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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1916
Page
4
The record from Mobile Alabama cites Associated Press dispatches about a second class meeting and a telegraph wire report. It notes a Chicago bureau and a Louis office with price details for subscriptions and copies.
About 125 autos carrying roughly 500 people traveled to Wilmer for the fair, where an exhibitor presented 73 varieties of field and garden products from the northern county. Despite July storm damage, the display underscored local soil productivity as Gulf Coast Fair approaches. The article also reflects wartime strain affecting public morale and hints at tensions within Central Powers leadership.
New York Herald reports Wilson leading Hughes in a near tied presidential straw poll. Organized labor backs Wilson, Victor Murdock endorses the president, and Wilson, in Long Branch, rejects war while noting Republicans unlikely to derail him. Democratic tide rises as GOP falters.
Three young businessmen from Chicago completed a ten day automobile trip to Mobile, one of the first to prove such a journey feasible. The route linked Chicago to Indianapolis Louisville Nashville and then along the Dixie Highway, signaling a budding northern to southern tourist movement and potential road improvements reducing delays on the highways.
The article argues for Mobile as the ideal aviation station site now that U.S. plans to spend on aircraft and training. It notes year-round mild weather aids flight training and suggests local air conditions benefit operations over land or sea. The piece links aviation to broader events like the Vienna assassination, but lacks full details.
A speaker recounts buying tools from Ezra Wax, who guarantees quality. After receiving a pewter ax, the seller retaliates with wrathful boasting and is offered a new, superior ax. The vendor pledges to provide good value, and the narrator continues to buy wares from Ezra Wax for various garden and shop tools.
A reader asks if a man reaching voting age after the February registration closes may vote in November. answer: yes with affidavit. Another asks for a mange cure recipe. reply explains mites cause itching and outlines hygiene and treatments, noting no exact recipe, plus a belladonna addition for severe cases. A third asks for meaning of kultur. answer: kultur equals civilization focused on intellectual development.
An old 1916 horoscope warns that Sun Saturn Jupiter and Neptune are adverse while Venus aids women in love yet warns against risky romance. It cautions business dealings and travel delays, notes potential legal misunderstandings, and signals bold public actions for Italy's king with Mars Saturn.
A reader asks if the aurora makes sound. The article explains the aurora as an electric phenomenon linked to sun activity, outlines three theories on energy transmission, and notes reports of possible sounds from explorers, while stressing most observations show silent displays.
Several orders hold gatherings this evening at listed halls and lodges. Odd Fellows and Rebekah units meet in Napoleonville, multiple Masonic and trade unions convene at city venues, including Pythians at Pythian Castle and carpenters at Central Trades Council Hall.
A reader letter argues intolerance persists through generations and calls civilization toward reason. It questions bias in medical professions, especially optometry, urging harmony among physicians dentists lawyers and optometrists while defending the public’s right to choose freely.
A lengthy tale follows Ysobel born Isabel who renames herself Ysabel embracing absolute honesty. She scorns sham and harshly judges friends while craving blunt truth about others yet cannot endure criticism of her own vanity and fashion choices. Her life centers on misapplied honesty and social contrivances.
Fragmentary letter expresses preference for self examination and questions the need for optometrist services. It references eye disorders and public access to care, but lacks concrete actions or outcomes.
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