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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1915

Page

3

Hartwell Rifles Capture the City in Confederate Themed Event

The Hartwell Rifles stage a staged Civil War era capture in a formal ceremony at the Cawthon Hotel. Officers and a company of dancers in white dress participate, with a chaperone chairman coordinating the day’s activities plus a concert and benefit excursion planned at Bienville Square.

Charles Hervey Cawthon Hotel Charles A. Allen Grand Army Chicago Magnolia Springs Baggar Coast Guard Winona Jones Maddox H.L. McMeans John A. Mahon Marie Clayton Mahon Mabel Hartwell Mabel Hartwell Rifles Hartwell J. Buck Moonrise First Infantry Bienville Square

Barton Graduate Joins Typhus Fight in Serbia

George H. Hazlehurst, son of Mobile’s former city engineer, has accepted service as a sanitary engineer under Professor Strong at Harvard and will spend five months in Serbia combating typhus. He sailed last Saturday aboard the Athena bound for Greece.

George H. Hazlehurst Mobile Strong Harvard Serbia Hazlehurst Athena Greece

Arm and War Debate Highlights League of Peace Talk

Gen Wood urges stronger national defenses while warning against deluding themselves about safety. Angell counters that armament cannot solve peace, and Straus links war to shifting moral standards as Holt and Clark discuss a league of peace.

Angell Straus Oscar S. Straus New York Turkey Hamilton Holt the Independent John B. Clark Columbia University League of Peace

Learn our trade mark and how Coca Cola is spelled

An advertising directive requests readers to learn Coca Cola’s trademark and spelling and to demand genuine bottled Coca Cola, ensuring they receive it. The note emphasizes brand accuracy and authentic product delivery.

Tonight's Bedtime Story

A brief syndicated feature by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate presents a gentle bedtime tale aimed at children. The piece sketches a calm narrative likely suitable for evening reading and family listening.

McClure Newspaper

Uncle Wiggily and the Mud Pie Mystery

Nurse Jane loses a diamond ring and Uncle Wiggily suspects Jimmie Caw Caw. The crow drops the ring while hiding it, and in a mud pie search with Susie Littletail, the ring is recovered. Jimmie vows not to take shining things again and all enjoy mud pies.

Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy Uncle Wiggily Longears Hollow Stump King Uncle Wiggily Nurse Jane Uncle Wigginly Jimmie Jane Grandfather Goosey Crow Boy Uncle Susie Littletail Wiggily Susie Rabbit Gentleman

Opening of 15 day meeting at Belmont Park meets and more

A schedule lists the opening of racing at Belmont Park and several intercollegiate and interscholastic track events across the country. Also noted are trap shooting, rowing regattas, golf and yacht events, and various regional athletic meets in Cambridge, Baltimore, Denver, Philadelphia, and other cities.

Westchester Racing Belmont Park Interstate Baseball League Camden Shooting Association Camden N. J Bud German Red Carpenter Oshkosh Wis Cy Smith Jack Redmond New England Cambridge Mass University of Michigan South Dakota Brookings Ohio Columbus Maryland Baltimore Ontario Jockey Club Toronto American Rowing Association Philadelphia Harvard-Cornell Ithica N. Y Douglas Park Louisville North Randall Track Cleveland Bryn Mawr Polo Club Bryn Mawr Devon Dog Show Association Devon Rocky Mountain Denver San Francisco Yale University Minnesota Lansing Mich Lafayette Rutgers Easton Carlton College

Italy Demands Austrian Cession and Albanian Sovereignty

Rome reports Sonnino presenting Italy’s minimum terms to Austria including cession of Trent and eastern Friuli, Trieste and Istria, Curzola to Meleda islands, and Italian sovereignty over Avlona with Albania abandoned by Austria.

Rome Paris Austria Italy Sonnino Nce of Trent Grol Kingdom of Italy Friuel Malborgeth Piezzo Tolmino Gradisca Goritz Monfalcone Comen Nabresina Trieste Capo d Priano Istria Curzola Lissa Lesina Lagosta Cazza Meleda Lower Dalmatia Albania Avlona

Italian Chief of Staff Cadorna Arrives at Vicenza

Lieutenant General Count Cadorna with his staff has landed at Vicenza near the Austrian frontier, traveling from Paris to reinforce the Italian military command. The move signals heightened coordination on the Austro Italian front.

Frontier Paris Count Cadorna Vicenza

Italian Frontier Report From May Frontline Dispatch

May 20 dispatch reports Udine Belluno Verona and Brescia under military control. Trains carry field guns troops horses ammunition and provisions. peasants shelter officers. Italy boasts a rapid fire machine gun and new siege gun carriages. Venice Florence Rome and Naples wary of Austrian reach and air threats.

Paris Udine Belluno Verona Brescia Italy Austria Venice Florence Rome Naples

Seventeen German Submarines Lost in Month Report

The report notes seventeen German submarines lost in the month amid Mediterranean operations near Krithia and Chibaba. It also covers Allied bombardments, Russian and Austro German movements, Kilid Bahr occupation, and Italian parliamentary war deliberations.

Gulf City Guards to Honor Dead With Grand Army Salute

Company E of the Alabama National Guard plans a graveside salute at the national cemetery for Decoration Day. Mobile Post No. 1 of the Grand Army of the Republic invited attendance, and the guards will invite regimental officers to join in the exercises. Camp Raphael Semmes of the United Confederate Veterans also plans to participate.

Gulf City Guards Alabama National Guard National Cemetery Mobile Post No. 1 Grand Army of the Republic EB. J. Grove F. Maddox

Vinol Praised as Strengthening Tonic by Elderly Greenville Woman

In Greenville South Carolina Mrs M A Hutchin claims Vinol from Van Antwerp’s Drug Corp and leading drug stores cured her nervousness and restored strength at age 81. She says the cod liver and iron tonic is delicious and oil free and guarantees help for run down and chronic coughs and colds.

Greenville S. C M. A. Hutchinvindl Van

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