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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1915
Page
4
A brief philosophical remark attributed to Sydney Smith urging patience and faith, urging readers to adopt a broad perspective and put trust in divine guidance for outcomes.
State Superintendent Feagin designates Friday December 10 as one Clean Up Day to be observed by all Texas schools. The bulletin explains the day aims to have schools set their houses in order to preach the gospel of cleanliness and beauty. The piece argues for daily cleanliness beyond a single observance.
The Letter discusses Mobile port plans and the sand islands as a fiscal risk. It warns against rushing dredging and urges legal opinion on eminent domain and tenure. The piece argues private property limits, calls for more warehouses and rail access, and stresses safety and tax fairness.
Tallahassee voices concern over the Old Spanish Trail from Texas to Miami via Mobile. The scout car aims to log distances and boost support, not to pick the route. The Jackson Highway pathfinders will decide routes after impartial tours and state pledges, with Mobile remaining neutral.
Mrs. A. C. Smith of Elyton started pepper sauce making two years ago to provide for her family. She has bottled 5,997 bottles from seed grown on her back lot and plans to reach 6,000. Birmingham merchants are selling her product.
Bibb County Good Roads Association becomes the latest group to join a statewide effort. President W. J. Nicholson leads officers J. W. Hunnicutt John P. Kennedy J. F. Thompson and L. Melton as treasurer with a goal to establish a county organization in every Alabama county affiliated to the state association.
City Passenger Agent H C Geron reports assurances from visiting ticket agents that most winter travel to California will pass through Mobile. Rail advertising and Gulf Coast fair efforts are drawing visitors and promoting Mobile and the gulf coast.
Dandruff and thin hair are improved by a clean scalp and nightly tonic. A wash with egg yolk in hot water, then a simple alcohol beta-quinol mix massaged into the scalp can reduce oil and dirt. A few weeks of this regimen aims to stop hair loss and restore scalp health.
A reader asks if inspectors were required to burn citrus trees with cancer or merely advise owners and where to report failures. Answer cites Prof. Ernest Walker and gives guidance on building water tight aquariums with galvanized iron and special cement. It also explains Anson Burlingame as an American diplomat who helped shape the 1867 treaty with China, signed July 28, and his death in 1870.
A long roster of individuals and spouses from Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Missouri Illinois Georgia Florida and beyond is recorded, including Coe Selma Birmingham Chicago New Orleans St Louis and Baltimore. Names span Birmingham Selma Laurel York and Montgomery with numerous towns and states noted.
The 1915 column notes favorable planetary aspects for merchants, publishing, education, and industry. It predicts a holiday trade boost, rising mining activity in Arizona, and a temperance trend, with a cautious year ahead for those born on certain dates.
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