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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1916
Page
4
Satsuma Day in Mobile grows as a planned annual event with Gulf Coast Horticultural Society meetings to refine plans. The orange crop rise and Northern visitors on an excursion promise a standout display that could boost Mobile’s image and future interest in the orange industry locally.
Five naval officers study Atlantic and Gulf coast sites for new navy bases with Mobile favored as a submarine base. Pensacola near Mobile cited for aviation use. Mobile’s landlocked harbor and fortified entrance are highlighted as key defenses and logistics advantages for rapid submarine operations.
Mobile County expands highway work from Frohsinn to Grand Bay via Irvington to lure tourists. Upgrades on other routes benefit about 1,500 local autoists. Completion of the Pascagoula River bridge will boost the Gulf Coast highway from Mobile to Bay St. Louis as a tourist magnet.
The report notes a likely congressional debate on an embargo of American wheat exports before the next session due to bread shortages. Brooklyn bakers press for action as spring prices loom high and flour costs threaten. It urges the president and Congress to curb external demand that could raise food prices.
The text shows a partisan jab as Republican candidate Fies attacks the Democratic administration over the eight-hour day law while the American Federation of ... releases a statement. The passage indicates a focus on votes and political maneuvering.
The labor federation worries a candidate may doubt gains among labor voters as he counters administration attacks over the eight hour law. Meanwhile Bryan and other Democrats tour the nation praising the administration's record, stressing diplomacy keeping the U.S. out of war while defending national rights. He warns equal suffragists to beware Republican trickery and not expect too much from Hughes supporters.
The dispatches say Crete with 300000 people declares a provisional government amid ongoing Greek turmoil. Venizelos, tied to stability, is cited as a bellwether figure in Crete’s discontent with Athens. Roosevelt setbacks and a New York primary result are also noted along with fines from eleven violators of the prohibition law.
John the granger watches his corn perish under relentless heat and scarce rain. He grieves as the crop fails but stays hopeful, promising that next year’s weather will be better and more like the tales in books. He ends with a wry note that optimism returns after a groan.
Reader A argues that if two brothers marry their wives would not be sisters-in-law. B says they would. Answer: A is right. A sister-in-law is the sister of a husband or wife or a brother's wife. The second query asks how to remove dents from moving furniture marks. Use damp blotting paper and a hot iron, repeating as needed to raise the dent.
The zodiac warns of an unlucky day with Jupiter Neptune Mars and Uranus in adverse positions. Speculation risks, legal troubles loom nationally, navy matters show potential disruption, and coal strikes may arise while artists gain new opportunities and homes and dress fortunes shift.
An article explains glycosuria as a temporary blood sugar rise not diabetes and stresses lifestyle factors. It urges rest, diet, mental well being, and optimism to improve health, warns against chronic worry, and notes questions about graham bread and nitrogen in nutrition.
A historical column argues that business leaders enforcing prohibition lead to real reform. It compares temperance gains to dress choices for girls, saying clothing becomes a temptation and a social snare driving youths to excess and loss of reason.
A newspaper feature argues dress mania among women workers harms seriousness and efficiency. It credits Mutual Benefit Life Insurance and Bell Telephone for pushing attire reforms, urging sturdier waists and modest skirts during business hours to win respect and equal pay gains.
Ned Burns is invited to a house party, and Helen agrees to accompany Warren. She plans to dress well and participate, explaining she saved money by staying in town, signaling a well dressed social outing with friends at Babbie's. Lola Wilcox is mentioned as a refreshing presence among guests.
Garca Pena Sr. minister of war in Madero's cabinet is reportedly arrested at Matamoros opposite Brownsville Texas. He was sent to a Monterey penitentiary. The reason for the arrest is not stated. Pena had come from Florida and planned a trip across northern Mexico to his ranch in Sonora.
New Haven report says Yale University will require all members to sign a statement affirming they have not been exposed to infantil paralysis for three weeks prior to the fall opening on September 2. The measure aims to prevent spread during campus activities.
Federal Judge Wad dull overruled a motion by the Italian government and Attualita owners to release the vessel libeled for 800000 by Mina's owners after the Greek ship Mina sank near Gibraltar in a July collision. Private Fred J. McGibbons of H Company 31st Michigan Infantry was killed when his motor truck hit a rut near Las Cruces New Mexico. The fleet tender Sonoma, damaged on the southern drill grounds, returned to sea after divers removed a cable entangled in its propellers.
The directors of the National Association of Motion Picture Industry voted unanimously against federal or state censorship of motion pictures after three hours of discussion in executive session in New York.
Theodore and William H Taft will attend a reception for Charles E Hughes at Union League Club on October 3. In Berlin Captain Boelke downed two Entente aircraft, bringing his wartime total to twenty eight. In London Prince George begins naval college cadet training at Osborne at age fourteen. In Troy John Wadsworth Holmes, 89, prominent dentist and Oliver Wendell Holmes cousin, dies.
An excerpt explains nitrogen balance, noting that while the body needs about eight grams daily, a intake of sixteen grams results in excess stored as tissue, increasing body weight or avoirdupois rather than immediate use. It discusses nitrogen storage as a response to surplus.
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