Appropriation Urged to Support Mobile Medical College
A Mobile meeting with acting dean Dr. T H Frazer and Sister Regina calls for substantial state funding to the University of Alabama School of Medicine. Legislators from Mobile County plan to visit the college to inspect, discuss improvements, and respond to state needs for the institution.
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School of Medicine
University of Alabama
Mobile Medical College
Mobile
T. H. Frazer
Regina
City Hospital
Alabama
Mobile County
Oversight in Credit for Reproduced Editorials
The Jackson News recently re produced editorials from The Mobile Item word for word in two instances. The Item notes it was likely an oversight and does not accuse the News of intentional piracy and will say nothing further on the matter.
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Jackson
Miss
Hardware Men Come to Mobile for Annual Convention
Alabama hardware dealers gather in Mobile for their annual convention. The representative business body plans mutual benefits and a welcoming stay in the Gulf City, with local dealers and officials arranging hospitality for visiting members.
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Alabama
Mobile
Gulf City
Citrus Exchange to Aid Gulf Coast Citrus Growers
On Thursday two meetings in Mobile will discuss a Citrus Exchange to handle orchard products. The goal is to improve cooperation and increase profit for citrus growers across Mobile and neighboring counties along the Gulf Coast.
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Mobile
Gulf Coast
Campaign lean in Mobile County shifts in light of tides
Fragmentary text recounts a political shift in Mobile County with focus on campaign support. Names and specifics are unreadable, but the likely theme is an organized effort to bolster a candidate or ticket amid ongoing local political activity.
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Mobile
Harding Bank Plan Is Safe for Alabama
The piece argues the Harding bank plan benefits farmers in Alabama and Mobile, noting a Northern magazine The Saturday Evening Post endorses the plan with minor objections. It compares Missouri and Alabama, asserting state guarantees and bonds would fund rural loans, roads, and schools while offering solid returns to investors and aiding the state’s economy.
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United Effort
Alabama
Mobile
Saturday Evening Post
W. P. G. Harding
Ha Ae Ee
Soren
Missouri
Post
Harding
Seeberg Steamship Adds Vessel To Mobile Fleet
The Seeberg Steamship Company is congratulated for adding another vessel to its fleet for regular sailings from Mobile. It has quickly become a prominent factor in maritime business and local business people are giving it strong support.
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Seeberg Steamship Company
Mobile
Oakdale society notes mix travel and health updates
Mr Henry Carsten returned Monday from a business trip to New Orleans. Charles Edward Morris had a successful adenoid operation Monday. Miss Leontine Bolton visited Miss Julia Seabury. Mrs Wallace was guest of Mrs J Hester Sunday. Mr Figuerera returned home on Baltimore Street from Mexico on extended business. Hamlin Gaines recovering from appendicitis. Mrs William Allen visited her mother in law on Steen Street Sunday. Mr and Mrs, Miss for Chicago, their here they gained.
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Henry. Carsten
New Orleans
Charles Edward Morris
Leontine Bolton
Julia
Seabury Inday
Wallace
J. Hester
Figuerera
Baltimore Street
Mexico
Hamlin Gaines
William Allen
Steen
Der
Chicago
Readers pick favorite characters from The Mobile Item funny page
A batch of readers from Alabama submit their reasons for liking various figures in The Mobile Item’s funny page from April 1915. Complaints about pursed schemes, catchable criminals, and Polly’s iron rule highlight the era’s humor and editorial voice.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Item
Robert Horgan
Reed Avenue
Prichard
Funny Page
The
Polly
Sinclair B. McCoy, JR
Dexter Avenue
Fishermen oppose Mobile fish law as threat to industry
In a letter to The Item, Roahis & Oyspermen's Shral Alabama Association voices strong opposition to a proposed Alabama fish bill. They argue the measure would nearly halt fishing in state waters, hurt hundreds of families, and ruin Mobile’s fish industry, urging the Chamber of Commerce to seek balanced protections for fishermen and the broader community.
