Mobile in 1915: Sparse Census Figures and Date
Fragmentary OCR shows figures 14,088 1,616 and 15,649 with a date Mobile Alabama March 2 1915. Readers infer a small historical census or count note tied to Mobile Alabama on that date.
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1915
Page
4
Mobile city backs Home Garden Association plan
The Mobile City Commission endorsed the Mobile Home Garden Association with a substantial loan and land use support to provide employment during the hard period. Committees were named to solicit members while leaders Very Rev Gardiner C Tucker Dr Alfred G Moses and Michael J McDermott invited public participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bile Home Garden Association
Mobile City Commission
Mobile
Home Garden Association
City Commission
Gardiner C. Tucker
Alfred G. Moses
Michael J. McDermott
Sympathy for Mobile in Damage Suit Industry Debate
An editorial republished from the Memphis Commercial Appeal condemns damage suit practices. It lauds Mobile for ethical juries and lawyers, noting faked claims are rare and praising local lawyers and the bar for maintaining high standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Mobile
Costly Habits of a Thrifty Thief
A New York jeweler’s clerk earning 14 dollars a week stole jewels worth fifteen thousand dollars over two years to fund a lavish lifestyle with expensive apartments servants an automobile and a motor boat. The employer confronted him asking how he managed such spending revealing the theft. The story offers a human interest angle on crime and temptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coal to Newcastle and Eggs From Shanghai
A San Francisco report notes a ship arriving from Shanghai with sixty tons of eggs, 90 000 dozen, one of the port’s largest consignments. The piece compares this with an English coal cargo to Newcastle and cites Alabama grain and meat imports, while highlighting press influence on the Panama-Pacific Exposition with a new visitors center and broad newspaper reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Shanghai
China
Newcastle
England
Ion
Tick Eradication Advances. 28,000+ Sq Miles Released
The secretary of agriculture freed over 28 000 square miles from the Texas fever quarantine affecting 32 counties across California Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Georgia South Carolina North Carolina and Virginia. Tick eradication shows progress since July 1 1906 with 25 782 square miles cleared. Smith county Mississippi remains quarantined due to farmer non cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
California
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Smith County
Miss
Mobile County
Maloney
Mobile Rotary Club
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Supreme Court Justice Rules Against Kansas Beer Shipment Ban
Justice McReynolds of the United States Supreme Court upholds interstate commerce in beer ruling a Kansas attempt to stop shipping beer from Missouri into Kansas conflicts with the federal constitution. He states beer is a recognized article of commerce and states may not substantially interfere with its cross state movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice McReynolds
Supreme Court of the United States
Kansas
M. Kirmeyer
Missouri
United States
Cotton Futures Act Market Listing by Secretary of Agriculture
The secretary designates New York and New Orleans as futures markets and names Augusta, Boston, Charleston, Dallas, Fall River, Galveston, Houston, Little Rock, Memphis, Mobile, Montgomery, Norfolk and Savannah as spot markets under the act. Also notes a home remedy suggestion for stopping a crying child with cold water. Madame Nazimova advocates women not taking back husbands who fought in wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Congress
New York
New Orleans
Augusta
Boston
Mass
Charleston
S. C
Dallas
The
Woman's Home Companion
Bakers urged to bake at home to cut loaf costs
A columnist suggests households reduce bread expenses by making their own bread. The idea emphasizes self reliance in cooking and could influence daily grocery budgets.
Negro Woman Run Down by Doctor's Auto on St Francis Street
Rachel McKinney, a Black resident of Prichard, was struck by an automobile driven by Dr. John M. Wilson on St. Francis near Lawrence. Her left leg was broken and she was taken to 507 St. Francis for treatment. Dr. Wilson was ordered to report to the police. he says the woman walked into the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel McKinney
Prichard
John M. Wilson
St. Francis Street
Lawrence
Wilson
Keeping a quorum in Congress amid slim attendance
Washington letter notes that visitors see low attendance in both chambers. It explains how quorum is kept with about 100 of 435 in the House and around a dozen to two dozen in the Senate, and how bills delay when members are not seated. It highlights Speaker Clark’s warning and frequent points of no quorum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Houses of Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Capitol
Clark
Kerr Democrats
Representative Mann
Champ Clark
White House
Amusements at the Empire Theater Preview
