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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1915
Page
5
Classified ads show a mix of positions wanted including bookkeeper clerk and store help, along with housing notices for furnished rooms and boarding in Mobile area. Entries mention individuals seeking companion work, farm or kitchen tasks, clothing cleaning, and rental rooms in several streets and hotels, with mortgage sale and stock sale notices also listed.
July 27 Special report from Montgomery states the House educational committee postponed the hearing on the bill to move the University of Alabama medical department from Mobile to Birmingham until next Monday. The joint Senate and Education committees will hear both this bill and discussions on state health department reforms, while a separate proposal seeks added vocational teaching in public schools and a two month summer agricultural program funded by counties adopting the plan.
A movement seeks to bring the old records of Alabama’s first capitol from the ruined St Stephens jail to Montgomery for preservation. A bill may be introduced if needed. Educational committee members were alerted that the records exist and are in danger.
A large Tennessee Valley delegation arrives in Montgomery to keep water power companies of the largest class exempt from the general revenue bill. Mobile interests warn that without exemptions steel plants and citrus groves would lose tax relief. Alabama Power Company lobbyists are among the attendees.
Biloxi Mississippi July 27 A move to convert the naval reserve near Biloxi into permanent grounds for Mississippi national guard encampments gains support from Adjutant General Eric C Scales He expects discussion at the next state legislature session to secure the site for all future national guard encampments Miss Mary Moore president of Athens College spoke at the Seashore assembly with a favorable impression and a lecture on customs of the Chinese was also noted
A report states Russian forces demonstrated force at Narew with a successful attack while a second attempt at Sokal failed. The plan aimed to force a crossing of the Bug to disrupt Austro German operations between Chelm and Lublin. The narrative notes the semicircle around Russian troops tightening.
A World War I correspondent describes the Isonzo fighting as the mightiest and most frightful of the war, with no decision after a week of heavy Italian and Austrian clashes around the Doberdò plateau. Italian aviators attack rear railways near Nabresina, while Austrian forces endure savage bombardment.
Report from Puebla dated July 20 notes ongoing hunger and illness in Mexico City after Carranza forces abandoned the capital on July 17. Rail lines to Vera Cruz are blocked and factions led by Zapata and Carranza hinder relief efforts, signaling deteriorating conditions for foreigners and Mexicans within weeks.
Senator Bankhead lauds the Warrior river improvement as a $13,000,000 project creating a 67 mile lake with 100 miles of slack water and a six foot year round channel. He cites coal deposits, cheaper river transport to Mobile and Panama-bound trade, Birmingham industry, and Cordova mill plans to ship via all water route to China.
Four deputy sheriffs and ten Black suspects faced pursuit after a gang of gamblers played the game on the Louisville and Nashville wharf south of Government street. Deputies tried to corral the group into a freight car. the gamblers scattered across wharf supports and cars. Five were captured while Richard Fleming Elbert Gothy Potts George Knox and others escaped.
Tuesday closing markets report mixed cotton trading with rains in Texas altering demand. Prices rose early in New Orleans and New York's sessions but fell back as rains and increased supply emerged, with notices of spot unchanged and futures drifting.
City Court heard the case against Alfred Seymour Fred Seymour James Lee and Lonnie Walker all described as new groes charged with grand larceny after a morning session. Evidence was presented regarding a Cow stolen from Bink Cottage Hill area. Trials for Sam Bush and Jefferson on assault and battery and automobile violations were postponed to Friday.
Seven federal prisoners at Charlestown, including W P Kellaher serving a fifteen to eighteen year term for aiding the bank robbery in Cambridge, are to be transferred to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta. The moves come after the Massachusetts prison board raised maintenance charges, prompting the federal government to relocate the inmates.
Mrs Theresa Hahn born in this city died Tuesday afternoon at her home 217 Conti Street after several years illness. She is survived by one daughter Mrs L Schwarz a sister Mrs Jess Zimmern three brothers Reub Hyman Bearman and Samuel G Neus berger and other relatives.
A farmer complains to a newspaper clerk about placing a death notice, jokingly referencing rate charges and measurements as he seeks to publish the notice. The exchange hints at the procedure and fees for obituary notices.
Two generous properties offered by Morrill and Lyons at 67 St. Francis Street. A Dauphin Street residence sits on a large corner lot with ample value after five years of ownership. A second Ann Street corner lot home promises desirable surroundings and solid construction. Both are described as exceptional bargains far below speculative value.
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