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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1915
Page
6
The Mobile Item states it serves all Mobile subscribers at the same rate of 10 cents per week or 5 annually with no regional variation. A reward equal to one year’s subscription is offered for anyone delivering The Item to Mobile addresses at a price other than the stated weekly and yearly rates.
A quoted proverb attributed to Dr Johnson cautions that in any disaster the first concern is what has escaped. The saying emphasizes perspective over panic in the face of loss.
Rabbi Samuel Schulman argues religion links to world peace amid ongoing European and Western Asian conflict. He cites Isaiah’s vision of turning swords into plowshares and urges sustained faith, noting the slow, steady triumph of spiritual law over human strife.
A Mobile statement defends the recall bid against Commissioner Laz Schwarz, arguing it would upend government, but critics say the effort is misdirected. The piece notes only 172 petition signatures, questions voter qualification, and concludes the recall of all commissioners is unlikely.
An editorial argues that a recall petition threshold is too high for a small faction to harass city officials. It urges amending the law to require 25 percent of qualified voters and praises lawyers for using technicalities to protect public order and business interests in Mobile.
British nurse Edith Cavell who led a Brussels training school was executed by order of the Kaiser for aiding Allied soldiers to escape Belgium. She had nursed German soldiers too, and the sentence was carried out nine hours after verdict, at 2 a.m. The paper leaves comment to readers.
A city of Bessemer inquiry followed charges against city officials and police, leading to a call for resignations by the city council president and police committee chair, with four officers recommended for dismissal and the mayor cited for neglect of duties. The probe grew from a Jefferson grand jury report detailing a Spanish Inquisition era condition.
Arlie Barber states in a sworn filing that his race against A. C. Lane for Birmingham commissioner cost $90.35 in total with $10.50 of that spent in the runoff. He calls it perhaps the cheapest campaign for a paid office in Alabama history.
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes repeated elections as a weary pattern and offers solidarity with residents facing the political grind as the so called immortal 172 influence local outcomes.
Congress man S. H. Dent Jr spoke at the Brewton fair grounds on the third day of the Escambia County Fair. Stores closed in his honor as he praised local exhibits and distributed yearbooks and soil surveys. Poultry prize awards highlighted numerous winners across Barred Rocks White Leghorns Wyandotts and other breeds with judges noting Mr J P Paterson of Montgomery as authority.
When a cold settles in the bronchial tubes a feverish cough and chest ache may occur. Scott's Emulsion is recommended to drive out the cold and aid healing of the enfeebled membranes. It claims forty years of relief and notes no alcohol or drugs. Scott & Bowne Bloomfield NJ 1885.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad reports the telephone line restored to Micheaud, Louisiana. Pacer Black Edwards, led by Hopkinsville’s O. L. Allen, arrived in Mobile to race next week at the Gulf Coast Fair. Several notable visitors and guests arrive in Mobile including Ellis H. Crawford of United Fruit for a few days stay, with a long list of attendees from multiple states. The piece closes with a local social note on women and men strolling Main Street.
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