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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
4
A pamphlet circulated by an organization opposing preparedness misstates President Wilson’s stance. The Item reports Wilson urged adequate national defense, warning against delaying preparedness, while the pamphlet claims the opposite. The piece labels some members as sincere yet misled and calls for renewed judgment.
The Montgomery Journal notes a 450000 pound Mobile cargo trip saved local wholesale merchants money and suggests a regular steamboat line between Mobile and Montgomery. It cites the Alabama river as a long used asset and argues light draft vessels could enable year round service, contrasting with Birmingham pushing river benefits from Warrior and Tombigbee improvements.
Citizens of Gadsden Attalla and Alabama City in Etowah county donated 24 acres to Gulf States Steel to build a $900000 by product coke plant adjacent to the company mill. The project will employ 300 men with about one third of costs in wages and an eight month construction period expanding the mill payroll beyond the present $1 million annually. The company also plans another blast furnace. This industrial progress suggests broad prosperity for Alabama. After the New York Pennsylvania and Massachusetts votes the suffrage question is raised.
The Daily Horoscope notes a new moon and solar eclipse with warnings of large expenditures, disease outbreaks, trials in labor, and possible market panics. It cautions bankers and merchants while foreseeing advertising gains, a potential science-related revelation, and favorable personal years for those born on this date.
Railroad executives Bell and Wright attend the cotton rate hearing in Mobile while several dignitaries including E A Pierce, C E Pope, and Frank J Wisner arrive for winter visits. News of Birmingham journalist Harry Burney's passing is shared. Locals from Lancaster to Cincinnati and Biloxi frequent the Cawthon hotel as business and tourism pace the Gulf port.
A long, fragmented roster lists numerous individuals and spouses from Alabama to New York, Mississippi to Missouri. Names include Battle, Ford, Cooper, Moore, Hamlin, Pringle, Jones, and many others, with cities such as Decatur, Birmingham, New Orleans, Chicago, and Washington noted amid the unreadable OCR. The item resembles a social or society directory page with extensive name entries and affiliations.
The article notes congressman Cyclone Davis finally wears a white collar and silk muffler, a departure from his customary starchband. His wife and close friends influence the change as they secure the new neckwear.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous individuals and their locations across Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana New York Tennessee and Minnesota. It names Fla. Louis Hunritz Detroit Mich J A Baldwin Summerdale Ala W D Stapleton Bay Minette Ala G G Woodyard Calvert Ala J F Green Leakesville Miss A G Taylor Sea board Ala Mrs N G Stalling Memphis Tenn N Jackson New Orleans La N Wilken Montgomery Ala J B Norton Theodore Ala John How ell Birmingham Ala R Dailey Evergreen Ala A Hoff O A Alvarez New Orleans La William Manning New Albany N Y W G Phillips W M Meador New York city G W Cooper Lake Charles La W R Sweat Fayetteville Ala Windsor J W Pace Auburn Ala J C Bates Glen St. Mary Fla J A Poncher Mineral Springs Ala J M Carmichael Union Springs Ala E J Ratcliff Mississippi H A Pratt and wife Thief River Falls Minn P Pan neson steamship Vera
Rev. Stuart Roussel spoke to a large Mobilian audience at Burgett Memorial of Government Street Presbyterian Church on Wednesday night. He described the Huguenot Church of France as impoverished after eight years of disestablishment and the current war, urging aid from American Protestant churches. Miss Roussel sang several pieces, one in Alsatian costume.
Phillip Reilly of the Bureau of Explosives for the American Railway Association spoke at the Y M C A Harte auditorium on safety in moving explosives. He referenced two recent transit disasters caused by improper handling and used slides to illustrate points, fielding questions from railway officials and employees.
F L Turner from the commissioner of navigation office in Washington visits Mobile to instruct customs department employees on vessel measurements. He tours the customs service to ensure all ships are measured and reported for chartering.
The Q A discusses dwarf elephants found on Malta with skeletons including a full grown example under two and a half feet tall. It also notes the Magi names Gaspar Melchior and Balthasar and that Latin arose from Oscan Etruscan and Greek.
A home remedy claim promotes making a pint of Pinex cough syrup from 2% ounces of Pinex to treat stubborn coughs and throat infections. Instructions note cost about 54 cents, pleasant taste, quick preparation, and use for bronchitis and whooping cough.
Uncle Wiggily plans to make nut candy from crushed hickory nuts while Mrs. Bushytail and Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy shop. The rabbit sleeps as a fox plots to steal the nut meats and swap shells, threatening the treat.
In a nut shell caper, Uncle Wiggily bakes candy using nut shells by a crafty fox boy. The fox tries to steal the good morsels, but the shells cause toothache for the fox while Uncle Wiggily serves real candy to Billie and Johnnie. The tale ends with the fox boy fleeing and the squirrel boys enjoying the second batch.
Three thousand voters paid poll tax in 1916 per State and County Tax Collector P. B. Dorlon. The total is about 500 fewer than last year with 385 paying on Tuesday. The statement offers no reason for the decrease.
A committee of the local G A R post and Mobile Confederate Veterans slated the Blue and Gray reunion at the Cawthon Hotel February 22 at 7 30 PM. They will arrange a musical program and several addresses will be delivered.
This vintage ad claims Kelly's Sanitone Wafers provide invigoration and vitality for nervous, weary, and peevish people. It pitches the product as uniquely effective to restore vigor and steady the mind, appealing to readers feeling run down.
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