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Alabama
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Aes
Independence Day Celebrated by Local Norwegians
About two hundred Norwegian seamen and residents in Mobile attended an open Independence Day celebration at the Norwegian Seamen's Mission Monday evening. Rev. Andrean Kielland led services and delivered an address on maintaining independence. Refreshments, talks, and musical numbers followed with participants including Amy Miss Jose Peterson, Mrs. Kielland, Miss Louise Portes and others.
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Mobile
Andrean Kielland
Kielland
Miss Louise Portes
Wilson Notes To Kaiser Demand Neutral Rights
Washington May 18 The note lists six main points of U.S. position on German acts in the war zone. It condemns the sinking of Lusitania and attacks on neutral ships, warns Germany to cease practices, and asserts neutral travel rights and demand for non-combatant protection.
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Wilson
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United States
Ger
British Isles
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McC
Thresher
Cushing
Gulflight
High Seas
Wilsons Navy Speech Frames U S Mission to Humanity
President Wilson in New York lauds the navy as engines to promote humanity. He praises Secretary of the Navy and warns the fleet embodies Americas character and moral force rather than aggression.
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New York
Wilson
Fletcher
United States
America
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
The
Important Meet Urged for Gulf Coast Citrus Growers
George L. Kilmer, temporary secretary of the Gulf Coast Citrus Exchange, urges Mobile and nearby county growers to attend a Thursday meeting in Mobile to perfect the organization. Mobile County will have one representative in the exchange management, with each citrus county contributing representatives. Community organizations are urged to attend with a fee balance.
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George L. Kilmer
Gulf Coast Citrus Exchange
Mobile
Mobile County
Confederate Flags to Aid Indigent Veterans Reunion Effort
Confederate flags will be offered for a worthy cause to fund meals lodging and other accommodations for indigent veterans attending the Richmond reunion. Five thousand miniature flags have been secured for Thursday as a Day of service with Mrs Rhett Goode and Miss Mabel Hartwell leading committees and Charles Hervey coordinating men’s volunteers at the Cawthon room following a meeting yesterday afternoon.
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Richmond
Rhett Goode
Mabel Hartwell
Charles B. Hervey
Cawthon
Witnesses Summoned in Merriweather Robbery Case
In the Merriweather robbery case, fifteen witnesses are summoned. William Merriweather confessed to stealing 6000 dollars from the Southern Express Company safe. Named witnesses include James O Rourke night clerk Edward Untrevner fight money clerk H C Burr and T A Williams.
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William Merriweather
Southern Express Company
James O'Rourke
Edward Untrevner
H. C. Burr
T. A. Williams
Merriweather
Mobile Lawmakers Face Strenuous Afternoon Agenda
Mobile county delegation schedules a busy day with a 2 p m stock law hearing for Mobile county a 4 p m discussion on building sea walls along the west Mobile Bay and a 5 30 p m hearing on the proposed law for brokers and commission men all in the Chamber of Commerce.
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Mobile County
Mobile Bay
Chamber of Commerce
Cobb Files Exhibits in Spite of Protests
R. G. Cobb of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce submits traffic tariffs 2229 and 2230 to the Railroad Commission. The case, filed April 4, concerns numerous modifications and resistances amid protests from Louisville and Nashville interests.
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Cobb Files
W. A
Louisville and Nashville
R. G. Cobb
Mobiles Chamber of Cammerce
Railroad Commission
Amusements at Crown and Empire Theatres
The Crown Theatre screens Kreutzer Sonata and Count Tolstoi adaptation with Nance O Neill Theda Bara and William E Shay plus a Keystone comedy and Kay Bee drama The Kite and A Scientific Mother Fay Tincher. The Empire shows The Diamond From the Sky Hazards of Helen Eagles Nest with ten cent adult five cent child admission and V S E feature schedule.
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Howard Hickman
Mignon Anderson
Fay Tincher
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Irving Cummings
William Russell
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Mr. Arden
Roamine Fielding
Lubin
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