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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1916
Page
5
A British gunner reports plentiful shells on the front as artillery concentrates its fire around Pozières. British troops, after rain, take 1,500 yards of a second-line trench west of Pozières and occupy ruins on both sides. Germans deploy poisonous gas shells for the first time in this action amid continuing bombardment.
A live wire at the N. O. M. and C. road crossing caused traffic delays on Crichton Spring Hill and Whistler streetcar lines for about forty five minutes Tuesday night. Passengers were transferred during repairs.
Mazatlan endures hunger as stores run dry and the poor suffer amid flood relief efforts. Refugees were sent aboard the San Diego, reporting deadly interior trails where raids and murders over valuables occurred. The Panama power boat seized for excess passenger limits was towed by the US cruiser Denver for repairs in Mazatlan.
A reader asks about a loose kidney and how to treat it. Advice: increase surrounding kidney fat with diet to stabilize the organ and avoid surgery if possible, plus consult a family physician for personalized fat starch and protein amounts. Also, removal of enlarged tonsils is recommended sooner rather than later.
The board of health declared quarantine against New York City and other areas with reported infantile paralysis. Adults and children from infected cities must remain quarantined for two weeks.
At the regular weekly meeting of the Tourist Welcome Club at the Cawthon Hotel W Clemens resigned as manager and his resignation was accepted. The club heard a report on club affairs and progress up to resignation. Four applicants were elected to active membership: Palmer Pillans Harris C Vaughan Lee Carroll and HE H Britton.
The athletic committee announced Conway of Waco Texas and Linkins of Washington DC were chosen to fill vacancies. The board unanimously approved the appointments at a special session. Conway will be physical director reporting September 1. Linkins becomes membership man starting August 1.
The piece argues that vast wealth cannot prevent collapse if people ignore their own talents. History shows economies fail when fields are neglected, cities overpopulate, or people seek riches instead of productive, useful work. Individual gifts must be cultivated to support society.
The speaker argues there is no shortage of work when fields yield, urging inward discontent over envy and neglect to cultivate talent. He notes abundant work in the country provided by harvests and calls for workers to meet demand.
United action by Jews across the country appears assured as committees from the conference of national Jewish organizations and the Jewish congress announce identical reports. They will present joint recommendations to their groups and consider a Philadelphia congress between September and year end to discuss Jewish rights and other issues.
The aero plane ship North Carolina arrived at Hampton Roads from Pensacola Florida and was ordered to Newport News to join the fleet there for summer maneuvers. It is equipped with several hydro aeroplanes for use in fleet operations.
A Lloyd's dispatch from Algiers states the Italian steamship Anglo has been sunk by a submarine with crew landed. The Greek steamship Evangelistria is believed sunk. The Anglo measured 366 feet and 3,609 tons gross. the Evangelistria 284 feet and 2,212 tons gross.
Postmaster General Burleson spoke at the National Association of Postmasters convention in Washington. He led discussions on government ownership of automobiles used for mail transport and parcel post delivery in cities. Postmaster D E Davenport of Americus Georgia also gave an address.
Chicago reports the Cubs have asked waivers on pitcher Claude Hendrix shortstop Eddie Mulligan and second baseman Alex McCarthy. The move signals roster changes as of July 19 with potential player reassignment.
July 19 Chicago crowds gathered near 320 Irving Avenue after Henry P. McIntyre killed four people and himself and his wife. Police dispatched fifty officers and kept blacks off the streets to prevent further trouble. Wounded officers and bystanders were expected to recover. a letter to Prince Menelik of Abyssinia found at McIntyre’s home revealed plans for colonizing American blacks there.
In Mexico City on July 19 a grand ceremony led by the first chief and his cabinet honored Benito Juarez on the anniversary of his death. Over 100000 people from schools, clubs and government bureaus attended and floral tributes were laid at Juarez's tomb. Justice Minister Raquez Estrada spoke at a mass meeting in memory of the dead patriot.
Vienna reports via Cologne Gazette that Serbian colonel Radowitsch, arrested in a Salzburg concentration camp, is claimed to be an accessory in the June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Princess Sophie, a key event triggering the European war.
The Lime Cola Company must stop distributing cash redeemable bottle-top certificates as premiums. The sheriff, acting on Solicitor N. R. Clarke's instructions, cites these certificates worth five cents to five dollars as violating lottery laws.
A humorous Abe Martin quip notes the surest way to double money is to fold it and keep it in pocket. The author laughs at luck and recalls that only occasionally do kinship ties survive to bring a family reunion.
Armed posses continued a sweep through a swamp fifteen miles southwest of Opeloosas and a forest ten miles farther west for Helaire Carrieré, a former convict who killed Marion L. Swords, sheriff of St. Landry Parish, during an attempted arrest on a murder warrant.
Boston July 19 Wilfred B F tis president of the Massachusetts College of Osteopathy died today as Dr Eldridge Atwood an osteopath was arrested on a murder attempt charge. Atwood had shot Harris believing he wronged his fiancée Celia Adams who died yesterday from drug poisoning. The case includes claims of an engagement between Atwood and Adams and a confession after Atwood was hospitalized.
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