New Work for Scientists and County Road Plans
A multi-topic note discusses science aiding plague control, urges cross-field work for sanitary progress, and mentions Etowah county engineers surveying a Sand Mountain road from Gadsden. It also cites Tampa Times on real estate cleanup and reports mosquito complaints in Mobile tied to recent rains while Kansas faces drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etowah County
Sand Mountain
Gadsden
Tampa Times
Palmetto
Vacation Habits urged to protect student concentration
Prof M W O Shea of Wisconsin warns that speed mania and dissipation during vacation harm pupils. Teachers and parents should limit distractions and hours for study and recreation, keeping focus for when school resumes. Avoid forgetting past lessons as time away risks losing progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. O'Shea
University of Wisconsin
Mother's Magazine
O’shea
Wisconsin
Boys at the Front and a Missouri Naturalization Claim
A patriotism focused piece reflects on boys at the front crying for their mothers as they die or suffer, contrasting notional devotion with maternal care and sacrifice. It also criticizes an editor of the News Scimitar for claiming two Missouri legislators sought naturalization and American citizenship upon returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
News Scimitar
Missouri Legislature
Hungry Burglar Strikes Larder Twice in City
A hungry burglar invaded a home on Dauphin Street between midnight and dawn, pried open a rear gallery door, and stole $15 worth of groceries from J. Boulet. Fingerprints on a potato salad bowl provided little help to police. The thief had hit T. K. Jackson in Frio-Claire on Wednesday night for groceries as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Boulet
Dauphin Street
Fulton
T. K. Jackson
Fio-Claire
France Expands Mobilization of Munition Plants
Paris July 238 The chamber of deputies passed a law requiring declaration of all metal lathes hydraulic presses and steam hammers over two tons. The mobilization act aims to maximize material efficiency for war, organize numerous plants proposed for munitions, and cut foreign purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Highwaymen in Yellowstone Plot Abduction of Mormon Leader
Denver report says highway robbers in Yellowstone Park and those tied to the Empey kidnapping in Idaho Falls planned to abduct Joseph Smith head of the Mormon church. J. W. Melrose, aide to Roy O. Come, testified before a federal grand jury about the alleged plan.
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Denver
Colo
Yellowstone Park
E. A. Empey
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Joseph Smith
J. W. Melrose
Roy O
Department of Justice
Federal Grand Jury
New York
Poe
Kirkwapo
Readers Editorials by Item Requests Input
Public notices invite readers to submit temperate opinions on general matters not partisan. Contributors must sign with name and address and enclosed stamped self addressed envelope for returned rejected copy. The Item will correct its own misstatements but not those of other publications.
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Henderson
Charles Henderson
Weekly Press of
Alabama
Monroe Journal
Trojan
Journal
Amber
How the World War Began and Contest Gratitude Note
A Chapman Alabama letter from July 20 1915 thanks Mobile Item Company for a Whitney Piano contest prize shipped to Chapman and praises the contest’s straightforward conduct. It accompanies a separate editorial line on aging and birthday celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman
Ala
Mobile Item Company
Mobile
Whitney
Mrs
T. F. Lowell
Question Box Answers on Presidency and Titanic Crew
The answer notes that Wilson is the 28th elected president serving the 32nd four year term since 1789. It also states the Titanic crew totaled 860 men with no breakdown of engineers or firemen and that firemen had no other duties aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Ans
Horatius
Dandruff Remedies and Mistrustful Theories Discussed
The text questions 2004 remedies for dandruff and notes kerosene is not good for the condition. It lists a historic formula with resorcin, baleam sulphur, vaseline and references Oswego. It also mentions silver polishes from reliable stores and reflects on life’s origins with bleak resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oewego
Nig Ieee
Sinking Claim on Pommern Denied by Berlin Telegram
A Berlin telegraph denies any German warship sunk in the Baltic by a hostile submarine amid reports of the battleship Pommern’s loss. In Detroit, Judge Arthur J. Tuttle ordered the Pere Marquette railroad sold before November 15 with an upset price of $14,000,000 and a total near $42,000,000 when bonds and interest are included.
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Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Pommermt
Baltic Sea
Baltic Séa
Detroit
Arthur J. Tuttle
Pere Marquette
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Buvinger
Clemens
TED Press Reports International News Service
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ss. C. Beckwith
Navig Cago
Tribune Oe
Third National Bank
Bank
Mobile Ala
Ounci
Ab.c
Auditor's Report
Audit Bureau of Circulations
City Net
Suburban
Holman
Europe
Scimitar
Ealing
Asia
Kansas
France
Yellowstone
Pansy
Allman
Mistar Duff
Numbah
Austria
Serbia
Francis Ferdinand
America
Troy
Bell
Cawthon Hotel Taxi Service
W. H. Ransom
Cawthon Hotel Lobby
Tampa
Key West
Mallory Steamship Company
F. DU Bois
Agent
Pommern
Palm Beach
Jacobson
Gulf Coast
Bay St. Louis
Biloxi
Miss
City Ticket Office
S& Royal S&t
DR. F. L. Tapia
Dauphin
National City Bank
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