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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1915
Page
4
The Mobile Item lists its offices at 16-18 St Emanuel Street in Mobile Alabama dated March 6 1915. The item notes circulation figures with Associated Press coverage and International News Service involvement.
The Birmingham Board of Trade urged the city to set Tuesday March 16 as Clean Up day citing fire losses and insurance savings. The Item questions motives citing public health over finances and asks why not enforce existing laws and make cleanup constant rather than a single day.
In Montgomery County a crop diversification push matches local effort with a loan fund. The Montgomery Rotary Club donated 500 dollars plus similar support from Fourth National Bank to fund loans for industrious boys to raise hogs. Loans hinge on collateral and good character, enabling purchase of a high quality pig and subsequent effort to complete the project.
Reports from Gadsden highlight resumed production as Gulf States Steel prepares a new open hearth furnace. The plant specializes in wire nails and fencing materials and will boost regional jobs. Other northeast Alabama industries including ore mines at Attalla and local fertilizer and press companies are operating at full capacity.
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce led a Crop Diversification campaign across many meeting places despite heavy rain. Local and visiting participants planted seeds of progress to encourage home growth and spending locally, aiming to curb outflow of dollars and boost financial success for the entire community.
A historical chart demonstrates the value of rotating dairy or stock farms. Judge A E Chamberlain uses the chart to illustrate how rotating crops and livestock may affect productivity and land value over time.
Dr Hinds and Judge Chamberlain address crowds in Mobile county urging winter spraying for citrus pests and general pest management. They advocate diversified farming, humus building with livestock and legumes, and cooperative canneries to add value and stability.
The city hosts a stream of visitors from across Alabama and nearby states. Col H R Shorter and T Long of Eufaula are in Mobile several days staying at the Battle House. Officers, business leaders, and families from Meridian, Pensacola, Birmingham, Montgomery, and Chicago register at Battle House, Cawthon, Edgar R. duMont, Bienville, and St Andrew hotels. Various professionals and tourists arrive and depart, with some transfers among hotel staff noted.
A Chicago banking firm announced it would receive subscriptions for the German imperial government five per cent loan of 300,000,000 dollars. A German circular invites Germans in America to show sympathy for the Fatherland. This marks the first public war loan offering here by a belligerent.
Washington notes anticipate the final grand parade of the Grand Army of the Republic in September next year led by Col. David J. Palmer. Veterans from across the nation are urged to gather in Washington for a last ceremonial review and reunion as memorial pageantry echoes Civil War history.
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