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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1915
Page
8
A Gulf Coast meeting discussed employing idle land by forming a seven member committee to draft a feasible plan. Co owners with idle lands plan to clear the fields and push cooperation with local officers to begin work on an effective program promptly.
A dated advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children from babies to adults. It warns against counterfeit products and urges buying the genuine syrup from the California Fig Syrup Company, noting it cleanses the bowels without stomach upset and includes directions on the bottle.
A fragment discusses a plan from the Ladies’ Department of the City Bank & Trust Company to give a wife a check for all funds, enabling timely payments of house bills and smooth money flow from the house. The text is incomplete and fragments the idea of financial management through a single check.
A bill granting women the privilege to serve on county boards of education passed the Senate after House approval and now goes to the governor. Equal suffrage measures remain pending in both chambers.
Elmer R. Siy urged forming a bureau of information to gather details on prospective industries in the city. He said such bureaus operate in other cities under commercial groups and would help investors by answering inquiries. The proposal passed without action.
AAP article from New York reports bakers discuss potential bread price increases due to wheat and flour costs. Leading bakers foresee a rise from 5 to 6 cents for white and rye loaves. Mrs Julian Heath president of the Housewives League urges housewives to learn corn meal usage.
The naval supply ship Celtic, which struck Half Moon Shoal in Nantucket Sound yesterday, was floated in a northeast blizzard today. She appeared uninjured but had anchor trouble while coasting crew and nearby ships, including the coast guard cutter Acushnet and the Anemone, remained alongside. The Celtic is en route from Boston to New York and Guayamo with Atlantic supplies.
The Beauty Shop returns for one night only at the Lyric with the original New York cast led by Raymond Schrock in a Hitchcockian musical comedy sensation. Cast includes Marion Sunshine Anna Orr Christine Mangasarian Gertrude Webster and more. Also at Empire Runaway June episode three and The Hazard Helen feature The Telegrapher's Peril. Lina Cavalieri arrives tomorrow in Manon Lescaut by Alco Film Corp.
Two YMCA basketball games drew interest as First Baptist Sunday school beat All Saints 20 to 10 after a 6-0 start. Noble and Littles starred, while Doyle anchored defense. Government Street Methodist outweighed Trinity by 5 to 10 pounds but Trinity held 9 to 4 with King and Segrey scoring.
Clarence Boatwright known as Palmer, jailed in Mobile, testifies in New Orleans that he and Alfred Oliver plotted to rob an outbound Louisville and Nashville mail train. Boatwright says Oliver hatched the plan and he later aided by informing police.
Alfred F E Oliver and Clarence E Boatwright faced U S district court on charges of conspiring to rob the Louisville and Nashville fast mail. Boatwright testified that Oliver proposed the plan and both sought dynamite and pistols but could not secure prompt delivery.
A local eatery named Cheries Schimpf Restaurant announces a fresh plant opening with a three five seven oysters and new operations. Positioned as a new business venture, it highlights a half and 150 price range for offerings.
A senate bill in Alabama proposes caps on political ad rates. It limits paid space to 1.12 cents per word or 1.12 cents per inch for display ads, with Senator Brown backing the cap and Senator Denson opposing, arguing newspapers should set their own prices. The measure passed the senate and goes to the house.
Chicago February 2 Members of the Master Bakers Association planned to discuss raising prices on buns cakes doughnuts and other bakery goods to offset potential bread losses if bread prices fall. Brokers predicted the 5 cent loaf could advance to 6 cents by week’s end as flour costs rise from locked contracts.
A memoir recounts a boy raised in wealth who runs from his father’s home and, lured by Oliver’s scheme, turns to theft. After getting caught, he endures hard labor in the mines while fearing the day of “C. Boatwright, out.”
J W Whitehead of Hoag Company in Newark says national ad spending rose during wartime downturns and that most offices report increased business. He notes conditions are stabilizing across the South with a few depressions only in empty markets.
The Ohio River reached 24 feet in Pittsburgh today, two feet above flood stage and rising six inches hourly. Upland reports warn of more water. many Allegheny families flee rising waters, evacuated from flooded homes by boats as warm rain continues.
Berlin via Amsterdam and London reports General Von Kluck’s eldest son, a naval officer, fell in an artillery battle near Middlekerke on January 26. All former NCOs under 50 are called to drill new recruits.
Charles Schimpf promotes fresh opened plant oysters at 3-5-7 North Royal in own stand with options dozen or half dozen. Prices listed 25c per dozen, 15c half dozen, 10c for fresh plant oysters. Toasted to extra and raw oysters also offered.
Mobile youths Gray's secretary Percy Kearns traveled to Washington with support from friends for the February 4 ratio caucus at the Capitol. The event will nominate a speaker and determine the personnel of the ways and means committee for the Sixty fourth Congress.
Paris February 2 periodicals containing Pope Benedicts peace prayer for February 7 readings were seized by police. Cardinal Amnette explained the embargo was withdrawn. Motives were not announced but the Figaro suggested fears of public misreadings.
Skin specialist endorses Mrs. Osgood's Wonder as a permanent hair remover for face neck arms and hands. Sold by Van Antwerp & Co. Drug Store with money back guarantee. Apply only where total destruction of hair is desired.
Thousands of unemployed men in Louisville will receive work under a new relief plan described as unprecedented. A mass meeting discussed the program and its potential impact on relief efforts and local employment.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest, safest remedy for upset stomachs and indigestion. It claims relief in five minutes, prevents heartburn and gas, and urges households to keep a stock of the fifty cent case for daytime or nighttime stomach distress.
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