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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1915

Page

4

Denny Denounces Effort to Move Medical School to Birmingham

Dr. George H. Denny, president of the University, rejects a Hogan bill move to transfer the School of Medicine from Mobile to Birmingham. He rebukes Birmingham supporters and warns legislators against bypassing university trustees, defending Mobile as the rightful site of the Class A institution.

Birmingham News University “Alabama Mobile George H. Denny Birmingham Denny School of Medicine Hogan Legislature of Alabama University Magic City Mobille County

Worry Is a Poison to the Human Mind Says Dr Kellogg

Dr J H Kellogg warns worry harms mental power and endurance, calling it a disease like rheumatism. He cites long scientific study showing emotions impact the body, though modern research remains incomplete.

J. H. Kellogg

Mobile Port Bills Face Public Scrutiny and State Role

The Item reports Mobile port bills under discussion aim to extend waterfront facilities using city funds with state regulation of dock and pilot services. It calls for a conference draft balancing towboat pilots shippers shipowners and public interests, amid questions about piloting towing rates and potential monopolies.

R. Hartwell Mobile Hartwell Wilson Pillans Choctaw Point Alabama Mobile Towing and Chamber of Commerce Senator Hartwell Pilots’ Association

Museum on Wheels Instructive to Children

A mobile museum in St. Louis tours public schools to bring vivid lessons home to pupils. It uses exhibits on cotton life from field to factory, plus world life, history charts, minerals, and more to show real processes and industry. The program aims to boost understanding of everyday production and global perspectives.

City of St. Louis

Orange Juice a Cure for the Morphine Habit

Reported by J. E. Gerber of Stafford county Kansas that daily orange juice cured his twenty two year morphine addiction. After a Florida visit he drank orange juice daily and by June 10 he said he was fully sober. The piece notes drastic U S laws against narcotics and the hunt for smugglers.

J. E. Gerber Stafford County Kansas Gerber Florida Congress of the United States

Grace Church Summer Friday Services Begin

Grace Church announces summer services starting Friday July 2 and continuing each Friday at 8 o'clock.

Grace Church

Evelyn refuses to take the stand in Malone case

The state seeks a body writ of attachment to compel Evelyn's attendance at the trial. Her health fears are cited but must be presented legally. Attending the stand is viewed as essential despite her claimed danger to health. Former Gov John M Slaton sat beside Justice Hendrick as Thaws trial resumed and Thaws life records were reviewed.

Sadia York Ake Evelyn Poena Malone N. Y Attorney General's Office John M. Slaton Georgia Leo M. Frank Justice Hendrick Thaw Matteawan Asylum John Barleycorn Aes Ra Harrison Mutual Big Bontal

Chinese Trade Mission Concludes US Tour

Chinese commercial commissioners completed a 10 740 mile 27 city tour starting in San Francisco and ending in San Francisco. They inspected nearly 200 plants and said extra steamship lines and banking facilities are needed to promote US China trade. Open Door policy was stressed in every city.

San Francisco United States China C B. Yandall Seattle Associated Chambers of Commerce Pacific Coast

Committee Soliciting Open Air Concert Funds

The chamber of commerce open air concert fund committee chaired by L W Savage held a meeting to plan a brief drive to raise 200 dollars for the season. They reported 60 dollars raised so far and will seek subscriptions from city women, the sole contributors thus far.

Chamber of Commerce L. W. Savage

British Casualties in Last Three Months

The Daily Telegraph reports the Allied expeditionary force losses over three months: April 639 officers and 19,000 men. May 3,600 officers and 26,000 men. June 2,200 officers and 62,000 men.

London Daily Telegraph

Minnesota's Practical Teachers Agency Claims Top Success

The agency in St. Paul reports over 1,000 teachers placed statewide. The bureau operates under state supervision and highlights its record as the most successful teachers employment agency in Minnesota.

