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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1915

Page

2

Clearing House Fund Boosts Youth Poultry and Pork Raising

The Mobile Clearing House Association contributes five hundred dollars to aid Mobile county youth in starting poultry and pork projects. The fund will help rural and city applicants who show merit to begin farming ventures. The group previously funded two high bred bulls for cattle improvement and backs diversified farming efforts.

Mobile Clearing House Association Mobile County Chamber of Commerce Clearing House Association

Tubercular sanatorium suggestion for Mobile county

A reader from Creola proposes locating a tubercular sanatorium on school section land in Mobile county towns for patient housing and a health education program. He urges using pine lands on elevated sections and notes the sixteenth sections often yield little revenue for schools. The idea aims to bring care closer to the ill and give sufferers a chance to live with fresh air.

Mobile L. G. Powers Creola Spring Hill Powers Mobile County Drs. Inge McCall

Vice President Marshall Calls for Repeal of Unenforced Laws

The speech quotes Vice President Marshall asserting the country needs repeal of unnecessary laws. He adds a rejoinder praising the move, claiming this nation has too many needless statutes and enforcement gaps.

Marshall

Rotary Baby Day Ends With Prize Infant Presentation

The Maabie Rotary Club session led by President Harris featured L. D. Dix guiding a brief agenda. A live infant prize, Frederick G. Bromberg No. 2, awarded to Secretary Jack Ponder after a playful tally of members with babies, concluded the meeting with a warm gesture.

Maabie Bush Pillans H. W. Taylor Woodrow Wilson Wilson United States Rotary Club of Birmingham Alabama Mobile Rotary Rotary Club E. O. Fawlkes Reds Cincinnati William H. Armbrecht Blues Armbrecht Julius Hammel Dix Monk LeBlanc Bryant Fowlkes Jack” Ponder Inge Ponder Frederick G. Bromberg

Washington Letter on a Presence of Odd Dignitaries

In Washington a flood of so called bugs arrives with wild schemes to end the war and impress officials. A visitor with a device for lifting battleships uses air to raise loads explaining its vast military potential to a clerks, then moves on to the next official for attention.

Washington Samuel Jules Verne Daniels Frank Stockton Garrison Gsanctorum Blankhead Soenaieen

German claim of U S dum dum bullet shipments unsubstantiated

Washington reports army ordnance experts and the state department found no substantiation for a German embassy charge that dum dum bullets were being shipped from the United States to the allies. Photographs of wounds could not be caused by the submitted bullet specimens, officials said.

Washington United States Army Ordnance State Department Count Bernstorff

Sewanee Cadets Break Bounds and May Be Expelled

A Sewanee Military Academy incident reports thirty-eight students breaking bounds and visiting Sewanee village. Officiers corralled them, and faculty ordered expulsion while the truants petition to stay under conditions. The faculty plans to decide on the petition this afternoon.

Sewanee Nashville, Tenn Sewanee, Tenn Sewanee Military Academy Sewanee Village

From Headquarters and a Night of Films at the Empire

A dramatic tale of a betrayed employer lover and a daughter's crime unfolds in From Headquarters starring Earle Williams and Anita Stewart at the Empire Theatre. Also on the bill Ruth Stonehouse in The Fable of the Golumptious Girl and Pon ked comedies featuring Wailie Van Nita Frazer and Essanay's The Conflict with Richard C Travers Ruth Stonehouse Lillian Drew and more.

Rose Peters Stern Earle Williams Anita Stewart Empire Theatre Ruth Stonehouse Wailie van Nita Frazer Essanay Richard C. Travers Lillian Drew Dorothy Kelly George Cooper Victor Patel Slippery Slim Harry Todd Ben Turpin Laughatle

Arctic Explorers at Crown A Feature at Crown Theatre

Arctic Explorers on stage with films by Harry Whitney and Lucky Scott, shot during big game hunts in the Arctic. W. T. Swain, Perry North Pole veteran, lectures with the film, assisted by an Eskimo speaker. Eskimo dogs and sleds displayed. Admission five to ten cents until 5 pm, then ten cents. Also today a cryptual program with Her Buried Past and His Mysterious Neighbor.

Crown Theatre Harry Whitney Lucky Scott Arctic W. T. Swain Perry North Pole King

Weather Forecast And River Outlook

Shrippers forecast warns of 22 degrees for 36 hour shipments north and 34 degrees west with moderate temperatures east. Tombigbee and tributaries show little change in two days while Alabama also remains steady. A high barometer with cold air spans the central United States from Rockies to Appalachians, dropping Sheridan Wyoming to two below zero and cooling as far south as north Texas. Albert Ashenberger, Local Forecaster.

Alabama United States Rocky Allegheny Mountains Sheridan Wyo Texas Pacific Coast Albert Ashenberger

Railway connections for Meridian and major Alabama cities

Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railway lines extend to Calvert York and Intermediate Stations with direct links to Meridian Tuscaloosa Birmingham and East, expanding regional rail access. The notice highlights new connections among key cities and stations along the network.

Calvert York Meridian Tuscaloosa Birmingham East

Sanders Denies Lobbying In State Health Office Case

Dr. W H Sanders state health officer testified before a legislative investigative committee that he did not lobby for or against legislation despite sending letters to medical association members discussing proposed bills. He said the state paid for printing the letters and admitted inviting lawmakers to his office to discuss legislation. He named Senator Bonner and Representative Yarborough as having discussions, noting Yarborough later changed his stance on a matter involving Dr Oates. Len G Greer described the convict inspector’s duties and referenced a 1911 contract involving Sloss Sheffield, Governor ONeal, and James G Oakley.

Montgomery Ala W. H. Sanders Legislative Investigating State Medical Association Capitol Oates Len G. Greer Sloss-Sheffield O'Neal James G. Oakley

Villa extends moratorium across Mexico after study

El Paso March 26 General Villa completes study of a three month moratorium and orders its observance in territories under northern command and in states governed by Aguas Calientes convention leaders. The moratorium applies to most of Mexico except Vera Cruz Tlaxcala Campeche and Tabasco.

EL Paso Tex Villa Mexico Vera Cruz Tlaxcala Campeche Tabasco

War Halts Increase in Philippine Commerce

Improvement in Philippine foreign commerce in early 1914 halted by the war. The year's net trade shows imports fell by 4,724,133 while exports rose 916,678. Imports valued at 48,588,653 and exports at 48,689,634, with about half of both going to the United States. Great Britain ranked second in trade volume.

Washington Philippines Bureau of Insular Affairs United States Great Britain Islands

Nineteen Passengers to Arrive on Sabine

Mallory Steamship Line manager B F Dubois announced nineteen passengers will arrive on the liner Sabine Sunday morning in Mobile via Key West and Tampa. The names include Fred Woerner Mrs Fred Woerner H M Seidensticker R L George Leslie McHaigard wife L A Lennant and wife Charles Wimmanns T F Holman and wife F W Herrick and wife T H Wright Mrs H M Conklin G M Wilson Mrs C B Forbes Edgar Pope and Miss Lydia Pope.

B. F. DuBois Mallory Steamship Line Key West Tampa Fla Mobile Sabine Fred Woerner H. M. Seidensticker R. L. George Leslie McHaigard L. A. Lennant Charles Wimmanns T. F. Holman F. W. Herrick

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