Mobile item by Edito and N rial 152
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
4
A concise item titled HE MOBILE ITEM BY Edito and N rial 152 appears in the column. It notes a brief report with limited details and references a Mobile item by Edito and N rial 152, but specifics remain unclear.
The Mississippi Gulf Coast plans a ten dollar Centennial Exposition with Florida planning a major South wide Centennial. Mobile aligns with both to boost tourism and investment. Centennials promise thousands of visitors, boosting Mobile’s historic appeal and regional development. Advertising work progresses, drawing winter trainloads of boosters who will return home supporters.
Harbormaster’s May report shows a rise in tonnage with thirty foreign-bound steamers and large cargoes. Merchants say business improves, waterfront work increases employment, and money circulates. Mobile recovery appears likely through summer with opportunities ahead.
Preparedness parades spur enlistments in Chicago increasing the militia. In New Orleans funds from the parade will send fifty youths to Fort Oglethorpe for a month of training. Mobile urged to march on the Fourth to bolster national defenses and patriotic duty.
From Oyster Bay word spreads that Theodore Roosevelt will run if Hughes is nominated by Republicans. He desires dictating conduct policies and nominees to reunite the party. Republican leaders resist and a Progressive Republican split seems likely, signaling a strong Democratic year ahead.
Reports from Mississippi Arkansas Missouri Tennessee Illinois describe a widespread disaster with hundreds injured and many killed. Families scattered and communication lines down hinder any precise tallies as authorities mobilize aid.
Following the loss of Field Marshal Earl Kitchener and the cruiser Hampshire, British leaders push for internment of all enemy subjects amid suspicions of German espionage. The Hampshire sinking is seen as a carefully planned torpedo strike, the first British warship sunk by a submarine if confirmed.
The death of President Yuan Shi Kai of China may be seen as Providence for the country as revolutionaries who opposed him had pressed for his retirement. Vice President Li Yuan Heng has assumed the presidency and supporters hope stability follows the change.
A Mexican woman won a judgment against Bandit Villa for 2275 dollars and had his automobile seized as security. Villa allegedly paid the money as ransom for the life of the woman's brother, who was then executed. The note adds that Zack Wheat of Mobile has joined the National League .300 hitters, a rise after absence earlier this season, and questions whether the Seydlitz powder proved a fizzle.
A satirical poem contrasts two men one prudent and one profligate. The speaker mocks the frugal man who economizes while he himself spends freely on luxury items and indulgences. The piece ends noting the folly of denial when rainy days arrive.
The June 8 1916 horoscope warns a doubtful day with risk in leases contracts and legal papers. It notes patronage disappointments and urges written safeguards while predicting riches in mines and new state activity. It forecasts food graft dangers, health risks for the aged and children, and strains for President Wilson amid secret enemies.
The piece rebuts Everett Colby's claim that Roosevelt would have opposed Germany in 1914. It cites Roosevelt's own September 1914 remarks urging neutrality and avoiding unnecessary entanglement, noting no suggestion he would have acted differently from Wilson. The column accuses Roosevelt supporters of spreading falsehoods for rallying support.
The article promotes pure honey from the comb as a healthier alternative to candy. It urges families with complexion issues or sweet-tooth members to choose bee made honey, claiming eighty percent nourishment per U S government analysis and recommending buying honey from grocers.
A nine month old should better tolerate cow milk with fresh preparation. For tongue tie a minor surgical procedure by a competent surgeon is advised. A fruit diet for pregnancy is not recommended if it reduces protective vitamins. Chest pain during running may reflect overexertion or heart strain. Black children cannot be born from white parents. Gas and dental extraction risk for a wife with a weak heart is minimal with a competent dentist.
In a near creek woods Mr. and Mrs. Browny Bat live in a hollow old sycamore. They avoid nest building, sleeping most hours, and emerge at twilight to hunt mosquitoes. Other forest folk rarely glimpse them, though some creatures know a bit about bat life.
The passage argues that fleeing sorrow through distraction or dissipation fails, since sorrow clings and running from troubles only follows a person. It presents facing and conquering trouble if possible, or accepting and arranging life practically within means, noting self cannot be escaped. It reflects on the inevitability of confronting inner trials.
A friend recounts a girl’s three failed loves and a move from escapism to work. She learns self reliance through designing hats, opening a shop, and replacing bitterness with effort. The piece argues suffering stems from inner nature and that focus on work conquers despair.
Count Zavier de Maistre narrates Major Kaskambo and his servant Ivan captured by Caucasian tribes. Rescued after long torture and failed ransom attempts, their ordeal in the Tschetschenzes stronghold unfolds with courage, cunning, and betrayal amid rugged mountains.
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