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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1915
Page
4
A trimmed quotation notes that the past often resists cheerfulness and that maintaining a cheerful spirit is a valuable achievement. The line underscores how memory and prior events challenge current happiness.
A Wilmer community leader notes that local feuds fade as fair preparations unite neighbors and spur pride. The fair’s cooperative competition breaks barriers between towns and even between country and city, promising a year of shared goals and improved crops, homes, and prosperity.
The Huntsville Times predicts two million people in the Tennessee Valley within twenty five years after completion of the great river improvement project. The article questions the assertion but notes the valley’s value and Alabama’s potential to attract residents, with no wait expected.
A fragmented wire report describes Europe war progress with yardage like a gridiron game, noting advances and setbacks. A Alabama chauffeur ad seeks a job and claims he neither chews nor curses, while a hot day provokes wonder.
The Gulf Coast Fair in Mobile is hailed as the most successful ever for the Gulf Coast region, with strong rural participation from Mobile and Baldwin counties and neighboring areas. The piece credits the country and the Fair Association for creating a real fair that boosted local agriculture and markets, while acknowledging some prize disappointment but overall satisfaction with public support and future prospects.
William F. Feagin asserts an 800 percent gain in farm labor productivity for Southern states. He proposes six boost areas: mules and machinery, stock quality, crop rotation and tillage, drainage and seed vitality, and legume use. The piece urges farmers to adopt progressive methods and study Feagin’s suggestions to improve outputs.
Two priests of the Mobile diocese died within days of each other. Rev. Edward M. Shea born in Washington DC and Rev. Thomas P. Cassidy born in Pawtucket Rhode Island served in Bayou La Batre Toulminville and Montgomery and Whistler and Tuscaloosa. Cassidy died in Providence Rhode Island during a vacation. Shea died Friday morning after years at Toulminville church.
The Andalusia Star argues men should pay poll taxes to vote in the next election and to support district schools. The piece emphasizes civic duty and school funding as benefits of compliance.
An editorial argues democracy defines true Americans. It recounts Mrs. William Hale Thompson selecting a working stenographer as Miss Chicago for a Dixie highway tableau, praising merit over social status and highlighting democratic ideals in Mobile and Birmingham choices.
Perry County residents discuss reorganizing the Perry County Fair Association at a November 1 gathering in Marion aimed at naming officers and restarting efforts. Local fairs reflect on past Alabama exhibits while Mobile fair entries showcased regionally. Two illicit stills near Carolina Church were busted by U S Marshal M C Gantt and an officer from Montgomery, with two white men and two Black individuals arrested and stills destroyed. Marion Times notes abundant possums and good hunting with potatoes.
Charles Delaney owner of the Waverly Hotel Columbus Georgia and Rube Devol chief clerk travel to Mobile for the Gulf Coast Fair. Ex Senator F C White of Birmingham and Cudahy plantation manager Daniel H Carmody join visitors praising the event. Local figures like Joseph Norton and W M Conway inspect exhibits, while others from New Orleans and Wilmer Alabama display interest and plans.
A dense list of individuals and couples across Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana appears, including residents from Montgomery Selma Bay Minette Pensacola and Biloxi among others. The clipping names numerous households and addresses reflecting a broad social page roster.
Among prize-winning displays in the Liberal Arts building two stand lamps were crafted by young Motilian William H. Worden. The lamps, one wicker and one Dennison crepe paper rope, use electrical illumination and showcase Worden’s self developed ideas, drawing praise from adults as a credible achievement for a boy.
Estelle Mallory testified that Tom Jones stayed at her home and that her jewelry vanished after the visit. Tom denied intent, but was held to the grand jury. Recorder Edington suspected a Gulf Coast Fair conspiracy against his court. no fines were assessed and police focused on the event.
Firestone Tire and Rubber of Akron Ohio signed contracts for 110000 square feet of new floor space, adding to five wings begun last spring. The plant will total over thirty one acres with ten acres added this year, boosting tire output from 7500 to 12000 daily, a 60 percent rise. The expansions reflect strong demand for quality tires and the auto industry’s growth.
In Tacoma Washington B H Kennedy controlled a 1916 Studebaker with hands off the wheel on a dirt road proving engine power and balance. The car climbed Pacific avenue hill and Sixth avenue at high speed then held twenty miles per hour with no steering input to show straight tracking.
Autumn brings renewed activity or suspension of use for many cars. Owners should perform essential duties to protect their investment and ensure full return from the purchase.
Fairhope has been awarded a 200 dollar cash prize as the test special community exhibit after protests over not winning first prize. The award, sent to Fairhope exhibit superintendent C. E. Littlefield by Mort L. Bixler, notes the exhibit as the best display of community life and activity and calls for a special class next year.
Robert Burns, mate of the schooner T. E. Wells, intercepted off Dog River while hauling liquor, escaped custody and later surrendered at the county jail. He was docketed for violating the prohibition law and escaping from justice and posted bond for appearance in the inferior criminal court.
E W Clark, the advertising manager of The Mobile Item, leaves after a year to join the Memphis News Scimitar. The change is seen as an advancement in a larger city. Oscar E Jones will replace Clark and take charge of the advertising department tomorrow. he is well known and liked.
Deaths include Carl J. Schmidt George Edward Toner Augustus Hedstrom Jas E Amos Charles R Wentz Frank J Adams Jake Kamil William B Rowland. Births list boys Charles R Hettie Sanders George S Mary E Murrett girls Charles L Josephine Turner and others.
City engineer issued building permits totaling 1706 for the week ending October 30. Frank Hemsley rehabs a two story building at 105 South Hamilton after a fire for 1000. Alvarez owner plans erection of a four...
Amusements at the Columbia next week promise a versatile Arlington Carr Blanchard vaudeville bill led by a standout female performer and strong male acts. The program includes a four reel Chaplin comedy Ambition on Sunday with an extra reel, all at regular prices.
A Q and A discusses sending messages from moving trains with tests proving feasibility but limited commercial success. It notes the Yukon River is about 2040 miles long and largely navigable for 1500 miles, and comparative discharge to the Mississippi. It also states there is no premium value on the specified coins from 1865 and 1851 1856.
Mobile county postmasters and the Alabama Postmasters League met at the Gulf Coast Fairgrounds to discuss service improvements in delivery and forwarding. State President James A. Carney summarized features from the national league convention in Cincinnati, with postmasters present including Carney, Read, Williams, Davis, Spink, Evans, Harwell, and Brown.
Prohibition cases set for Saturday were continued to January 3 or January 4 in city court. William Schroeder faces three cases proceeding January 3, while Edward Roche and John McGrath reset for January 4.
Greenville Ala society brief notes list Judge Shaw and Lewis Womack visiting Montgomery Miss Gladys Reynolds guests in Montgomery various neighbors guests of friends and relatives across Brewton Dothan Opp and Andalusia with clubs meeting to discuss Modern England and Harmony Club activities concluding with a quip on women voting and Paris gowns.
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