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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1915
Page
2
Scandinavian sailors and people join in a yearly festival at German Relief Hall with a program of readings and songs. Business leaders contributing to support the Norwegian trade community assist the event and ship crews help fund the celebration.
A late river surge swept away about 300 to 500 feet of the Memphis railroad and wagon bridge construction over the river. The damage is estimated between 300 000 and 500 000 dollars with no injuries. Completion of the project now seems delayed about seven months.
Mobile day book reports J G Mineice trainmaster in Mobile on business. J B Erwin leaves Mobile for Selma to spend holidays with relatives. Prof R A Cary of Alabama Polytechnique Auburn visits Mobile on business. H C Geron of Louisville and Nashville announces January 16 excursion to New Orleans from Mobile. Julius Herzfeld of Chicago ill with pneumonia at Providence Infirmary. Capt Joseph H Norville of Mobile Pilots' Association recovering from illness. Officers' school of Mobile battalion A N G postponed to a later date.
A Gainesville Ga Register note warns women against wearing boots as they spoil the appearance of silk hose, reflecting early 20th century fashion caution and social norms.
Nine tourist parties have been routed along the Old Spanish Trail toward Tampa as the association promotes the highway. Field secretary Jas A Emmett notes interest abroad including Fresno California travelers who learned the trip is feasible with a willingness to rough it. Local meetings are planned in Gainesville De Funiak Springs and McHenry to build support for a northward route and monthly road reports.
An old advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as relief for nasal congestion from colds or catarrh. It promises to clear air passages, stop mucous discharge, soothe inflamed membranes, and provide instant relief after nightly struggles. The ad urges readers to buy a small bottle from a druggist.
The Pink Lady set record runs in New York and London, drawing 567,928 in New York with average admissions around 1.50 and a near quarter million dollars, while families and fans attended hundreds of performances. It returns to the Lyric Theatre for a Christmas matinee at 3 PM and 8:15 PM show with seats on sale.
The Lyric Theatre revival of the Bohemian Girl will feature principal stars Joseph F. Sheehan Mirth Carmen Blaine De Sellem and Arthur Deane for a single December 27 performance under contract clauses prohibiting film appearances or record making during the contract. Management argues the public deserves exclusive access to artists and tickets are on sale.
Arrangements for the Elks Christmas tree event on December 25 in Mobile reveal a children’s program led by Mrs Haidee Senter Rowley. Acts include Rowley Junior Orchestra numbers When You Wore a Tulip and A Waltz D Amour, solo violin, and selections by the Dixie Twins and Junior Quartet.
Funeral services were held Thursday at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for Edward Hines with Rev. Fr. Hackett officiating. Burial followed at Magnolia Cemetery with pallbearers named. Also memorial notices for Charles H Cook and Mrs Elizabeth Spiro Primo list details of their rites at Magnolia Cemetery with Maple Camp Woodmen of the World attendance and pallbearers. William F Mann, 51, a local sign painter, died Thursday night after a long illness. survived by sister Mrs J G Sullivan and brothers in Mobile.
A humorous Mobile item mocks forecasts for rain on Christmas Day as a chilly, unsettled pattern from a northern low pressure area tracks toward Texas. It notes record warmth in Orleans and scattered cold in Sheridan, Wyoming, while recounting a bluff by a city official and a lighthearted weather betting tale.
The nominating committee gropes to assign more than 75 business varieties to 18 nominating classes. A meeting Monday will further analyze and place members into correct classes. Each class will nominate two candidates for director elections.
Washington December 24 congressional sub committee completed the rural credits bill provisions setting the capital stock of twelve land mortgage banks at six million dollars. The banks, distributed nationwide among agricultural districts, will form interests to aid farmers and are expected to charge less interest than usual.
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