgia delegation to attend the unveiling of a Midway Georgia monument next spring honoring an ancestor who served as a Presbyterian pastor. The president said his trip to Panama would likely prevent his attending.
Alabama outlook fair tonight and Friday with frost expected tonight. Mississippi remains fair tonight and Friday with no significant frost anticipated.
A New Orleans editorial argues Dreyfus proved innocent after a dangerous mockery of justice and warns Georgia may face a similar stain if Leo M. Frank’s death sentence proceeds. It cites circumstantial flaws and calls for clemency to prevent a wrongful execution.
A San Antonio Light summary notes Chicago’s flap over streetcar flirtations. Detectors secretly studied conditions after female complaints of unwanted attention. Investigators found few offenders and observed many men ignore women, while some critics called for harsher measures though actual numbers appeared small.
Dr John Allan Wyeth promotes a perpetual peace plan for America arguing for one country one flag and one national language from Panama to the Arctic Pole. The former Confederate soldier cites the Civil War verdict as opening a path to continental unity.
A note stating waterways would be managed by engineers continues. The text hints at ongoing plans or discussion about hydraulic work and engineering responsibility for watercourses. It preserves the fragmentary report's sense of a technical approach to waterways management.
The plan allocates most funds to major waterways with Mississippi river at 10.5 million and Ohio at 9.88 million. Other large totals include Hudson 3.67 million, Tennessee over 3 million, and Columbia and Missouri about 2.5 million each. Harbor and smaller waterway work spread across many states with specific channel and lock projects listed.
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