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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1916
Page
5
A fragment shows a series of large numeric figures described as illuminating figures. The numbers listed include 4,008,829,61 and 7,830,045.06 with other digits scattered, suggesting a statistical or financial table cut from a newspaper page.
The notice urges all eligible residents to register before midnight Wednesday to vote in primaries this year and participate in two bond issues. One is state refunding bonds and the other a 150000 dollar Mobile county rural school bond. It also explains registration rules for age and residency changes.
Lieutenant Commander Myles Joyce has become commander of the battleship Alabama after a 16 year career starting as an enlisted man. He served as executive officer of the scout cruiser Birmingham at Mobile and rose from gunner to lieutenant commander with 12 years of sea service since commissioning.
The Washington Post urges strong support for the National Guard as a ready fighting nucleus. It notes guardsmen have served year after year in states and the District with little congressional backing and laments Alabama's scant government funding.
In New York City Sunday schools, superintendents reportedly agreed to end repeated Christmas distributions. Each school held its celebration and gift distribution at the same hour, a move attributed to countering suspected ward heelers. War ethics are challenged by this stance.
Captain Jaime Baste of steamship Regina, a Cuban Distilling Company vessel, receives a gold watch from Johnson & Higging underwriters for rescuing and safely guiding the barge Marti to Havana after it was found helpless in the gulf. Walter W. Clarke, Cuban Molasses Co. manager, accepts on behalf of underwriters. ceremony attended by Regina officers and crew.
William Schroeder was fined 50 dollars and costs in city court on Monday for violating the prohibition law. The sentence was appealed from the recorder's court. Genevan Shepard’s case was not pressed, and Sam Costello’s case was taken out of the call. D M McLauren, a white man who escaped Deputy Sheriff Bernstein last night, was arrested Monday night on the prohibition charge.
Miss Annie Lewis and Emery Devene visited their godchild Joseph Emery Murphy on Christmas day. The B Y P U Seniors at Oakdale Baptist held a New Year watch party with games and musical selections. A second party at Mrs. W Gibson’s home featured refreshments and warm social praise amid neighbors joy.
Readers ask about Ireland's dimensions its area compares Maine and the 답 provides quick lessons. Answers describe hiccups from alcohol and guide on word derivation citing dictionaries and reference books.
Horoscope for Tuesday January 4 1916 notes activity by troops and naval maneuvers with national unrest and internal troubles predicted. It calls for health care workers to benefit while engineers gain from the period and foresees semi military service for some.
Nashville Tenn Jan 4 In the supreme court Monday a motion to vacate was argued to allow Be Crump of Memphis and Commissioner R A Utley to be sworn in for new terms beginning January 4 They were elected before ouster proceedings suspended them The matter was taken under advisement.
Rudolph Blankenburg retires as mayor of Philadelphia marking four years of reform rule ending. Thomas B. Smith succeeds him and the regular Republicans regain control of all municipal offices in a January transition.
Washington report describes a Labor Department proposal to open unused federal land to the unemployed under government supervision. Funding, expert guidance from Agriculture and planned returns to workers would be provided, countering inflation of land values and homestead limits. The piece also notes a Bureau of Standards test of a so called divining rod used to sell treasure hunts and the Post Office probe of its mailed distribution.
The French government ordered the immediate release of German subjects removed from American ships by the cruiser Des Cartes. The State Department said detainees would be turned over to the American consul at Fort de France, Martinique, for detention.
An unnamed man headlines a local incident with the remark I tried to do my duty as authorities review his actions. The phrase echoes through the report, signaling a defensive posture amid ongoing investigations. No further details are provided in the readable text.
A historic ad copy extols Doctor Pierce's Favorite Seskem as a remedy that has helped thousands of women relieve distress and discomfort, promoting renewed health and vitality.
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