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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
6
The Gulf Coast Fair Association works toward a successful Mobile fair with busy grounds and hopeful plans. The piece argues fairs foster county unity, cooperation, and mutual gain beyond exhibitions, stressing community improvement and regional draw from neighboring areas.
The Atlanta Constitution has grown harsher toward William Jennings Bryan, declaring his statements a public nuisance and pledging to publish only brief references. The piece notes political tension with President Wilson and cites other state issues from the Merritt committee to local administrative troubles.
The Item discusses a fight between Mobile and Birmingham over the University of Alabama School of Medicine. It notes President Denny’s statements, legislative influence, and Birmingham’s editorial threats to remove funding, risking the Mobile campus becoming non Class A and possibly abolished. Time will tell the legislature’s decision.
A historical reflection compares the Waterloo defeat with modern European war. It notes Napoleon’s army suffered about 86 000 killed or wounded and the Allied forces around 22 000, totaling nearly Mobile’s population, as Blucher’s 60 000 troops arrived to seal the rout.
The piece argues that justice by heaven and law suffers when delays plague criminal and civil cases. It cites Froude on patience worn thin and notes lynchings arising from slow judicial processes. It critiques Alabama jurists and questions how long the system can endure.
A wind storm toppled the blacksmith shop of J H Hasselvander near Government Street Loop, killing a horse and shielding 16 year old Harry McCarron from worse harm. The boy, son of Patrolman William M McCarron, suffered a fractured skull and jaw and today is at Providence infirmary. Two unknown young men on a motorcycle rushed to help, aiding the rescue team before medics arrived.
About one hundred Spring Hill College students and graduates left Mobile at 1:45 PM for homes in Louisiana Mississippi Oklahoma Arkansas and Texas on the Louisville and Nashville line. R Bock and L Bienvenu led the rooting crowd shouting Soiya as the train began to move. Joseph C Kearns S J vice president and E Carbajal S J professor accompanied the group to New Orleans on special cars. Some parents who came to Mobile to witness the graduation also rode the train.
Catholic priests spoke at St. Vincent's club room in Mobile during a Holy Name Society smoker on Lawrence and Charleston streets. President Archie J. Leibert presided. entertainment included Willie Giblin and others. speakers included Father Brady Father Hackett Father McKay Father Dunne Father Gerow Father Lenahan and Father Cassidy on society unity faith athletic plans and school interests.
Uncle Wiggily carries Mary Caw Caw and friends home in his airship as they plan lemon pies from hollow stump school lessons. A jealous eagle swoops in smelling pie, but a burst balloon protects the pie and Mary’s bake is praised at school. The tale preserves playful adventures of Uncle Wiggily and animal pupils.
Rabbi Jacob Goldstein, chaplain at Sing Sing and the Tombs, told New Yorks constitutional convention committee that one of four gunmen executed for Herman Rosenthals murder died innocent. He implied the district attorney admitted as much in a letter to Governor Whitman and urged abolishing the death penalty.
Castleberry Alabama June 17 Special report Knights of Pythias held a meeting Tuesday night electing Rev B. Strout C C J P Matthews Jr V C J W White P R E Warren M of W Allen Page K of R B and M F J F Albreast M of Bx a Rainer M of A I Connor L Max L Dagoff Oo a. A class was initiated into the rank of knight and refreshments were served.
General George W. Goethals Thomas A. Edison Theodore N. Vail and Myron T. Herrick received honorary degrees at the 168th Princeton commencement in Princeton New Jersey. Diplomas were presented to 277 seniors including 111 B A 112 B L 31 B S and 23 C E graduates.
Four of the six miners trapped in a drift near Joplin Missouri were rescued alive Tuesday night after five days without food. They were found in good physical condition despite harsh conditions and mud. Two miners remain unaccounted for and believed to be alive.
Vanderbilt University Board of Trust elected Morris Brandon of Atlanta as a new member and vice president R W Milsaps of Jackson Mississippi resigned. It re elected Justice James C McReynolds Rev Charles W Byrd Eugene J Buffington Frank C Rand Charles N Burch and James A Rollins for four year terms with Whitefoord R Cole G B Winton WW Sanders and Claude Waller named officers and secretary.
In Trenton New Jersey Father Athanasius French English instructor at St Francis College gave his life while trying to rescue pupil Edward Kaczarek of Buffalo New York from drowning. He swam to reach the boy but was drowned on the shore.
Dr Clarence J Owens managing director announced that the December meeting of the Southern Commercial Congress will be held in Charleston.
The Mobile Baymen's Association was cited to appear before the city case commission on Saturday at 11 o clock to show cause why they should not be punished for selling liquor on Sunday and remaining open after hours. The cafe was found open last Sunday during a raid by Chief of Police Cren shaw.
Notice from the Interstate Commerce Commission arrives in Mobile suspending the raised scrap iron rates to St. Louis river crossings and beyond. The increase affected Mobile New Orleans and other gulf ports. Mobile scrap-iron dealers allied with New Orleans but did not prevail.
Amusements notice for Empire shows The Romance of an American Duchess with Ruth Stone house and R. C. Travers in a dramatic film based on Smart Set Magazine. Also features Tap, Love Snow and Ice, and Spades are Truma with Wally Van Nitra Frazer Billy Quirk Constance Talmage in other reels.
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