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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1915
Page
4
The Mobile Item asserts it provides advertisers higher nonpaid circulation in Mobile and suburbs than many peers. The claim is stated as substantiated by Audit Bureau of Circulation auditors for two consecutive six month periods.
The Mobile Item offers uniform delivery in Mobile at 10 cents a week or 5 dollars annually for daily and Sunday editions. Any deviation from this price at any Mobile address is a breach. A one year subscription reward is offered to anyone who proves a different price was charged by an authorized carrier. Campbell quotes the motto To bear is to conquer.
In Alaska the U S government funds a railroad project and provides an amusement hall for workers. A library phonograph pool and billiard tables offer recreation. An itinerant preacher or wedding can use the hall, promoting morale and obedience to the law.
Police report rising burglaries in Mobile with many cases where occupants are away from home. Officers lack clues in several incidents and emphasize the need for residents to take preventive measures such as securing lights and alarms when leaving residences unattended.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a discussion of a hold up and the lack of justification. It mentions a person who “doesn't bother with to justify the hold-up.” No clear names, places, or dates are readable. The context remains unclear and incomplete.
Mobil e urged to send strong delegation to Nashville on Sept 28 24 to press for Jackson Highway. Conference called by Road and Revenue Commission president and Ways and Means committee forms a Mobile committee to coordinate. Mississippi cities Mobile Meridian Jackson push to show tourist traffic and capital support will shape the route and pace of the highway.
A Cleveland stenographer Miss Eva B Keleher argues flirting is proper and necessary while condemning masher behavior as offensive. She distinguishes flirts from mashers and suggests modest, invited responses. she imagines flirting season extending year round and notes many lonely men in Mobile would welcome her counsel.
A California Landing Alabama mill on the Alabama river has produced 40 000 railroad ties for the British government. Led by Mr Rogs Pogers the plant operates eighty workers. Ties ship via steamboat Charles May to Mobile for cargoes bound for Britain, recently carried by Irwin.
A farmer's wife invites a tramp to enter the farm as he asks to try something on approval and questions whether her dog might bite. The brief, dialogue driven snippet hints at curiosity and caution on a rural setting.
Baldwin County Teachers Institute opens a week long session in Fairhope with Superintendent J S Lambert announcing the complete program and special features. The agenda includes department meetings readings on rural life taxation vocational work for boys and girls and a moonlight bay excursion.
The Item invites live matter communications but forbids anonymous submissions and limits letters to 300 words on one side only. Writers must sign with name and address or nom de plume, enclose a return stamp, avoid partisan topics and controversial issues, maintain temperate language, and correct misstatements. The Item will print its own corrections and will limit repeated submissions from the same source.
John Craft appeals to The Mobile Item to boost Mobile's turnout for the Jackson Highway meeting in Nashville on September 28 24 inviting six to ten autos and twenty rail delegates. He notes Selma will send ten autos and a large rail delegation.
Mobile’s Chamber of Commerce and music committee thank supporters for open air concerts this summer but announce no more performances will occur due to lack of funds. They plan to seek December aid from commissioners to fund grander events next summer and credit local children for their interest.
Reports from the front claim Rheims reoccupied and fighting continues along the line north of the Aisne. Crown prince army driven back to the Orne with heavy losses claimed by Berlin. German victories cited against Vilna Grodno. Russian staff counters stating Germans pushed back beyond border. Montenegrins advancing along the frontier amid wide war activity. A note of thanks from the Pearson band and First Infantry band concludes the fragment.
The piece notes Tom Hyer as America’s first boxing champion, six feet two and a half inches tall, with two title bouts. It covers his 1841 180 pound war with George McCheester at Caldwell’s Landing and the later 16 round victory over Yankee Sullivan, in a brisk period voice. It also touches on the honorific Esquire, deeming Mr. preferable and noting Esquire’s waning significance.
The narrator recounts the death of Aunt Mary with grief and vague regrets. Jim supports her as she faces loss, while Dick is absent and unhelpful. The diary tone reveals intimate feelings about love, family bonds, and the comfort found in a calm bedside vigil.
A fragile narrator recalls a frightened child facing the ageless question why. The scene centers on innocence, fear, and the quest for meaning as the story unfolds toward a continuation.
The Southern Railroad passenger office of G. C. Robson will close for the day as Robson travels to Fr neeeen on roade part. The list shows travelers from Selma Meridian New Orleans Chicago and many towns across Alabama and neighboring states.
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