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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1916
Page
5
Rome July 21 A ministerial decree ties Germans to Austrians and Hungarians as enemies. German property in Italy drops from about 250 million to 150 million dollars. Few Germans remain. those found will be confined or expelled across the Swiss border.
A three year old boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Halliwell, was reported with infantile paralysis to County Health Officer P. J. M. Acker from Whistler on Thursday night. Dr. Paul R. Jones of Whistler made the report. The Halliwell family had recently returned from a visit to Richton, Mississippi.
A gag about preferring costly meat over substitutes and lamenting gossip when buying a touring car. The speaker jokes that without friends they’d miss hearing cruel remarks about purchases.
The British steamship Grangemoor of 3,197 tons gross, owned by Moor Line of Newcastle, was sunk by a submarine near Algiers on July 21. Its crew were landed unharmed.
London July 21 A British navy prize the German submarine mine layer of the U 35 class was toured by an Associated Press reporter ahead of Thames exhibition. The craft five officers and thirteen sailors aboard carried nineteen prior missions to lay 200 plus mines.
Meridan and New Orleans guests stay with local families while others travel for vacations and coastal excursions. Local residents Jeanette Halliwell Laila Peterson and Gilbert Bridge enjoy a coast trip. Park Stewart heads to Hattiesburg. Mrs. Sam Kelly visits Winona. Miss Theresa Welsch returns to Mobile.
President Wilson sent personal messages to European rulers urging cooperation to ship U S food to starving Poland. He notes prior state department efforts failed and asks France Britain and Russia to allow passage while demanding Germany and Austria Hungary guarantee civilian delivery only.
Lloyd's reports the steamship Yser has been sunk. The vessel sailed June 16 from Portland Maine for Cette France with about 3300 gross tons.
W F Owen of the New Sypee Mobile and Chicago Railroad company left Mobile for New York on business. Joseph Hickey of Chicago, interested in Bienville Hotel and other Mobile property, is in Mobile for two weeks as the hero. W D Stratton of New York City, a former Mobilian, is visiting friends for several days.
In Raleigh on July 21 Will Black a sixteen year old negro was electrocuted at the penitentiary for murdering a six year old child in Greene county last March. His father Joseph Black was later killed by a mob in Kinston after being held on arms supply and escape charges. Samuel Stokes a Greene county farmer is free on bond awaiting trial for participating in the lynching with trial set to begin next week in Kenansville now moved to Dublin county.
A narrator crow recalls a brutal trial and execution of a crow, eight executioners, and a dramatic defense-less death. The recollection ends with the narrator fearing the same fate and an imminent trial, while anticipating the next tale in the series The Cow's Romance.
A reader asks about postnatal backache and whether to undergo surgery. The physician advises following the doctor on the ground and seeks another opinion only if unsatisfied. A woman with varicocele is told to forget it and avoid surgery as it does not affect reproductive function.
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria fighter. It notes the formula on the label contains quinine and iron in a tasteless form and lists a price of about 50 cents.
Jo seph Bida 29 was arrested at Holy Trinity Church Nantcoke as he entered to wed. He faced a $10 000 breach of promise suit by Miss Mary Fagusa 22 and was jailed in Luzerne County. Deputy Sheriff Buss took him into custody.
Little and W. N. Collins, United States engineers, left Tuscaloosa for Greene and Hale counties to determine if any relief is needed in flood districts. The Warrior River began falling at noon Thursday after peaking at fifty feet, the first time since 1893.
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