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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1913
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text shows Mobile item company details and unclear names and addresses. The readable elements include a street line 16-18 and references to a person likely named Korvita and a Smith Co, but the full item and context are missing.
Readers planning a residence change in the next two weeks should notify the circulation manager with their new address to ensure uninterrupted delivery of The Item.
State entomologist Dr. Hinds notes killing frosts on October 21 22 in Alabama wiped out food for many boll weevils. The drop in weevil numbers ahead of winter could greatly reduce next year’s infestations and losses. Planters urged to plow stalks and plant cover crops now to finish destroying immature weevils.
An Anglo American Exposition planned in London for 1914 will commemorate the Ghent treaty centennial and celebrate a century of peaceful relations. It aims to showcase American and British contributions to global progress through exhibits illustrating what each nation has achieved.
A discussion on food prices cites beef and mutton shortages due to cattle declines since 1907. It argues for increasing beef supply, expands to seafood as a national food source, and notes fishery policy aims to boost oyster production and protect public health while improving overall food security.
The Department of Agriculture launches the Boys Pig Club to boost hog breeding and pork supply. Alabama Louisiana and Georgia already host clubs with plans to expand to every Southern state. It grows from the Boys Corn Club and will complement corn production by feeding hogs.
The Associated Advertising club of Iowa closed its fourth annual convention with a farm visit to Col. George W. French. William H. Field of the Chicago Tribune urged closer advertiser consumer ties and described campaigns showing ads influence housekeeper purchases and readership value. He cited Tribune campaigns boosting subscriptions by highlighting advertising presence and noted Tribune readers spend about 50 million dollars yearly on food.
The week brought favorable weather in the cotton belt with renewed rain in western areas. Eastern sections enjoyed good conditions aiding picking ginning and marketing, while midwest and western districts faced complaints about crop conditions and fears of further setbacks.
A New York cafe opens a bar only for women, with chaperones required for men, private glasses, personalized cocktails, and a focus on color and presentation. The piece includes digressions on phonographs, a Masterphone concept, Standard Oil fractional stock, and New York City’s emphasis on school buildings.
The Indian chieftain Aruuoga seeks help from a white farmer amid a drought in Arurotsfagosta territory. He asks about the farmer’s gods and learns rain comes from the farmer’s Heaven, prompting reflection on the exchange between cultures.
About 250 men design schools to serve Brooklyn Queens and The Bronx as populations rise. Grammar schools take six weeks and high schools several months to plan, with costs approaching the million-dollar mark in many cases. The work reflects a surge in urban education infrastructure.
An Indian chief Arutuoga seeks relief from famine and pleads for the farmer to save his tribe. The farmer shows a chromo and claims it represents the powerful God Bismarck from across the sea. Rain comes, the tribe worships the image, and the chief offers cows and horses for the sacred clothes, while the farmer values his uniform more than livestock.
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