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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1912
Page
7
The Mobile Item, a Mobile, Alabama newspaper, publishes seven papers a week including Sunday edition. Subscription terms list daily, weekly, and annual rates with Associated Press wire service and publisher affiliations.
Mobile, Alabama on September 18, 1912 honors Dr. EB Bondurant dean of the University of Alabama medical faculty for directing the counter movement that kept the Mobile Medical Department from Birmingham’s attempt to seize it. His organizing effort and high professional standing swayed the university trustees and earned public thanks.
A Montgomery Journal analysis notes farm lands have gained value for two decades with renewed financier interest. It argues safe, profitable returns from crops and land, driven by population growth and demand for grain, cotton, tobacco, sugar, and other farm products. The Cincinnati Enquirer is cited praising agricultural loans and rising land values. The piece predicts the next five years will mirror recent price gains in fertile U S lands.
A compact history explains bubonic plague as a rat and rat flea disease. The germ Yersin identified in 1894 underpins the cycle among rats fleas and humans, with transmission via ships and long survival in hosts.
Trustees decide to retain the Mobile division of the University of Alabama Medical Department. The decision affirms Mobile’s medical college status and its A AMA classification, stressing continued gains for students, physicians, and the state.
John B. Mitchell of the Church Home Building Committee requests a donation of forty to one hundred acres within a mile of the street railway for farming. The Church Home for orphans in Mobile plans to sell the old site to fund a modern facility costing at least 50 000 dollars and invites nearby landowners to donate parcels to form the new site.
A Tennessee political fracture is described as the Democratic party battles its own wing aligned with Hooper and his supporters. The Nashville Democrat mocks independents calling themselves fellow Democrats and denounces Patterson and fellow Democrats as a faction.
A mosaic of brief quotes and captions notes dentists praising pink teeth and huckleberry pie markets, Woodrow Wilson easing out of state entanglements, a Philadelphia coal man marriage, Taft’s campaign mood with Aunt Delia and her pies, and a classical take on love signaling timidity in men and boldness in women.
A dated note on liberal education and its link to staying in touch with current commercial advertising. The piece argues reading advertisements keeps a person informed about trends and tendencies in the community’s advertising.
Washington report describes a Public Health Service collection of novel rat traps to deter bubonic plague. Inventors from across the country sent devices ranging from guillotines to ratapult and mirrors to a kettle drowning scheme, amid concerns over keeping the plague from spreading along coastlines.
A terse report notes that the chorus girls visiting this season have thus far appeared in a manner suggesting disappointment or dissatisfaction with their performances or reception.
Helen and her husband clash over opening a stubborn canvas trunk in their new home. His rage at broken tools and her meek attempts to help expose underlying tensions about control and marriage. The scene ends with Helen sobbing, unsettled by his uncontrolled anger.
Beatrice Minor, recently widowed after Tom Minor’s death, contemplates a second marriage to escape loneliness and provide for her children. She trains her sights on Robert Marcy, a widower, as the first suitor in a planned new life that may bring a second springtime.
President Vail is praised as a key voice for big business and public rights. The piece highlights his belief that opportunity exists for individuals to rise through ranks, citing his own career and the broader view held by Governor Wilson.
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