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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1915
Page
8
Harrisburg report notes Martin Go Brumbaugh urged enactment of a county local option law. He said the people should decide liquor sales in their counties, removing partisan control and letting voters resolve the issue. The piece ends with an ad for LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE with E. W. Grove signature.
John L. Cutright newly appointed American vice consul at Nottingham did not start duties and returned to London after Lincoln Nebraska papers published letters viewed as pro German. Son of John T. Cutright of the Lincoln Star, he had served briefly in the consular service.
Unidentified schooner ashore in heavy seas off Sarasota. Crew believed landed. Tug sent from Tampa to assist.
Veterans of the Confederacy gathered around a camp fire at McGill Institute to honor General Robert E. Lee with songs and stories. Daughters and sons of Civil War fighters joined as speakers and performers recounted memories while cadets displayed relics and the Stars and Bars and Stars and Stripes hung in the background.
President Gilmort recounts Weeghman and Charley Weeghman pursuing Prince Herman Schaefer. The ex Washington Ameri can comedian requested a two year contract worth 36000 per season. Weeghman quips about his own humor.
Bearer Gibson carries the camp banner as Bugler Mike T Judge Drummer Anfield and Fifer Hughes head the marching column. The audience rose and clapped as they entered the hall. The observance is described as one of the most successful in years.
Fresh opened plant oysters sold by the dozen or half dozen at 25c and 15c. Toasted add 5c. Raw at stand. Plants offer 20c per dozen or half dozen for oysters. Location 3 5 7 North Royal. Ady.
At Copenhagen the conference of Socialists of neutral countries adopted three resolutions urging early peace. They call for a rapid peace declaration with disarmament terms and for Berne to convene meetings during peace talks. A second urges mediation by neutral parties. the third protests the arrest of five Russian Duma members. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Holland attended. Switzerland and the United States sent no delegates. A later vote protested Germanys violation of Belgian rights and urged parties to hasten the war's end.
Washington reports that President Wilson may be unable to undertake his planned Panama Canal and Pacific coast journey due to home or international conditions. Invitations to speak on the San Francisco return leg are being acknowledged with uncertainty about departure from Washington.
The National Bakers' Association efficiency board, made up of bakers from twenty six cities, recommended manufacturing a ten cent loaf of bread across the United States. The proposal aims to curb costs and stabilize prices amid shortages.
The passage notes bread at ten cents a loaf weighing twenty-six to twenty-seven ounces yields profit, while a five-cent loaf of twelve ounces incurs loss. It cites an efficiency board report claiming flour accounts for about 75 percent of bread manufacturing costs at normal prices.
An advertisement touts Ely's Dream Balm as a quick fix for stuffed noses and catarrh. It claims a small bottle clears nasal passages, relieves headache, and ends cold symptoms by morning, urging purchase at any drug store.
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