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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1915
Page
4
International News Service reports France imposes wartime moratorium measures. Tenants may face rent adjustments via government rules while landlords anticipate losses. wages remain paid by the state, with soldiers paid minimally. French families rely on thrift and nest eggs as the conflict strains daily life.
Rome reports Italy warns Constantinople ambassador to prepare for instant departure as risk of diplomatic rupture grows. Tolmino falls under Italian advance along the Isonzo, while Austrian resistance tightens. Trieste faces food shortages and censorship increases as aerial bombardment hits Cormons with civilian casualties.
The following cadets have been recommended to Secretary of War Garrison for proficiency in military work: D. D. Gibson and A. A. Donehoe of Alabama, W. F. Littleton of Florida, and F. L. Tucker of South Carolina.
The re modeled drug store at Dauphin and Jackson streets now occupied by Mr L D Daniels and known as the Daniels vanisea shows was visited by many. A corps of callers assisted by H Fillinger formerly with the Dave S drug Store helped welcome the new business despite weather conditions.
Reported measures by the Secret Service increase security around President Wilson amid concerns of crank activity and possible threats to top figures. The text notes heightened vigilance following alleged plots and mentions ongoing precautions by agents.
Dr Rucker warns bubonic plague remains a global threat due to steamship routes and rodent carriers. He cites plague presence in Hawaiian Islands New Orleans and Brazil and urges maritime quarantine rodent control and permanent rat proofing in cities to prevent outbreak.
L G Adams of Adams Machinery will depart Mobile with Mrs Adams and their four year old daughter Dorothy driving a Ford touring car. They will travel in a go as you please mode visiting New Iberia Wallace Fort Worth Sweetwater El Paso Phoenix Los Angeles and San Francisco then return via Lincoln highway stopping at Yellowstone National Park Salt Lake City Denver Pike's Peak and other Texas towns. The trip could last thirty to sixty days with no fixed schedule.
The Allen Alabama column reports a series of local briefs: Dan McLeod’s child shows slight improvement while a new abscess appeared. Dennis Gough recovers from a broken arm. Lula Clark remains not improving quickly and may be sent to Mobile infirmary. Mrs Fannie Dumas awaits sister in law Mrs Albert Hollingsworth’s return from Mobile infirmary. Oscar and Bardeen Dumas to move back to Mobile. visitors include Mrs Susan Summers, Mrs Beulah Pagé, and Messrs Germillion and Singleton. A Tompkins schoolhouse singing club plans to form. a severe Tuesday wind causes damage, roofs torn, fences down, few rains accompanying it, with a good rain Thursday night for crops. H B Murphy is very ill at his father’s home.
Constantinople dispatch reports the sultan is in danger and not expected to survive. Correspondenza cites private information from the capital and conveys serious fears for his life.
Paris July 3 An eye witness described a British aviator performing a daring fancy flight against a Zeppelin that attacked 8gate. The diver pursued as the airship climbed and fired, observers marveling at the audacious maneuver and uncertain if any hit was made.
Ruth Stonehouse, the graceful petite film artist, appears today at the Empire in A Dignified Family. She is celebrated as the most graceful dancer among photoplay actresses and typically draws a large enthusiastic audience with many patrons and admirers.
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