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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1914
Page
6
The article warns about illness from eating meat fish and other foods kept too long. It notes senses of taste and smell are unreliable and teaches simple tests to judge safety, stressing freshness in seafood and dangers like ptomaine poisoning as the fish eyes and gills change with decay.
Guidance on identifying fresh seafood by gill color and gloss, scale condition, flesh texture, odor, and behavior. Fresh fish should be bright, firm, with intact scales. decomposed flesh is soft and pits under pressure. For lobster, a sprung tail and lively movement indicate freshness while limp tails warn.
A practical piece warns baths may trigger colds through rapid skin cooling and urges vigorous toweling to restore warmth. It then surveys freshness tests for seafood, poultry, beef, veal, pork, bacon, and produce, advising on odor, color, texture, and safety before purchase, and endorses shopping in person over phone orders.
A playful exchange ends in a surprise marriage plan after a man confesses he decided to marry yesterday following winning a side saddle in a raffle. The couple’s banter highlights lighthearted romance.
Rev Robert S Young urges public support for 1000 mothers and children at the Urania Tuberculosis Preventorium Society Otisville NY. He cites 15000 TB deaths in 1913 and city costs. describes farm life, 170 acres, 50 shacks, and tents to shelter and educate families while fathers recover. seeks $100000 to expand to 1000 care and build fifty shacks.
G K Chesterton argues magistrates should not lecture prisoners or suffragettes. He mocks harsh bench rhetoric, urges understanding over punishment, and asserts true dignity comes from reason and justice rather than pomp. He suggests two speech templates and condemns the wasted impact of lecturing in court.
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