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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1915
Page
4
Washington will host a large gathering at month’s end as the Pan American Scientific Congress opens. Delegates from Latin nations and the United States will discuss social and commercial relations, with women holding separate conferences on closer ties.
The piece surveys wartime finance in the United States, naming Willis F. Stafford a former Brooklyn stock runner who rose from the curb to the inside of industry. It notes many who joined speculative markets during the war and the broader tension between privilege and risk in the financial frenzy.
A moral observation contrasts criticizing without offering a remedy with constructive critique. It suggests that lacking a reasonable solution lowers criticism from high to common complain. The tone emphasizes responsibility in public discourse.
Members of the Chamber of Commerce are urged to attend a 7 o clock session at the Cawthon Hotel to decide on possible reorganizations. The gathering seeks to gauge the majority’s wishes on how the chamber should be run and where voting power should lie, with no proxy voting.
A Mobile nursery firm learned that roses they shipped to Blank & Blank in New York were purchased from local growers. The exchange urged buying locally to save freight, get fresher plants, and cut costs, with a moral about local sourcing and fair competition.
President Wilson lauds country pastors and farm agents as key leaders for uplifting rural communities. He stresses soil improvement crop markets and closer community ties while urging pastors to work with agricultural demonstrators. The talk also notes a Chicago mayor declining presidential timber and GOP rivals wary of Wilson.
Charles L. Chandler of Chattanooga and secretary Polk Flower tour Mobile to promote American goods for Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Chile. He notes strong export opportunities for cotton seed oil, plumbing fixtures, iron and steel, naptha, gas, paints, paper bags, refrigerators, lumber and other products. Also notes Austrian consul office in Mobile not to be reestablished until after the war and lists passengers for the Mallory line Sabine arriving from New York and Tampa with many names.
Mrs Phyllis Brooks of Greenwood Virginia, sister of the Langhorne family, was granted an absolute divorce from Reginald Brooks in Charlottesville circuit court on desertion grounds. A February 1908 agreement providing support for Mrs Brooks and her two children was continued.
Greenville Personal Notices list visits and guests at homes in Greenville Alabama and nearby towns. Names include Miss Ruth Powell, Mrs. Robert Corry, Miss Lucile Pool, Rev. E Stewart, Miss Sadie Steinhart, and many others with movements to Birmingham Montevallo Wetumpka Brewton Opp Montgomery and Braden town. A Education Day program at the Woman's Club and a bridal shower for Miss Sadie Steinhart are noted along with a Harmony Club gathering and a reception for Mrs Joe Grant.
A reader in Mobile publishes a letter about Miss Mary L. Baez of Key West Florida who reports improving energy sleep and appetite after using Vinci the tonic advertised as a constitutional remedy. The note claims Vinci enriches and revitalizes blood through peptonate of iron with beef peptone aiding fatigue. The promotion mentions Van Antwerp Drug Depot Mobile Alabama and local drugstores.
The editor explains that potato eyes are the germ seeds set in exterior dents to sprout quickly, unlike apples whose seeds are inside a protective core. Slow growing plants shield seeds. fast growing ones expose seeds to the earth for rapid maturation.
The Item reports that scientists say humans have gained one inch in height in the last 1,000 years. It notes prehistoric people were taller than modern humans, then a period of degeneration, and a gradual increase again due to better living conditions.
A horoscope column notes the Zodiac influences shaping personal outlooks this period. Readers are urged to consider their choices within a broad cosmic framework, with subtle guidance rather than firm mandates.
The article notes favorable planetary aspects for Neptune Jupiter Venus and Uranus with mild adverse Mars Sun. It advises avoiding speculation while predicting large profits from established lines of business and new trade. It highlights opportunities for merchants in home decoration and personal adornment. It warns about bad accounts in the new year.
Astrological predictions for 1916 warn of labor troubles in February and a volatile political climate with cabinet disputes and potential scandals. Foreseeed are rail accidents and political peril, a major northeastern fire, bank stock downturn from a financier’s death, and risks to farmers from cold weather.
The city urges safe practices including not playing with matches and avoiding carrying matches, using only safety matches, and keeping open lights away from clothes closets. It warns against ignition risks from oil, lamp refills in daylight, gasoline-cleaning, torches for thawing, and candles for gas repairs.
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