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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1915
Page
3
A playful column mocks the government weather bureau and predicts fair skies for the near term. It includes a humorous tale about two Mobile wives gossiping at a dance hall and notes fair tonight and Friday with casual city commentary.
Advertisement promotes The Williams Treatment for uric acid related kidney and bladder issues and rheumatism. It offers a free 45 cent bottle trial with 32 doses, no alcohol or habit forming drugs, and a no obligation parcel post offer from The Williams Company Dept 1581 East Hampton Connecticut.
The Mobile district of the Alabama grand jurisdiction Independent Order of Odd Fellows held a convention at Odd Fellows Hall with two main addresses. Congressman George H. Huddleston spoke on the order’s tenets and future, welcomed by delegates led by President I. W. Pringle.
Aimed at readers with seasonal ailments, the piece argues colds stem from blood disorders or missing nutrients rather than weather. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a preventive tonic, claiming it enriches blood with fats, builds strength, and is free from drugs or alcohol. sold by Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield NJ.
John D. Ziller of Brown county Kansas, judging at the Gulf Coast Fair, lauds Kansas farming but says Gulf Coast exhibits surpass Kansas in variety. Miss Janice Doremus of Stratton School notes Northern schools trail the South in canning diversity. W C Bromley, formerly of Maryland, cites the Gulf Coast Produce Exchange’s $25,000,000 potential versus last year’s $6,000,000.
Col. Hernando D Money of Ocean Springs says integrating sheep with pecan groves boosts tree growth and fruit quality. He reports 23 sheep fertilizing soil, oats planted as forage, and wool profits from shearing, with lambs thriving in a mild Mobile climate and potential gains for citrus growers.
In Mobile, Chancery Court with Hon. Thomas H. Smith orders testimony published and cases submitted on pleadings and proof. Equity Court of Mobile, Judge Safford Berney, hears Fisher versus Crichton with testimony ordered. Senator Hemenway of Indiana and family are registered at the Battle House during a pleasure trip.
Four hundred traveling men from national and regional associations join a Travelers Day Parade planned for Saturday at 8:30 a.m. starting at the Cawthon hotel. About 100 cars expected. two bands Vetucci Royal Italian Band and Drago Band provide music as officials lead the procession through a downtown route.
Daphne in Baldwin County sends a 25 member committee to the Gulf Coast Produce Exchange meeting connected with Settlers Day at the Gulf Coast Fair. The group aims to produce a winter crop and contribute to the exchange’s first million dollars in shipments.
The Alvarado Construction Company filed incorporation papers in the probate court on Wednesday. Capitalized at 100000 dollars, the firm plans to begin business with that capital and will maintain offices in the city. Officers include J M Bains as president and W A Roberts as vice president, with others from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Very Rev Gardner C. Tucker rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, Mobile, has returned from a vacation trip to New York, Chicago, St. Louis and other points. The Mallory steamer he rode encountered severe weather en route to New York but he reports no unpleasant experiences. He will fill his pulpit Sunday with the usual Sabbath services.
Postmasters of Mobile county meet at the fair grounds Friday at 10 o clock on call of Miss Zula L Davis secretary of the Mobile county branch of the National League of Postmasters. President Taylor of Calvert presides and Dr Cawthon Plateau port master delivers the welcome. James A Carney state president will speak on his trip to the national convention.
Captain M A Bowen says a large Fairhope delegation will attend the fair Friday with special rates aboard the Apollo. The steamer will reach Mobile early Friday and return late Friday night to allow Fairhope residents to see all events. Folk dances by twelve Fairhope girls are featured.
The traveling men's organization will lead a parade Saturday starting at 9 am from the Cawthon hotel, moving through downtown streets to the grounds. Mounted police will head the procession. About 500 traveling men are expected. registration with badges opens at 8:30 am.
Paris Oct 28 reports that Viviani resigns and Aristide Briand is asked to form a new cabinet with Briand likely foreign minister and premier. Viviani would become justice minister. others named include Gallieni, Lacaze, Clementel, Klotz, Thierry and Combes with six state ministers and continued war output oversight by Albert Thomas.
Reports from Paris indicate further cabinet changes after Theophile Delcasse's resignation on October 13, with speculation that M Viviani might relinquish the premiership. Delcasse cited Balkan policy disputes as the cause, while Viviani spoke to deputies about the situation.
Spectators in Judge Edington's courtroom witnessed pandemonium as coins and cash flashed in the hands of the hoi polloi. Several defendants pleaded guilty without money to pay fines, while observers and deputy officials evacuated the room as a two-bit man slipped from the crowd with small change.
The Viviani ministry resigned on August 26 last year and a coalition cabinet formed with M Viviana leading. M Hiiand, who served as premier from January 21 to March 18, 1918, holds the post of minister of justice in the current cabinet.
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