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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1915
Page
8
Mrs Herbert H Asquith wife of the premier appeared tense in chancery court seeking an order to restrain publication of alleged libelous statements. Her attorney argued she has endured a year of unsubstantiated accusations of treachery and disloyalty circulated by the Globe and anonymous letters.
Santa Claus matinee advertised for Saturday afternoon at the Columbia. Children will receive a toy button from Santa Claus.
Weather notes warn of a northwest storm from Bay St. Louis to Cedar Key with rain and cooling temps. Small craft urged to seek shelter as coastal winds rise and shipping faces no major damage. Continuous updates forecast cloudy, rainy, colder conditions across Mobile and surrounding areas.
At a Birmingham gathering leaders argue for the Jackson Highway route claiming major economic and tourism benefits for Alabama. Speakers B. M. Allen and L. C. Irvine stress the broader value of good roads over the highway’s name, with many out of town attendees from Athens Mobile Oneonta Decatur Huntsville and Boaz.
Paris reports surprise at Field Marshal Sir John French being replaced by General Sir Douglas Haig as British commander in chief. The French press expresses regret at French departure and notes Haig as an apt pupil with favorable omen. The Matin says Haig has worked closely with French headquarters and is welcomed.
Directors of the Richmond Fredericksburg Potomac Railway approved a fifty percent script dividend for stockholders and dividend obligations. If the nine percent annual policy stays, holders including Virginia will gain a fifty percent income increase from the script issue, with Virginia holding about eighteen percent of the stock.
The Italian force has landed at Avlona Albania and other points of strategic value. Avlona seen as key to the Adriatic with good harbors and the Italians aim to reconstitute the Serbian army in Albania. Reports note ongoing clashes with Bulgarians along the Drina and relief in Greece amid Entente expectations.
A correspondent reports from the front that a Krupp 42 cm gun recently moved from Germany was set up before Rovereto. It fired fifteen shells without effect before Italian forces located and demolished it with well placed shells.
Mobile Rotary Club members at the Cawthon Thursday meeting decided to repeat last year’s Christmas celebration. The executive committee will draft plans and announce the date. Palmer Pillans, president, praised members for the Old Spanish Trail convention success and noted delegates were treated to a well loved smoker.
Paris dispatch says A. Nikolitch president of the Serbian national assembly M. Trifomovitch former premier and other officials arrived in Athens. Serbian refugees recount indescribable sufferings during the retreat before invading forces and the army.
A Havas dispatch from Athens says the Greek army headquarters have moved to Kozhani after troops withdrew from the Saloniki to Serbian border area. The third Greek corps is sent to Caterini and the Fifth corps to Nigrita, with one engineer regiment and one artillery regiment remaining at Saloniki.
In London on December 17 the attempt to strip Sir Edward Speyer and Sir Ernest Cassel of privy council membership due to German birth failed. Lord Chief Justice Reading ruled naturalized British subjects retain all rights and privileges of British born subjects and are eligible for the privy council.
Frank Young and wife convey to Emma R Staples for one dollar. P J Glass sells to E W Watens for sixty two fifty, five acres described as the east half of the northwest quarter of northeast quarter of northwest quarter of section four, township four south, range three west.
Weather conditions warn of a northwest storm affecting shipments. Temperatures near 20 degrees for 36 hours north, 32 west, 34 east, with strong winds shifting northwest tonight from Bay St. Louis to Cedar Keys. Tombigbee and Alabama river levels expected to rise over next 36 hours to Sunday. A low barometer area spans the Eastern U.S. with precipitation, separating warm easterlies from a cold air wave west of the Mississippi.
The article extols liquid silmerine as a harmless hair curler offering natural waves without damage. A few ounces last long. apply with a clean toothbrush before bed and wake with glossy, undisturbed waves. Divide hair into strands and moisten from root to tip for best results.
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