This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1914
Page
4
The article promotes rye as a versatile crop for the cotton belt including winter cover, winter grazing, and seed production. It notes rye adapts to sandy soils, tolerates cold better than oats, and yields grain markets with carload shipments, while acknowledging limited profitability for hog feed and the need for suitable machinery or community supply.
A Mobilian recalls buying a fur piece after seeing it advertised as a special for five dollars. He finds the item locally at ten percent cheaper, saving fifty cents plus shipping, proving that home purchases keep money in the community and support local payrolls. The Birmingham News and The Item urge buying at home to avoid sending funds away and to bolster local businesses and charities.
Benjamin of the John Lane staff and Bodleian editor has led a commission as flight sublieutenant in the Royal Navy and entered active service, guiding correspondents in London as battleground reporting and defense mobilization proceeds.
The droll pair William Wadsworth and Arthur Housman faced a social jab at a recent ball in Boston as locals teased their stage personas. A Brooklyn woman sought 78 000 a year but softened under scrutiny to 20 000. she claimed she could save some, hinting at wartime concerns.
The article explains soil revival through bacteria cultures and inoculating material. It notes the U S Department of Agriculture and its Office of Soil Bacteriology distribute cultures to treat about 200 000 acres using legume crops in rotation. Local agent Mr Maloney can assist landowners in obtaining these resources at the cost of application.
The piece urges residents to clean chimneys to prevent soot build up and dangerous roof sparks. It notes calls to fire departments during cold spells and rainy weather as signs of neglect. It advises safe chimney cleaning during wet conditions and warns of costly losses and risk to lives from fires sparked by neglect.
A rural writer argues that foreign affairs would seem less rotten if reporters quit spinning war yarns and focused on home life and honest toil instead. The remark highlights wartime media fatigue as communities seek calmer, steadier coverage.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal notes that 4 708 young refugees under Dr Stork were brought to live in Tennessee in October, highlighting a sizable immigration.
An engaged Milwaukee couple publically displayed a twenty minute kiss to passers by. A neighbor filed a complaint and the judge fined each of the lovers ten dollars plus costs for staging a public exhibit, ruling engagement does not grant a right to such displays.
The latest claim says hot water can cure snake bites but it is less portable and pleasant to apply than the traditional time honored liquid remedy.
Washington December 11 announces the Immigration Conference to be held Saturday in the Southern Building. Senator Fletcher presides at 10 am in three sessions with speakers including Secretary Wilson and Anthony Caminetti. Governors from Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Missouri Kentucky discuss southern needs in the afternoon, final session frames immigration policy and colonization financing plans.
A Associated Press correspondent travels with German generals in France. He notes trenches near Rheims and Aisne, ample supplies, and that grain stacks flood the region as German threshing machines aid war efforts. Soldiers are well fed and somewhat buoyant, with limited artillery activity and periodic rifle and machine gun fire.
Jefferson Robinson a Mobile negro and member of the Third Alabama Negro Volunteer regiment escaped from Wetumpka Alabama while serving a twenty year murder sentence at Annis ton Calhoun county. He was recaptured Thursday by Deputy Sheriffs Dennis Lynch and Delchamps and jailed. The state convict department was notified. This is his second escape from Wetumpka the first time being caught here by Officer Southall. He has been at liberty since March 1912.
The Alabama state convict department reports the recapture of two escapees from the penitentiary. Jeff Robinson, jailed since 1899 for second degree murder, was recaptured in Mobile after prior escapes in 1904 and 1912. Will Smith, identified as an escaped convict who was shot by a deputy in Mobile County, will be returned to custody after a two year term for grand larceny and a July escape.
In the immediate zone near the enemy, troops show sustained discipline and good health. Typhoid is being controlled with vaccines and serum, while three nearby villages are cleared as typhoid centers. Germans prepare for a prolonged presence. French peasants plant winter crops under supervision. bridges and roads are repaired with steel from Germany.
A 1200 strong blind New York audience attended a matinee for their benefit with tailored features. Raised letter programs and a blind lawyer narrating before acts helped describe characters and stage actions.
The New York Police Department introduces a fixed merit and demerit scheme to promote patrolmen. Credits awarded for efficient work, off duty arrests, neat uniforms and courteous conduct, while demerits cover neglect. Also notes lists of desired and unwanted items from the Songs group and snowfall shovel plans for street cleaning with hourly bonuses.
A New York mother petitions the surrogate court for a 7 000 annual income for her sixteen year old daughter arguing essentials for health happiness and education total 6 675 with 325 incidentals. The list includes tuition clothing travel pocket money and medical bills. The surrogate requests testimony on the infant's necessities.
A small boy with facial injuries visits a dentist to pull a troublesome tooth. He asks the dentist to look out the window to see if any of the boys he beat up are watching. The dentist fears the crowd outside and the boy reveals they want revenge.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.