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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1915
Page
4
The Mobile item guarantees advertisers higher unpaid circulation in Mobile and suburbs than any other Mobile newspaper. The auditors of the Audit Bureau of Circulation have substantiated this claim for two consecutive six month periods.
The Mobile Item offers the daily and Sunday editions at a fixed 10 cents per week or $5 per year within Mobile. A reward is offered for anyone who reports delivery at a different price by an authorized carrier. This guarantee applies to all Mobile subscribers.
The excerpt urges enduring the burden until the destined place of deliverance is reached. It emphasizes patient endurance as a path to relief and spiritual reassurance. The quotation reflects Bunyanian themes of perseverance and providence guiding the weary soul.
Dr. Mucker H Frazer appointed to dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Alabama after B D Bondurant’s resignation due to ill health. Frazer, longtime secretary treasurer, filled the dean role during illness and helped block a regional move of the school, while Bondurant is praised for his long service and dedication.
The article warns that boll weevil infestations threaten Alabama crops with damaging effects on cotton yields. It stresses diversifying crops and reducing cotton plantings to curb the weevil and protect future harvests, noting officials’ concern over repeated infestations.
The writer praises Mobile for spared damage after the storm and extols its sympathy with New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. It notes minimal destruction in Mobile proper and along the lower county, citing intact piers, houses, and the famed Mobile steel shed. The piece urges visitors to compare scenes with New Orleans and highlights the mobile Baldwin highway as vital for regional connection.
The article extols Mobile Alabama as an ideal site for factories large and small due to accessible sites and low freight costs on raw materials and finished goods. It argues Mobile’s advantage over Birmingham and New Orleans, highlights the Warrior River, and notes payroll impacts, cotton traffic, and the need for sustained factory employment to spur regional prosperity.
Attendance at Mobile city and county public schools for the current session suggests a large rise over last year. The gain is blamed on new residents as the Mobile school system expands facilities and improves rural schools despite funding shortages. Board members and officials receive praise for their ongoing efforts and commitment to students.
The article savors pecan popularity in Mobile County, praising the paper shelled nut’s appeal over walnuts and hickory. It links pecans to romance, northern hearths, and southern pride while noting Troy’s cotton compression for export and a playful aside about hat choices and a New York artist.
London reports British retook two German trenches near Loos after counterattacks. French air force launched a major raid on a German flying camp and railway stations along the Vauziers Challerange line, dropping over 300 shells and destroying a Laon bound train. Allied artillery duels continue in Neuville St Vaast, Souchez, Berry au Bac, and Sapigneul.
General Soukhomlininov, blamed by Russia for repeated defeats and ammo shortages, is to be tried soon by a superior court appointed by the czar himself.
New York Sept 21 Mary Carrial a leading actress in Rolling Stones began in a sacred play at Georgetown Convent where her artistic temper emerged in a small part in St Ursula. The governor warned the recircuiting bill would disrupt long standing circuits and cause legal disorder. The measure, passed by the legislature, would create twenty four circuits and leaves the state with thirty two judges including ten for Jefferson county and specific allocations to Mobile Washington and other counties.
Austrian air raid today on Poja Revatz killed one civilian and wounded five others. Six Austrian planes bombed the Kragujevatz arsenal, dropping thirty bombs. An Austrian plane was shot down with both occupants killed. Kragujevatz serves as the Serbian arsenal headquarters and is linked to the crown prince and army commanders.
Grapes ripe and fresh should be crushed in a stone jar with six quarts of soft boiling water per twenty pounds. After three days on the pumace, juice is squeezed, ten pounds of crushed sugar added, and a week more allowed. Skim, strain, bottle with vent, ferment, then strain and bottle tight and store cool on their sides.
The governor warned that removing the bill from the judiciary system would save about $45,000 yearly by cutting seven salaries including judges solicitors and court stenographers. He urged saving the funds as advisable.
Representative Bart Chamberlain told The Item late Saturday that an extra session will be needed after the governor vetoes the recircuiting bill which would replace circuit and other courts with a unified system in 1917. He said there will be no courts when the new machinery is blocked without an extra session, and he cannot predict how soon that session will be called.
Rep H A Thompson of Butler County told The Item last night the governor vetoed the judiciary bill for strong reasons and may have found a path to dodge an extra legislative session. He cited prominent legal figures from Tuscaloosa Marion and others as opinion leaders on the veto and potential outcomes.
Governor selects A. S. Vandegraff to the Sixth circuit and J. S. Williams to the Third circuit. C. Brooks Smith becomes insurance commissioner in Montgomery. Williams faced strong contest from R. E. L. Cope. Vandegraff drew opposition from State Senator J. C. Milmer. Smith oversees a newly created insurance department after the vacancy caused by Mike Sollie’s resignation.
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