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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1915
Page
6
A reflection contrasts imaginary fears with the many real dangers people face daily. The quote emphasizes facing tangible challenges rather than conjuring unfounded threats.
Farmers across Gregg County Texas pool interests as watermelon crops sell to a cash buyer. The Worthy Telegram lauds cash marketing for removing acres from corn and melon crops, urging cooperation to extend cash systems to bulk lines and acreage crops. The citrus exchange and Gulf Coast growers back similar movements to curb market risk and ensure prompt returns.
Fairfax Harrison of the Southern and Mobile and Ohio Railroads commends the cooperation of employees across the two carriers in a year ending, noting achievements were driven by team spirit. Local Mobile county workers also reflected this cooperative ethic, underscoring benefits for large and small undertakings alike.
A string of lean bookings presses a traveling company of actors until a telegram from a new town declares its opera house sold out. The gleam of funds arrives as the large cash sale fuels meals and survival for the exhausted troupe. In another note, Charlie White of Rural Route No 1 reports a cucumber 28 inches long and 11 inches thick, weighing up to? pounds, challenging a skeptical Messenger.
The Mobile YMCA reports a tough year but will press on with planned programs. Ed Doty of the Andalusia Star travels to the capital. U S Agriculture officials study regional pecan industry. Covington County plans a packing plant, Brantley hosts a money crops meeting as dry season approaches.
The Iliad, attributed to Homer, is a Greek epic describing the ten year siege of Troy by Greek states led by Agamemnon. It centers on the quarrel over Helen, the war’s heroes Achilles and Hector, and ends before the fall of Troy.
Lionel de Jersey Harvard, descendant of John Harvard, became the first with that name to earn a degree at Harvard. An Englishman by birth, he studied in America, wrote the class poem, and joined Phi Beta Kappa. He announced plans to return to England to enlist at the front.
Captain John Craft of the Alabama Good Roads Association read a September 1911 letter from State Representative W E P Wilson praising the association's report on Mobile county roads and bridges. Wilson hoped adoption would make Mobile’s highways first in the nation for beauty and stability. Rev J W Cary urged Congress to fund major routes and examiners to push for the Andrew Jackson Memorial highway Selma to Mobile. A Tuberculosis nurse fund drive was proposed with a committee to be named. The meeting also planned actions for the upcoming international convention in San Francisco and delegate financing.
At the Empire theater the first installment of The Goddess starring Anita Stewart as Celestia and Earle Williams as Tommy Steele will be shown with a Vitagraph feature Victor’s at Seven. Admission is 10 cents for adults and 5 cents for children. The program includes a two part feature and the Vitagraph photo.
An official Rome note says Premier Salandra returned from a three day front visit. A Havas dispatch reports Theremier visited trenches to inspect supply and services and to gauge troop spirit, said to be equal to any sacrifice.
Helen hosts her school friend Frances Knowles in New York. Frances, a rising newspaper woman, intrigues Helen and unsettles Warren who clings to traditional views of marriage. The dinner party reveals contrasts between ambition and old fashioned ideals in a quiet domestic scene.
Neenah and Caledonia played a ball game Saturday afternoon with Neenah leading 6 to 0 before rain halted play. The item also notes local visitations and school activities including Sunday school and Teachers' Training Class with officers named.
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