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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1916
Page
4
Teletype wire report explains second class matter status for Mobile Alabama delivery. Rates shown include 104 per month, .45 per quarter, and 4.00 per year with cash in advance. Editorial and News Bell Home.
Judge Hook of the United States District Court in Kansas City declares the Adamson eight hour law unconstitutional. An appeal to the U S Supreme Court is anticipated in December with a ruling likely early in the term. The decision will affect railroad labor relations and the potential for a nationwide strike shaping congressional action.
Five years after starting consolidation Mississippi reports 283 consolidated schools, 949 teachers, 706 buses, and 31 729 pupils. J T Calhoun, rural supervisor, notes rural children now enjoy citylike educational advantages in well ventilated, well lit buildings with better surroundings. The South highlights Mississippi as a model for rural education advancement.
The article argues for an embargo on foodstuffs to curb rising prices. It notes wholesale food costs falling in Europe while U.S. retail prices rise and urges government action to protect consumers from market greed. It also mentions public support if embargo steadies prices and serves as retaliation for the British blacklist.
The piece urges shoppers to begin Christmas buying early to spare retailers and staff from peak rushes. It argues shoppers gain wider selection and save time while workers face fatigue, urging prompt, considerate action to reduce stress and delays.
Reports claim the Britannic, a hospital ship with hundreds of wounded soldiers, including many Americans as surgeons and nurses aboard, was torpedoed and sunk. The incident triggers demands for a full U S explanation and reparations, with questions about warnings and international law.
In verse by Walt Mason, a playful yet stern meditation on alcohol and vice. The poem contrasts drinkers who ruin themselves with the social harm of boozing, urging virtue and warning that no one can be their own worst foe without consequences to society.
Question box offers home fix tips for curling rugs by laying them wrong side up and tacking to a flat surface, then shellacking for stiffer all over. It also notes a piping question about blue pipe smoke due to oxidation and a Hawaii citizenship question with a 1900 congress act stating former Hawaii republic citizens became U.S. citizens and Hawaii territory residents.
The column predicts a turbulent day with adversarial planetary influences and a foreshadowed international complication. It warns of burdens on a Washington cabinet minister, rising mortality among the aged, farmer losses, violent storms in the West, border trouble with Canada, and a prophesied national bereavement next month.
A query from a club of ten bachelor girls asks how to propose. Dorothy Dix advises waiting for the right mood, warns against letter proposals, and notes men respond to prosperity while women seek support in hardship.
Evening gatherings include Ararat Encampment and Knights of Pythias meets at 7 30, Masons at 7 30, Elks at 8, Rotary at 1, Salesladies at 6. The remainder discusses boldly guiding men to proposal and marriage with practical tips, stressing quick approaches and perceived security in shared finances and home life.
The article discusses how dreams reflect past experiences and how mental attitude and living conditions shape wellbeing. It cites wartime medical reports showing terror can cause brain and hair changes without physical injury and urges keeping fear out and maintaining prudence.
A reader asks for a list of books, but the department states it does not send books. Health Talks offer hygienic guidance for readers and communities. Libraries help obtain information. visit a local library and tell the librarian your health topics of interest.
In a crowded restaurant Warren and Helen observe a quarrelsome couple behind them. The man, thirty, polished and wine flushed, and the older woman argue about money and lies as she accuses him of spending on another woman. The pair glare into the mirror, then the scene ends as they plan to leave for air.
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