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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1915
Page
4
Audit Bureau verifies Mobile Item circulation claim
The Mobile Item guarantees advertisers more non paid circulation in Mobile and suburbs than any other Mobile newspaper. Auditors from the Audit Bureau of Circulation substantiated the guarantee over two consecutive six month periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
It- Bureau of Circulations
Audit Bureau of Circulations
City Net
Mobile
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Heaven helps only those who act, quote by Sophocles
This line emphasizes personal initiative as a virtue. It highlights the link between effort and reward, urging proactive action rather than reliance on fate or external aid. It reads as a timeless reflection on self-motivation.
School Houses for Social Betterment Endorsed
A U S Bureau of Education bulletin by Dr. Clarence A Perry argues public school buildings should host wholesome social activities beyond teaching hours. He cites 800 000 monthly attendees in forty five cities and contends such use censors excess leisure and builds youth character under school principals guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Bureau of Education
Clarence A. Perry
Perry
Getting the Most Out of the Common Things in Mobile
A reflective piece on appreciating everyday nature and community life in Mobile. It urges locals to value common sights and activities such as bay shores, woodlands, boating, farming, and neighborly kindness. The essay links mindful enjoyment of simple wonders to regional pride and future prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ier
Mobile
Household Furnishings Reuse in Belgian Trenches
Captain Schmidt of the Belgian steamer Comtesse de Flandre reports that some Allied trenches in Flanders have been fitted from household goods left after Belgian homes were destroyed. He notes Belgian merchant marine largely intact and mentions two Belgian steamers loading in Mobile: Comtesse de Flandre at Mobile and Fruithandel at Gulf Port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanders
Belgium
Captain Schmidt
Comtesse de Flandre
Mobile
Schmidt
Fruithandel
Gulfport
Women Win Equal Pay for Equal Work Making Munitions
London September 18. Women in munitions factories will receive the same piece wages as men and plans are being made to set day rates on equal pay for equal work. The pledge came in a letter from David Lloyd George read at a national conference of unions in munitions work. The move is hailed as a victory by militant suffragists who have pressed for equal pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
David Lloyd-George
National Conference of
Trades Unions
Home Garden Meeting Postponed To Tonight
Directors of the Home Association postpone last night’s meeting to tonight to arrange planting the fall crop on city lots for 1916 season. Norton reports the 1915 summer season was successful and hopes to broaden the work next year. A woman says she could support a family by keeping a cow if someone would support the cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Home Association
Norton
Association
Confessions of a Wife and the Cost of Personal Enjoyment
The narrator compares personal expenses between spouses, noting women spend on themselves while men spend on entertainment. Margie reveals she spends one dollar a day on herself, while Dick covers heavy household costs. Tension arises over desires for romance versus practical status, ending with a plea for deeper fulfillment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie
Margie
Jack
European War Headlines One Year Ago Today
Paris reports German armies in France unable to advance while Berlin notes French and British forces. Petersburg cites Austrian losses in Galicia at 350000. Roads blocked by abandoned Commissariat trains. Austria sends more troops to the Italian border amid nationalist demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Berlin
J. Petersburg
Galicia
Commissariat
Italy
The Romance of a Handkerchief at the Empire
Vitagraph comedy featuring Maurice Costello Baird and Van Dyke Brooke leads Empire program. Plot hinges on an innocent handkerchief causing trouble with the cast listed for patrons. Also showing A Quiet Little Game Leo Maloney Bettie O Neal A Lo Deal and Lost in the Swim comed y and drama offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Costello
Baird
van Dyke Brooke
Empire
Harry Todd
Marguerite Joslin
Leo Maloney
Bettie O'Neal
Curious question on church founding dates and history
