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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1917
Page
4
Short column of items from Mobile Alabama dated January 19 1917. Early 20th century observations cover community happenings and brief notices with city focus and minimal detail.
Port tonnage rose sharply with a $1,242,806 gain noted in November of last year. Officials warn that abnormal times require port expansions to handle growing business and urge timely action to start upgrades.
The article discusses rising prices in 1916 amid low sugar output and strong foreign demand. It notes U S farmers faced reduced crops while consumers paid over fifty percent more, urging government action to curb price advances and stabilize living costs.
Secretary writes Mobile Business Committee about a coming battleship visit during Mardi Gras. He notes ships would stay for the celebration if no objections arise and urges local support for what could be the greatest fleet in Mobile for the event.
A new breeders association forms involving three states with a Missouri meeting and a forthcoming concrete plan. The group aims to study packing and shipping to assist raisers and produce growers, remedies past defects, and intends to advance coordinated efforts despite earlier failures in a similar organization.
The recent Entente reply to the aps note expresses hope for a peace step by y, noting the document hints at such a move and an assurance of progress toward negotiations to enforce peace among nations.
An article argues that regular weekly savings protect men from debt and loan sharks. It highlights Morris banks aiding workers earning about twenty five dollars weekly, who repay two dollars weekly, and recommends opening a bank account to avoid usury and build financial stability.
Walt Mason humorously laments overindulgence after Thanksgiving. He describes overeating at Christmas and New Year, swelling with regret as his body and works feel misaligned. He jokes about dieting, early walks, doctors orders, and the folly of festive feasts.
The Item's daily question box offers a toothache remedy using soda or hazel tea and mouth rinses. It also notes about Increase Mather being Massachusetts born and Harvard educated, and prints January and June horoscopes suggesting personality traits and cautions for newborns and zodiac periods.
A 1916 horoscope notes that celestial patterns influence events but do not dominate outcomes. It presents interpretive guidance on character and fate without asserting fixed paths.
Reading of the stars predicts benefits for dreamers in coming months with inspiration likely. Neptune aids shipping fishing and chemical business but cautions shipwrecks later in the month. The sign favors fine canned foods and distant markets while theaters and hospitality businesses prosper. military and labor topics may rise in discussion.
The text contrasts ancient mythic views of the Gulf Stream with modern scientific understanding. It notes Maury’s historic personification of the stream as a sea river and, citing Mayer, explains current views of ocean currents as eddies with the Gulf Stream surging between the Bahamas and Florida at about three miles per hour, a true northward current entering the open ocean.
A list of meetings for Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias in Dauphin and surrounding streets with times. The article discusses Atlantic coast cold water upwelling, the Gulf Stream, and tropical sea life near Nova Scotia and Florida, noting blue hues and a model range at a museum.
Rear Admiral Watmough, one of the original Agtec Club members and former paymaster general, died in Washington after an illness. He was a native of Pennsylvania and served in the Mexican War era.
Snakes in South Africa avoid the secretary bird as it hunts reptiles. The bird stalks and kills prey much larger than itself, using speed and precision to strike from above. The asserted behavior highlights the bird’s role as an effective snake predator.
Fragmentary report notes ostriches on Alpica ranches kept in snow bound pastures. Observers describe patrolled enclosures, sparse feed, and uncertain survival outlook for birds amid freezing conditions.
A readable explanation compares oxygen transport from lungs to tissue cells with a candle flame. It describes oxidation producing energy and uses the candle as a metaphor for how oxygen fuels life, linking respiration to energy generation and heat.
A woman of about 39 reports long running headaches beginning in childhood and worsening after marriage. She used morphine introduced by a local physician nine years ago and took Caré over a year ago, becoming a nervous wreck. After removal of the drug, headaches ceased for three months, then returned more frequently. Acetanilid powders provide temporary relief. Doctors attribute the primary cause to nervousness, yet headaches did not occur during initial three months after drug withdrawal. Eyes were tested by country physicians with no relief. She has not taken morphine for over a year and declines it when offered. She weighs around the stated amount and shows signs of significant distress.
In a sunlit room Helen uses ice on her face as Warren sleeps nearby. The scene shifts through domestic chores and small exchanges as the day promises heat, with Anna sweeping and Helen reading the Sunday papers while keeping everyone comfortable.
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