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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1916
Page
4
The Mobile edition notes a teased wire report from the Associated Press and the Post Office in Mobile. It mentions subscriptions and advertising notes as part of the October 16 1916 publication.
Voters on November 7 decide if the legislature should meet every two years or stay quadrennial. Backers led by Isadore Shapiro argue more frequent sessions are needed in a rapidly growing state to keep laws and reforms timely.
The Gulf Coast Fair shows plans for larger exhibits and improved amusements this year. Business leaders urge cooperative city support to boost the fair as a showcase of the region’s soil and climate for visitors from across the nation. Never withhold assistance and attend to aid its success.
President Wilson says the border emergency remains and militiamen must stay near Mexico. First Alabama regiment necks a Mobile stopover on their way to the border, while Alabama soldiers assist nationwide effort. The new post office building in Mobile, costing about 200 dollars, opens today as a showpiece of architecture and government investment.
The piece urges residents to develop a savings habit and avoid living on credit. It cites Birmingham Age-Herald critique of Alabama’s unequal treatment of savings depositors in failed state banks. It notes a November 7 constitutional amendment to equalize savings deposits with other accounts and compares practices in New York and other Eastern states.
A humorous verse sketch warns of pie obsession after a doctor's orders to quit sweets. It recalls quitting smoking, resisting old pipes, and skating mishaps by a pond marked with a danger sign, ending with a reflection on heedless pride in danger.
In the daily question box responses readers seek a book showing New York parks towers subways and views. Answer advises visitors to ask a bookseller to obtain it from a New York dealer and notes other questions about dating Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt and coin premiums with brief factual replies.
The October 16 1916 horoscope predicts a quiet day with favorable sun and friendly Saturn influences. It urges taking initiative in important matters and notes easier access to powerful aid, with publicity and advertising likely to succeed. It warns travel in electric vehicles as dangerous and suggests possible political campaign shock and upcoming labor tensions.
A historical voice argues against alcohol and praises plain beverages like water lemonade and orangeade. It extols sassafras tea root beer and home made bitters a cool buttermilk and especially plain carbonated soda water as a healthful refreshing option. The reader is urged to choose simple drinks before carbonic gas dissipates. CNT a cot I drink besides tea
In a domestic scene Warren and Helen clash over a bold mustard dress Helen bought for herself. He objects to its racy look while she defends its dash, recalls how the suit drew attention, and begins to question her own taste after his disapproval. The $125 purchase, saved partly from her funds, prompts reflection on impulse and style.
A Presbyterian doctor of divinity argues that Darwinian evolution lacks scientific proof for transforming human bodies into radiant electric beings. He contrasts science with poetry and imagination while questioning whether humanity enters a new creation or a final evolution.
A list of upcoming meetings for Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Masons, Eagles, and other unions at various halls around town. The passage then shifts to a critique arguing there is no scientific basis for linking spiritual phenomena to electricity or ether, urging science to remain focused on concrete facts.
A woman seeks guidance on foods to avoid for sciatic rheumatism. The reply explains the condition stems from poisonous waste in the blood and urges a low waste diet, replacing heavy breads with light wheat and white bread, more vegetables, and removing coffee and sugar while omitting peaches and other listed items.
Critics urge focusing on scientific evidence rather than rhetoric as references to a Mount of Transfiguration finale are questioned. The remark about glowing bodies is challenged as misinterpretation or sensationalism.
Fragmented text discusses regimens to avoid starvation and claims excess waste poisons in the blood will clear with time. It asserts drastic measures are needed and mentions a surgical knife as the best medicine. The passage is unclear and appears as a garbled medical fragment with no coherent guidance.
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