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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1916
Page
4
The Mobile Item presents portions of an Associated Press wire report and notes its publication in Mobile Alabama. It lists society editors and mentions the paper as a post office entry and second class matter with mail handling details.
The city will invest 850000 next year to upgrade its shipyard, including building ways to lay down a great battle cruiser for the United States Navy. The piece argues Mobile offers stronger natural advantages for shipbuilding.
The War Department urged Congress to deepen the Mobile river and bay channel to thirty feet and widen to 300 feet, and deepen and widen the bar channel to thirty three feet and 450 feet, at an estimated cost of 1 030 000 with 150 000 yearly maintenance. It emphasizes overseas commerce growth and urges Mobile authorities to provide adequate terminal facilities to secure approval.
Major General Scott urged universal military training and a 3,000,000 person army with 1,500,000 ready at declaration and 1,500,000 within ninety days. President Wilson showed caution while General Wood criticized recent border mobilization as a failure. The general staff plan aims for a democratic, efficient, economical system and a safer nation.
The city celebrates Mobile’s economic gains including a $200000 L and N rail investment on the waterfront, coal barging via the Warrior, expanding ship repair, a $60000 packing plant, canning factories, a creamery, and renewed tourist and citrus activity signaling healthy growth and prosperity for the community.
Pedestrian complaints target bicyclists riding on sidewalks without lights or bells. Call for stricter enforcement with arrests to enforce law. Miss Margaret Carnegie, daughter of the Laird of Skibo, gains New York society notice. British nobility wrestles with war while hope rises for better roads and rural progress. Seadline proclaims good roads construction vastly improves rural conditions in the South.
Rippling Rhymes mocks talkative delegates and familiar topics seen on the street. The poem references Jinks Ebenezer Dorr J Leander Bain and their habit of pushing prices war and woman suffrage in casual encounters. It lampoons repetitive discussions and longing for fresh subjects.
The Guelphs and Ghibellines were two great German backed factions in Italy and Germany who fought for three centuries from 1140 to 1450. The Guelphs supported imperial authority while the Ghibellines opposed it as anti imperialists.
The forecast notes Uranus strong for good but Mars brings conflict early. Lovers and new acquaintances may prosper yet sentimentality and misunderstandings threaten middle aged and old alike. Scandals touch the National Guard, and avoid all investments today. Diseases of teeth may rise, dentists see gains.
The article praises Peruvian embroidery from Ica and Nazca, noting advanced weaving, color harmonies, and funerary preservation. It cites museum examples in New York, compares Peruvian work to Thebes relics, and highlights influence from ancient cultures while praising Peruvians for superior textile art.
A long list of fraternal, civic, and trade organizations holds meetings in Whistler and nearby towns including Odd Fellows and Masons at various halls. The passage reflects on art and color history, praising ancient Peruvians as color poets and noting embroidery from Siberia, Korea, the Philippines, Hawaii, and the American Southwest.
An involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in federal court Monday against Peoples Mercantile Company of Atmore Alabama and G W Powe and J B Marshall. The petition was brought by M C Kiser Company and others. Defendants admitted insolvency and the case was referred for adjudication to Clerk Richard Jones.
The record notes two deeps in the Atlantic and seven in the Pacific exceeding 4000 fathoms with forty six soundings over that mark. Eight soundings exceed 56000 fathoms or 30000 feet. The deepest measured is 5345 fathoms in the Swire Deep near Mindanao by the Planet in 1912, about 400 feet more than six miles.
This piece urges readers to pair courage with self confidence to overcome illness. It defines courage as initiative and persistence, explains fear and depression hinder recovery, and encourages facing difficulties to improve health. It ends with practical advice to shift mindset and act boldly.
A medical note explains perspiration as a natural safety valve for removing poisons. It suggests not to suppress sweating and emphasizes that sweat glands are meant to function freely for detoxification, even if it is occasionally inconvenient.
Helen endures a rude, well dressed woman behind her at a benefit event as knees dig into her back. Warren sides with the intruder, leaving Helen to simmer in anger and restrain a confrontational retort until the final act ends.
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