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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1914
Page
3
Engineer DuValle outlines rat proofing as plague insurance and sanitary protection. He urges concrete use for foundations and floors and explains ventilation, openings, and elevated buildings to deter rats while stressing community effort and ongoing inspection by Surgeon Grubbs.
The American Red Cross proposes a self denial system for Christmas spending and redirects funds to European war sufferers. Jacob H. Schiff of New York suggests donors accompany contributions with a list of intended gift recipients and Red Cross printed cards naming the donor and the donation amount.
Berlin nov 7 band master Adolf Becker describes a concert in France with German troops. At dawn during a heavy artillery exchange he led musicians to perform popular tunes for the officers and soldiers while shells burst, finishing with the morning chorus. Becker recently received the Iron Cross for bravery.
A newspaper shop’s kittens named George the Fifth and Kaiser Bill die amid ink dangers and a large metal page fragment. George the Fifth dies from ink poisoning after licking print. Kaiser Bill is killed by a falling page. cremation follows as staff mourn the loss of the two kittens. Woodrow Wilson survives as a caretaker among the printers.
A playful tale describes Woodrow the cat being bottle fed with milk in a print shop milieu. The bank man notes no Kaiser Bill or George the Fifth for a return, while Woodrow waits and perhaps will return. The scene ends with the belief cats often do come back.
Chicago records from 2,660 divorce cases show 1,934 were filed by couples married one to nine years, with the first year the most fatal. County Clerk Sweitzer notes declines after year nine and cites ill advised marriages as a cause. Trixie Friganza's divorce case and other hearings are also reported in the day’s sessions.
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