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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows a municipal or trade notice from Alabama dated January 11 1917 with unclear content. The readable bits point to local trades or announcements without clear names places or actions.
Reports describe Alabama National Guardsmen lingering at Nogales after extended border duty. Soldiers face poor camp conditions, scarce supplies, exposure to disease, and red tape delaying baths and blankets. Families and economies suffer as troops await government action and possible isolation measures.
Washington reports the rules committee closed its session on the leak investigation tied to President's note. Witnesses including Tumulty and the president's brother-in-law were questioned with no clear results. The panel aims to uncover the leak source, but progress remains uncertain and further action possible.
Fragmentary text references a peace note and a journalist quote. It hints at assurances and a debate over approaching delivery, suggesting tensions and possible conclusions to a broader matter. The source OCR is garbled, leaving unclear actors and dates.
The article lauds a new Central Child Welfare Bureau in Mobile as a key New Year achievement aiming to centralize efforts across agencies to help children. It highlights Home Economics Club work supplying clothing and school support, notes rising focus on child care, and envisions a bigger role for women in public life as voting citizens. A winter Thaw is anticipated in New York.
The poem contrasts indoor sleeping with a sleeping porch, noting stale air and germs. The speaker, once weak and ailing, now rises with sunrise, enjoys brisk air, and provokes the undertaker who once anticipated his demise. The verses end with the undertaker puzzled by the speaker’s buoyant health.
In a dated Q and A, the leap year began January 1 1916 and ended December 31 1916. A horned horse is described as historic with notes from Prof Wood of South Kensington about Euboea finds and Grecian locations. Remedies for leg itching include washing with mild soap and warm water then applying ointment, plus a salt bath with soda.
The 1917 forecast notes favorable aspects for Venus Jupiter and Saturn with Mars, urging bold ventures in business and the arts. It highlights public entertainments and a generational rise in beauty, warns of mine strikes, and foresees potential mine finds and possible wartime upheavals in the near term.
A historical health column discusses treatment for swollen neck glands using iodine tincture hot compresses and sterile incision when abscesses form. It weighs risks of surgical removal versus letting glands soften and drain. Also covers altitude effects on tuberculosis and adenoids with cold air symptoms and general health factors.
Local notices list meetings for Odd Fellows districts, Knights of Pythias and Masons at multiple halls. Also scheduled are B P O Elks and the Jory Club with times and venues. A reader asks about preventing pimples after a goiter operation and candy cravings linking to diet and digestion.
President Wilson nominated Col. Johan i Chamberlain as inspector aids the army with the rank of three. The announcement came from Washington on January 11.
Elen endures Warren's stormy mood as they reach a hotel with no baggage. They pay the driver, slip into an expensive room, and Helen frets over lost trunks containing silk gowns and cherished items bought abroad. Warren laments economy and the exhausting trip continues.
A quirky exchange shows the president and George discussing work and pay. George notes he and the boss both felt ill last week. the company provided a doctor for the boss while George says his pay was docked.
In a classroom exercise the teacher prompts students to form a coherent two word sentence from similar sounding terms. A student suggests a sentence that uses sounds like “I can” and “I can beat” to create a right sounding phrase, while another student eagerly twists the words to “Wright toes rite right.”
A fragment shows friends discussing a cough and pneumonia fears with a graveyard sound. Conversation touches on health warnings, a doctor’s caution, and a brag about unpaid debts as a New Year tease, all within a Sacred Heart Review Montgomery Advertiser flavor.
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