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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1915
Page
4
The Mobile Bay and Bar Pilots Association adopted a resolution reducing pilotage to help Mobile compete with Virginia ports. The action, sent to The Item with a letter from Captain Sid Dorgan, marks an early move toward establishing Mobile as a coal port.
The article notes the booming potential of willow cultivation in the South for baskets and chair backs. It cites a United States Forest Service report on dwindling European willow imports due to war, and urges interest in growing willows locally. The service offers two million cuttings for program use and a free booklet on willow basket culture. Aimed at land owners near low-lying areas and streams, the piece suggests a profitable regional industry.
A Michigan City publication argues that the Southern Negro problem is already solved and the Negro is in better condition below the Mason Dixon line. It claims Northern prejudice arises from ignorance of Southern realities and notes Southern kindness and respect toward Negroes.
The fourth in a series under the Chain of Commerce will be held tonight in Blenville Square. Pearson's fine band will perform with a full program arranged. Thousands are expected to attend and enjoy an evening of music suitable for all ages.
The Y M C A in Mobile urges fathers to enroll their sons in swimming lessons after recent drownings of local youths. The plea highlights the safety value of learning to swim and avoids risky water exposure, urging immediate action to protect boys from deep water hazards.
An Atlanta Constitution correspondent estimates that from 1898 to 1913 the South produced 192 773 662 bales of cotton weighing 96 386 831 000 pounds at 10 cents a pound, plus 1 000 000 000 from cotton seed. Total receipts about 10 638 683 100, leaving a 2 158 683 100 gap versus world gold, urging diversification of crops and noting the surplus relied on adjoining lands.
The Alabama Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners endorsed completing the Mobile to Selma section of the Jackson Highway. The piece urges good roads as assets and notes both patriotic value and practical benefits for housing along the route, while also mentioning local booster remarks from the Fairhope Courier about the town’s people.
The reader queries cover solstice celebrations dates and meanings, George Washington's military service, ship displacement, removing printers ink from cloth, mildew treatment, and humorous social advice. The tone mirrors brief instructional and curiosity items from a newspaper column.
President Wilson delivers a Flag Day address in Washington praising the flag as a history embodying duty and the common good. He lauds unsung citizens, urges daily honorable service, and asks Americans to wear the flag in spirit if not on the sleeve.
Isabel realizes her love for John as a cold night of doubt passes. John arrives early from Adelaide Simmons party to reveal a marriage surprise and confess their shared love, ending with Isabel choosing to stay with him.
Quotation notes imitation as flattery yet denies substitutes to brand authenticity. Ady compares imitation to a monkey to a man in a wry reflection on true likeness and value.
The Empire presents The Diamond From the Skies with Lottie Pickford and Irving Cummings and a mystical plot. Helen Holmes stars in The Hazards of Helen with thrilling railroad scenes. Hearst-Selig Pictorial war and world views follow. The College Widow with Ethel Clayton and George Souie Spencer offers humor and Lubin production quality. Sikes Tucker, Mobile native, appears. Admission slashed from 25c to 1c, children 5c.
The steamer Charles F. Cessna will depart at 8 PM and return at 11 PM for a moonlight trip. Drago's band will provide music and dancing will be continuous. Regular hops on Tuesday and Friday nights will continue all summer.
Gulf Coast Horticultural Society calls a sub meeting for June 24 in Ocean Springs Mississippi. President O F B Winberg issued the call noting a special low round trip rate by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Delegations are urged and Ocean Springs members plan an entertainment program including an auto ride through the citrus belt and a Country Club gathering.
The fragment discusses abnormal weight loss and directs use of Sargol with meals to restore weight. It emphasizes monitoring flesh and blood, urging correction of intake and warning about rapid weight changes. Preserved names and dates are not evident in the readable text.
In Crow Land Jimmie mocks Mary by hiding her jointed doll’s arms legs and head. Uncle Wiggily discovers the prank in time and reattaches the doll, teaching a lesson about kindness and honesty.
Montgomery Alabama June 15 Special Chairman Henry P Merritt of the legislative investigating committee says none of the data prepared by the recommendations committee will be made public before the legislature meets next month. The committee will submit a large number of recommendations to the legislature including departmental changes at the capitol. It is understood that the findings of the judiciary and finance and taxation committees will also not be made public until presented to the legislative body.
An advertisement touts Eckman’s Alterative as effective for bronchial catarrh throat and lung issues and an upbuilding remedy. It cites a tuberculosis recovery from Texas and Colorado, praising the product for curing severe lung trouble with a testimonial and urging readers to buy via druggists and Braswell's Store in Mobile.
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