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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1916
Page
2
Dr H C Wilson conducts hog inoculations to curb hog cholera spread. The report notes preventive measures amid concerns of disease transmission among livestock.
Mayor Pat J. Lyons urges Chief G. M. Van Liew to cover Dauphin street during shifts change and curb late night delays. He accuses day officers of lingering near the station while night men come on duty and asks enforcement of the move on and anti spitting ordinances.
London dispatch reports the Luxem burg cabinet led by Dr Loutsch has resigned amid pressure from the Association of Democratic Societies to place the will of the people above the grand duchess law.
West Virginia public service commission orders Captain W. E. Roe and Kanawha owners to locate all bodies after the Ohio river sinking near Parkersburg. High river levels hindered recovery efforts, but authorities demand an immediate search to locate remaining victims.
In Biloxi Mississippi a conference between Harrison county supervisors and the Biloxi city council discussed funding for a beach highway. The board set aside 200000 dollars for the beach road while council members seek more funds to rebuild the city boulevard.
Dr Louis Grossman president of the Teachers' Institute spoke at B'nai B'rith hall on The Specific Interest in Jewish Life Through Discipline and the Jewish Education. He told Sabbath school teachers of the temple about Sabbath school work and then departed Friday morning for New Orleans.
The Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railway issues a new timetable effective December 19. Northbound service from Mobile’s Terminal Station leaves at 6 15 A M and reaches York at 1 53 P M with connections from Meridian Tuscaloosa Birmingham and East. York return departs 7 35 A M after Meridian arrivals and Mobile reaches 3 20 P M. The note reminds trains to Calvert via A T N stations beyond Calvert must transfer to Tennessee and Northern routes.
New Orleans reports the coldest temperature of the winter at 32 degrees above zero at 7 am as Mississippi Louisiana and Alabama show freezing readings. The cold wave reaches the Atlantic states while milder conditions form west of the Mississippi. St Paul and Minneapolis rise from 31 to 17 degrees below zero as rail service resumes normal pace.
Chicago and suburbs endure continued cold with 7 am readings at 4 degrees below zero downtown and 2 to 6 degrees colder in outlying areas. Weather bureau forecasts higher temps soon. Rail traffic west of the city remains abnormal as municipal lodging houses fill and many homeless men stay in police stations.
Secretary H. L. Wright says the poultry show drew an all day stream of visitors on Thursday. J. A. Frederick judged exhibits early, with prize announcements to follow once judging is complete. About a hundred coops showcase nearly twenty breeds.
Internal revenue officers arrested illicit still operators who faced sentencing in federal court. Judges fined B F Adams John Hoff man and John Lassiter $100 each for using the mails to defraud. Victor Michael received a $100 fine after pleading guilty. A S Knight was acquitted of selling liquor without a license.
Captain Edward P. Nones of the U S Army medical corps at Fort Crockett and three privates of the coast artillery corps drowned when the government boat J B 16 was struck and sunk by the steamship Charles E Harhood in the Galveston channel. Nones hailed from Louisville Kentucky.
H. J. Quinnelly of Prichard who filed suit several weeks ago against ex-Sheriff T. T. Palmer for $25,000 has withdrawn the action.
James A. Emmett of the Old Spanish Trail Association spoke at the Mobile Rotary Club about progress along the proposed route from Florida to Tampa and the benefits to Mobile. The group urged interclub coordination and support for attracting big industries and the 1917 Alabama Sunday School Convention to Mobile.
Jamaica New York woman describes relief from head and backache weakness dizziness and nervousness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound three times daily after meals and at night. She urges others to seek information from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. and to publish testimonials.
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