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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1915
Page
4
Public notice from WHE Mobile Item Co Inc publishing on Emanuel Street Modite page. The brief item appears as a local business publication entry with unclear surrounding details and dates.
A local auditor's report dated March 20 1915 from Mobile Alabama details financial findings and statewide fiscal oversight. The document notes budget accountability and public spending measures.
Stemingham plans to market a 0 cotton compress not for gins but to reduce old bales to manageable size. Each bale loads 144 to a foot car, with 1000 bales shipped from Mobile on the steamship Albanian last week. This marks the first cotton shipment using the Standard machine, enabled by the compact bale. J. K. Luce of Connecticut promoted the introduction of the Standard Cotton Compress Corporation equipment.
Governor Henderson proclaims the week beginning April 6 as Clean Up Week to promote health and beauty by removing filth and standing water. He urges residents to cooperate with health authorities, citing municipal laws against filth, cesspools, and mosquito breeding sites, and questions the need for an annual call.
The British Admiralty tests a new life preserver worn as a collar around the neck. The device stays on at all times within reach and can supply air through a valve mouthpiece within ten seconds in case of mishap at sea.
The figures show 270 million dollars in yearly wed matter and 513 million as a total tons, representing more than 00 cubic yards of rocks and surface.
The piece advocates a diversified farm model to improve family feeding and soil fertility. It suggests year round gardens, sorghum or Louisiana cane for syrup, brood sows, chickens, milk cows, small grains followed by legumes, cover crops, and reduced cotton acreage. It questions who General Peter Tracy is mentioned in Memphis papers.
The record notes that among Connecticut bound immigrants in 1914 were 71 Negroes 7 Chinese 3 Cubans 2 Japanese 4 Mexicans 4 Spaniards and 1 Spanish American.
Washington observers believe Constantinople holds 1,200,000 manuscripts plus vast gold and jewels buried in crypts of St Sophia. They expect Turkish safeguards may fade if Constantinople falls to Allied forces, prompting eager archaeologists to seek ancient relics and chronic history.
Civil service examinations at the Mobile customs house are scheduled with dates and posts including March 28 agriculturist March 27 inspector bureau of navigation April 7 laboratory aid in technical agriculture April 14 15 scientific assistant in entomology April 20 mine surgeon bureau of mines technologist in sugar beet investigations gas waste engineer bureau of mines April 28 29 assistant in plant introduction employee draftsman forest service pomological artist bureau of plant industry agriculturist inspector bureau of navigation.
Ruth Stonehouse stars in The God Nymph a two reel Bryant Washburn and Richard vers lead. On the Stroke of Twelve a three reel Edison feature with Gertrude McCoy and Richard Tucker. Charles Chaplin appears at the Empire in a two reel comedy The Champion. Monday offers a three reel Broadway Star feature The Radium Thieves with Leah Baird and Leo Delaney.
A full program at Crown Theatre features a two reel drama The Truth of Fiction with Ed Coxen and Winifred Greenwood in leading roles. Comedian Charles Murray stars in Patches to Plenty, followed by Mishaps of Marcella from Thanhouser. Manager King adds Keystone comedy reels Sunday due to patron requests.
Miss Billie Burke brings the Catherine Chisholm Cushing comedy Jerry to New York and Chicago audiences. She appears in riding breeches and pink amas in the same play at the Lyric Theatre for one night only on Saturday March 20. Seats on sale.
In Pea ka Kansas the house approved 82 to 8 a bill to publish monthly in a local paper the names of liquor consignees in each county. The measure amends the Mahin act requiring railroads and carriers to report consignments to county clerks amid constitutional objections.
In Boston on March 20 a pulmotor saved a newborn boy to Mrs. Thomas Di Tullio of 79 Union Street Quincy. Dr. Sidney C. Hartwick used emergency methods for an hour then radioed for the pulmotor. George Phillips and Patrick Milford delivered the apparatus. fifteen minutes restored spasmodic respiration and an hour later the baby breathed normally and cried.
