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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1914
Page
6
Hearing before Interstate Commerce Commission examiner Bell indicates a readjustment of cotton rates into New Orleans. The Louisville & Nashville line argues shipments pass through Mobile, challenging New Orleans advantage from the Mobile route. Southern Railway portion of the case not presented.
Major Morath in the Tageblatt says German aims around Ypres are to press the English to the sea and gain coastal possession while breaching the Arras left wing. He notes steady German progress, strong enemy defenses, and troops’ health and morale remaining high despite heavy three month losses.
Danville Illinois reports Joseph G Cannon carried the Eighteenth Illinois District by about 1596 plurality with results dated November 5. The incumbent defeated opponents to secure a clear win in the district race.
A Wednesday night blaze in Citronelle Alabama destroyed the Hotel Reiderman owned by Dr W B Jefferies and operated by James Reiderman, plus two frame cottages owned by E G Bradley. Losses run to about 3500 dollars with the hotel fully consumed and a vacant cottage spared. Fire Chief C B McCosker led his first response.
Sheffield and Tus cumbia commercial clubs combine with Florence citizens for a Mussel Shoals water power meeting at the Florence courthouse. W J Worthington Judge J H Nathan and E B Almon spoke optimistic on likely congressional legislation. Committees to send delegates to the Tennessee River Improvement Association meeting at Decatur and to visit Congress in December were formed.
After months of illness H. H. Clarke, local manager of the Cuban Molasses Company, has recovered enough to resume his duties. He supervises a large shipment of blackstrap molasses from the storage plant to St. Louis while J. T. Pope of the Grain Dealers' Association resumes oversight of grain shipments for Mobile.
In Birmingham on November 5, Mrs. Nettie Beane of Decatur was chosen grand matron of the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. Thomas Hackett of Montgomery gave an address urging next meetings in Montgomery with headquarters there.
Dr Seale Harris president of Mobile Rotary Club leaves for Richmond Virginia to attend the Southern Medical Association meeting on Monday. He will then go to Washington to deliver a message from the Mobile Chamber of Commerce to President Woodrow Wilson inviting a gulf coast winter vacation. Harris plans a brief stay in Baltimore and will be away about two weeks.
Twenty nine tramps arrested along the waterfront were ordered to leave Mobile by Recorder Edington on Wednesday evening. They were taken into custody while sleeping in box cars and scattered in various directions promising to stay away from the city henceforth.
A vintage ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as quick relief for sour gassy upset stomachs and dyspepsia. It claims five minute relief, regulates weak stomachs, and sells a fifty cent case at drug stores, promising instant comfort and a pleasant digestion.
The ad promotes a Business Men's Lunch served from 12 to 2:30 p m featuring top market selections and quick service. It highlights DeBriere's Famous Java Coffee as the best in the city and emphasizes catering to the trade.
A vintage ad touts Pinex cough syrup as a cost effective treatment. It describes mixing sugar syrup with Pinex to create a potent remedy for coughing bronchitis and colds. The notice promises satisfaction or money back and cites The Pinex Co based in Wayne.
Paris reports renewed German attacks near Dixmude while commanders on both sides push hard for gains. General Berthaut predicts hostilities may end in three months, arguing Germany must fight on two fronts with exhausted resources, while France skirts near its limit but slower.
A vintage ad promotes California Fig Syrup as a gentle laxative for children and adults. It claims coated tongues signal stomach and liver issues and promises quick relief from constipation, with a tasty product made by the California Fig Syrup Company.
Multiple rental notices describe dwellings for rent at Government Street Monroe Street and Stocking Street. Units include parlor dining rooms kitchens halls bedrooms and baths with electric lights gas and porcelain tub. Prices range from 25 to 50 dollars with various upstairs and downstairs layouts and yard spaces.
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