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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Nov 28, 1915

Page

4

Settle Up Day and Farm Demonstrator Fight in Mobile

The piece argues for a local clearinghouse style Settle Up Day to improve credit as bill paying among vendors shifts and circulates. It urges support to retain George A Maloney as Mobile’s farm demonstration agent, noting federal state and local funds, with Mobile County needing about 1,900 annually to match a 600,000 dollar national appropriation and keep the program.

Municipal Clearing House Mobile Sam Department of Agriculture Alabama Whitehead Mobile County Middle West George A. Maloney Mobile Farm Bureau Maloney Mobile Clearing House Association Malorey

Old Spanish Trail convention to boost Mobile Gulf Coast progress

The Mobile Old Spanish Trail convention on December 10 and 11 is expected to surpass initial hopes as rival routes and regional ambitions heat up. Officials say the event will drive tourism and investment along Florida Alabama Mississippi with Pensacola and Tampa mounting strong delegations.

Mobile Gulf Florida Alabama Mississippi James Emmett Item Emmett Tampa Miami Tiliy Pensacola Nashville Gulf Coast

Alabama Pushes Ahead in Industrial Development

Alabama lags in some areas but shows strong industrial growth. The Anniston Ordnance Manufacturing Co plans a 1 million dollar plant to make 12 inch shells and electric high grade steel, with a current contract for 50 000 shells. Home Guano Company will invest 75 thousand dollars to upgrade plants and add sulphuric acid production. Lauderdale Power Co contracts a 130 thousand dollar hydro electric plant to fuel Allentown industrial townsite and new manufacturing enterprises.

Alabama Anniston Ordnance Manufacturing Co Home Guano Company Dothan Lauderdale Power Company Florence Allentown

Mobile Water Consumers Have Best of Birmingham

The Alabama supreme court case pends as Mobile defends its municipally owned water supply. Mobile exempts property owners from main tap costs while Birmingham seeks to compel consumers to pay. Mobile taps mains on request and connects to the curb line, arguing it provides greater benefit to owners and water users.

Mobile Birmingham Alabama Supreme Court City of Birmingham Waterworks Company

Crops All the Year Great Alabama Gulf Coast

The Birmingham Ledger extols Alabama as a fruitful year round state. It notes a white frost in Birmingham while Covington county residents harvested fresh beans and Mobile Baldwin counties shipped oranges by the carload. It mentions shipments of eee ail-inds to the East and North by carloads.

Alabama Gulf Coast Birmingham Ledger Birmingham Covington County Mobile Baldwin Ledger

Death at the Crossing prompts gatekeeper guard reforms

Long Island railroad adds watchmen at grade crossings to curb deadly incidents. A reckless driver killed a gateman. the arraigned autoist, though well regarded, received three months in prison as an example judge urged deterrence. The editorial notes tariffs and steel supply comments from Gaudsen Times News.

New York State Long Island Railroad

Bryan Advocates Inter American College in Mobile Visit

Former President William Jennings Bryan visits Mobile near Spring Hill College and praises inter American college ideas to foster Latin American ties with the United States. He envisions scholarships for Latin American students, exchanges with American graduates, and hands on study at steel plants and commercial houses to build mutual profits and friendships between nations.

Mobile W. J.bryan Spring Hill College Pollon Nege Mr. Bryan America Seaboard Latin America

Conference Moves and Mobile Personal Appointments

J B Erwin named city passenger agent for Southern Railway with base in Mobile. CapeNelson, a former Mobilian, returns for a coast survey holiday. Several Mobile residents and visitors, including Rabbi Moses and Dr Louis Grossman, are noted in regional travel and professional circles. The article highlights upcoming tourist activity and ongoing business travel through Mobile and nearby cities.

J. B. Erwin Selma The Southern Railway Mobile Mr. Erwin

Astrological Forecast For November 28 1915

O Sunday November 28 1915 predicts a temporary public alarm and unrest in business and labor as the new year begins. It foresees a mining boom, gains through reforms, and potential distress from an unexpected panic. Hospitals may benefit and elderly marriages may rise in the coming year.

McClure News- Paper Syndicate Mars Saturn

Question Box inquiry on theft of wife’s mail and Birmingham population

A reader asks if a husband may legally keep a wife’s letter returned unclaimed and threaten disclosure. The answer notes no specific law, outcome depends on the judge. also asks for Birmingham’s population.

Birmingham

Medical Society Honors Dr Hirshfield Memory

The Medical Society of Mobile County meets in special session to honor Dr Hirshfield, praised for uprightness and tireless service. The resolution notes the bereaved family and directs minutes to record the tribute and newspapers across Mobile.

Medical Society DR. Hirshfield Zereas Hirshfield Edical Society of Mobile County Medical Society of Mobile Unly Mobile

Lottery raid near New Orleans nets fifty arrests

A detachment of the Washington Artillery under Governor Hall raided a Jefferson parish lottery shop near New Orleans. Fifty prisoners were taken and a wagonload of paraphernalia seized. The prisoners and booty were brought to the armory.

New Orleans Washington Artillery Governor Hall Jefferson Parish

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