The exchange discusses the founding years of the Catholic and Episcopal churches. The responder notes Catholics claim a later origin, while asserting Christ did not establish a church in modern sense. He cites authorities placing episcopacy at Rome around 38 and notes Burnet’s claim of 600 for Episcopalians, deeming ancient dating debates unprofitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
Macauley
Henry VIII
T. J. Eaton
St. Mary’s
Christ
Peter
Rome
Butler
Burnet
Ill and Broke Man Tries Laws for Money by Selling Patent Medicines
W C Chambers, bedridden with fever, told Recorder Edington he had no funds for a license to sell patent medicines. He admitted selling about four dollars in medicines from his own formula and faced a minimum fine of 100 dollars or 30 days in jail, which was reduced to a jail sentence due to his weak condition. Another young man charged with the same offense was exonerated by Chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Conception Streets
W. C. Chambers
Chambers
Edington
Eddington
National Cash Register manager reports strong growth and East firming
S. Wright returning from Southern managers convention in Atlanta says officials expect a 50 percent rise in orders next year with improved business in the East and Middle West. Other executives and travelers, including Dudley Lang and various named individuals, visit Mobile and Montgomery for meetings and winter plans as multiple company representatives are listed by city and firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ER. S. Wright
National Cash Register Company
Atlanta
East
Middle West
South
Dudley Lang
Montgomery
Mobile
Nashville
Munson Liner Ships Horses to Havana as War Buyers Suspected
Small shipments by Munson Steamship Line increase with a Friday loading of twenty five horses and mules aboard the Karen bound for Havana Cuba. Mobile office manager Spencer Tallmadge refused comment fueling speculation Havana serves as a middle port for war buyers. Previously Seeberg Steamship Co sent cavalry and truck horses to St Nazaire but suffered mishaps and losses, making those efforts financially a failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munson Steamship Line
Karen
Havana
Cuba
Spencer Tallmadge
Mobile
Iocaledmeerns
Seeberg Steamship Company
St. Nazaire
France
Colorado River Flood Reaches 68 Feet Causing Austrian Worry
A Colorado River dam near Austin shows 68 feet stage with 28 feet rise in 18 hours. The entire river valley floods as debris tests the dam under heavy flood waters. No casualties reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Austin
Texas
Colorado River
Cayman Brac Relief Fund Still Growing
The Cayman Brac relief committee reports subscriptions rising to 149 dollars and 60 cents. Friday contributions include multiple local businesses and individuals such as McMillan Harrison Grain, Van Antwerp Drug, and National City Bank among others, with prior total 106 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cayman Brac
D. R. Dunlap Mercantile Company
McMillan & Harrison ‘Grain Company
van Antwerp Drug Company
McGowin-Lyons Hardware Company
F. C. Turner
Waller Produce Company
Rolf Seeberg Ship Chandlery Company
J. Pollock & Co
H. R. Luscher
Mendel Goldstein
J. G. Levy
B. H. Clingerman
Marine Supply Company
National Air Register Company
W. W. Gill
Young Men’s Christian Association Increases Reach
The Y.M.C.A. reports nationwide growth with 759 buildings and libraries, $18.9 million in U.S. expenses, and 620,789 total members. Foreign operations spent $433,100 while 164,000 men and boys enrolled in Bible classes. Employment reached 53,257 and 447,000 joined physical training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cago
Young Men's Christian Association
United States
Lieutenant Taliafero Breaks American Flight Record
Lieutenant Walter R. Taliafero, assigned to the signal corps aviation school at North Island, set a new American sustained flight record for a pilot alone with nine hours forty eight minutes. He flew a military tractor with a 90 hp motor, surpassing the previous 8 hours 53 minutes set by Lieutenant Byron Q. Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Walter RR. Taliafero
Signal Corps
North Island
Byron Q. Jones
Taliafero
Reinhold Boehm
Mobile Rifle Club to Meet Monday Night at Armory
The Mobile Rifle Club plans a Monday night meeting at the Armory under United States army regulations with Captain John A. Mahon in charge. Members will practice aiming and sighting as new modern indoor rifles and equipment are to be sent to Mobile for indoor range work, with three companies slated to begin winter indoor training soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Rifle Club
United States Army
John A. Mahon
Mobile Batallion
Adjutant General
Mobile
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