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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1916
Page
4
An OCR fragment shows a subscription offer with yearly price 45 per year and 5 LIVEN in A by the c Beckwith special Forsuilding Chicago line, indicating a carrier or editorial notice for advance payment.
Rev. Henry Wade Du Bose urged civic duty and social reform in a Bienville Square sermon. He argued cities should fund unemployment relief housing oversight municipal wood yards farms and large public works to combat poverty and support delinquents homes. He said modern socialism spreads worldwide and Mobile will soon follow its sisters.
A movement led by Senator Saulsbury and military men promotes deepening the Chesapeake and Delaware canal to enable an interior coastal waterway from Boston to Florida. The system would allow travel from Boston to Galveston in protected waters, aiding both war and peacetime transport with relatively low construction costs. Mobile residents show interest in the project as it would pass Bon Secour bay to Perdido bay and Pensacola.
The article cites President Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad urging contracts be honored like those between honest businessmen. It praises President Fairfax Harrison of the Southern Railway for building resources and boosting freight, mines, farms, factories, and exports, while noting Chandler's appointment to expand foreign commerce. The piece argues railroads are adopting civic responsibility and supporting national war efforts.
The New York Commercial comments on the British blacklist, arguing for adherence to law while condemning belligerent interference with lawful trade. It notes dignified protests and criticizes measures that affect peace products and supplies, and mentions U.S. actions against trade with enemy Confederate states.
The passage argues the United States will not tolerate interference with business rights and could retaliate against Britain. It calls for Congress to bar foreign loans, halt sales to British customers, and stop filling orders for British buyers to enforce fair treatment.
A humorous verse about a tired working wife and her husband planning small pleasures. He suggests dates like a movie or ice cream, and she smiles and relaxes. The speaker notes many wives deserve sunshine if husbands would offer such breaks from labor. The poem ends with a contrast to other weary days.
The Item's daily Q and A covers marble cleaning with chloride of lime, bread nutrition comparisons, how stenographers become notaries, U S Army pay scales from private to captain, and a note on penny stamps not yet invented until 1837 with later adoption.
A 1916 horoscope reflects on fate and free will with celestial guidance for daily life. It suggests stars influence outcomes but do not force actions, inviting readers to weigh celestial hints against personal choice.
The reading forecasts deceit in large trade consignments and warns of water contamination risks under a sinister planetary rule. Fevers and digestive diseases are foretold, and a Mexican official’s death is prognosticated. Women face warned temptations while theater trends hint at puppets and primitive amusements. Japan’s warlike trend colors upcoming naval maneuvers. Early autumn brings social changes and paradoxes, with summer schools prospering next month and European dignitaries visiting.
The piece notes that all described incidents occur in ant lion pits but cautions two insects never actually formed the described association. It explains the ant lion is in larval stage when pits are made and only later becomes winged.
In a sunny sand plain a veteran ant-lion teaches a younger one how to trap ants. The older insect digs a nine and a half inch circle, then shovels sand outward to form a widening trench. The patient, methodical work mirrors the instincts of its ancestors as the pair observe the scene.
London carries protest against British blacklist with cautious note. The Times reports Austrian generals show dignity after defeat and deny peace demands. Copenhagen honors two schoolboys who saved the king and rewards the rescuer with a ring. Gary Indiana reports six miners killed when a car collides with a train near Miller. St Paul records the death of Rev. Thomas J. Gibbons, vicar general of the diocese. Blue Point notes Harry M. Brown dies at his summer home from heart disease.
The author discusses avoiding alcohol and favoring simple drinks like plain carbonated water, lemonade, and orangeade. He extols sassafras tea and root beer, with the benefits of soda water for digestion and nervous energy, noting it should be consumed before the gas escapes and that it is a pure water beverage.
The piece suggests intestinal poisoning stems from undigested protein foods like meat dairy and eggs, or from too much starch sugar or fat. It advises a ten day experiment removing all protein foods to test the cause and notes possible liver overload from excess carbohydrates.
A dinner party reveals social pressures and dining tensions as Mrs. Leonard declines fish due to illness while Helen masks shortages and tries to satiate guests with alternative courses. The meal highlights etiquette, allergies, and the strain of hosting in a fraught social setting.
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