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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1915

Page

5

Loss of a Billion Laid to Hunters Loss in Birds

Col G O Shields head of the League of American Sportsmen told the Chicago D A R chapter that U S losses from bird destruction reach one billion dollars yearly. He cited boll weevil, chinch bugs, Hessian flies and pests harming cotton and wheat, noting quail and other birds once common are nearly gone.

Chicago G. O. Shields League of American Sportsmen United States Col. Shields Daughters of the American Revolution Ohio Kansas Pennsylvania Margaret M. Nice Massachusetts State University

Yale Harvard teams resting before classic game

In Cambridge Massachusetts Yale and Harvard prepared for the football classic with rest and mental poise. Yale rode confidence after an upset of Princeton while Harvard sought a fourth straight win and to keep its goal line unscored on in seven years.

Cambridge Mass Harvard Princeton Yale Crimson Mahan Guernsey

Ole Miss May Cancel Game With Alabama

Rumor spread at the University that Mississippi might cancel its Thanksgiving game against Alabama at Birmingham after six players were ruled off the team for academic deficiencies. Coach Lonnie Noojin doubts the report and says Ole Miss has time to prepare to face Alabama, while acknowledging a tough challenge if the game proceeds.

University Ala University of Mississippi Alabama Birmingham Mississippi Lonnie Noojin Ole Miss The Crimson Rickwood Field Mississippi College Noojin Longhorns Texas

Confessions Of A Wife In A Secret Miners Strike Affair

A dramatic exchange unfolds between Malcolm and a lover amid a miners strike. The woman presses for secret nuptials to claim her share of her father’s wealth, while Malcolm resists joining against her father but contemplates a clandestine marriage to save their relationship. He fears parental anger and money-driven motives as he grapples with love and loyalty.

Mr. Stuart Malcolm Dad Erhen

Spur Line Lumber Rates To Mobile Are Lowered

The Interstate Commerce Commission allows the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad to cut lumber rates to Mobile from lines including Natchez Columbia and Mobile Railway Liberty White Railway Fernwood Gulf Railway Kentwood and Eastern Railway. A blanket rate of 15 cents per hundred pounds applies to most lines and 15 12 cents from Hackley and Magee Louisiana, signaling substantially lower through rates.

Washington Interstate Commerce Commission New Orleans

Shropshire denies Orleans interview on salary limits

Nashville club president Clyde Shropshire arrived and denied a New Orleans paper misquote about a $2,800 salary and fourteen man limit for the Southern League next season. He said the quote misrepresented him and that leagues will handle internal affairs as needed.

Nashville Tenn Clyde Shropshire Nashville Baseball Club New Orleans Shropshire

Monarch cotton mill to add 11 000 spindles and new looms

Union stockholders in COTTON mill at Monarch voted yesterday to expand production by adding 11 000 spindles and more looms, reaching about 80 000 spindles and nearly 2 000 looms.

UNION 8. C Monarch Cotton Mills

Five YMCA Basketball Teams Formed For Season

Five basketball teams organized at the YMCA for the season. Temporary captains are Frank Midgett Mike Steber Joe Ollinger Henry Martin and Louis Baumhauer. Teams will practice and play exhibition games each Tuesday at 8 o clock.

Frank Midgett Mike Steber Joe Ollinger Henry Martin Louis Baumhauer Holt Cunningham Baker Wildman Schluter Midgett Douglas Pug Williams L. Baumhauer Crawford Murphy Treadway Hinman Burgoyne J. K. Randall F. Hoffman B. Phillips Crenshaw Fred Johnston George Finkbohner Dave Steber G. Thompson Reasonover Bru J. Ollinger H. Finkbohner McDonnell William Moore J. Metzger Breneman John Baumhauer Martin H. Wilson Boots McQuillan Cope Larry Doyle J. Moore Rayford Another

EX COLLEGE STARS PLAY ON SATURDAY AT MONROE PARK

The B S A and All Stars meet at Monroe Park Saturday at 8 PM in Mobile. The teams feature college players and a mix of local talent with Malone Crenshaw and Forchheimer on the B S A line and Holt Cleveland Green in the All Stars backfield. The match is billed as fast and scrappy with strong rivalry.

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Tie Game Played at Spring Hill College

The junior team at Spring Hill College and the Barton Academy eleven played a tie on Thursday afternoon at Maxon Field. The Barton boys out

Spring Hill College Barton Academy Maxon Field Barton Boys

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