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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1916
Page
2
Reports from the front describe a large British assault in France with a heavy prelim bombardment and extensive shelling. Allied forces press gains in Galicia and Bukowina while Italians fight on Verdun front as new tactics emerge.
A plainspoken appeal describes a Liv igetoh Montana resident who quit smoking after reading a free book. Rev M Ross of Dayton Testifies after 44 years of tobacco, he stopped quickly and regained health. Edw J Woods offers the same free guide to anyone seeking to end tobacco use.
A cobbled local fragment shows Abe Martin Tilford joking about haggling and hay stacks. The riff hints at a rustic stage scene with a lightly cultured audience reacting to the first act.
An analysis notes a major Allied artillery offensive against German lines including trench destruction and wire, with raiding parties causing widespread damage and prisoner gains. It cites Loos in 1915 as a key British drive claiming 20 000 German prisoners, yet warns of heavy losses and dwindling reserves.
Correspondents estimate Allied veteran soldiers in the Saloniki district at 600000 to 700000. Serbian army about 150000 arrived from Corfu, British forces around 200000 from Egypt, Bulgarian forces 300000 to 400000 oppose them. German withdrawal shifts burden to Bulgarians. In a separate note, Columbia policy shifts to vaudeville with three acts and three reels daily starting Monday July 2, featuring Miss Mary Pickford in Broken Hearts and other shorts.
Charlee Chaplin presents a four reel burlesque of Carmen at the Columbia Cinema. Admission is 5 cents, doors open from 8 to 10 p.m. The show runs Saturday evening with all seats available.
A reader from Cakineill Ohio notes that their family relies on Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for years and carries it with them on every trip, asserting its usefulness and cost savings. The ad-style testimonial emphasizes preparedness and near-universal availability.
An ad style note describes a hair removal paste marketed as more effective than razors and imitators. It claims a paste containing active ingredients that remove surface hair and are absorbed, priced at $2.00 per bottle.
Clarke county will dispatch fifty automobiles filled with passengers to Mobile on July 4 Preparations are under way as Mobile announces its process demonstration and local towns East of Mobile report active participation Citizens from Citronelle Whistler Grand Bay Irvington Theodore Mobile and Ohio and other lines pledge support The Tallapoosa cutter will stay in port for the Fourth and Whistler shops workers plan a large parade contingent Raphael Semmes Camp United Confederate Veterans will lead in uniform with other Confederacy veterans invited to join
Chief Van Liew will issue an order forcing the entire department to report for duty at 8 o clock Tuesday. The force will be used to clear streets from Duncan Place to Broad Street with four men per block on Government Street. A shipment of 10 000 flags was received by the general committee Friday afternoon and will be issued to division captains for distribution to marchers. Only division captains may obtain flags.
The Tax Board continued morning sessions reviewing numerous property assessments and reductions across towns and tracts. Readouts include adjustments for parcels in Cottage Hill Whistler Mallvilla and other locales with notable figures like Mrs Catherine Stirling and J Curtis e amid broader property owners.
Deaths for white males and females and colored males and females are listed by name. Births record white and colored babies with parent names and combinations in a community register.
The 13 000 dollar assessment is raised by 1 000 over last year. Mrs C Stauter occupies a house on North Side New St Francis Street in Hallett and sees the value reduced from 900 dollars.
T. T. Taylor appeared before the board as assessments were modified on multiple parcels. Increases and reductions touched improvements and land across townships, quarters, and named properties including residences on Broad and Tex as Streets, Citronelle blocks, Shriner's addition, and several specific house and lot parcels with amounts revised from modest to sizable changes. The action includes notable reductions for Mrs. Josephine Waddell and several other homeowners.
Law and Equity Court list with judgments for Turner Supply versus Jarvis Supply at $289.99, S. W. Coan v. J. W. Gurley for $329.64, Rosa Whatley v. P. J. Glass for $881.07. several motions and call for the coming week include Alabama vs. Weinacker entities and other civil actions, plus Saturday and Friday dockets and exemptions.
British artillery subjected the Somme front to a ferocious bombardment as early as morning with Thiepval and Beaucourt mentioned. Reported casualties were not heavy though food supplies were cut and raids yielded valuable information from German trenches. Estimates placed German forces opposite the British at about 800000.
July 1 report from France describes a massive British assault launched at 7:30 am along a broad front. A preliminary bombardment lasted about ninety minutes. Troops secured the German front line and captured positions with light British casualties reported so far.
Henry Davis Rosa Meyers and Odel Wells, all identified as Negroes, were released by the recorder on Saturday after a coroner's jury ruled Frank Wicks's drowning an accident. Charles Chaplin burlesque shown today at Columbia with 5 cent admission. Doors open 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.
State tax official T. W. Sims visits Mobile to attend the funeral of Rittenhouse Moore. Guests at the Battle House include Mrs. M. Dictor and son from Milwaukee and J. J. Stewart and family from Birmingham. Rabbi Isaac Isaacson of Selma visits friends. Pensacola manager George H. Hervey rooms at the Cawthon with W. B. Hervey. Chicago visitors J. W. Dodge Jr. and wife stay several days. W. B. Olson reports rising Dauphin Island visitors. Nashville bridge contractor T. H. Robinson is at the Cawthon.
Ross Robinson, identified as a negro, faced arraignment in the recorder's court on grand larceny charges after Mabel Gordon testified he stole a lavalier from her days earlier. He was held on a $50 bond awaiting action by the next city grand jury.
Reports indicate a breakdown in border accord with Mexico as officials warn of possible U S withdrawal. Mexican embassy cites 50 000 troops ready to defend the border and officials note renewed army recruiting amid wartime censorship and property restoration efforts for Americans.
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