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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1915

Page

4

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Peace and Power Split Over Bryan Cabinet Resignation

The withdrawal of Secretary of State Bryan from the cabinet amid international tension is seen as strengthening Wilson's position while highlighting differing paths to peace. Bryan’s shift toward “peace at any price” contrasts with Wilson’s firm stance, prompting mixed reactions at home and abroad.

William J. Bryan Germany Wilson Bryan United States Mr. Bryan Mr. Wilson

Commencement Day at Mobile Medical College

On commencement night at the School of Medicine of the University of Alabama Governor Chas Henderson attends with Dr George H Denny the new president and alumni. Thirteen in medicine and three in pharmacy graduate, earning diplomas to practice in Alabama and join the profession with pride.

School of Medicine University of Alabama Chas. Henderson George H. Denny College of Medicine Mobile Alabama Lyric Theatre Union. P Universita Jabama

Loyalty to Mobile Faces Press Battle Over Port Issues

The Mobile Item defends its stance against private interests seeking to control Mobile’s port and rail rates. It stresses the paper’s independence, deny­ing ties to railroads or rival ports, and asserts loyalty to Mobile through truthful reporting and opposition to outside influence. The piece portrays a "rule or ruin" dynamic and calls for unity among Mobilians to protect local commerce.

Mobile Mobile Register Register Pensacola

Pause and Consider on School Ventilation and Heating

The Item urges the Mobile Board of School Commissioners to pause before approving heating and ventilation plans for new public schools and Barton Academy. It cites expert advice favoring proper construction and natural ventilation, warns against costly heat systems, and recalls past bidding and funding disputes affecting high school costs.

Board of School Commissioners Barton Academy Mobile Ae Eran

Critics condemn school spending as tax burden rises

The board debates debt to fund desks and seats for growing pupil numbers and considers a high school entrance fee to raise funds. Critics urge economy, oppose an expensive heating system and a new lands supervisor, and warn against violating state law while taxpayers face mounting taxes.

Board of School Commissioners Board of Educations

City Dispensary Aids Over Thirteen Hundred May Patients

City Health Officer Mohr reports the City Dispensary run with the School of Medicine served 1300+ patients in May. The free care and medicines highlight the institution’s value to the poor, ably conducted by medical faculty and funded by the City Commission.

Mohr School of Medicine

Bienville Square Band Concert Draws Large Crowd

Threatening weather failed to stop a large gathering of old and young in Bienville square last night for an open-air band concert. Spectators saw children dancing on the grass as the band played popular music.

Bienville Square

To Impress Alabama Teachers With Necessity for Game Preservation

Montgomery Alabama June 9 Special To the end that the school teachers of Alabama may be impressed with the importance of game preservation Senator has requested Gilbert Pearson of Newark secretary of a society to send to Miss Lillian Frome who will teach in the summer school at the University of Alabama several hundred literature upon game and conservation techniques

Montgomery Ala Alabama Lace, Jr Fish SoEenSsoner T Gilbert Pearson Newark Lillian Frome University of Alabama

Crops Ripen in Good Weather Across District

Farmers report rapid crop maturation with potatoes and cucumbers in harvest, melons developing well as vines fill. Garden crops are in good shape and cultivation proceeds quickly. Overall conditions improved over the past week.

Crops Make Progress Amid Moist Soils and Green Fields

Over the past week crops show clear progress with well kept fields and ample moisture. Corn advances while weeds are minimal. melons push forward with vines filling and small fruit forming. Overall conditions are highly satisfactory.

Week of favorable conditions boosts crop growth

Weather remained mild with early rain moisture followed by warm sunshine. The corn stands taller and healthy while sweet potatoes show rapid growth. other crops also advance satisfactorily this week.

Crops Flourishing in Seminole District

The crops in Seminole are growing exceedingly well. Ground conditions are good for growth and progress is highly gratifying to farmers. Corn and sweet potatoes are doing fine and truck crops are expanding satisfactorily.

Farmers Busy Harvesting and Marketing Crops at Silver Hill

Farmers in the Silver Hill area report a busy week of harvesting marketing and cultivating. Cucumber crops demand much attention and are shipped rapidly while Irish potatoes prove near normal in yield. Corn stands out as especially good with acres yielding many cakes for shipment.

Silver Hill

Stapleton farmers report prosperous crops and strong yields

Farmers in Stapleton report well tilled ground and fast growing crops. Corn and sweet potatoes look especially healthy with fields covering the ground and field crops for hay doing exceedingly well.

Stapleton

Stockton Farmers Report Strong Corn and Garden Crops

Stockton farmers say conditions are excellent with ideal ground for crops. Corn appears healthy though tall in some fields, requiring hoes to control weeds. Ground is well fertilized and worm damage minimal. Garden crops are all good.

