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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1916
Page
7
A Courier report from the Riga front finds German morale intact despite Russian attacks. Soldiers denied anti American sentiment, stating they fight until the enemy is finished. Rations show bread meat sugar cheese and tea provisions with cigars and cigarettes issued daily.
Report describes soldiers asked about rations noting complete satisfaction. False abroad rumors claimed cuts. Bread rations reduced long ago due to limited appetite. Meat today equals a week’s civilian Berlin allowance. Butter far higher than Berlin. Other items follow in proportion.
News reached New York of the death at Hague Lake George N Y yesterday of Brigadier General James G C Lee U S A retired aged eighty. The funeral will be in Washington next Sunday and interment will be in Arlington Virginia.
A druggist in Alexis Alabama asserts a medication’s value and endorses its use. The recommendation stresses trust in the pharmacist’s judgment and favorable results from practical experience. The note emphasizes confidence in the drug’s efficacy and safety as observed by the local chemist.
July 28 New York the national street railway workers union presses to unionize all motormen and conductors. Bronx and Westchester demands threaten a citywide strike as rioting injures 100 plus and 20 cars are damaged. A strike-breaker died in a Bronx accident and several police and guards were injured. A $750000 fund supports possible broader action with police protection forecast to end by Saturday.
Committees from the woman suffrage party handed out suffrage leaflets and candy boxes at all city railroad stations. The candy was locally made and included twelve pieces representing the twelve suffrage states.
Cleveland officials opened a probe into Monday night's tunnel explosion as workers continued repairs to recover nine buried laborers. The investigation aims to determine cause and safety lapses in the water works tunnel project on the day the cave-in halted excavations.
London reports a royal nation ed ban on the import of opium and cocaine into the United Kingdom. The measure cites widespread use during recent years and a rise in consumption among soldiers since the outbreak of the war.
F L Woodruff general manager of Southern Bell visits Mobile to inspect hurricane recovery of phone service. State board of equalization members Thomas W Sims and F C Marquis arrive to confer on property assessment reductions near Royal Street. Henry W Coleman leaves for Washington to join the patent office. John F Rawis Jr and Ralph McPeaker of Akrofi Ohio visit Mobile. J E Fleming and wife of Choctaw Bluff are in Mobile for several days.
Lausanne Gazette denounces a German Austrian blacklist of Swiss firms declaring all firms with allies face coal bans and boycott. It notes threats by Captain Schmitz to blacklist any firm dealing with objected concerns and urges united Swiss protest.
Early stages respond to diet and hygiene. Eat pure food and sleep with open windows. Open air living aids recovery. If progress continues, seek strengthening of body functions. Eckman’s Alterative is claimed to help upbuild without poison, available from R. L. druggists.
Chicago July 28 A committee formed at Atlantic City reports pensions and relief totaling 2.5 million dollars annually for aged pastors and families from nine Protestant denominations. The drive aims to raise 60 million for retired ministers widows and orphans of ministers with 20 million already in hand. Denominations total over 13 million members including Methodist Episcopal Methodist Episcopal South Protestant Episcopal Northern Baptist Disciples of Christ Congregational Presbyterian Presbyterian South and Lutheran.
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