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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1915

Page

4

Financial Situation Amid German Note Impasse

The financial and commercial outlook remains unsettled due to Germany note dispatches and awaiting a reply. Wall Street holds firm on hopes of limited war impact, with optimism in agriculture and cotton sectors, reduced railway idle cars, and improving woolens driven by wartime demand. If Germany answers satisfactorily, conditions may quicken, aided by rising bank clearings and export strength.

Germany United States Wall Street Europe Lusitania Agricultural Department James W. Gerard Washington America Berlin James W. Gerard

Portugal in Turmoil as Republic Faces Revolt

A Portuguese republican government faces internal revolt with uprisings in major cities. Bloodshed and chaos spread as the navy participates, while the infant republic leader remains in hiding amid political turmoil and unclear loyalties.

Portugal Republc i

Mystery hotel bias mystery near New York guest list

A Carlsbad report notes a visitor receiving unusual attention from hotel management after a short stay. Guests could not explain the cause until a register or guest list revealed the name James J. Sintenne of New York and a listed address.

Carlsbad Tong Burgast James J. Sintenne N. Y

Hannis Taylor and The Lusitania Horror

Mobile analyst Hannis Taylor, renowned for international law, weighs in on the Lusitania tragedy. He argues no prize should be destroyed without ensuring the safety of all aboard and likens his stance to humane law and Wilsons Safety First policy.

Hannis Taylor Washington Taylor Germany Mr. Taylor Semmes Wilson Mobile

Marie Henri Explains Potlicker In Satirical Defense

Marie Henri Watterson defends potlicker as a Southern nourishment and cultural icon. He traces a cross‑country quarrel sparked by a New York Herald query and defines potlicker as meat boiled in water with hog fowl greens and wood smoke flavor.

United States New York Herald South New Yorker Marie Henri Watterson Louisville

Lampasas Arrives in Harbor as Bahamas Trade Moves

The American steamship Lampasas of Mallory Line docks at Pier 4 after a brief delay bringing passengers from New York and Florida plus a large freight. Officials report it will depart Tuesday around noon for next schedule. The Honduran steamer Bodo arrived in quarantine and will discharge at Louisville and Nashville docks by dusk, while the Kennebec undergoes rapid repairs and the Aline heads to Pensacola to load for Cuba.

Lampasas Mallory Steamship Company Plier 4 New York Key West Ampa Fla Bodo Chamelecon Steamship Company Louisville and Nashville Thebe Orr-Laubenheimer Pier 1 Belize Kennebec Ollinger-Bruce Dry Pensacola St. Andrews Aline Mobile Fortuna Mount Desert Maine New York Maritime Exchange La&t

Help Keep League Ball in This City

A mass meeting for the Mobile Baseball Association promotes keeping Southern League baseball in Mobile. The open meeting at 7 30 tonight in the Cawthon Hotel Rotary room calls for fans to attend and support finances. Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce members will canvass Mobile Wednesday to Friday to sell $10 ticket books to cover expenses and retain Mobile's franchise.

Mobile Baseball Association Mobile Rotary Cawthon Hotel The Baseball Association Ball Park Gulls Rotary Club Chamber of Commerce Southern Association of Baseball Clubs

Their Married Life in a Busy Bridge Club Day

Helen prepares to host a bridge party with four tables in her stylish apartment. Nora aids with cake and cream while Warren, away with a cold, sends flowers from Lieutenant Bardsley Roberts, stirring tension about his attendance and the day’s simple refreshments.

International News Service Helen Nora Winifred Bridge Club Panama Mrs. Dalton Warren Bardsley Roberts

Flowers Arrive Fortuitously Stirring Look of Wonder

Helen welcomes guests to a home afternoon as a mysterious bouquet arrives. Her mother and Mrs. Stevens marvel at the flowers, joking about a hidden admirer while Helen stays coy about their source. The scene ends with Helen preparing for more visitors.

Warren Colon Helen Nora Mrs. Wallace Mrs. Stevens

The Lusitania in Pictures and Broadway Star Features

The Empire Theatre offers The Lusitania images showing the doomed voyage and notable American deaths aboard the torpedoed liner. Broadway Star presents The Breath of Arabs with Helen Gardner in a leading role. Tomorrow features The Diamond From the Sky Part II with Lottie Pickford Irving Cummings and Helen Holmes in Hazards of Helen episodes.

Empire Theatre Lusitania Helen Gardner Lottie Pickford Irving Cummings Helen Holmes Helen

Crown Theatre lineup features Embers drama and Fair Beauty

The Crown presents The Spark From the Embers two part drama with Elizabeth Burbridge and Frank Bozarge. The Face Must Fair Beauty comedy stars Virginia Kirtley and Joseph Harris. The Baby features Violet Radcliff. Kreutzer Sonata is set for tomorrow with Nance O Neil Theda Bara and William E Shay. A Keystone comedy is billed.

Elizabeth Burbridge Frank Bozarge Crown Theatre Virginia Kirtley Joseph Harris Reliance Grama Violet Radcliff Kreutzer the Crown Nance O'Neil Theda Bara William, E. Shay

French trench paper notes British fear of blockade towing

A telegram in a French trench newspaper reports England, terrified by the German blockade, has been towed away by tugs to an unknown destination. A telegram signed Von Tirpitz adds we are following in pursuit.

Flanders England von Tirpitz

Slim Jim and the Force Readers in 1915 Item

A reader letters page praises Slim Jim from the Mobile Item funny page. Writers from Lucie Leflore and Ocean Springs mississippi recount his clever escapes, wit, and perpetual evasion of police pursuit.

Jim Grassville Slim Jim Lucie Y Leflore South Warren Street City West Butler Ala the Force Slim Jesse James Hardin

Ma and Alma Jessie Baumhauer in the Polly Page

The letter urges Alma Jessie Baumhaur of 750 Conti Street Mobile Alabama to join the Polly Page of matrimony. It notes Ma enjoys fashions and hints at secret romantic interests while acknowledging readers of the page both seeking and not seeking marriage.

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