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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1915
Page
6
At Zinc Arkansas on January 23 a German farmer named Jake Baker, six foot seven and 290 pounds, plows five acres by hand with a self made plow. He raised fifty bushels of corn amid drought and saved a widow’s sorghum crop while aiding local sawmills. He credits shallow cultivation and hillside soil work for his record.
The Universal Travel Slip Company launches a program where every dollar spent earns a one mile travel slip usable on railway, steamship or trolley. Five cent buys a twentieth of a mile slip, twenty five cent buys a quarter mile, and one dollar buys a full mile. Mobile stores including Antwerp Drug Corp and Crescent Theatre will distribute slips, with more merchants to join. Slips are bank backed and redeemed via a local office after verification, aiming to boost trade and encourage travel.
The packet Peerless departs for Selma and Montgomery on its first trip after rehabilitation with passengers aboard. The Bigtee flyer John Quill and the American line vessels carry cargo and passengers, while schooners and barks shift moorings and load lumber for export to Cuba and The Bahamas. The Mallory line steamship Sabine plans a Sunday arrival with passengers for Mobile and United Fruit announces fruit steamers Bodo and Bluefield to discharge at Mobile wharf.
Seventy Mobile physicians plan to ask the city commission for a minimum license or a resolution removing any fee requirements for practicing medicine. Current fees vary, with 18 physicians paying 6.28 to 12.50, four paying 40, eighteen paying 27.50, six paying 22.50 and four paying 18.75.
The Comic Cow Boys held a banquet at the Wragg Swamp den to honor scenic artist Monsieur Penochol sky who will decorate their Mardi Gras parade. Attendees enjoyed a decorated setting, dancing, singing, and a lavish lunch prepared by an imported chef.
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