Stockton

Summerdale Crops Progress With Strong Melon Yields

Summerdale farmers report good crop progress this week with cucumbers and potatoes harvested as fast as ready and shipped. The melon crop looks fine with vines full of small melons and overall yields described as excellent for the period.

Summerdale

Crop conditions improve with growth and vigor noted

Farmers report all crops larger and in better shape than last week. Fields show more cultivation and look unusually fine for this time of year. Corn stands tall near work height, while forage crops race ahead and promise excellent yields.

Farm Report From Clarke County Alameda

Cotton all chopped and corn with velvet beans worked out nicely. Some new ground yet to be planted. Weather very dry and hot. All farmers about up with their work. Worms reported in corn in some localities.

Alameda

Allen County Crops Improve Despite Boll Weevil Damage

A Sunday rain aided crops in Allen County though droughts reduced yields. Oats are harvested but light, cotton is chopped with some sided up, boll weevils damage buds, and one farmer found about a thousand weevils on a single acre. Corn velvet beans and potatoes show promise amid rough prospects.

Allen

Fulton Weather Report Notes Rain Helps Crops

Rain fell Monday aiding crops with rapid growth in Fulton county. Some pastures are grazed while others begin cultivation. Cotton is affected by boll weevil pressure. Hog feeding increases as hogs appear in the vicinity.

Fulton

Jackson Farmers Report Healthy Crops and Bright Prospects

Jackson farmers are busy cutting grass and tending crops as rains hold. Cotton is nearly all chopped and ready for hoeing while some farmers plant beans. Peaches have begun ripening and should yield plentiful fruit despite freezes. gardens are in fine condition.

Jackson

Weather and harvest notes from Salitpa area crops

Farmers report oats mostly harvested while corn and cotton progress slowly due to heat. Some still plant peas. Blackberries are plentiful but small in Salitpa.

Weather and crop notes from Suggsville bulletin

Suggsville reports heavy rain needed in the section. Cotton stands poor in places, being chopped and replanted. Corn yields fair with Irish potatoes fine. Gardens show berries and plums plentiful and peaches ripening, boll weevil damage noted.

Suggsville

Escambia County Farms Boost Beans Onions Crop Prospects

Escambia County growers ship fifty crates daily of snap beans to Pittsburgh Cincinnati and Birmingham. The white Bermuda onion crop harvested with excellent yields includes bulbs over a pound. Cucumber fields report heavy production.

Pittsburgh Cincinnati Birmingham

Pollard reports crop outlook with mixed yields and rain needs

The bolly weevil dominates conditions with cotton at 25 percent of normal. Corn is strong and above normal with good color. Snap beans move to Northern markets, rain could help bearing. Irish potatoes to ship in carloads next week. Velvet beans, sweet potatoes, onions, cucumbers and peas reported in normal stands. rain would improve conditions.

Robinsonville Crop Report Highlights Mixed Harvest

In Robinsonville the oats are nearly harvested and light. Cotton is largely chopped and in good shape for rain. Corn holds up, but another week of heat and dryness could harm early plantings. Beans peas peanuts and sweet potatoes appear stable without rain, while Irish potatoes are soft.

Robinsonville

Washington Co. Farmers Report Good Crops and Canning Progress

Carson Leroy and St Stephens notes show a fine week for crops with most fields clean and cotton largely chopped. Rain would help. berries and plums are being canned. Oats ground is sown to peas. trial wheat proved satisfactory and will be planted next season.

Carson Leroy ST. Stephens

Deer Park Farmers Report Strong Growth Amid Dry Spell

In Deer Park farmers describe excellent growing conditions after a busy week of field work. Rain would help as forage and crops look good but could use moisture. Bermuda onions have reached northern markets while broilers go to southern markets. Blackberries are being canned and stored. beans are ready for table use and canning.

Deer Park Bermuda

Monroe County Chestnut Harvest and Pest Update

Farmers face boll weevil damage as they weed fields and resort to hand-picking. Peas velvet beans peanuts and corn show good growth. Potato slips fruit trees and gardens produce well with early peaches plums and blackberries ripening and many vegetables being canned for winter.

Tunnel Springs Crops Grow As Tick Eradication Sought

The article notes vigorous crop growth in Tunnel Springs with extra labor and mules used for harvesting oats. Dipping vats exist in the county and a vote on tick eradication may be held this year.

Cotton crops wrecked by boll weevil in Wilcox County

In Camden area farmers report widespread boll weevil damage to cotton. Many have plowed cotton and switched to corn as squaring begins, with even large fields showing heavy infestation and daily destruction. The weather is rainy and crops are growing well where not attacked.

