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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1915
Page
6
The Mobile Item Co Inc based at 98 48 Gt Emanuel St Mobile Alabama operates as a local publisher. The note lists its corporate address and identifies the firm as a mobile item publisher.
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce promotes diversified farming beyond citrus to include high class cattle and hogs. The Home Products Show demonstrated profitable meat production locally, signaling a shift from old practices. The Satsuma citrus industry also strengthens Mobile County’s agricultural prominence.
Promoters including Charles W. Eliot Elihu Root and Andrew Carnegie call for a League of Nations to promote peace worldwide. The plan favors a strong treasury and police force and cites President Wilson on peace and amity as guiding principles for a broader international organization.
The port sees a hopeful turnaround after long stagnation in shipping. Large vessels returning to port will load Geers cotton timber lumber and stores for abroad, easing unemployment and improving financing for products as ships resume activity.
The association aims to mount the greatest Gras Carnival yet in Mobile. Officials push to engage crowds with three days of attractions. Enthusiastic efforts target widespread attendance and larger fan participation.
The message urges Mobile to invite distant friends for the pre-Lenten season of joy. It stresses mobilizing crowds by highlighting many big events and encouraging visitors to travel to Mobile.
President Joseph M. Walsh of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce appoints J. Leslie Taylor as chairman of ways and means. Taylor succeeds himself and is regarded as a crucial figure in advancing the committee’s impactful work and ongoing movements yielding substantial results.
A Mobile county notice invites everyone to visit the Gulf Coast Home Products Show. It highlights free admission and says the exhibits offer learning for farmers and businesspeople, presenting the event as a valuable school of instruction for adults and children alike.
Fashion writers predict skirts will return to near crinoline size and will be lined to achieve fullness. The Fashion Art League of America notes this shift as a major trend for the season, promising a dramatic style comeback.
In New Decatur the axle and car departments of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad shops worked six days this week for the first time in months. About 1,000 men are employed in these two departments, while the remaining shops employ about 1,500 men and have worked five days this week.
Mrs Nellie D Shaw president of the Chilton County Girl Totline Club reports that for 1914 the girls netted 1409.42 dollars and Naomi Dawson produced and sold 1191 cans from one tenth of an acre she cultivated.
Dr. J. W. Ballard leads a drive to construct a first class up to date hospital in Opelika. In a recent interview he stated the project now seems almost assured.
Alabama settles an open debt of one hundred thousand dollars. Hatardqay wherew L. .uncas, treasurer, sent a check for the amount to the National Park Bank of New York.
The body of James Richardson from near Pulaski Tennessee remains unrecovered in the Pennessee river at Decatur due to high water. He fell from the river bridge Friday night while crossing with his brother and drowned.
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail road Company is sending 3,000 tons of steel billets from Birmingham to Europe via New Orleans. Export activity has grown since the war began, with currents in industrial circles noting the increase in shipments.
Under H. H. Cartright management a new bottling plant opens in Tuskegee in the former W. M. Uo building.
J D Hunter, county surveyor, will ask Calhoun legislators to sponsor a bill creating a uniform, permanent land corner marking system using indestructible posts of stone or similar material. John Alexander Kirkpatrick, longtime Montgomery resident and former grand chancellor of Alabama Knights of Pythias, died at home Sunday after a brief illness.
Courthouse intimations say a number of true bills will be returned by the Jefferson county January grand jury Tuesday. Indictments have been voted on and are being prepared by the solicitor and assistants.
Arrangements completed for the sixteenth semi annual convention of the First Pythian District of Alabama to be held in Aniston on March 19 at the Pythian Castle Hall. Delegates from eleven lodges will attend, totaling about seventy, with several grands expected.
Report from Birmingham says the grand jury will likely refrain from indicting Mrs M C Moore wife of A L Moore after she shot and killed her husband and seriously wounded Annie Sanderson at the home where she found them last week in Birmingham.
The piece notes Johnny McGraw shifting from baseball to golf while Giants fans face pennant disappointment. It claims Mac pursues golf amid New York ridicule and hints the Braves gain an early edge as New York fans doubt a comeback.
A Mobile Chamber proposal seeks to revise Article II sections and XI. It would set annual dues at 12 dollars with one vote per member, and allow quarterly or yearly payment. It modifies the government to a member vote based on meetings and quorum rules.
The Atlanta Constitution lauds Colonel Goethals for his quiet, steadfast leadership on the canal project. It praises his failure to promise exact completion dates, his shield against politics, and his ability to finish ahead of schedule with no fanfare.
Ernest Judet editor of Eclair declares censors will refuse to read proofs of his paper and warns he may suppress commentary on official communications. He says he will take precautions to avoid publishing news contrary to the law.
Announcement of a public hearing at the Department of Agriculture on February 2 to consider an embargo on all pines from Europe. The move follows the spread of European pine shoot moths in imported pines during the past year and quarantine considerations.
The Macartney Schley Boone Insurance Company filed incorporation papers in the probate court to engage in general insurance in the city, with capital stock of 10 000. Officers and incorporators include Tom Boone Jr president Earle Macartney vice president and John T Schley secretary treasurer.
Dr James M Bodine a respected figure in the South and long time dean of the medical department at the University of Louisville died Monday at age 84 His death closes a long career in medicine and education.
Darrell L. Varnardo of Port Arthur Texas a fireman died Monday from burns after an accident on the cruiser San Diego. The casualty list now stands six dead and seven injured.
A patient who once suffered chronic dyspepsia now eats corned beef cabbage pork onions and mince pie without pain. The article warns against constant pepsin digesters and promotes stomach strengtheners and physician guidance over digestive tonics. It mentions a Tabiets in Mobile Alabama and general recommendations for digestion.
A bureau of education bulletin reports a million and a quarter dollars on school savings banks across 217000 pupils in the United States. Belgium originator Laurent launched the system. John Henry Thiry established it in New York and Long Island City, later aided by Mrs Ja Louisa Oberholtzer. Notable sums are cited in Pittsburgh, Chester, Toledo, Atlantic City, and Grand Rapids. The bulletin links school banks with postal savings to prepare youths for broader savings.
Manila January 26 petitions surge for commutation of General Noriel sentence after clemency denial by Governor General Francis Burton Harrison. Noriel was condemned for killing a native after a quarrel.
A Washington Letter quotes a lawyer member of the house lamenting that at 7500 dollars a year he can hardly practice law while in session. He recalls older times when lawmakers could earn more privately and urges a summer recess to reconnect with litigants, briefs, and local courts. Rumors of an extra session loom as pressure grows on Congress to pass ship purchase measures by March.
General Juan Dozal, the Carranzista governor of Tepic, was executed at Mazatlan after attempting to escape to the United States. Villa troops have occupied Panuco in Sinaloa, and Mazatlan authorities are commandeering horses in the region.
An old advertisement shows granulated sugar nine teen pounds for one dollar and various items including tomato paste, pancake flour, cereal, olives, catsup, baking powder, Jello, rice, and cocoa with prices peaking at a quarter to a dollar.
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