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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1916
Page
4
An incomplete OCR piece from a Mobile Alabama newspaper dated January 19 1916. Unclear text includes section headers and editors with possible society notes. No coherent event or person details available.
An Owen Meredith line proclaims life cannot be pure in purpose yet strong through struggle, suggesting noble conflict shapes character. The fragment presents a reflective aphorism on virtue and resilience.
Mobile county votes 21-2 to 1 in favor of the state bond issue and school bonds. Baldwin county shows strong support for the state bond issue and the 200000 good roads issue, with a 55000 Baldwin road bond also believed passed. Mobile leads in total majorities while Birmingham rejects the bond.
The 109th anniversary of Gen. Robert E. Lee's birth will be marked by the remnant of the Old Guard who followed the flag. They will join the Daughters of the Confederacy as guests to celebrate the historic event at the Cawthon.
The Texas legislature authorized county boards to call elections on land purchases for parks outside incorporated areas. A two thirds taxpaying vote enables a 5 cent cap per $100 property tax for county park establishment and maintenance, with up to four parks no larger than 100 acres each. Parks would be county managed, located in distinct county sections and usable for gatherings and various civic purposes.
A Michigan round up notes a joker passing an alleged 50 cent Futurist painting hung as a masterpiece in a hometown gallery. He later corrected its orientation while leaving the tag, then left for a fishing trip. A Dothan hospital drive stalled after a religious dispute, with editor Hall suggesting Muslim leadership as preferable to none.
The Democrat Voice lists Coleman county data for 1915: 2 deaths 221 marriages 389 births 10 sets of twins and rainfall 23.89 inches. The note questions rainfall's relation to vital statistics and jokes about rain affecting twins.
Fragmentary text notes Brooklyn health concerns and public activity, mentioning persistent pedestrians and street life. The passage hints at civic interest and possible calls for action to improve urban vitality and safety in public spaces.
A Brazilian government aide is dismissed after a scandal over an attempted sale of arms to warring factions. Senor Camaro Canto, posing as a Brazilian agent, took advance payment for Mausers while Brazil maintained neutrality, leading to a presidential dismissal and revelations of the affair.
A renewed bid to bottle the Mississippi waters seeks 60 million dollars from Congress to bank a levee system from Ohio to the Gulf. Backers claim vast bottom lands can be reclaimed while reducing flood disasters, with support from 286 congressmen and multiple governors.
Tampa, January 19 Special The Old Spanish Trail will become the first national highway shown in a film with a picture titled Long the Line of the Old Spanish Trail by Paul Gilmore. The drama will stage scenes along the Trail near Tampa to highlight romance and travel.
Dave Kosminsky returns from New Orleans while Robert Emmett Harvey of Denver is named district passenger agent for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad with headquarters in Atlanta to promote Colorado resort tours. The article lists numerous travelers and meetings tied to the Old Spanish Trail publicity drive and Gulf Coast tourism promotion.
Astrologers call the day unlucky with Venus and Saturn adverse. The piece warns of low mood and fatigue, urges fortitude, warns Europeans of stress from war, and notes risks for England and Holland, while predicting shifts for women in business, romance, and theater. Children born today are favored but must stay bright and strong.
Dr. O F Winberg, president of the Gulf Coast Horticultural Society, arrived nearly thirty minutes late to a Dawes meeting due to a Louisville and Nashville train being behind schedule. He spoke on spraying and fertilizers. Four more meetings are set for today at South Orchard Irvington Grand Bay and Orchard with citrus growers showing strong interest.
Bank of Mobile N B A directors re elected Michael J. McDermott as president Alfred L Staples as vice president Thomas J O Connor as cashier and Robert W Byrne as assistant cashier McDermott and O Connor have held their posts since organization. It ends with a reflective note about finding the silver lining.
The article argues Mobile offers a strong field for varnish and paint production targeting the Southeast and Mexico. It notes raw materials like rosin turpentine linseed oil chinawood oil and gums are available locally and at low costs, giving Mobile a freight advantage over Louisville Kansas City Chicago Cincinnati and Buffalo. It cites Beech Paint Co. growth and Mexican demand while outlining supply routes and a comparative freight table favoring Mobile.
J H Wilson and wife transfer lot 48 in Wilsons ninth addition to E D Max for 1 dollar and other valuable considerations. L S and S Wolf transfer section 14 township 7 south range 3 west to Ida A Wolf for 1 dollar and love and affection.
A large unoccupied shed on the west bank of the Mobile river between One and Three-Mile creeks burned Monday night at about 9. Fire tug Claude and city firemen Winchester and Wainwright saved a large consignment of hardwood stacked nearby. Property owned by Hunter Benn and Co. Extra hose was brought by a launch after the tug arrival.
W. M. Evans, president, says Gulf City Boiler Works has secured a $22 500 contract from the Newport Rosin and Turpentine Company Pensacola office. The project covers erection of stills and tanks for the Pensacola plant and work will start immediately.
Washington reports Chairman Stephen M Sparkman framing a new rivers and harbors bill worth 46 million dollars and expecting House approval. The piece notes prior appropriations totaling 57 million and outlines votes on postal savings bank expansion with a narrow cross of party lines.
Lebandy was a wealthy eccentric Frenchman who settled near the Sahara and was called emperor perhaps because authorities deemed him crazy. Pandora was a mythic beauty fashioned by Hephaestus for Epimetheus, given a box that released troubles to humanity, with hope remaining inside.
A fragmented OCR sample shows a string of surnames and places including North Dakota Wisconsin New York Minnesota and California with scattered first names and two political-style labels Progressive Nolan and Socialist London suggesting a long, incomplete ballot or directory fragment from a historical newspaper page.
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