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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1916
Page
4
A fragment from a historical newspaper page mentions The Mobile Item and editor W M Clemens with an unclear note about its name. The readable text provides limited context and no full events or findings.
Under heavy strain, President Wilson insists Congress go on record with a straight roll call vote on whether the United States backs his policy toward Germany and armed ships. He argues that every member must declare aye or nay, revealing true loyalties as the nation faces a delicate diplomatic crisis.
The Tuscaloosa News cites J. T. Slatter of Birmingham as urging Tuscaloosa business interests to push direct river trade on the Warrior and Tombigbee. He says local merchants ship cars routed via the river and shows results while Birmingham presses for river access. He warns Birmingham to wake up and stop waiting for rain to come to them.
Voters favor qualified candidates for county school boards even without salaries. The piece notes Edison’s comments on sleep and food amid high living costs, praises a soldier who saved a pig with a respirator, and mentions civic campaigns promoting clean speech and living.
Arthur Smith, aviator, sues for divorce from Aimee Cour of Fort Wayne Ind claiming cruelty and misplaced affection after their aero plane elopement ended in a crash. Both were injured in Hillsdale Mich during the October flight.
Dozens of visitors from across the country arrive in Mobile for the Mardi Gras carnival. Names include A J Cunningham and S Moore of Hattiesburg Mississippi, Rex Allman of Gilbertown Alabama, W W Flagg of Chicago, C J Brinkman of Washington DC, D F Williams of Range Alabama, and many others. Hotels list a parade of guests from Detroit to New Orleans with states from Ohio to Florida.
Montgomery March 3 Special Candidates for Alabama principal offices to be chosen in the coming primary include Supreme Court seats with James A. Mitchell and John C. Anderson. Court of Appeals nominees. Public Service Commission candidates. State Game and Fish Commissioner contenders. delegates at large and alternate delegates. Congress districts nominees. and national committeemen and electors. The long list features many names across Birmingham, Anniston, Huntsville, Montgomery, and other locales.
Olga Dormer of Philadelphia won the Atlantic A A A 100 yard championship for women in 1 minute 71.5 seconds, breaking the previous mark by Frances Cowells by 71.5 seconds at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.
Pittsburgh March 3 Good roads as an aid to national preparedness were urged in resolutions adopted at the convention of the American Road Builders Association. Other resolutions urged state laws limiting weight dimensions and speed of heavy motor vehicles and a serial bond form with yearly principal payments instead of sinking fund accumulation.
About fifteen hundred female workers in the trimming department of the Stetson Hat Company were notified yesterday of a wage raise totaling around 1.25 dollars per week.
Dr J W of Blockton Alabama urges understanding headache causes to treat them properly. He recommends anti kamma tablets as a convenient remedy, taking one tablet every one to three hours for relief in severe cases and neuralgia. He notes these tablets are prompt in action and useful for regular sick headaches.
Daily astrology notes a lucky day with benefic alignments for business and finance. Women in finance and those in banks or law may gain. expect large opportunities for small capital and, in politics, possible graft scandals and shifts in appointments. Foreign affairs hint Britain and France face domestic strains. shipping risks loom early month. birthdates herald improved business years.
Forecasts claim favorable aspects for Mercury Uranus and Jupiter boost luck for writers editors and publishers with positive career implications and prudent timing noted.
Dowager Queen Elizabeth of Roumania died at 7 30 am on Thursday after illness from lung inflammation. Funeral planned for Saturday in Bucharest. King Ferdinand and Queen Marie visited the palace as ministers called.
In St Louis a national defense conference of mayors and delegates from major cities opened for a two day session on national defense preparedness. Mayor Martin Behrman of New Orleans was expected to speak today while Mayor James H Woodward of Atlanta and Mayor T L Kirkpatrick of Charlotte were listed among Saturday speakers.
A weather disturbance centered over North Carolina moves northeast with storm warnings from Jacksonville to New York. Much lower temperatures forecast tonight in Tennessee and the east gulf states and along the South Atlantic coast. Cold wave warnings cover North and South Carolina Georgia and parts of Florida with freezing temps promised for Alabama and Mississippi.
Washington March 3 Regulations requiring steamers to carry auxiliary boilers for deck winches were abolished by the U S board of supervising inspectors. Foreign ships under American registry since the European war had threatened to revert to foreign flags if the costly rule stayed in force.
The oracle predicts a busy year with a happy omen for home life. Employed individuals should proceed carefully. Children born now are likely clever and persevering, with boys rising quickly in business and girls marrying advantageously.
The Lyric Theatre ends its local engagement of Birth of a Nation with crowds sold out for the rest of the week. The Griffith spectacle has attracted packed houses twice daily and drawn multiple social circles, signaling lasting appeal. Tomorrow night marks its local closure and many seats still remain available for those who wish to see it.
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