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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1916
Page
2
A gathering at the Cawthon hotel at 11 o clock addressed proposed educational tax levies. Speakers claimed strong public support, noting the amendment’s impact and the county’s likely majority. Feagin and others said they would confer with the commerce board on water matters and distribution to qualified voters.
An advertisement announces Felice cigars will cost five cents straight, up from a quarter, with the Felice brand promoted as high quality and national in appeal. The ad urges dealer support to maintain the new price and quality standard.
The Alabama Gulf Coast Missionary Association convened at the First Christian Church for morning and evening sessions. The program listed devotionals, committee appointments, and reports, with speakers including P. Spiegel and Mrs. Kemp.
A free will offering raised by the Government o Presbyterian church last Sunday totalled 200 dollars. Contributions will continue to aid famine sufferers with funds sent to treasurer Charles R Crane 75 Fifth Avenue New York City.
The British steamship Trancate was sunk and her crew were safely landed. Lloyd's shipping agency reports the Sidmouth from Cardiff built in 1903 of 4046 tons gross, last reported arriving at Spezia, Italy from Cardiff on September 11.
French forces recaptured northeast Verdun from German crown prince in six hours twenty minutes, freeing movement around Verdun and threatening Fort Vaux. The assault began at 11 30 this morning and saw decisive French infantry action after heavy artillery.
Financial institutions holding over five hundred million dollars in farm mortgages gather in Memphis for the Farm Makers Association of America third annual meeting. The session features the president F. W. Thompson of Chicago and a talk on the federal farm loan act by Representative W. M. Carsway of Arkansas. Senator Henry F. Hollis of New Hampshire cannot attend opening events.
Huntington Ind October 26 Taft spoke for Charl es E B Hughes in a meeting of railroad conductors on the Ameman bill. Taft was cheered as he asked if better hours were granted to workers not threatening to strike, arguing the eight hour law was not secured for shippers or thousands of railroad workers.
The Mobile Cotton Exchange schedules its annual meeting for noon Saturday after a prior postponement from Wednesday noon.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions attacks and billions but lacks clear names, places, or dates. The readable bits suggest a reference to a large or ongoing assault, but no verifiable details are present to form a factual summary.
Berlin reports a paper famine easing as manufacturers curb costs. High wages and labor shortages raised prices, publishers trimmed pages, and authorities in Saxony urged cooperation to counter the famine myth and promote consumption.
In Pawtucket East Providence and Providence.variety of speeches Marshall backs the Adamson law while noting employers failed to see value in an eight hour day. He argues a free republic should reform with calm deliberation and that eight hours yields more productive workers.
Atlanta unions plan to bolster the strike sympathy for street car workers by inviting national union leaders to Atlanta to discuss coordinated action. Georgia federation will summon state organizers to begin a unionizing push while a three member panel seeks stricter enforcement of concealed weapon laws amid reports of armed strikebreakers and two more attempted damages to street cars.
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