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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1915
Page
4
The document lists Fx Total Net Paid 1 415 and 1 596 along with Total Net Paid 14 231 13 778. It notes no copies for employees correspondents service office use advertisers exchanges or samples included in the above.
The Mobile Item guarantees advertisers higher non paid circulation in Mobile and suburbs than any other Mobile newspaper. Auditors from the Audit Bureau of Circulation substantiated the guarantee over two consecutive six month periods.
The Mobile Item pledges a uniform price of 10 cents per week or 5 dollars per year for all Mobile addresses. Subscriptions are accepted at that rate with delivery on daily and Sunday editions. A one year free subscription reward is offered to anyone who shows delivery at a Mobile address by an unauthorized carrier at a different price.
A single Benjamin Franklin saying appears in the Mobile Alabama chamber dated 1915. The note asserts the proverb that present value surpasses future gains. No additional context or events are provided.
Humble button described as modest yet pivotal in daily life. It protects modesty, guards secrets of feminine attire, and stands between order and disorder as garments stay fastened through life’s tests. A playful ode to a small but essential detail.
Mobile celebrates a plan to subdivide Mobile county into small farm tracts for private homes. Proponents argue lasting prosperity comes from residents living on farms, with values tied to Satsumas, figs, or truck farming. The initiative is seen as the city’s safest path to durable growth.
Fragmentary report praises heroism of Inniskilling regiments defending a retreating division under heavy attack. The text notes regiments repeatedly sacrificing themselves to slow the enemy, with glimpses of a New Yorker’s charitable gesture to aid aged residents.
The agricultural department in Washington experiments with educational motion pictures to aid rural communities. Five states will test the plan with state bureaus and agents to measure benefits and identify which films work best. Mobile should push for Alabama to be among the five states, highlighting land use contrasts such as piney woods versus a Satuma orchard valued at $500 per acre to illustrate development potential and the need for regional cooperation.
The Mobile post office lobby buzzed with Christmas rush as money orders and parcel post surged. Residents and workers, including a hurried Western Union courier, lined up to send gifts and greetings, signaling renewed local prosperity and holiday spirit.
Alabama Royal arrives with Lee Overton and Willie Woods to a recorder court over an omelet request. Lee is fined for assault after being knocked unconscious. Willie Lowe, accused of stealing shoes, gets 60 days. Others face investigations for vagrancy, forgery, or perjury in a dramatic, unnamed Southern city courtroom.
The Mobile death rate for November was 16.30 per 1,000 residents, per City Health Officer Charles A. Mohr. Excluding non-residents, white death rate was 11.90. Nine typhoid fever cases produced one white death. seven scarlet fever cases had no deaths. one diphtheria case had no deaths. no smallpox cases. Two typhoid cases were from abroad. Except for one, scarlet fever cases were mild.
Nominating committees were named to present officer candidates for the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting set for January 11. Two committees were selected under by laws and will report names of officers. The board also discussed disposal of a bull retained by George Kilmer, noting farmers’ lack of interest in improving livestock. The matter was referred to a farm demonstrator for action.
Isaac S. Field of Manufacturers Record says Nashville allocated 8000 dollars to oppose railroad rate increases in the Southeast. He reports cotton movement lagging while Southern cities regain normalcy and predicts strong opposition to higher rates as business adjusts faster than expected.
Forest Camp No. 1 Woodmen of the World elected officers for the coming year led by E J Grove as consul commander and Peter Oliver as past consultant commander. A prize winners list and a committee for a joint installation with Maple Camp was announced.
The Cleveland O singer Rachel Walker performed at Warren Street Church to Mobile white and colored music lovers. Her voice was described as rare sweetness and she extended the program by one number before delivering a brief address. Walker has spent seventeen years abroad studying vocal music with top teachers and this was her first visit to the South.
Mount Vernon School Improvement Association president Ducloux helped build the Mount Vernon high school and spent Tuesday in Mobile for business. Mobile figures including Adolph Schmidt arrive with plans, and executives from Higgins Candy and Pratt Coal also visit. Public notices cover church talks, Alabama Day observance, and Fort Morgan battery work progress.
A long list of names and locations appears, listing individuals from Alabama Mississippi Georgia Illinois Ohio and beyond. The compilation includes doctors lawyers merchants and residents with towns such as Thomasville Gainestown Jackson Mobile Huntsville Biloxi New Orleans and Chicago.
The opal’s unlucky label is a modern attribution though classical texts praised it. A tale features Nonnius the Roman senator owning a 20 000 sesterce opal. Antony’s jealousy led to Nonnius’s exile with the jewel as a relic of wealth. This tale is cited to explain the stone’s reputed misfortune.
A December 15 1915 horoscope advises caution with a mixed outlook. It notes Uranus as benefic while Mars Saturn and Venus bring adverse aspects later, forecasting unrest and public anxiety. It warns of possible Mexico diplomatic issues tied to Carranza, a heated defense spending debate, and cabinet changes before year end.
The Intercollegiate Golf Association championship will be held next autumn at Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh. Secretary H Herron of Princeton announced the event with dates not yet set but likely in the second or third week of September.
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