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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1916
Page
4
The Mobile Item from Mobile Alabama dated August 5 1916 reports on Post Office rates and a wire service led item. Mentions national offices in St Louis and pricing terms like per month and per year with advance cash requirement.
A New York manufacturer, Harry E. Cor Gero, praises Mobile and predicts it will handle much of United States trade with Central and South America. He expects port facilities to be upgraded to accommodate rising business, though timing remains uncertain.
Reports say the Bremen has been lost or captured while the Deutschland and Bremen crews face danger. Anxiety among seafarers grows as a second trans Atlantic voyage is canceled. Observers consider neutral blockade runners as a possible next step, though not advised for safety.
The United States doubles ship tonnage in nine months of 1916 vs 1915 and steel ships triple. Norway and allies place orders totaling over 200 million dollars, stressing U S yards. New plants rise, old ones reopen, as demand for ships and wartime cargo persists, with Mobile offered as a favorable site for expansion.
Solicitor Thompson accuses the warden of Thile mines of corrupt practices including parole sales and flogging. The convict board is urged to reopen the inquiry for slander and to prove the allegations. Critics question pre judgment and await truth to emerge.
A preliminary census release notes strong consumption in American mills for the year ending July 31, with total cotton use reaching 7,278,529 bales. The rise marks a record, reflecting higher lint employment and a 2.6 percent gain. Alabama ranks fifth in the textile output.
The state produced 1,462,888 bales in 1916 versus 1,282,937 in 1915, with North Carolina and South Carolina following. Georgia and Alabama followed, Georgia producing 346,233 bales compared to 297,277 previously. The trend suggests Southern states will lead the East, limited mainly by available skilled female workers in the North and East.
Doc Whiskers warns to quit smoking or face doom, but the speaker parodies medical scare tactics. He recounts doctors urging cessation while continuing to smoke and mocks the threats of pills, diets, and graveyard visages as he clings to his briar and Four Flush mixture.
The item cites Smith's Bible dictionary to explain manna as daily morning food for the Israelites in the wilderness. It describes manna as seedlike and hoar frost, gathered before heat, failing if stored, ground and made into wafers with honey tasting like fresh oil, fed the people for forty years, and ceasing upon entering Canaan.
The star lineup promises an unusually fortunate day with Mercury Saturn the Sun Venus and Neptune in helpful aspects. Business and enterprise should surge with energy, advertising gains possible and women may excel in commerce. Political parties face internal treachery risks and election day surprises loom in the East while theaters and arts gain positive signs.
A series of laboratory tests fed 22 pigeons ordinary white rice to induce beriberi paralysis. Dr Casimir Funk of Columbia injected small doses of vitamin extracts from the rice hulls, reviving the birds within hours. The remarks highlight the role of chemical research labs in disease prevention and treatment.
Fraternal and civic organizations schedule gatherings at multiple halls including Dauphin Street Mechanics Lodge, Woodmen Palm Grove No 7, Masonic Howard Lodge 69 at 7 30, and Red Men Tuspeepess Tribe 69. City commissioners hold a noon meeting at the municipal building.
A reader asks about removing warts on a boy using fuming nitric acid and treating nocturnal enuresis with rectal stimulation of the inferior pudendal nerve. Other questions cover fever with yellow skin, kidney stones, and headaches linked to possible ear irritation and castor oil cleansing, with doctor-directed guidance offered.
A essay argues that excessive homework and textbook use harm children. It calls for increased oral instruction through lectures demonstrations and teacher led demonstrations while reducing reading load. It condemns over reliance on texts and stresses teachers engaging pupils with questions.
A narrator recalls a rainy afternoon romance with George, a traveling man, and the drift of letters that led to a failed commitment. George marries the narrator’s friend Leila Hewes, while continuing to travel, using Leila for convenience rather than settling down.
Fragmentary newspaper note remarks that many remain silent through indifference or timidity and that even those who do not need to ask will typically wait. The line ends with a teaser hinting at continuation on Page Five.
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