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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1916
Page
4
Fragmentary Mobile Alabama wire service item from September 5 1916 mentions post office second class matter and subscription details with references to Chicago Tribune and St Louis office. It records a dated notice and pricing terms.
A veteran tone contrasts stagnant trench warfare with rapid Allied and Axis movements. It notes Rus fronts pushing toward the Balkans and Romanian advances into Austria Hungary while Verdun, the Somme, and the Argonne loom as brutal death zones. The piece argues morale hinges on victory and endurance will crown the true heroes.
A government report from the Bureau of Animal Husbandry forecasts tick eradication in eleven southern states within five years, with Alabama nearing statewide freedom by late 1917. The plan hinges on cooperation, dipping programs, and declining local opposition as cattle value is expected to rise 50 to 100 percent due to the campaign.
The noted inventor Thomas A. Edison, longtime Republican, denounces Charles E. Hughes and declares irrevocable support for Woodrow Wilson. The endorsement portrays Edison as a peerless thinker, praising Wilson as superior and aligned with America’s needs amid modern challenges.
A citizen urges enforcement against ice vendors who cheat customers with short weights. Recorder Edington has already found some guilty and warns sterner action for repeat offenders to secure fair dealing in all trades. Citizens are urged to report cheating ice men to the police.
The navy appropriation measure allows the President to appoint nine commissioners to an international conference after the war to propose a court of arbitration for disputes among nations, a key League to Enforce Peace proposal. Premier Asquith hinted the US could aid in postwar readjustment and advocated a league of nations to protect global rights. Sentiment favors such a league among allied nations, with details pending.
The poem pleads for autumn to arrive, lamenting the lingering heat. It mixes humorous hyperbole with a wish for frost and sleet to end the long summer. The speaker begs Fall to bring cold weather and relief from the heat.
Amber is fossil gum from an extinct conifer exuded long ago on northern European marshy coasts. The Baltic sea coast is the main supply. Cecil Rhodes proposed a Cape Hope to Cairo railway across British possessions, about 5700 miles, but war halted progress.
Astrologers warn of an unlucky day despite Uranus in good aspect. Venus Saturn the Sun and Mars are adverse. expect firm calm and poise. The European situation may affect American public opinion with changes in recreation and rising dissipation and self denial.
A middle aged woman reflects on aging and the burden of self which she calls the Old Man of the Sea. She recalls youth’s worry over appearances and notes happiness comes from freeing oneself from self centered scrutiny. She recalls feeling observed by the world and anxious about outfits and trends.
The speaker recalls youthful vanity and need for attention, then describes a shift to self acceptance. She contrasts past wounds from mockery and criticism with current indifference to snobbery, embracing humility and resilience amid public judgment.
Galveston orders issued Monday modify sail freight embargoes by Mallory and Morgan lines and railroads serving Galveston announce most freight classes will be accepted for coastwise shipment to New York via the city. The report also notes a series of obituaries and a cotton condition update from Scatro Egypt via London.
The quoted passage shows a speaker acknowledging humility and openness to critique, framing feedback as friendly guidance rather than harm. It emphasizes self awareness and a willingness to improve without resentment.
A speaker reflects on relinquishing a grand life mission and personal happiness to focus on keeping one’s own skirt clean and serving others. By ceasing self preoccupation, they claim peace arises, perception shifts, and happiness comes from making others happy.
Article explains hives as sudden itchy skin wheals caused by food irritants. Strawberries shellfish pork mushrooms oats and other substances can provoke outbreaks, more in babies and females, with emotional stress and poor digestion as contributing factors.
Asthma is a lung condition with bronchial tube constriction. catarrh is a chronic irritation of mucous membranes. Argyrol, a silver preparation, may help infections of mucous membranes. The answer notes asthma differs from catarrh and explains nerve involvement and causes from heart or kidney disease.
On a Jamaica station platform Helen and Warren observe two elegantly dressed women with escorts. Helen compares herself to the stylish pair while pondering what men see in women of that type as the train speeds by.
A masked man entered the Liberty Theater during a performance in Oklahoma City and held up the manager and a musical comedy company representative. He stole $406, then outran patrons to a balcony fire escape and fled into the street.
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