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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1916
Page
4
An Associated Press transmission from Mobile Alabama outlines subscription and delivery terms for the Mobile Postoffice. It lists rates for subscription by mail outside Mobile and mentions monthly quarterly and yearly payment options with cash in advance. The report is dated December 11, 1916 and notes various editorial sections and society editors.
Admiral Fiske and officials argue a Gulf naval base is essential for defense and extreme contingencies. Mobile is cited as the strongest repair port with shipbuilding potential, and its harbor could be fortified cheaply. The claim rests on merit rather than pork barrelling as authorities weigh stations along the Gulf.
The piece notes rising cost of living and housewives' boycotts lowering butter and egg prices. It reports federal grand investigations into the cost of living and predicts broad effects on markets and consumer access, with Mobile possibly benefiting from declines.
An excerpt discusses thrift as a national trend, noting banks as key promoters. It defines thrift as saving earnings weekly or monthly, arguing it builds financial independence, security, and steadier futures, especially for young people entering work and facing economic uncertainties.
The article notes US shipyards built 1,115 vessels in the first eleven months, doubling last year, with 1,200,000 tons under construction or contract the largest on record. It argues Mobile should attract shipyards, citing accessible timber, iron, fuel, cheap freight, and favorable climate to boost local industry.
A Little Rock judge criticized a jury for convicting a chauffeur of manslaughter in the death of an eight year old. He argued the sentence deserved second degree murder and quipped that automobilists expect pedestrians to move. His angry outburst suggested past dodging encounters with vehicles.
A fragmented poem sample shows a speaker with headache and mock advice from a New Thought neighbor who denies pain and insists the belief can cure it. The piece contrasts cheerful philosophy with physical distress and culminates in a comic outburst when the neighbor’s chatter is challenged.
The exchange covers city populations. New York's 1815 census shows 5,006,484 with police counts reaching 5,253,885 and Greater New York about 7,500,000. London 1911 figures rise to 4,522,964 citywide and 7,252,963 with wartime shifts noted.
The forecast for December 11 1916 notes Mars and Sun influence boosting promoters and grand projects. Politicians lawyers and labor probes appear, with scandals in California and the Middle West. Educational ties with state and university heads loom, while new births rise next year and romantic futures trend for girls.
The article describes St Vitus dance or chorea in children including symptoms such as twitching and jerky movements that cease in sleep. It links chorea with rheumatism and endocarditis, notes about one fifth have rheumatic history and forty percent risk heart lining inflammation. Rest open air sunshine proper food hygiene sleep and, if needed, arsenic, under medical supervision.
A reader asks how to reduce a large bust. The doctor advises halving food intake for two weeks, weighing weekly, then limiting nitrogen rich foods to drop body fat. a second reader is counseled to confront fears, stay hopeful, and tackle daily tasks with calm focus.
Vivian B warns that eighteen year old Miss Fairfax is in love with a forty year old man who does not return her feelings. She cautions against automotive rides and intimate steps. Do not pursue him or seek his attention.
A reader discusses social expectations at parties with a focus on chaperone presence and dancing. The letters contrast different views on escorting, social mixing, and ensuring the young woman’s safe return home, seeking guidance to prevent disputes.
A reader asks about a son with lumbago and fears of paralysis or madness. The reply encourages realism, urges consulting the physician, and endorses dry cupping as a quick relief, explaining lumbago arises from inflammatory poisons that should be eliminated for the condition to clear.
A descriptive pondering on how trees draw water from the ground and rise upright against gravity. The piece treats sap circulation like a plant blood system and wonders at the tree’s vertical growth, noting the trunk’s continual effort to stand tall.
A narrator compares a shrub climbing a precipice to a tree resisting gravity, noting an invincible opposition between gravitation and plant growth. The piece discusses water circulation in trees and critiques botanical theories as insufficient alone, urging study of osmosis surface tension transpiration and related phenomena.
The text argues difficulty stimulates growth like gravity to a tree, compares a vascular plant to animal growth, and notes plant development begins with repeated division of fertilized cells. It ends with a continuation cue about page five.
A note from Mrs Gordon requests that Blanche Gordon's maid wash on a day other than Tuesday claiming the current schedule harms work. Helen Tran, provoked by the accusation, contemplates a sharp reply and plans to communicate by phone. The household tension centers on maid activity and loyalties until continued installments reveal the clash.
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