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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1915
Page
2
Fragmented OCR notes describe failed soil improvement methods in Mobile County. mentions crops, fertilizers, and fertilizer costs. cites Furnishings cars from St. Louis to Mertz station as illustration of soil productivity at lower costs. References investor interest on eastern shore and land values.
An advertisement promotes Lime for tuberculosis claiming it aids physical composition and digestion. It argues safety, non habit forming, and easy assimilation. Sold by Braswell's Store and Eckman Laboratory with assurances of no narcotics.
The article explains how sulphate of ammonia from Alabama coke ovens improves yields in Georgia crops, with experiments showing gains in oats and other staples. It notes an Athens office guiding farmers, rising coke by product recovery, and a proposed Gulf Coast Produce Exchange to manage these resources.
Port entries show numerous ships at various ports with nationalities and tonnage. Vessels including Wensel Unphina 1518 tons Swed and Gains 621, Winona 2366, Amelia 744 along with mobile bound bark ships and steamers under N C M & C and Ward Line are noted. Cited ports include Puerto Cortez Matanzas Havana New York and Gibraltar with dry docks and repair facilities referenced. A concluding note mentions fertilizer development in Mobile County led by Senator Bourne and R V Taylor with land experiments on several hundred acres.
The Miami Coast Guard cutter is searching for an old derelict lying in the direct path of coastwise ships between Mobile and Florida ports. The Mallory Line reports captains sighting the menace in those waters as vessels travel between Mobile, Tampa, Key West, and New York.
Lieut Fred B Horton of Shreveport says Vitalitas cured his kidney trouble and rheumatism after 15 months on crutches. He claims crutches were laid away and declares Vitalitas the greatest medicine on earth. He invites inquiries to Shreveport leaders and Sutton's Drug Store for investigation.
Fraternal Aid Union No 147 holds open meeting at Pdd Fellows hall with State Deputy E J Grove to speak. Boys Social Club to plan ball on September twenty second. Older Girls Council meeting at Turnerville church September 19 at 4 30 pm with Miss Houston present. Remains of Mrs Sarah K Sullivan laid to rest in Whistler cemetery. Several residents return from Mobile and Houston visits. a new baby arrived at Rev Joseph J Harris’s home. Dushierd of Rebekah and Knights of Pythias members noted at gatherings.
Gulf Coast Citrus Exchange officials plan to market citrus fruit and pecans from Mobile and Baldwin counties and Southern Mississippi in northern cities this fall. The move, supported by all coal section growers, names Dr. C F k as a co ordinator and Elects Fountaine as second vice president. shipments from Grand Bay will begin this fall with further routes to Chicago.
McCurdy president of a local buggy and gig engine firm said he declined a $15,000,000 shell contract. He cited unwillingness to risk thriving domestic business and war profits as the cause. A London report added that a spy execution was announced today.
Marjorie Davis testified before Recorder Edington that Annie Walker’s noise with a Maxim silencer deafened a neighborhood. Annie’s antics near St Michael and Warren streets drew city ire and ten days in jail for Annie plus five days for Marjorie’s unkind words. Dias Moffatt, a colored vendor, claimed to raise chickens by order for the good roads movement in Mobile county and faced licensing questions after admitting he had no license.
A Jackson highway route dispute led to fines for several men including Willie Jones Price White and Jones who acknowledged forgetting the law. Each received the minimum $1 fine for display of honesty in a fragmentary report from a local proceeding.
Charles A. Verneuille a 57 year old night watchman in the Choctaw yards of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad was struck by a locomotive Thursday night and died Friday at 4 50 AM at the Inge Bondurant Sanitorium. He was a Mobile native residing at 1160 St Emanuel street. His wife and other relatives survive. Amputation of both legs followed emergency surgery and internal injuries plus blood loss caused death.
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