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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1916
Page
4
Fragmentary text describes the Mobile Alabama newspaper item with Associated Press byline. Mentions post office the Mobile and various city offices or buildings in Chicago St. Louis and New York. Postal and subscription details are partially visible with pricing hints.
The Louisville and Nashville plans to modernize a coal hoist in Mobile at 78060 dollars with new machinery and electrical upgrades. The Piece argues Mobile must build open access coal handling facilities to compete with Pensacola Charleston New Orleans and Norfolk and to lay coal at 45 cents a ton cheaper than rivals.
Hubert Dent Jr of Alabama elected chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee succeeding Hay of Virginia appointed a federal judge by President Wilson. He was nominated by Claude Kitchin of North Carolina. Dent earned the honor by seniority.
Mobile has withdrawn from the contest for the Farm Loan Bank. Montgomery and Birmingham were invited to send delegations to present their city claims. The Chamber of Commerce will hear both sides to decide which city to back. Alabama will not have a two city lock in. Birmingham claims strength as a banking hub and gin center with regional reach across Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee.
The United States declines a blanket classification of submarines as warships, upholding individual scrutiny for each submarine. It rejects both Bislation and England’s action, drawing a line between warlike subs and mining craft while treating the Deutschland case with guarded policy.
Resourcefulness and initiative are highlighted by department heads of the United States as Pensacola expands aviation training. Thirty new hydro aerial planes join the aviation school fleet to bolster instruction and operations.
Pensacola praises the plan to distribute awards to successful bidders to stimulate the airship industry. The piece argues the act shows recognition of aircraft as war ships and supports Congress and ongoing preparedness efforts while aiding a new industry of growing importance.
Walt Mason humorously contrasts two companions Jim and Joe on a road trip in a green motor car. Jim remains cheerful despite mishaps while Joe grumbles at every turn, criticizing driving and lashing out with sharp lines as the tires wear. The poem ends with Mason preferring Jim’s company over Joe’s despite travel challenges.
A New York Evening Post view urges honoring Lincoln by letting his memory guide restraint in partisanship. It argues Lincoln would resist current divides on suffrage eight hour work and prohibition, preferring actions over rhetoric and would crack a joke while deciding.
The 1916 outlook marks luck for bankers brokers and all large enterprises with wealth from new commodities. Education fairs well with Jupiter aiding schools though co education may face issues. Ambitions rise for business ventures and legal honors. engineers builders and medical fields show promise while weather may bring autumn and winter risks.
A reader defends two house cats while noting their cost about ten cents daily for food. He argues the animals rarely catch rats or mice, balancing economic and philosophical views on keeping pets.
A reader describes a woman who keeps four or five cats and feeds them broiled steak with the gristle removed and plenty of milk. She spends much on feline care, noting cats may torment animals for fun due to limited feline understanding.
The excerpt traces how a child's amusement at a kitten’s suffering evolves as understanding of cause and effect grows. It contrasts instinctive cruelty with the later imagination driven restraint that emerges, reflecting moral development and pity toward animals.
The Panama national assembly reconvened with factions quieted. An agreement directs the election of the presiding officer of the assembly to be referred to the supreme court for ruling.
The passage argues that animal stories claiming sympathy from animals are hard to credit. It concedes rare cases in animals bred for human companionship may show sentiment, but such notions imply imagination and a complex brain, reflecting higher mental capacity.
The essay argues dogs dream vividly, while cats show little evidence of dreaming due to less organized brains. It links dreaming to imagination and sympathy, notes cats’ strong home attachment but rare self sacrifice, and suggests cats’ companionship offers human comfort rather than active empathy.
The article emphasizes using screens, isolation, sanitation of discharges, and trained nurses to prevent infectious diseases. It highlights preventing contamination from flies and supervising family members to ensure safe food and proper sanitary care in cases of infantile paralysis.
Question on constipation from milk and a preventive for infantile paralysis. Answers note limited cures, emphasize physician care, and highlight cleanliness, sun exposure, good air, and avoiding nasal discharge contamination. mention adrenaline chloride and other remedies under study. Also advise nitric acid for warts with doctor retouch in a week.
Helen wakes to Mary reporting Nora and Joe in trouble. Joe was wounded in a fight on the roof of their apartment building and cut with a knife. Mary urges immediate help while Helen prepares coffee and sends Mary to Nora. The scene captures shock and urgency in a domestic setting.
London authorities begin examining the floating population in lodging houses and private residences to locate army service shirkers. Officials say a small but real number of shirkers may exist in the capital, enough to form an army corps.
The tissue at the wart base is damaged and self treatment should be avoided as it can cause a very sore ulceration that may become infected. Seek professional care to prevent complications.
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