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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1914
Page
4
In the past two months several prominent community elders have died with Casimir Weinacker the latest, passing on Monday. The longtime residents known for their public engagement lived long lives beyond their prime years.
Dr. B B Sims of Talladega appoints a three Birmingham physician panel to investigate mental defectiveness in Alabama. They plan a report to the state legislature and seek funds for a separate state institution for defective brains, distinct from the Tuscaloosa insane hospital.
A correspondent signing as American asks what will be done about new straw hats for men this summer. He criticizes the foolish shapes and asks why sensible men will tolerate such fashions from hatters.
A note describes boxes with a sanitary insect barrier as a new containment idea for foods. The brief mentions similar products and hints at broader applications in food preservation.
The Birmingham Board of Commissioners issue a 1914 proclamation urging residents to shop locally and support Birmingham merchants. It cites economic growth goals, asks citizens to keep Birmingham dollars at home, and promotes a cooperative civic spirit to strengthen the city’s prosperity.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports seven years of tick fever campaigns freeing 198 802 square miles and cutting cattle losses. Progressive Alabama farmers invest in high grade bulls, producing 800 to 900 pound steers at two years and grade calves 450 to 600 pounds selling at 15 to 80 dollars. Experiments show profits from feeding and fattening calves at prices between 25 and 36 dollars.
The Portland Oregonian condemns book marking as a crime, categorizing offenders into three groups: pencil users, indelible pencil users, and ink markers. It asserts the act ruins others’ reading and weights harsher penalties on more permanent methods, while the New York Evening Post notes the arrogance of highlighting passages.
A lecturer discusses architecture during an evening class or talk. The speaker guides listeners through fundamental principles with a playful aside about building a dog house. The crowd includes an inquisitive audience and a judge interacting with the lecturer.
An overview of the Unionist split in Britain, naming key figures Bonar Law Lansdowne Balfor and the Cecils. It notes leadership tensions between tariff reformers and protectionists and discusses future prime minister possibilities amid Ulster and Ireland issues.
A Mobile Register critique accuses the Birmingham News of bias and bandwagon tactics. It defends its own editor as independent and principled while calling the Register domineering and unfair in Mobile, Alabama.
The Atlanta Journal predicts a banner harvest with wheat leads. Government May report puts winter wheat at 630 million bushels, up 107 million from 1913, with total crop near a billion bushels if spring wheat is strong. Agriculture overall looks highly auspicious as wealth from earth grows.
The Vera Cruz victims funeral at the Brooklyn Navy Yard is praised for highlighting American unity. Bernard Wilson notes that the nineteen fallen sailors became Americans first, regardless of origin, exemplifying liberty and opportunity in the United States.
Mr Moreton Frewen argues Parliament for England should sit at Oxford to benefit from the ancient seat of learning. He says the academic atmosphere would dampen Socialists and dissipate their crude economic theories, reducing the disruptive mood of democracy.
Checks totaling 650000 arrived in Pensacola for the first 40 percent dividend to depositors of the failed First National Bank. The funds, sent to receiver R W Goodhart, will be distributed as called for tomorrow after delays in Washington. Meanwhile city officials debated restoring full-time fire and police, while a federal grand jury convened to probe the bank failure.
Governor O Neale orders a June 29 special primary and election to fill the unexpired term of Congressman Henry D Clayton who became federal judge. Three candidates Frazer Evans and Stagg debate the long term seat while Speight heads the short term bid. Mulkey considered but not running.
Special to The Item from Montgomery reports politics disrupted Alabama's supreme court and court of appeals. Fewer case submissions and a lighter docket are noted, with lawyers delaying filings for campaigns and next fall expected to be heavier. The seventh division counties will submit next week, then adjourn for summer on June 30.
Fire at lumber yards on the flats in Cleveland caused about 1 million dollars in damage. The Fisher & Wilson Lumber Company and Martin Barris Lumber Company yards were destroyed and the central viaduct linked the south and east sides was damaged. A west wind spread embers as a nearby circus performed with little concern from spectators.
A large alligator killed after a fierce marsh fight in a Southern state lies in repose while a young adventurer, son of a prominent Southerner, poses on its back for a staged scene.
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