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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1915

Page

6

Uncle Wiggily Finds Help to Finish Parlor Sweep

Uncle Wiggily stays home to mind the bungalow while Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy goes shopping. A cat blocks his sweeping and flees with the broom, but Flappy Longneck the swan boy arrives to fan dust away, leaving Nurse Jane surprised and grateful for the tidy parlor.

Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy Wiggy Jane Uncle Wiggily Fuzzy Wuzzy Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy Nurse Jane Mr. Longears Uncle Flappy Longneck Flappy

Sister Regina Kenny Passes After Lifetimes of Charity

Sister Regina Kenny died last night at City Hospital after ten years tending the charity ward. She served Mobile Medical Society with tireless care, aiding the sick without regard to class, and led transformative work at the hospital inspiring devotion among the order and city.

Regina Kenny City Hospital Regina Mobile Medical Socity Charity Hospital Order of the Sisters, of Charity Mabile

Lawful Potables at Virginia Bar Association Banquet

Discussion centers on Virginia and Alabama prohibitions and whether the bar association should observe the dry law. The argument emphasizes enforcing laws as the path to change if a majority deems them oppressive, urging legal professionals to uphold state statutes at their annual event.

Viia Bar Association Alabama Niajor Association

Almon Launches Agricultural Educational Campaign in Alabama

Congressman B. Almon uses vacation to lead an agricultural education push in his northern Alabama district. He organized a corps of expert agriculturalists and mentors, starting in Madison County and expanding to other counties as part of a broader movement praised by local papers.

Almon FE. B. Almon Alabama Statesman Madison Aittle Heis

Mobile Port Costs Defendership Faces Public Probe

The Rich committee and The Item hailed Mobile as the cheapest Gulf port despite criticism. Testimony showed Mobile pilots, towage, and stevedoring rates competitive with New Orleans and Pensacola, with calls for pilotage reforms and oversight.

Chamber of Cols Mobile Gulf Coast South Atlantic Seaboard New Orleans Pensacola Gulf Ports J. M. Walsh Mobile Towing & Wrecking Company Bisso John Dorgan

Farmers of Dawes and Bay Shore Form Mobile Market Group

A circle of 51 farmers gathered at Rickardy Place on Fulton Road to form the Orange Belt Traction Market Inc. They plan a Mobile market with a shipping shed near the Government Street Loop and a cold storage plant, aiming to eliminate middleman profits and ship produce in railroad cars to distant markets. A Virginia Eastern Shore Produce Exchange model illustrates the potential scale and branding with red star quality.

Union Church Rickardy Place Fulton Road Orange Belt Traction Market, Inc Mobile Growers’ Exchange Maine California Mobile Government Street Loop Mobile County Virginia Baldwin Counties United States Virginia Produce Exchange, Inc Commerce Street Fromirginia Pias Posatiane

Mrs Beidel Praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

Mrs James A Beidel of 113 N Penn Street Shippensburg Pa recounts months of relief after starting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits quick improvement and ongoing good health for herself and daughter urging other women to try it, with contact details for Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.

Shippensburg Lydia FE. Pinkham Pinkham James A. Beidel N. Penn Street Shippensburg, Pa

Austrian Citizen Executed for Treason by Military Court

An Austrian man who claimed citizenship was shot for treason in Ma-Austrian Silesia two hours after a military court sentenced him to death. At 46 he had been tried on two traitorous expressions and the original hanging sentence was commuted to shooting.

Austrian Silesia Berka Daily Chronicle

Pennsy Rowing Coach Resigns to Join British Army

Vivian Nickalls, coach of the University of Pennsylvania rowing crews, resigned to join the British army. He sails August 18 with a commission in the Third or Fourth Hussars, declaring that his country needs its sons and he can no longer stand by.

Philadelphia Vivian Nickalls University of Pennsylvania Hussars Nickalls

Cholera Toll in Hungary Rises in Week Report

A Paris dispatch from Havas Geneva cites Budapest data showing 543 cholera cases in Hungary from June 21 to 28 with 281 deaths. The report notes 24 army cases out of 81 were fatal.

Hungary Paris Havas Geneva Budapest

Local Society Notes Highlight Weekend Visits

The record mentions Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt McMullen hosting a Sunday gathering at noon. It notes Genie Hollingsworth, sister of Mrs. Dumas, was at an infirmary for an operation. Also listed are visits by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Murphy to Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Summers.

Dewitt McMullen Dumas Genie Hollingsworth J. W. Murphy J. E. Summers

Malcolm Personalities Highlight Local Visit and Church News

Mr and Mrs Os car Kidd of Whistler visit relatives in Malcolm Ala Mrs Viola Chapman of Pineapple visits her parents Here Rev Mr Reed delivers a sermon at the MHB church. Dr F A Webb and daughter attend church. Miss Christine Knapp visits Calvert while Link Preston reads war news with little sleep.

Malcolm Personals Malcolm Oscar Kidd Whistler William Cater Frank Oscar Nichols J. J. Nichols Chatom Viola Chapman Pineapple Reed M. HB Calvert F. A. Webb Christine Knapp

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National News Service 8. Cc Beckwith New York Chicago Tribune &J. Louis Third National Fred HONES Bell A. B.C. Auditor's Cope John Davidson Howard R. Garis Sister Regina Kenny Savannah Press Moultrie Observer Ae First Ture Mobile Towing & Kedatongee Company H. T. Hartwell T. M. Stevens Walsh Chamber of Commerce Rich Committee Rich Pillans Dawes Bay Shore Lydia E. Pinkham E.pinkh Lydia E Pinkhamam Vegetaata Medicine Co Pennsy Britain Link Preston Jacobson Atterbury, High Art Frankel Atterbury Jacobson’s Palm Beach All Our Boys the Good Clothes Dauphin Street S. Royal Nelson & Bailey Royal ST Tampa Mallory Steamship Aaa Sa Buee Mobile & Ohio R. R Ala Miss Chunchula Nencacre Coe Bay St. Louis Biloxi Migs City Ticket Office Mobile Item St. Emanuel St. Mobile, Ala Postoffice
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