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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1915
Page
2
At the Gulf Coast Ex finale the Colored people of Mobile and Baldwin counties praised fair management and educational leaders. They pledged cooperation for a bigger exhibit next year and offered time and funds for building a facility for their displays.
At the Gulf Coast Exposition closing day in Mobile the Negro Day showcased advancing education and home making. Mobile and Baldwin counties led in school displays with projects from Monroeville and Daphne, led by coordinators Mike Houston and R. A. Davis. Prizes covered canning, candy, bread, basketry, and handiwork, with standout exhibits from the Whistler and Owens schools and the Plateau Institute.
The article reports Italian forces claiming gains along the Carlo and Ilonzo fronts amid a broader war update. Austrian losses acknowledged include 20 Serbian officers and about 6,600 men captured, with observers noting possible civilian prisoners among them. Petrograd says German troops are moved to Serbia, signaling a window for Russian offensives. A Bucharest dispatch notes Romanian opposition pressing to topple the Bratiano cabinet for a pro Allied government, while Romania reportedly would enter the war only after Allied landings reach half a million men.
Berlin announced Usites in north western Serbia has fallen to German forces. Turco troops aiding Bulgarians confirmed near Dedeng hatch Bulgaria, with official confirmation from Saloniki.
Thomas S McMahon is shot by Edward Roche after a confrontation on Royal Street. Witness Samuel Browning describes Roche firing three times as McMahon advanced from a poolroom doorway. Roche, detained and later seeking counsel, faced ongoing rumors of prior altercations and beer hidden at Roche’s residence.
A blend of weather notes and light local humor outlines California rains and coastal temper, with remarks on the Pacific coast climate and a Memphis frost. A humorous anecdote follows about four women planning secret picnic baskets for a fair crowd, each basket containing eggs Swiss cheese sandwiches and olives.
Three railroad workers were killed in a rear end freight train collision on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway at Keswick near Charlottesville last midnight. The dead are engineer J. A. Vass and fireman Robert H. Jarmaon, both of Charlottesville, and brakeman G. E. Williams of Louisa County.
Meridian Mississippi police received a Wednesday letter from Chief Blud asking them to locate Jack Calloway a white 17 year old five feet six inches tall who disappeared from Meridian last Sunday and is believed to be in this city
Testimony portrays Roche shooting McMahon after verbal storms on Tuesday night outside Roche’s place. Eyewitnesses say McMahon cursed Roche and called him a thief, Roche then went upstairs and returned to fire three shots. Funeral planned for Thursday at 1 30 PM from the Bay avenue home in Oakdale.
Early counts show the suffrage amendment trailing by about fifty to sixty thousand votes with some counties outside Philadelphia voting for it while others cut the lead. Suffragists vow to press on and plan a jubilee meeting with leaders Dr. Anna Stoward Shaw and Mrs. Frank Roessing among speakers.
Demonstrations and displays of Vitalitas, the earth product, are held in many large cities. Houston laboratories, the only source where Vitalitas is extracted, rush to meet demand. The product is claimed to banish disease where other remedies fail, restore vitality, and aid stomach, liver, kidney, and blood ailments. Sold by Sutton's drug store and all druggists.
Rev Frank W Williams led a faction against his former church flock in a Tuesday night intrusion. Deacons and elders confronted him in Recorder Edington's court the next morning. Williams was fined 10 dollars plus costs for disrupting church property. Nearby, Luella Gaines resisted river traffic and was fined for obstructing navigation at the city dock. Additional minor cases and court time shifts were noted.
A woman commentator praises the statewide vote, saying the men and women of Pennsylvania affirmed the ideals of womanhood and supported anti-suffragists, stressing the emphatic nature of the outcome and removal of doubt about public sentiment.
The Republican party gained control of Massachusetts state government as Samuel W. McCall defeated Democrat David T. Walsh by 6,606 votes. The GOP won additional legislative seats, a women’s suffrage amendment failed by 132,083 votes, and constitutional amendments on taxation rates were likely adopted.
The article notes state acquisition of land for homesteading and observes the Progressive vote dwindling to a level that strips the party of legal standing.
Trenton N J Nov 3 Both houses of the 1916 New Jersey legislature will be Republican. Republicans will hold a majority on joint ballot and in February they will elect a Republican to succeed Democratic State Chairman Edward T Grosscup as state treasurer.
Baltimore readers learned Emerson C. Harrington, the Democratic candidate, won the Maryland governor race to succeed Republican Gov. P. L. Goldsborough. Albert C. Ritchie for attorney general and Hugh A. McMullen for comptroller also won, with all four constitutional amendments ratified.
An old advertisement urges parents to use Dr Kings New Discovery for children coughs and colds. It touts pine tar healing balsams antiseptic action and mucus loosening. The testimonial from A S Heines of Franconia New Hampshire endorses regular use for families and warns untreated coughs may lead to pneumonia.
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