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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1915
Page
4
A fragment references Sir Francis Bacon on revenge and wounds with the line a man that studieth revenge his own wounds green, illustrating early modern thought on payback and self-inflicted harm in moral philosophy.
The Navy League asks president and Congress to create a defense council and to lay down as many battle cruisers scouts and auxiliaries as shipyards can build at once. Former Governor Emmett O Neall is praised for his prior support but criticized for not pushing national defense and a Mobile shipbuilding plant. The piece argues Mobile Bay resources and its port could furnish a cost effective foundation for a rapid naval construction program.
Experienced engineers from Ford, Bacon & Davis will survey property within 24 hours to assess improvements for a Gulf port, focusing on mainland and sand island options. The move follows debate over city rights to waterfront land and legal counsel on harbor acts, with emphasis on building warehouses and rail access to expand dock capacity.
Senator James K. Vardaman and Representative Witherspoon deny plans to organize against President Wilson. Vardaman calls the charge a dirty political lie while praising Wilson and opposing some policies. He supports world peace and asserts readiness to fight if needed to defend the approach.
The Alabama Democrat debuts from the capital city with a foreword stating it is not hand-picked by destiny to save. It aims to be a newspaper magazine in the general and modern sense and lists staff including John Craft as president and Alva Fitzpatrick as editor.
Observers note gatherings among patrons and locals in the home city of the Alabama Democrat. The scene includes supporters from both sides as the event unfolds in a public venue.
The essay defends public works against distrust, praising patriotic motives behind the national highway movement in Mobile and the Gulf coast. It notes selfish interests exist but highlights leaders whose actions benefit the city and region. It also honorsJohn Harris, a black station porter at Cuba, Alabama, who received a Carnegie Medal and $500 for saving a man from an engine, with the Carnegie era Fund Commission approving the recognition.
An eight person party including 8. S. F. Alston and Judge W. W. Brandon sails an ocean yacht toward Mobile for a ten day hunt and fish along the marshes east of town. They will hunt mallards and black ducks before returning to the city.
A long list of names and towns appears, including Tene Foster of Tuscaloosa and J. W. Lansley of Chicago, with many other individuals and their home bases in Alabama Mississippi Georgia Louisiana Florida Tennessee and beyond. The fragment reads like a roster or mailing list of persons and places.
Democrats hesitate to back the administration plan as congress debates funding for preparedness. Leaders note many lawmakers seek reservations such as adequate or reasonable defense while the real clash is seen over financing, with a sharp focus on the forthcoming budget battles.
Readers ask why a glass of cold water sweats with moisture on the outside. An answer explains condensation from ambient air. The other note reviews U.S. presidential pay history from Washington’s no salary stance to $25,000, then $50,000 in Grant’s era, plus $25,000 for traveling expenses and about $50,000 yearly White House upkeep.
Communications on matters of general welfare are subject to conditions. No name or address, even nom de plume, and not more than 800 words using only one side of the sheet. Continued submissions from the same source are not desired.
Editor corrects Friday item noting Pocahontas descendants are not few but numerous through Pocahontas daughter in law Rolfe and her descendants who married into Virginia families Boring byrom reference cited for comparison. letter signed M E Henry Ruffin.
Desperate Serbia battles Austrians and Germans across central Kosovo and Raska with Bulgars in the south and Montenegrin border to the west. Berlin reports a near surround and possible capture of the Serb army while Paris notes hope remains as French and British reinforcements land at Saloniki and an Italian expedition nears.
The body found in a trunk in the Willamette River in Portland is positively identified as John Lind of Boston, Massachusetts. The report notes the identification as confirmed tonight after the discovery last night.
The Gulf Coast Fair directors call a public annual meeting for Tuesday night at 7 30 at the Cawthon Hotel. All stockholders and interested citizens are urged to attend to hear the officers report and discuss cooperative efforts to expand the fair and Winter Land Show for Mobile and surrounding areas.
Transfer Agent Bennesfield left for Spiegner's Alabama with inmates William Coleman burglary five years Rosa Battles two years Irene Burroughs one year and one day. People are so polite that endurance is frequently mistaken for hospitality.
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