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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1914
Page
4
The article urges property owners to consider building now to create jobs for unemployed men and to secure construction at lower costs due to available labor and material. It argues many lumber mills run on short time and arranging orders would help keep workers employed and equipment active.
A Philadelphia or New York column notes Edward Trowbridge Collins declined a $25,000 annual post for a $20,000 position while a ball player earns $8,000 more than the U S secretary of state and Walter Johnson will receive $500 per game. It contrasts professional pay across sports and government.
The Servian Benevolent Society treasurer and Servian Red Cross secretary in Chicago was found to have color blindness after bank book checks revealed crudely disguised misappropriations. He claimed funds funded a book on brotherly love to foster charity, but a higher court ordered him held on bond. The judge called the justification unsatisfactory and noted the concealment behind a cloak of righteousness.
The plaintiff alleges brutal hazing by seven peers at a well known institution, claiming injuries and public ridicule. She seeks legal redress as authorities prepare to scrutinize the case and the school’s handling of the incident.
The passage questions why sons of famous men seldom follow in their fathers’ footsteps. The answer suggests self-creation and personal merit rather than relying on a mother’s or public praise, reflecting a tone of reflective inquiry.
The piece questions whether Mobile will sustain its charity momentum after Christmas as unemployment rises. It notes a winter hardship surpassing the early 1890s, urges a large organized effort, and calls for public or private work to employ the unemployed rather than rely on charity alone.
Reports in the News note that Tuscaloosa county public school teachers are unpaid for November. The assistant superintendent laments needing a substitute plan after his horse died, risking a rough trek to rural schools without a steed.
E R Davis from Utah after losing his left arm in a mining accident manages a Milford valley farm of about four acres with irrigation. He supports a family of fourteen on just over an acre under irrigation by growing vegetables fruits and berries. The note adds aphorisms about cold treatment credit for luck and critics in a reflective aside.
Wesley Sisson of New York asks The Item for another copy of the December 8 issue describing Satsuma Day and its supplement. He plans to do business in Baldwin County and start a Satsuma grove there, requesting an accompanying bill.
Daughters of Southern farmers in the U S Department of Agriculture garden and canning clubs demonstrate crop diversification during a bad cotton year. Girls in 15 Southern states report growing onions tomatoes peaches figs pimentoes and other crops, with profits and expanded club reach rising across 35 counties and requests for information pouring in from 45 states.
Paris dispatch reports December 7 to 15 eyewitness account stating French infantry gained ground from Vermelles to Carency and Lié. German forces show caution. German sappers and artillery engaged as French and Belgian troops advance near Ypres and Nieuport. several trench captures and counter mines.
Collector of the Port Percy W. Maer announced that clearance information was again publicly available. Clerks at the customs house released three vessel clearances and a series of Europe front reports detail trench fighting and artillery actions from October through mid month, including advances, counterattacks, and bombardments near La Grarie Perthes St. Hubert and Varenne with several captured trenches and damaged positions.
In Washington on December 22 the senate debated the immigration bill but signaled a delay past the holidays. Senator Lewis planned an amendment to remove the literacy test, a move sponsors say could doom the bill without a replacement restriction.
Washington dispatch reviews the first annual report of the commission on industrial relations. It questions if property rights override human rights and whether courts deny habeas corpus, free press, and due process to the poor while labor remains a factor in justice.
The United States exported 27.6 million tons of coal in 1914 valued at about 85.9 million dollars, led by Great Lakes ports and the Atlantic coast. Anthracite accounted for about one third, with Canada the top destination. Bituminous shipments reached many countries, notably Canada, Cuba, Panama, and Mexico.
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