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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1915

Page

10

Uncle Wiggily and the Horse Chestnuts Rescue

Uncle Wiggily helps Cousin Junior after he gathers horse chestnuts not fit for eating. A fox threatens, and the rabbit uses the chestnuts as projectiles to drive it away. Junior learns to distinguish chestnut types while Johnnie and Billie return with edible nuts for all.

Uncle Wiggily McClure Uncle Wiggily Longears Johnnie Billie Bushytail Junior Bushytail Billie Junior George Hallie Cousin Junior Grandfather Goosey Rabbit Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy Mr. Longears Wiggily Uncle Boy Junior Squirerl -Boy Old Rabbit Jack Frost

Man builds Mobile County farm from $100 stake to $15 000 land value

Peter Dieckle began with $100 and one horse and cleared stump land on Hall's Mill Road. He bought 160 acres at $100, refused $2,000 for 40 acres, and now stores 800 barrels of corn with improved machinery. Dieckle, a native of the South, praises his progress and invites visitors, but not buyers for his horse.

Peter Dieckle Mobile County Peter Dreckle Peter Hall’s Dreckle Mobile Hall

Cure for Rupture Without Operation Promises Relief

Eugene M. Pullen of Manasquan New Jersey writes about a non surgical cure for rupture claiming rapid complete results with no operation and no lost time. He offers information to interested readers willing to write for details.

Decors Iuge MM. Pullen Carpenter Marectus Avenue Manasquan N. J

Fine Season Fig Plantation at Robertsdale

Daniel H. Carmody, manager of the Cudahy Fig Plantation at Robertsdale Alabama, says the cannery is in operation and a large fig crop is expected next spring. Three year old trees bore heavily last year and the plantation aims to set a new record. The 300 acre site is the souths largest commercial fig orchard with satsuma trees and ongoing year round labor. A USDA bulletin will feature Carmody's fig experiments.

Daniel H. Carmody Cudahy Robertsdale Ala Mr. Carmody Carmody Satsumas Baldwin County John Cudahy Robertsdale Place United States Department of Agriculture

Oldest River Pilot John W. Jackson Dies at 82 in Toulminville

John W. Jackson, 82, long time Alabama river pilot before the Civil War, died Saturday at 3 30 PM at the home of his daughter Mrs. Harry G. Toulmin in Toulminville after a short illness. He was a Gainestown native who settled in the city as a young man and is survived by his wife and daughter.

John W. Jackson Alabama Rivers Harry G. Toulmin Toulminville Jackson Alabama Gainestown Clark County Ala Daghter H. G. Toulmin

Humane Society Meeting in Mobile Headquarters

The Mobile Humane Society will convene Monday at 5 PM in county courthouse headquarters. President urges full attendance. Born to Prof Dyer Tillinghast and Mrs Margaret Langworthy Jones of Pelham New York a son William Henry born September 24.

Hamilton, N. Y Dyer Tillinghast Margaret Langworthy Jones Pelham New York William Henry

Woman Slashed by Man on Conception Street

Friday night at 9 50 someone attacked Lula Richardson with a knife on Conception and Manassas streets. The wounded woman, a Black resident, was taken to her home at 509 North Claiborne Street. Police seek Joe Dupree, described as a Black man, as the suspect.

Conception and Manassas Joe Dupree Lula Richardson North Claiborne Street

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