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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1916
Page
4
An outside mobile item by mail plan lists charges per month. The notice outlines eligibility and delivery scope for customers outside Mobile city limits.
A brief note from Mobile Alabama dated February 29 1916 reflects on forgiveness and forgetting as foundations for imperfect people to live together in peace and joy. The text emphasizes human flaws and the need for mutual mercy.
In a Manufacturers Record piece James A. Bisel argues for more U S manufacturing within Mobile and the nation. He notes the need to broaden foreign outlets and to locate and operate industries at home while canvassing Southern markets for manufactured goods. He urges an aggressive Mobile campaign to establish industries and supply manufactured products at reasonable prices.
The Chicago Tribune poll shows 90 to 100 percent favor public school military drill, seen as youth development not war. Mobile high school students reportedly reported for exercises, with benefits in discipline and responsibility cited. The Selma Journal calls city wharf charges a minor issue and legitimate if justified.
In Winston-Salem a jailed woman faces execution for killing her husband. The case sparks debate across the state with the Winston-Salem Journal urging clemency and questioning the state’s stance, while Asheville Citizen notes she had little chance. The issue draws Southwide attention to capital punishment for women.
The piece recalls Joseph Leiter’s failed bid to corner wheat at two dollars a bushel and James A. Patten’s fortune, noting Patten’s recent loss from overhangs and a ten cent drop. It also touches on Eocene era Gulf shores and asks what Memphis and Birmingham might say, while joking about English capitalists fleeing taxes.
The daily horoscope warns care today as spring brings reversals and new complications in England's labor scene. Canada benefits as summer comes. March and April favor the Prince of Wales while the queen may face ill health. A governor's trouble signals political disturbance with Chicago slated for great spring and summer activity. Birthdays hint at a steady but restless year in business and domestic life.
A long list of visitors from across the country arrived in Mobile for the Mardi Gras season. Among them are Dr. A. H. Gray and family from Humboldt Tennessee, Mr. and Mrs. Kirby from Jacksonville Illinois, and many others staying at Battle House and Cawthon hotels. The show of guests includes professionals and tourists from New York, Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and beyond.
A compiled list from the Alabama Mississippi and Texas area shows individuals including C W Lernint Chicago M Johnson Fowl River Ala R D Corbett Montgomery Ala F Fontz St Elmo Ala W D Durant Bromley Ala J A Wiggins Monroeville Ala Rosa and Viola Lind Saraland Ala R J O Bryant Lucedale Miss J B Tompkins Birmingham Ala Capt L H Larsen Port Arthur Tex Lex Tardy New Orleans La appear in the record.
Cincinnati reports the national baseball commission denied Tony Smith of Galveston free agent status. The panel noted Galveston paid players through August 15 1915 and Hurricane damage followed, allowing suspension and reserve rights. It outlines duties for clubs re acquiring released players and reporting actions to league presidents and Secretary Farrell.
Gulfport Mississippi reports rapid street building and paving using pyrites cinders from Gulfport Fertilizer Company as fast as produced. Thirty cars of gravel from Weatherby pits arrive and more to follow. Roads to northern limits and Gulf Coast and Jackson Highway are under construction with trees planted along the main road.
Biloxi shoe dealer James Morrison woke to a burglar in his Fayard Street home who claimed to be a Burns Detective Agency representative. The intruder talked his way in and left before Morrison could confront him, as Morrison armed himself.
Major Leonard Wood told about 2000 engineering society members that a militia based army could not succeed in war and would need a volunteer force. He urged preparedness and criticized school histories for overstating American military success.
Mrs H Mallory of Mobile visits her father C J Littlegreen in Irvington. Bishop Bratton of Mississippi conducts services at St Pauls chapel. John Murray buys a fine team for the farm. Baseball club reopens for the year. Miss Dora Davis and Percy return to Michigan. Mrs Beals of Chicago visits daughter Mrs Lee McAlister. A H Daves and wife recover from grippe. Mr Palmer builds a new porch on the Inn. Charles Kenyon holds Murray house contract. William Cromdyk of Kalamazoo visits sister Mrs J Davis. Dr Hall of Kalamazoo visits his daughter Mrs J W C Brown. Charles Parker dies at home.
Elijah Walker was found guilty of assault and battery by a city court jury after a trial on the charge of assault to murder. He was fined $25 plus costs for the alleged shooting of Isaiah Bell. The report notes crowded jails and mentions the possibility some guilty may escape.
Review from Mobile lauds The Birth of a Nation as a triumph of cinema art. D. W. Griffith’s adaptation of Thomas Dixon’s The Clansman is praised for faithful storytelling, dramatic battle scenes, authentic period detail, and powerful performances by Mae Marsh and others.
An advertiser argues that patent medicines are unfairly labeled alcoholic, noting doctors misrepresent alcohol content. It claims standard remedies like Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound use only trace amounts to preserve extracts and can be bought in a non alcoholic form.
An article warns that confinement indoors without fresh air or exercise leads to unhealthy excess fat and weakened vitality. It promotes Korein capsules from Van Antwerp's or druggists, claiming rapid weight loss and improved energy for 15 to 20 pounds overweight, priced at $2.
A Black man entered Mechanics State Bank in St. Joseph Missouri, forced the cashier and two clerks into the vault, and escaped with $1600. Police sought the suspect after the robbery reported yesterday.
A reader asks if tobacco can be cured and receives a regimen including five grain zinc sulphogarbulate tablet and quinine before meals, plus chewing gum with gentian rock, outdoor exercise, and avoidance of smoking cues. Additional notes cover antique dime value and wooden novelties makers in New England.
The Fellowship Bible Class led by Rev. Henry Wade Du Bose will meet Monday at 6 30 PM in the Y M C A tea room with supper to be served. Movie men foresee profit in adversity and a flood of Noahs ark photoplays from southern California is anticipated.
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