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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1916
Page
4
Publication details show offices in New York Chicago and St Louis with a May 17 1916 dateline from Mobile Alabama. The fragment mentions Bell Home Society editors and a mobile office distribution.
Readers learn that F G Blair of Tuscaloosa and Gordon Crawford of Birmingham push port development and harbor actions. J C H Mobile member endorses definite projects, urging energetic, cooperative state actions while praising the President as non partisan and disinterested amid wartime global scrutiny.
Adjustment probable as leaders from both sides plan a conference with A. G. Ward county board president to settle differences over tick eradication. Doctor Ward hopes for a peaceful accord, arguing inspections will not harass cattlemen and that voluntary cooperation will raise stock value.
The State Harbor Commission asks the City Commission to publish the Ford Bacon & Davis harbor study. A printer estimates 250 for 1000 copies. taxpayers spent 8700 on the report. The engineers surveyed the harbor to guide future commerce and port facilities.
The piece analyzes President Wilson's Washington address and contrasts it with a speech from two years ago. It portrays the president as a thoughtful nonpartisan leader seeking to align his views with broad currents in Christendom.
The Vermont primary shows Justice Hughes defeating Roosevelt two to one, signaling strong GOP support for Hughes. Bosses in Chicago and the Bull Moose faction threaten a split, risking November defeat and implying Roosevelt may force the nomination and platform if he asserts control.
A speaker laments dandelions thriving despite countless failed efforts. Attempts with roses, tulips, begonias, figs, ferns, lilacs, and other plants have died while the yellow bloom persists, outlasting every former garden favorite.
The May 17, 1016 horoscope warns Uranus Saturn Mars Venus and the Sun in a threatening phase until after sunset. Neptune and Mercury bring benefic influence later. travel and electric power are cautioned. aviators and lawyers face risk. marriages and partnerships discouraged. mining stocks warned. editors may prosper. women face extreme conditions. South America seen as a potential gain for artists. birthday-born may face anxieties and travel failures. children may be high-strung but clever.
The question box explains celluloid composition as one part gum camphor and two parts pyroxylin. Camphor is dissolved in alcohol and applied to dry pyroxylin in layers to reach thickness, then rolled, pressed at 70 degrees for 24 hours, and cut into sheets with a 14 day dry. Coloring can be added early in manufacturing. It also notes Catholic boys may join the Boy Scouts with no religious restrictions.
Mrs South Wind rushes to clear debris while an oak tree grows steadily, a sunbeam dances, a violet blooms, and a passing idea of pushing, dancing, or standing still is debated. Mother Earth declares each must do their own work in spring. The tale ends with harmony as all find their proper roles.
The article advises two main methods for a baby's stomach ache. First, draw blood away from the stomach by hot baths and cooling to the skin, using a safe water temperature. Second, remove indigestible food with glycerine suppositories or a soap-suds enema, and if needed, castor oil to relieve symptoms.
A reader asks about a one and a half year old diet with potatoes and oats and whether starch worsens eczema. Advice promotes bread and milk with orange juice, fruit, and whole wheat salt, claiming skin improves as minerals rise. A separate tip prescribes a blanket sleeping suit to guard a sister with tuberculosis from cold.
Mobile pilots recall a black bear seen in the Gulf of Mexico near Ida Lowe. The bear was lassoed and hoisted aboard after an axe blow damaged the boat, then the creature suddenly revived and almost boarded the vessel as crews acted to fend it off.
Hawthorne’s semi mystical Masses from an Old Manse tale follows Old Mother Rigby as she crafts a scarecrow from junk with a splendid wardrobe. The figure gains a life of its own and questions its purpose amid New England folklore and witchy wit.
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