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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1914
Page
4
The text urges continued industrial activity and thrift despite Europe’s war draining morale. It argues against giving up, notes signs of a rapid return to normal plus stronger, postwar demand, and calls for maintaining plowing, planting, and keeping smelters, forges, spinning and weaving active to absorb surplus once hostilities end.
The Montgomery Journal notes Pensacola has become a key coal export hub, shipping over 3,300 tons in the two months to Oct 31, while Mobile handled far less in the ten months of the year. It cites coal flows to Cuba, Panama, Mexico and other nations, with total mainland port shipments near 27.6 million tons and value about 85.9 million dollars.
Charles D. Hilles, chair of the Republican National Committee, predicts a Republican win in 1916 and control of both houses. The piece casts doubt on his early forecast, noting that party success depends on future blunders and presidential actions, and questions whether Hilles and supporters can deliver.
The National Child Labor Committee launches a national campaign for the Palmer-Owen bill. A January Washington conference features Senators Owen and Kenyon and officials including A Mitchell Palmer. A Child Labor Day observance follows and a 25 panel exhibit opens in San Francisco during the Panama Exposition period. The bill targets cannery children, under 14 cotton mill workers, and long hours for 100 000 children.
Fairfax Harrison argues for immediate expansion of U S exports to South America despite current economic softness. He notes South American wealth remains and European competition will depend on the war's duration and aftermath, urging merchants to act before rivals regain strength.
The United States Public Health Service plans a children's catechism on malaria to be placed in public schools nationwide. It teaches transmission and prevention, emphasizes sanitation, and uses mosquito illustrations to show its role in malaria spread.
A meeting is set for Thursday night at the St. Andrew Hotel to organize a strong representation from Henderson county and Mobile county at the January 18 inauguration in Montgomery. The aim is to ensure a robust delegation of respected men attends the governor’s inauguration in Alabama.
A U.S. Bureau of Education bulletin touts two decades of reindeer farming since 1892 when 171 Siberian reindeer were imported. By 1902 1,280 were brought, now 47,266 reindeer in 62 herds with 30,532 owned by natives. The industry provides food clothing and superior transport, enabling wealth from selling meat and skins, under strict native-only sale rules to protect the enterprise.
The annual report by Commissioner Joseph E. Davies shows the Bureau of Corporations ready to merge into the FTC. It outlines surveys on interstate commerce, finance, and major industries, with 6,500 large corporations identified and over a third voluntarily sharing financial data. The bureau has issued or prepared major studies on taxation, lumber, tobacco, farm machinery, and fertilizer, and is nearing the end of eleven years of work with forty major reports already completed.
A Baldwin Times note reports teachers in Baldwin and Escambia counties receive salaries despite statewide budget strains. The piece points to a three mill tax in two counties funding pay and enabling a holiday break for teachers.
The Centerville Press notes the Moundville News thanking a friend for back bone and spare ribs sent to the editor. It praises neighborhood hospitality and expresses a wish to revive such neighborly generosity.
Governor Henderson pledges to economy in administration of progressive business politics and hopes to stay focused on this obligation amid upcoming legislative questions. Union Banner.
A Haynesville Citizen-Examiner motto urges perseverance with the line Keep on peggin and the sun will shine on realized hopes and fulfilled ambitions. It emphasizes steady effort over quitting.
On Isle Dernierre, a giant dead whale lay partially buried in sand, measured at sixty three and a half feet body length with a five foot two inch fin, eye socket four inches wide, and a eight foot frontal bone, later identified as a baleen or right whale by Captain Dan Lynch and Times-Picayune expedition.
Seventy five young people attended the Girls Mask Dance at German Relief Hall on Monday night at 8 o clock. Miss Florence Gardner and Miss Helena Dolive supervised the event and led the grand march. Guests included Edwina Savage Hortense Reiss Dot Hess Talulah Arnold Margaret Goodbrad Elizabeth Dumas and many others with chaperones Mr and Mrs Morris Gardner and others.
The Spring Hill young society hosts multiple informal dances after the holidays. Misses Georgia Higney and Frances Ervin plan a Tuesday event for Miss Madeline Maury, while Miss Gladys Gaines and Miss Maury inspired Monday’s gathering for Miss Louise Perry’s party with Victrola music and Christmas decor. Attendees include Miss Elizabeth McAlpine and others from Birmingham and Mobile.
Smithsonian secretary Dr. Richard Rathbun said the Last Island monster being a whale does not end the institution’s interest. A whale eighty feet long would draw attention, and a skeleton nearly as large as the National Museum’s seventy eight foot specimen could be valuable. The carcass lies in a warm climate making cleaning easier and transport feasible, prompting consideration of securing the skeleton.
Washington reports a new health catechism for schools devised by the United States Public Health Service. The primer explains malaria, mosquitoes, and prevention, with simple questions and illustrated stages of mosquito development. Teachers will use it in classrooms and field trips to educate children and families on sanit. measures.
Oscar 8 Rush of Bayou La Batre Alabama argues birds protect crops by eating worms and grubs and laments lax enforcement of game laws. He urges stronger deputy oversight to curb slaughter of larks and other birds and warns extinction would invite insect damage. December 28, 1914.
An editorial notes rising German rabbit meat demand and price, citing Doctor Raebinger of the German Agricultural Association who says rabbit flesh is highly nourishing. It compares rabbits to sheep with fur value, mentions fur substitutes like ermine and cory, and suggests the Angora goat’s economic path could follow for rabbits.
In Kikuyu courtship, love plays a small role. If a suitor can meet the price demanded by the parents, he may wed the girl, regardless of her feelings. The desert and other ceremonies are among few incentives for East African labor, per Wide World Magazine.
The Huntsville Daily Times reports an expected era of prosperity to begin early next year with Germany alone demanding $300,000,000 in American products, plus substantial imports from other nations.
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