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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1916
Page
6
Dawn for Mobile as Industry Seeks New Wealth
The article portraits Mobile emerging from a long downturn into a cautious dawn. It highlights shifts to agriculture, citrus, and marketing, the formation of the Mobile County Tick Eradication Association, better roads, new warehouses, and a push for local capital and Chamber of Commerce-led industrial co-operation. It urges mobilizing idle capital and local investors to start new ventures, stressing cooperation and timely action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Mobile County
Chamber of Commerce
Naval Base Campaign Shifts to Executive Committee Charge
Mobile forms an executive committee to lead the push for a government naval base and shipbuilding plant. The effort builds on earlier work by the Mobile Real Estate Board and Rep. W. B. Oliver, with precise, official documentation now planned to detail Mobile's claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Base Committee
Mobile
Naval Base
Mobile Real Estate Board
House Committee On Naval Affairs
W. B. Oliver
Executive Com
Com
Congress
Ittee
Bond Issue or High Taxes Election Debate in Alabama
Alabama voters face a state bond issue of 1.59 million dollars to retire floating debt. Proponents argue bonds lower interest costs versus higher taxes, while opponents warn of risk and insist on transparency. The piece notes warrants maturing January to March and the choice between bond funding or tax increases, with election day set for January 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Comer
O'Neal
Henderson
Aginng
Businessmen urged to back Mobile naval base push
Maj James K Glennon promotes Mobile harbor improvements and river transport links to Congress members in distant states. He argues coal iron timber shipments can reach the port cheaper than any other U S seaport and calls on business leaders to mobilize influential friends in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Maj
James K. Glennon
Naval Base
Alabama
Major Glennon
Tombigbee
Warrior Rivers
United States
Pennsylvania DA appoints defeated opponent as assistant prosecutor
After election and qualification, the district attorney named his defeated fellow Democrat opponent to the assistant prosecutor role, a notable courtesy in a political shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Hosiery Profits Fueled by Holes in Stock
Experts from the department of commerce note large profits in hosiery manufacture aimed at women. The observed style suggests profits arise from the intentional holes in the stockings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Treasury Bonds At Issue Raise Deficit Questions
A report outlines that state debt arrangements allow eight percent interest for warrant holders after maturity, with bonds bearing a yet unspecified maximum rate. The deficit origins and responsible parties are noted but deemed irrelevant to debt handling, per figures from the Examiner of Public Accounts J. T. Gorman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Examiner of Public Accounts
J. T. Gorman
Mobile furniture plant case argues freight edge over rivals
Industry writer Horace T. E. Culver argues Mobile can attract a furniture factory by exploiting lower freight costs for hardwoods and finished goods. He contrasts Grand Rapids Rockford Kansas City and Mobile trade routes, highlights raw material access, fuel costs, and local labor, and cites Colonel Abernethy’s Mobile visit as support for Mobile’s opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Grand Rapids
Illinois
United States
Gulf
Pensacola
Louisville
Platts
Rockford
Kansas City
North Carolina
Grand 1 Rapids
Montgomery
Birmingham
New Orleans
Jackson, Tenn
Northern
Western
Jackson
Tenn
Ill
J. Howard Wilson
Mobile Light and Railway Company
West
J. L. Abernethy
Leavenworth
Kas
Mr. Wilson
Abernethy
Alabama
High Point
N. C
Houston
Horoscope for Sunday January 16 1916
Astrological reading notes contending influences on the day with Mercury and Uranus favorable while the Sun and Neptune are adverse. Ministers and writers may benefit as occult interests surge and literary pursuits gain guidance. storms at sea and a possible death aboard a voyage loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure
Mercury
Uranus
Neptune
Washington
United States
Germany
The Question Box Answers on Marriage Licenses and Church Feasts
Alaska is the only state not requiring marriage licenses. Bells began with Paulinus, bishop of Nola in Campania over 1,500 years ago. Epiphany January 6 and a set of church days mark the Episcopal year with Lent prep days and holidays such as Palm Sunday Good Friday Easter Ascension Whitsunday Trinity Sunday Corpus Christi and Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. E. McC
Ans
Alaska
Cc. H
Paulinus
Nole
Campagna
S. S
United States
Jerusalem
Christ
Whitsunday
Corpus Christi
Readers Editorials on Live Matters and Public Welfare
Communications on public welfare are invited with rules. Sign name and address, limit to 300 words, use one side only, and include a stamped self addressed envelope for return if unused. No anonymous letters, avoid libel, and corrections of misstatements by the author only. Repeated submissions from the same source may be curtailed.
Why the Legislature Endorsed Bond Issue
A letter argues the 1916 legislature failed to cut expenses enough to cover an old debt of over two million dollars. It counters opponents like John B. Weakley and contends only continued legislative action can address the issue rather than taxing now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
The
Item
John B. Weakley
Birmingham
Weakley
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