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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1916
Page
4
The page fragment from Borile Alabama dated August 5 1916 and a Mobile Alabama item dated October 13 1919 shows partial reports and subscriptions notes. Content is incomplete and names or events are not fully readable.
Tourism leaders and highway officials praise the four pathfinders and the Mobile route as essential to a modern coast highway. They urge speedy bridge completion at Pascagoula and a durable roadbed to handle rising traffic, citing Gulf Coast growth and favorable cross-state connections. Baseball, football season notes and winter leagues close the piece with sports flair.
President Woodrow Wilson rebukes Charles E. Hughes as anti patriot urging national unity and mobilization to unite Americans across regions. He labels sectionalism as foreign to the American ideal and calls for cooperation between capital and labor to strengthen the nation.
The season ends with the Red Sox bowing out amid applause as players retire their gloves and step away from the game. The curtain falls on a year of effort and memories in Boston baseball.
In a playful verse a narrator in a buzz cart hits Bill Wax injuring him. Wax accepts blame but jokes about medical costs and life after the Styx. The speaker reflects on fault, vows caution, and praises Wax’s enduring spirit while planning to prioritize danger over others on future rides.
The Item's daily Q and A covers Captain Kidd as a real historical figure who began as a pirate and was executed in England. It notes the English crown rarely vetoes measures, with the last instance in 1707 under Queen Anne. Wake Island is United States territory in the North Pacific, about one square mile, with guano value and strategic ties to Asia.
The October 13 1916 horoscope warns Saturn Uranus and Mercury bring danger from dark places and accidents, while air navigation improves under Uranus. It cautions against risky contracts and travel, notes a death of a famous author, and predicts shifts in dress and orphan care in Europe.
A young business girl argues about drinking when dining with a man. She notes ridicule for soft drinks, urges restraint to avoid loss of self control, and cites mothers and guardians warning that drinking leads to downfall.
Tonight’s gatherings include Odd Fellows Innis Lodge No. 71 at Dauphin and St Emanuel streets, Ladies of Honor Magnolia Lodge No. 450 at Whistler, Woodmen of the World Benevolent Association at 406 Dauphin Street, and Knights and Ladies of Security meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Dauphin and St Emanuel streets.
An elderly sufferer describes twelve years of neurasthenia with trembling legs faintness and heart palpitations. The piece urges at home self reform a sleep regimen and plain foods while proposing simple tasks such as gardening and caring for a small flock to restore function and mood.
A reader asks about the risk to other children when a tubercular gland discharges and whether covered sores still spread disease through play or toys. The note also mentions two months of upper abdominal symptoms near the heart and questions malaria or other illnesses and treatment advice.
Helen and Warren accompany Frances and Aunt Mary to a vine covered cottage for a country stay. The group discusses hosting Frances’s Aunt and the idea of visiting New York, while Warren recalls the hotel's comfort and Helen notes the mossy charm and lively downstairs patrons.
The readable text mentions examining a medium malarial parasite under a microscope and cites observations that could relate to staining or identification. Details are limited and the snippet lacks clear individuals or organizations.
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