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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1916

Page

7

Illinois Club 10 celebrates Feb 22 old fashioned picnic

The Illinois Club 10 held a meeting at Battle House choosing Washington's Birthday for a basket picnic at Monroe Park. Members invited guests with baskets provided by invitees, and a commemorative badge was issued to each member.

Illinois Club Battle House J. H. Harrison Mobile Messrs. Christiansen and Brinkman Washington Monroe Park Frank J. Wisemer Buell S. Rogers Chicago Wisener M. W. Poole Decatur G. B M. V. Card M. Bogard M. Parnell M. T. Harcourt Springfield H. M. Jarvis Semmes John G. Brown Fox Lake F. O. Christiansen Dog River A. R. Funk John D. Busse A. H. Brinkman Neshota M. CC. Purington Toulminville W. Morgan Orchard J. W. Hancock Peoria D. W. DeVaughan Frank Wisener Cook County Buell Rogers J. J. Powers N. G Lennington P. S. Hedrick A. W. Hawkinson D. Hill Dundee J. V. Avidson Grand Bay

Italians at Last Begin Fighting in Balkans Attack Austrian Forces

An official war office statement reports Italians finally entering combat in the Balkans and attacking Austrian forces. Russian regiments and Austrian counterattacks unfold as Russians reclaim ground on heights. In the Dvinsk area and near Riga lakes, Slavs and Germans conduct bombing duels and mining operations amid ongoing Russian actions.

Balkans War Office Dvinsk Riga

French Hold Ground as Germans Press in Champagne

Paris and Berlin dispatches describe heavy German attacks across a fifteen mile front in Champagne with losses near 100000 between French and German forces. French counter moves gained ground around Hill No 185 and north of Massiges while Haig reports renewed action near Ypres with British troops repelling German infantry efforts.

London Champagne Paris Mesnil Arras French War Office Navarin Wissembach Vosges Joffre Massiges Berlin Artois Somme Frise Vimy Heights Douglas Haig Ypres War Office Pilken Haig Pilken Road Ypres-Comines Canal

Phillips Furniture Ad Promises Big Stock Sacrifice

An advertisement for Phillips Furniture Company at 216 Dauphin Street urges a Monday sale, declaring a large stock is being sacrificed to Mobile. the note emphasizes the 216 Dauphin Street location between Empire and Queen Theatres.

Phillips Furniture Company Dauphin Street Mobile Ai Sacrifice Empire and Queen Theatres Adv

Conference speech links miners to national security

The miners' president in a Mobile conference argues child labor laws in Northern states and warns Alabama's future, praising the port's potential for shipyard development. He cites labor conflicts, calls Brandeis a strong judicial pick, and urges public access to the commission report while highlighting industrial needs and political pressure.

Alabama Industrial Relation Commission Frank P. Walsh Kansas City Walsh Louis D. Brandeis Wilson United States Supreme Court Senate Brandeis Commission White

War measures follow explosion and strike near Big Falls

Reports say 10 000 Canadian troops bivouacked at Toronto exposition grounds are ordered to be ready to move to the border within hours. Niagara Falls factories run day and night on munitions while censor rules limit border reports and troop movements.

Exposition Grounds Toronto St. Catherine’s Dominion Canada Niagara Falls Max Mauren Castner

Nine Pass Medical Examinations Announced

Montgomery Alabama February 12 Special Announcement that nine of twenty nine seekers passed last month's state medical examinations. Certificates were awarded to Zadoc Weatherford Red Bay Julius Watkins McCall New Orleans Benjamin Smart Clayton Daniel Thweatt Birmingham Artice Culberson Birmingham Thomas Greet Gadsden Justin Morgan Chipley Ga Robert Gaston Gastonburg Edward Day Orville.

Montgomery Ala W. H. Sanders Zadoc Lorenzo Weatherford Red Bay Julius Watkins McCall New Orleans Benjamin Franklin Smart Clayton Daniel Harmon Thweatt Birmingham Artice Edward Culberson Thomas Young Greet Gadsden Justin Calvin Morgan Chipley Robert Bernard Gaston Gastonburg Edward Day Orville

Travelers' Protective Association Leaders Visit Mobile Monday

National Secretary T. S. Logan of St Louis Alabama State President BE Raney and Sec W R Mabry of Birmingham will visit Mobile Monday. Post C met at the Cawthon Hotel naming a committee to plan entertainment and urge attendance as the National secretary speaks on the order's benefits and membership growth.

Mobile Travelers’ Protective Association T. S. Logan St. Louis Alabama BE. L. Raney Sec. W. R. Mabry Birmingham Post C Cawthon Hotel

Dr Winberg Lectures to Gulf Coast Growers

Dr O F Be Winberg president of the Gulf Coast Horticultural Society and Sec P B Henrick spoke in Axis and Satsuma on Fertilization of orchards in Spring. Twenty citrus growers at Satsuma thanked him. Axis gathered thirty growers from Creola Calvert and elsewhere and voiced their heartiest thanks.

O. F. BE. Winberg Gulf Coast Horticultural Society Sec. P Henrick Axis Satsuma Winberg Creola Calvert

Congregation Shomayim Holds 73rd Annual Meeting

The Congregation Shomayim will meet in annual session at B noah B rith hall this afternoon. The meeting begins at 3 30 o clock and marks the seventy third annual gathering of the long established group incorporated in 1844.

Congregation Shomayim B'noa B'rith Hall

Bnai Brith to Meet in Mobile for Delegates Selection

The Bnai Brith Beth Zur Lodge No 84 holds a monthly session at 11 80 o clock in the hall. Delegates will be chosen to represent Mobile at the District Grand Lodge No 7 convention in Little Rock Arkansas in April.

B'nai B'rith Society Beth Zur Lodge No. 84 B'nai B'rith Mobile Grand Lodge No. 7 Little Rock Ark

Poison Plot Threatens Illinois Officials and Guests

A dinner banquet exposed Illinois Governor Dunne and Archbishop Mundelein to possible poisoning. Several ill guests recovered, while 100 others were warned to seek medical exams. Police found a poison lab in a club worker Conez room and traced five poisons, with Conez missing and possibly in Cleveland.

Illinois Archbishop Mundelein Governor Dunne Roger Sullivan Robertson H. J. Doherty Doherty Conez

None Now Doubted Gor have Eyes that Hypnotized Mob

A cryptic line suggests Gor don's eyes could hypnotize the crowd, warning readers to beware eyes that seem to leap. The fragment hints at a tale or rumor about a performer or figure whose gaze unsettles onlookers.

Gordon

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