Camden

Weather Tells of Heat Dry Spell in Lower Peach Tree

The past week has been hot and dry with rain needed for crops. Cotton is small but colored and growing while corn tassels and silks, awaiting rain to finish. Farmers report many weevils and remain focused on cotton and corn, leaving minor crops unattended.

Pineapple Farm Stands Still Amid Boll Weevil Infestation

Farm conditions are poor with pineapple stands not growing as expected. Boll weevils are plentiful on several farms while sweet potato patches are progressing well. One poetry-related line appears, but the week shows minimal rain and lingering pests.

Boll Weevils Threaten Butler County Cotton Yield

Butler county faces a boll weevil infestation with potential crop damage. Diversification and proper control methods are urged as Greenville bankers and merchants offer twenty cents per hundred boll weevils. Corn and grain crops show strength though oats underperformed.

Greenville Butler County Butler Godold

Conecuh County Repton Farmers Finish Cotton Chopping

Farmers in Conecuh County Repton progress reported with many completing cotton chopping while others still behind. Local notes indicate varied pace as harvest season advances and weather cooperates in parts of the county.

Repton

Fractured Irish Crops Prompt Grain Concerns

A garbled OCR fragment references corn and potato crops in Ireland, suggesting concerns over harvest yields and agricultural conditions. The text lacks clear details but implies regional crop issues or weather impacts affecting farmers.

Crop Conditions Improve Around Gautier GA

In Gautier the past week brought very good crop conditions with field crops in strong shape. First corn plantings progress as velvet beans recover from drought risk, sweet potatoes emerge as main staple crops, and early corn begins to ripen. The Florida sweet watermelon crop is sold locally in the first wagon load. Two cooperative dipping vats were completed last week and are ready for service.

Gautier Tasgel

Gardens Pay For Spent On Them This Spring

Gardens are paying sony for the spent upon them this spring with beans potatoes cucumbers tomatoes and many other vegetables. Farmers have laid by their corn and soon we will have corn for table use. The weather has been good for most growers lately and farmers are satisfied with present results.

Hurley

Farmers ship vegetables as market demand rises

Farmers ship vegetables to market with corn and sweet potatoes in high demand. Tomatoes and corn fetch higher prices and are expected to stay strong, with beans, field peas, and onions also yielding good returns for winter use.

Sven Piattee

Weather Lifts Crops in Ocean Springs Area

Warm weather after rain boosts crop prospects in Ocean Springs. Irish potatoes yield well though later, corn is excellent, roasting ears on market, hay crop looks good, cow peas acreage increases, sweet potatoes planting accelerates, citrus outlook improves with grapefruits about an inch and a half in diameter and trees heavily loaded.

Ocean Springs

Orange Grove crops promising good gulf coast pecan orchard

The Orange Grove area reports strong crops with daily vegetable shipments. Farmers anticipate an excellent corn harvest and note one of the gulf coast’s largest pecan orchards is in the area.

Orange Grove Gulf Coast

Wayne County Buckatunna Crop Update

Nearly two weeks with no rain and high heat affects crops in Wayne County. Cotton grows well as farmers use dry weather to clean fields. No tomatoes on market yet but ripening days ahead. Some beans marketed and some canned.

Buckatunna

State Line Crops Highlight Drying Land with Need for Rain

In this vicinity crops look well but the land is drying out quickly and a rain would help. No truck crops are being shipped from here at present.

Farming Prosperity Amid Drought and Growth in Perry County

The Perry County Ritchton district reports ideal farming conditions for two weeks with oats largely harvested though earlier drought damaged some. Corn yields are record high, potatoes planted recently, and cotton crops about forty percent harvested despite irregular rain.

The Carpet From Bagdad Screens At Empire

A five reel V. S. S. BE. photo play titled The Carpet From Bagdad plays at Empire. The plot follows a stolen sacred rug and a brave guardian guiding a lover through peril as Oriental imagery and intrigue unfold. Kathryn Williams is highlighted for her performance while Nell Craig and Sheldon Lewis appear in The Coward, paired with Game by Vitagraph.

Empire Mecca Bagdad Mahomed Fortune Jones Kathryn Williams Nell Craig Sheldon Lewis the Coward Essanay Game Vitagraph Lillian Walker Ecart’ Overton

Q and A on silk cleaning etiquette and social customs

A page of practical tips and social guidance includes how to treat silk with dry cleaning methods using French chalk or fullers earth, whether gifts are obligatory for church weddings, why Martin Van Buren was called the sage of Kinderhook, and whether adults can still grow taller after age 21.

Martin van Buren Sage Kinderhook Ans

Scripture demand rises among Japanese students

A government college in Tokyo saw strong demand for Bible portions with 1,300 Scripture books sold last year. A Christian professor at Tokyo Normal College planned to give thirty lectures on Christianity.

Tokyo Tokyo Normal College

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