Practical Teachers Employment Agency ST. Paul Minn Minnesota

Braga's Double headlining at the Empire today

Amusements note listing Braga's Double with Miss Nell Craig and Sheldon Lewis as leads. Also "A Safe Investment" featuring Billy Reeves, a pictorial tale of an incorrigible flirt. "The Deputy's Duty" closes the program as a strong recent drama. Friday adds the first episode of "The Great White Way" starring Anita Stewart and Earle Williams.

Braga Nell Craig Sheldon Lewis the Empire Today Billy Reeves Vitagraph Anita Stewart Earle Williams

Public Meeting Discussion on Christian Responses to Germans

A London gathering debated how Christians should answer German actions. The Archbishop spoke urging measured Christian replies and proposed morning and evening meetings to consider the issue.

London Ngland Seledk

Prohibition Eve Celebration in Mobile Attracts Thousands

On the eve of liquor prohibition Mobile hosted a large crowd that purchased and carried away liquor before closing time. Crowds gathered at the Cawthon hotel Vineyard Cafe for music and singing while the Battle House roof garden hosted festivities. Police remained on duty but reported orderly crowds.

Mobile Cawthon Hotel Vineyard Hervey Battle House

Alabama Goes Dry as Saloons Close in Bargain Sales

Montgomery reports a statewide prohibition taking effect at midnight, with enforcement laws already in place. Saloons, except for a few, shut down Wednesday afternoon as liquor stocks ran out through bargain sale prices.

Montgomery Als Alabama

President Wilson to Stay in Cornish Pending Germany Reply

President Wilson plans to remain at Cornish New Hampshire until Germany replies to the second American note on submarine warfare. No definite arrival date is given. initial plan was to return July 6.

Cornish Germany Washington White House Wilson N. H

Melons Flood City Markets Driving Prices Down

Watermelons and cantaloupes flood the streets as vendors wheel wagons through the city offering fruit at fictitiously low prices. Even the finest cantaloupes along the riverfront sell for about 50 cents a crate amid weak demand.

Still No Hope Entertained for Archbishop Quigley

ROCHESTER N Y July 1 The condition of Archbishop Quigley of Chicago stricken with paralysis here was unchanged today per his physicians He spent a fairly comfortable night with intervals of consciousness no hopes however are entertained for his recovery.

Rochester N. Y Quigley Chicago

Monroe Park Movies Friday and Saturday Schedule

Readable fragments show a Monroe Park cinema listing for Friday and Saturday. Mentions Novak, Jane Essanay, and Selig News Pictorial with unclear titles, including The Mystery of the Death and Intercepted Vengeance. No clear outcomes or venues given.

Smith Found Guilty in Bath Tub Murders Trial

London July 1 A jury found George Joseph Smith guilty of murdering three wives in baths to collect life insurance. He received a death sentence and protested he would be hanged, while Judge Scrutton warned most deaths were circumstantial in such cold calculating cases.

London George Joseph Smith Smith Yaks Scrutton West Beatrice Murdy

Paris Rothschild Relative Captured in Vienna Car Chase

A Bavarian courier reports that a Paris Rothschild family member in Vienna, tied to the sowers of war, was captured while driving an automobile. The courier says efforts are made through the Spanish em—

Berlin London Sowers of War Vienna Paris Rothschilds

H-3 Submarine Mishap Off Monterey Bay In Dense Fog

A submarine designated H-3 was driven against rocks near Point Sur south of Monterey Bay by a smooth sea and dense fog. The vessel listed and capsized briefly, five crew members were thrown into the water but rescued. later plans called for dry docking to inspect hull damage.

Newport Torpe Point Suriighthouse Monterey Bay Point ‘Ur Arenes

Prisoners Forced to Work in Hay Fields Under Rothschild Order

A note describes prisoners including Bassy and Rothschild being subjected to special treatment and compelled to labor in hay fields, illustrating harsh conditions and coercive discipline within the prison system.

Bassy Rothschild

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