The Empire presents Runaway June in two reels starring George Randolph Chil. Helen Holmes appears in The Little Engineer from The Hazards of Helen series. Ruth Stonehouse and Bryant Washburn debut a one reel drama The Suprise of My Life. The Still Small Voice features Helen Gardner and Nicholas Dunnen in a two reel drama. Ruth Roland returns tomorrow in Old Isaacson's Diamonds with Robert Gray as Harry Warrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Empire
George Randolph Ch
Empire Theatre
Helen Holmes
Kalem
Helen
Ruth Stonehouse
Essanay
Bryant Washburn
Helen Gardner
Vitagraph
Nicholas Dunnen
Miss Gardner
Ruth Roland
Robert Gray
Miss Roland
Harry Warrington
Empire Theatre Today
Aere
Bryant Ear
Old Isaacson
Francis X. Bushman Cois
Edna Mayo
Eevee Ashburn
Edeson Stars in Belasco Drama at the Crown
Robert Edeson the Broadway star appears in David Belasco's The Girl I Left Behind Me at the Crown with Claire Whitney. Scenes shot at Fort Assiniboine Montana with real cavalry and Indians to recreate the frontier post era. The program repeats tomorrow. Stock company success marks Lyric Theatre opening with A Wife In Name Only and Jewell Kelley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Edeson
Crown
United States
David Belasco
Claire Whitney
Fort Assinaboine
Montana
Hawksworth
Edeson
Miss Whitney
The Dashing Widow at Dreamland theatre opens
The Mason Williams Stock Company began their engagement at Dreamland theatre Monday night with The Dashing Widow a hilariously funny farce. Vaudeville acts between the acts added to the entertaining program featuring Johnnie J. Williams Miss Bettie McGraney Dick S. Mason and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason-Williams Stock Company
Dreamland Theatre
Johnnie J. Williams
Bettie McGraney
Dick S. Mason
J. C. Williams
Dick Mason, Jr
Fannie Mason
Ruth
Damage suit debate highlights Mississippi litigation boom
An editorial and responses in a Mississippi paper expose what observers call a growing damage suit industry. The piece notes lawsuits over trifling incidents, railroads, and a lawyer-published paper, arguing the system costs railroads and taxpayers while enriching lawyers. It warns against inflaming juries and calls for merit over money in claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis Commercial
Mississippi
Illinois Central Railway
Markham Wade
Markham
Memphis
Dreamland Show Changes Thursday After Encore
Willard and the capable cast seem poised for popularity with theatergoers not yet familiar with their work. Miss Pearl Shope the Ragtime Girl From England received repeated encores during the intermission between the first and second acts. Dreamland’s program will be altered on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric
Mobile
Jewell Kelley
Lyric Theatre
R. Newton Ross
Willard
Miss Pearl Shope
England
Dreamland
Fresh Opened Plant Oysters Sold At Schimpf Restaurant
At Charles Schimpf Restaurant 3-5-7 North Royal Street fresh opened plant oysters offered by the dozen loaf 25c 1 2 15c toasted 5c extra raw at stand plant 20c dozen 1 2 dozen 10c each advertisement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Schimpf
North Royal Street
February in Mobile Sees Slightly Warm Normal Month
Weather Forecaster Aschenberger reports February 53.2 degrees average, 0.1 degree above the forty year mean, and rainfall of .45 inches deficit. The high was 70 on the fifth and low 36 on the seventh with a 41 mph southeast wind on the fifth. The month featured the most abrupt weather change on the seventeenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Aschenberger
Alfheim Damaged In English Channel Sighting
The Norwegian bark Alfheim sailing from Mobile January 7 toward Queenstown Ireland reached distress on February 11. Commanded by Captain Moller the vessel was badly damaged in the English channel and run ashore to the pilot. It lies in drydocks in London for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfheim
Mobile
Queenstown
Ireland
Moller
English Channel
London
England
Unclear Grocery List With Mixed Prices and Items
A fragmented receipt style listing various goods and prices including sugar, soap, lard, poultry wire, rubber roofing, galvanized tubs, and other items. The OCR text shows inconsistent quantities and values, indicating a compiled shopping list or catalog snippet rather than a coherent article.
Crockery and Glassware Sale with Low Priced Items
A catalog of discounted kitchenware and decorative glassware items including bowls, teapots, syrup pitchers, glasses, soup bowls, lanterns, and lamps. Items show values from 5c to 50c with many lines priced around 10c to 25c, plus a few higher value sets and specialty pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Jergen
Armour
Dodson
Tees
Otis
Luxor
Colgate
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St. Emanuel St
Mobile, Ala
Associated Press Report International News Service Audit Bureau of Circulations
Kelly-Smith
Fifth CO
Workton
Chicago
Ala
Pastorial & News Bell
TELEP
Bell
Ening
Home Gardens
COAL
Madame Nazimova
Peace Party
Grandma
BY Victor Elliott
Maull Bros
St. Louis
City Bank
Matinee and Night Mason-Williams Stock CO
Bill
Grove
Crown Theatre
Robert Edeson and
the Girl
Chas. Frohmann
Winifred Greenwood
Ed Coxen
Fay Fincher
Jewellee Stock CO
Jitney” Buss
Y Wield
Los Angeles
Pacific Motor Coach Company
Electric Railway Journal
Ady
Alabama
Life
Life Publishing Company
West 31St Street
New York City
Ieee
Hershey
NSA
Japalac
Alcalnus
Asco
Castoria
Merck's
Chamberlain
Eeeee
Fancy Jardinieres
Ween Nee
Sun
Catherine Sts
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