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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1915
Page
5
Local brief from Mobile Alabama notes events dated February 20 1915. Details are limited in the fragment, with city and date provided but no additional context or names readable.
The article describes the opening of a grand exposition in California amid wartime disruptions. Ceremonial gates, salutes, and signals mark the event while a vast cortege honors the occasion. Despite distant conflicts, the display opens under favorable conditions and promises Western grandeur comparable to global exhibitions.
The piece argues Congress duress none to gag speech and presses, contrasting federal protections with Alabama moves to curb political cartoons and restrict press freedom. It laments state actions undermining revenue policy and educational progress while predicting a hollow politics Utopia if muzzling continues.
The fragment hints at a Winter Haven editor teased by fate. No further readable details available.
The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America and the Postal Clerk's Union collaborate to seek old age pensions for postal workers. The church commission orders a thorough wage adequacy study and has urged President and Congress to consider the moral aspects of government employee pay.
President Wilson sets apart a Day of Prayer for Peace prompting leaders abroad to consider similar action. Paris dailies commend the Americans and urge France to follow. A leading Chinese daily calls on China to observe a day and for government heads to join in prayer.
The note offers congratulations to the weatherman for fine weather on Monday and Tuesday and acknowledges a City Bank official overlooked in Mardi Gras praise. It calls for broader recognition of the official’s contributions to the event.
The Tampa Times notes Alabama imposes a one quart per order limit and seeks to block advertising that reveals where whiskey can be obtained by prohibiting insertions of whiskey advertisements in newspapers.
The Home Products Show plans extra attractions during Lent to keep interest high. Exhibits from Alba n will be refreshed and many entries are flooding in for the contest opening March 1. Demonstrations for housewives abound as Mobile school students display art, and new sheet music for electric organs plus fresh Victrola records accompany entertaining music. Bert Elmer replenishes puppies for the dog show while Ed J Higgins Candy Co distributes crackers and whistles.
The Senate lines up Investigation with Senators Denson Lusk Lee and Witmer. The Judiciary panel includes Senators Lusk Lee and Witmer. Finance and Taxation slate lists Hartwell Key and Pride. House members serving during recess include Davis Ohn Brindley Blackwell Thompson of Baldwin for Judiciary. Finance and Taxation features Weakley Tunstall Bradshaw Fife of Marion and Yarbrough. Investigation names Merrit Green Welch Smith of Crenshaw and Ward.
Joseph A. Gordon admitted guilt on a second charge of obtaining goods under false pretenses at a recorder's court session. He had been sentenced to three months at hard labor for pomies worthiess or ilee 5 arrisom corder. D. H. Edington received an additional six months for failing to pay for a room in Mobile.
The piece surveys the rise of commissions such as the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Trade Commission, the Shipping Board, and others. It notes varied effectiveness and critiques excess, while highlighting their growing authority and role alongside Congress and the President. It mentions Taft era bodies like the Commission of Fine Arts and the Board of Indian Commissioners, and the potential and limits of these commissions in shaping policy.
Rev John McCreary will conduct a Catholic mission at St Matthew’s Church Washington Ave and Marine St starting Sunday at 10 a.m. The schedule lists masses sermons rosaries and benedictions through February with themes each evening and special services on February 26 27. Practices urge prayer confession and devotion to the Blessed Virgin and the Sacred Heart.
An old notice promotes a cold relief regimen for children urging immediate use of Dr. Honey and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for soothing symptoms. The ad-style text emphasizes quick action and seeking a druggist for a bottle.
Catholic churches announce Lent schedules with multiple masses on Sundays and weekdays. St Vincent's St Joseph's St Matthew's and St Margaret's list mass times ro sary benediction and Way of the Cross. readings note visiting sermon by Rev E Cummings S J and mission opening by Rev John McCreary S J.
A shelf of church announcements lists services at Methodist and other churches. It notes Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. with various superintendents, morning worship at 11:00 a.m. and evening sermons at 7:30 p.m. along with midweek prayer meetings and Epworth League gatherings across multiple congregations in the area.
Government and Ann Streets church announces rector Rev Thomas H Johnston. Holy communion 7 30 a m Sunday school 9 30 a m morning prayer and sermon 11 o clock evening prayer read clock Tooker office Sunday in Lem.
In Little Rock on February 20 the Arkansas house rejected a bill to let residents vote on Sunday baseball. The prevailing state law bans playing baseball on Sundays, and the defeated measure would have allowed a local referendum on the issue.
The Mallory Liner Lampasas en route to Mobile reports a derelict vessel awash with deck gone about fifty miles off the east coast of Florida February 16 at latitude 28 50 and longitude 78 00. Report came by radio.
Sunday and midweek worship schedules across multiple churches listed. First Baptist, Dauphin Way, North Side Baptist, Dauphin Way Baptist, and Government Street Presbyterian feature minister names, service times, morning and evening sermons, and Sunday school details. Topics include Our Foes and Our Fate, Christ’s Present Work, Life’s Waters, Baptists Work in Alabama, and Following Jesus Christ.
The Christian church holds morning service at 11 a.m. and evening service at 7 30 p.m. Morning topic is Possessions and the evening message is The Unanswered Prayer meeting Wednesday.
Group advertisement claims a cough medicine soothes the cough and kills germs to aid nature healing. Mentions Tigist and urges buying a bottle today.
The article profiles Prunella and Miss Sheecee Creacent Ti as leading figures in Broadway tours. Miss Clark and Miss Phillips are highlighted for compelling stage presence. The pieces promise drama and charm in The Crucible and The Phantom arising with Ben Wilson and Dorothy Phillips starring in the latter.
Vitagraph three reel feature Mothers Roses headlines the Empire with an all star cast led by James Morrison Dorothy Keny and George Cooper Also showing Broncho Billy in a Western reel a Selig The Bugle Call wild animal picture and Chaplin two reel Essanay comedy A Night Out Sunday. Edgar Jones and Lubin present a two reel drama The Trapper's Revenge tomorrow.
Former Mo-Cola Company officers face theft charges over a soft drink formula. J. J. Lister, ex secretary, was arrested in Adams and Royal streets area on a warrant by J. L. Shipp and released on 500 bond. T. J. Murphy and W. Melrose Chapman were reported in custody in Birmingham on the same charge.
The will of Mrs. Mary Schwaemmie who died in January is filed for probate. She bequeaths to son Charles 1500 dollars less 600 already paid. A 100 dollar Tennessee bond goes to nieces Mamie and Delia Stauter. Household effects go to Mrs. Josephine Ward and Loretta Schwaemmle. Residue of estate to seven children.
Mrs Daugherty of Murrycross Alabama reports weakness nerve problems and female complaints improved after taking Cardui. She says the remedy cured her, restored strength and energy, and she urges other women to try it. She keeps Cardui at home and credits it with restoring her health.
A man identified as McDonald escaped from jail in Rome and fled with jewelry valued at over $700 from a safe in a dale Georgia. He later admitted the theft during questioning.
The City Bank demonstrates strong capital by reporting half a million dollars in capital and half a million in surplus. It notes its loans target borrowers with capital strength and its facilities are open to all meeting criteria.
Shreveport Journal argues jitney operators must accept equal responsibility and taxes as traction lines. It urges city action to ensure drivers are legally liable for damages from negligence, noting risk to riders and the need for regulation.
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