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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1916
Page
4
The fragmented text presents an editorial and news item from a mobile edition. It mentions local concerns and brief notes on community events, but lacks clear details or identifiable names, dates, or places for precise summary. The readable parts suggest a general civic focus without concrete outcomes.
The Mobile County Road and Revenue Commission acts promptly to eliminate cattle ticks, urging communities to apply for vat-building assistance. Fifteen inspectors will be appointed, vats placed within four miles, and cooperation aimed at banishing the tick within 1916 with 1917 bringing prosperity through tick-free cattle industry.
Alabama Bird Day Book 1916 issued by Department of Game and Fish with John H. Wallace Jr as commissioner. It features instructive notes on song birds and rich color illustrations and includes a school program. Supt. Feagin commends the edition and designates May 5 as Bird Day for public schools.
The London Observer in late February forecast a turning point in the European war within four months and asserted that complete victory would be in Allied hands this year if governments are competent. It also noted prior criticisms of Far East leadership, suggesting a shift in its view of current leaders.
The London Chronicle notes a war hit minor trade in orange blossoms, but Mobile and Baldwin counties show hundreds of thousands of citrus trees blooming. The air fills with fragrant flowers as Satsuma grapefruit and kumquat trees come into bloom, inviting visitors to enjoy an afternoon amid full bloom.
The Huntsville Times extols North Alabama counties for diversification with Mobile county following closely. The piece notes Satsuma orange fields boosting Mobile and predicts Mobile will not outpace the rest of the state. It urges visitors after the Democratic convention to view local farming progress and asserts no envy toward northern counties.
The piece notes many signers of a scurrilous attack on United States Senator Oscar W. Underwood say they did not read or know the petition’s contents. It argues an energetic person could use signatures to target Mobile’s prominent, law abiding citizens.
Miss Helen Keller, born deaf and blind, visits Mobile to deliver a message to the world. As a college student she wrote The Story of My Life which has been translated into fifteen languages and read worldwide.
The Anniston Star touts local beauties in a publicity stunt for Iliteracy Day noting they can sell sun dials in Pittsburgh or ice at the North Pole. It praises Alabama speakers and hints at other capable women beyond Calhoun's capital city.
The daily horoscope warns of a turbulent day with Mars Venus Uranus and Saturn influencing moods and events. Public matters and credit risks loom with potential fraud and labor tensions while political controversies and bold deeds by a Canadian hero are hinted at before summer.
A large party of visitors from across the Midwest and East Coast, including A. Jay Miller and L. J. Hunter of Bellefontaine Ohio and Mrs. Lew Smith of Detroit Michigan, arrive in Mobile for the Rosenfield-Rosenbaum nuptials while others, such as J. W. Munn of Bay Minette and Rev. Father J. H. Maloney of Boston, tour the city. Local residents D. W. Bunkey from Lincoln Nebraska and J. J. Rotchford from St. Louis also attend, with numerous guests listed at the Battle House Hotel.
A wife-borne monologue reveals evolving feelings for Dick and Eleanor Fairlow. She notes shifting labels and honest remorse as Jim and Dick cheer her, while the past seethes with longing, guilt, and the ache of uncertain future in a continuing diary entry.
A long reader notices list names and locations including Thomasville Alabama Dallas Texas Iron River Michigan New Orleans Louisiana Evanston Indiana New York Chicago San Antonio and many other cities. Names include Stimpson Mayer Byers Reed Doolittle Hamilton Barnes Crooks Higher Sheets Lowny Reynolds Lar sen Fisch Sillars Smith Simison Amy Williams Moore Hoff Mathis Williams Sanderson Craft Willson Ashe Wells Neely Savage John Charles Evans Howard Morrison Pace Brown Roper Schrantz Robinson and others across Alabama Florida Illinois Tennessee Kentucky Mississippi Oklahoma and beyond.
Dozens of prairie fires burn across western Kansas as extreme heat and high winds dry vegetation. One blaze moved from Scott through Lane counties toward Utica, with Modoc fire burning seven houses. Dodge City kept a fire guard overnight as volunteers plowed firebreaks and ferried water to contain the blazes.
A major Camilla Georgia warehouse of the Camilla Grocery Company burned yesterday causing about 160000 dollars in damage. The building and its contents were partly insured and the fire’s cause is not yet known. Also reported were three divorce actions filed in chancery court: Laura Davis seeks divorce from Norman Davis on abandonment grounds. Mary E B Crabtree seeks divorce from Ewill Gaines Crabtree with custody of six children. Charles G Hoiles seeks divorce from Grace Beggs Hoiles on abandonment grounds.
An old illustrated ad touts Allen's Foot Base antic powder to be shaken into the shoe for use in a foot bath It promises relief from chilblains frost bites and painful smarting feet.
A Missouri question discusses whether a wife has a share when both spouses die without natural heirs. A widow’s dower is one half if children exist, but here there were none and the clause about legacies passing to legal heirs could let the next of kin claim a share. Other items confirm ague root is Aletris farinosa known as ague grass and obtainable at drug stores. Additional Qs cover premiums on historical coins and whisky ads in Alabama newspapers.
Mrs Templeton remains confined to bed at her sister’s Oakdale home. Ernestine Sowell of Brewton and Mrs Jack Worthington with children visited relatives here on Tuesday.
Cole Younger, once an infamous outlaw, died at his Lees Summit home after a long illness. The 72 year old, who had become a devout churchgoer and peaceful citizen in recent years, passed away last night. he was unmarried.
An advertisement promotes Brownstone hair tint as safe and easy to use with no mixing. It covers shades from golden to deep brown, touts no lead or harmful chemicals, and claims long lasting, non washing color. Available in two sizes and colors with 25c bottles and a sample offer by mail from Covington Kentucky and Mobile distributors.
The Tubantia sinking puzzles the Dutch government as divers inspect evidence and brass fragments from lifeboats are reported. Dutch papers doubt Germany's denial of responsibility, noting slow German inquiries after prior submarine attacks.
H Strouse fined 50 dollars and costs by Judge Chamberlain in the inferior criminal court for violating the prohibition law with bond set at 150 dollars on appeal. Ida Hillard, a negro woman, fined 50 dollars and costs and jailed thirty days. Henry Odom dismissed. In the city court D M McLaurin acquitted of violation, Anthony Wilson continued, Antonio Balladares on trial.
E. Q. Norton of the Home Garden Association of Mobile places seven unemployed residents to work on plots for the rest of the year. Several gardeners from last year kept their holdings and report fine vegetable crops thriving.
An advertisement touts Pinex as a concentrated guaiacol remedy for throat membranes and persistent coughs. It claims quick healing, notes a money back guarantee, and urges readers to ask their druggist for Pinex with a promise of prompt relief.
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