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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1915
Page
2
Several hundred Italian families settle the Baldwin watershed western slope to grow vineyards and olive and fig trees. They claim the sun tempering echoes their homeland and produce is abundant, with each foot of soil yielding twelve inches of worth, reflecting a frugal, economical heritage.
The Baldwin County settlement near Daphne backs Italian growers as wine presses fail. Grape juice markets attract Northern buyers, while olives and pecans rise in value. Developers like A. K. Rhodes expand farms, and groups from Detroit and British Columbia invest along Bay Minette roads.
In a county court this Friday morning Judge Edington dismissed the case of George Midt a frail sixty year old man charged with stealing a loaf of bread noting a distinction between crime and misfortune. The report also recalls sailor Antone Christensen who confessed to stealing binoculars from Captain M Nelson and received a suspended sentence.
The article recalls grandma’s use of sage and sulphur to darken faded gray hair and promotes Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound sold in drugstores. A downtown druggist notes it darkens naturally and evenly, when applied with a sponge strand by strand. results appear by morning and improve after a few uses.
The farm demonstration department of the Chamber of Commerce is aimed to be retained on member pledges. A volunteer committee led by J. Leslie Taylor reports progress with back dues and cooperation from several divisions. A Saturday 10 am meeting will update directors who back retention if finances allow. Grocers and merchants urged to support the chamber and endorse Made-in-Mobile goods.
Montgomery Oct 8 Special. Attorney General William L. Martin asked Solicitor Melvin Hudson to aid in prosecuting Solicitor David C. Almon of Decatur. Almon faces impeachment charges in the supreme court on November 4 for corruption in office and moral turpitude. Ouster proceedings followed Morgan county grand jury findings.
On Monday October 18 the officers and directors will host an at home event in the bank building on St Francis Street to celebrate the golden anniversary of the First National Bank of Mobile. The bank was organized in 1865 as Alabama’s first national bank and the oldest in the state. Anniversary cards were distributed among patrons and friends detailing the milestone.
Rev Howard Walker of the Episcopal ministry travels through Fairhope on his way from Bay to Mobile while Rabb and wife of Philadelphia seek a weeklong visit with his father Captain Rabb. J S Rabb serves as special officer for the Pennsylvania Railroad. The region welcomes the reopened Peoples Railroad car 1 and looks forward to Knights of Pythias Castle Hall opening with an oyster supper.
In Baldwin County near Stapleton, William Spencer and his family settled eight years ago after traveling from Michigan with a wagon and $50. He bought ten acres for 25 dollars, built a house, cleared land, and kept payments on schedule, with the plot now nearly free of encumbrance and a second ten acres nearby. His son David also works the land, and the brothers expect a bountiful crop on improved soil aided by nitrate fertilizer.
Fairhope residents buzz over a forthcoming community fair as J. M. Pilcher notes strong exhibits. The painting of the bay front by C. E. Littlefield draws crowds with clay terraced water and mirror bay. A mass meeting urged Fairhope town council to add sidewalks on Fairhope and Mobile avenues and delay further bonds for electric lights and water works until bonds are issued. FE A Zavitz and wife return from the North to occupy their cottage. Ettels depart for Lake City winter. Dr. Beggs moves to Fairhope Avenue residence.
A Mobile business investor backs a movement to build a hard surfaced bay shore drive from Bayou La Batre around to Coden. Plans include raising the road to avoid floods and creating a tourist friendly route despite prior storm and frost damage that made the area impassable. A touring party from Illinois visited but found the bay shore road conditions poor.
An advertisement claims Vitalitas cures many chronic illnesses by addressing mineral starvation. It cites tests in thousands of cases and suggests three quarters of ills stem from mineral lack. The text promotes Vitalitas as restoring vigor and urges investigation at Sutton's Drug Store and general druggists.
An advertisement claims Anti-kamma Tablets relieve women's aches and pains in all conditions. It asserts a single trial proves it the remedy women have long sought, marketed under the label Women’s Aches and Sits.
An advertisement promotes Tee A-K Tab for indigestion and nausea relief. It emphasizes instant relief and genuine A-K Tablets marked with the A monogram, available at all druggists.
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