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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1915
Page
6
The Downshire was sunk by the German submarine U-12 in the Irish Sea near Call of Man after the crew abandoned ship within minutes. The German captain claimed they target commercial craft, not fishing boats, and the vessel sank within minutes following a bombing by German sailors amidships.
Harry Rhodes, Mexico City manager for a Baltimore firm, was released by Zapata troops and returned to Mexico City. No Americans or foreigners are under arrest at Piedras Negras. Carranza to restore Tampico harbor lights. John R. Silliman joins Vera Cruz. Priest detentions provoke protests and a women’s march to Brazil.
Julius Rosenwald traveling with Miss Jane Addams Seth Low and other educators is hosted by Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee Institute. An officer election is planned at the university this afternoon.
The Mobile Item notes several children born on February 22 across 1899 to 1911 age spans. George Hanagan Alfred Graves Tracy Maurin Laura Hale Eleanor Cosminsky Clifton Cahall August Brettel are listed with addresses. THETEM invites them to a birthday party with five friends at the Empire Theatre this afternoon. Tickets mailed. Girls born in February urged to send full names addresses and birthdates to the Children's Editor at Mobile Item two days before their birthday.
A guest attends a modest dinner where the hostess cooks due to tight finances. The potatoes prove tough and unwelcome. the guest hides one in a letter to avoid offending the hostess. The scene unfolds with awkward humor as the meal progresses and the moment tensions rise.
A long reflection on kindness shows how actions can be misinterpreted or unrewarded. Anecdotes about a miserly generosity surface, with a beggar and a two pence act provoking a range of reactions. Personal notices list visitors and travelers stopping at Mobile hotels.
In Paris Feb 22 a report laments soldiers lost in France to impure blood and stomach troubles. It urges Americans to keep nerves strong and liver active, endorsing Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy to purify blood and sustain vitality.
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