Shippers should prepare for 24 degree protection during 36 hour northbound shipments and 82 degree exposure east and west. The Tombigbee river area shows little change over the next two days while Alabama forecasts vary with irregular drops near Montgomery and likely tonight and Sunday at Selma. A low pressure area moves east along the Atlantic with a high pressure system bringing winter conditions across the central United States. Snow has fallen across much of the east of the Mississippi with Meridian recording three inches. generally fair weather west of the Mississippi with freezing temps reaching toward San Antonio. Albert Ashenberg, Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau.
A Colgate, Maryland resident describes months of severe itching and sleepless nights from full body eczema. After trying sulphur remedies, she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and saw a week of relief, prompting her to urge others to try the products with a free trial offer.
Evergreen reports city crews under J C Jones have completed major street improvements with slag surfaced roads. A local crate factory expands hiring seventy five workers to meet rising orders from truck shipping season. Organ recital at Methodist Church benefits Women’s Missionary Society. A Boy Scouts benefit film is planned for March 22. A farmer from Garland wed his fiancée after eloping to Evergreen for a license. Sheriff Williams seeks two more bloodhounds for tracking convicts. existing hound trailed a fleeing offender in under ten hours.
Castleberry boys traveled to Brewton for a game against Institute and earned a win, with Brewton having edged them out in a prior meeting. About fifty fans joined the trip to support the team and hear them sing. Two cattle shipments to New Orleans and another car today bring this year’s total to three. Local farmers sell common stock to invest in better herds. A dipping vat will be set up soon to aid cattle tick and hog cholera prevention. Radishes ship daily and strawberry carloads start April 10.
Oakdale residents report recoveries and illnesses. Mrs. R L Ellis is out again after rheumatism. Mrs Hale returns home from a serious operation. Mrs Yosts mother Mrs Nick Renauld is seriously ill on Bayou street. Mrs Fred Mahler visited friends in the city. Mrs James Cassidy is seriously ill on Washington avenue. Grace Chapel will hold Sunday services. Mrs Carl Eisenrich is recovering after a serious illness. Alidor family mourns the loss of their wife and mother at the Bay avenue home Thursday night.
Brewton Alabama March 20 fire alarm echoed through crowds as firefighters tackled a small blaze at the Lovelace Lumber Company. The event drew local interest while no injuries were reported. A guessing contest at the Vaudette Theatre grows local excitement as residents prepare to photograph eyes for a screen display. Mr W G Martin of Martin Veneer Company returned from business trips to northern states Thursday afternoon.
New York march 20 owners of the Norwegian steamship Olav are held liable for breach of contract in a federal decree by judge Veeder. They warned the Dominion Coal Company that war concerns would prevent the vessel from a five year Canada Europe charter and noted neutral Norwegian law would bar forced carriage of contraband. The coal company sought 225000 dollars. damages to be set by costs of chartering a substitute vessel. The decision appears as an anticipatory decree in admiralty and is described as rare in U.S. legal history.
Bay Minette leaders form a six month central committee to draft by laws for a new civic organization and set April 8 as the next meeting. General Contractors Sullivan James Haggerty awarded the contract to O G Shollar to erect the power house on Hand avenue for electric lights and water works. Newport Turpentine and Rosin Co adds new vats. Sam Lee’s Powell Heights dwelling frame nearly finished. occupancy soon.
Charles Francis Adams publicist and historian died of pneumonia at his Lincoln Massachusetts home after a brief illness. He was born in 1835.
An advertisement asserts headaches stem from a sluggish liver and bowels. It recommends a 10 cent box of Cascarets to start cleansing the liver and bowels and end headaches.
A vintage drug ad claims a coated tongue signals constipation and promises immediate relief for children and adults with California Syrup of Figs. It stresses harmlessness, family use, and cautions against counterfeit versions while urging readers to buy the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company.
Workers at the Stock Yards and packing houses faced disruption after a March storm and a fire at Nineteenth and Wyoming Streets. Forty jitney cars offered rides, charging 10 to 25 cents and up to a dollar for uptown trips, prompting debate as Motor Age promotes high rates and opposes jitney regulation.
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