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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1915

Page

4

Mediation as Storehouse of Spiritual Dynamics

Noted thinker J Martineau extols mediation as a vast storehouse where divine energies lie hidden to empower the hero for his field and life.

J. Martineau

Strong Delegation Chooses Jackson Highway Battlefront

North Alabama leaders join Selma Montgomery Birmingham and Mississippi coast in backing the Jackson Memorial Highway linking Lakes to the Gulf. Chicago Herald praises Dixie route cities from Louisville to New Orleans and Nashville to Atlanta, urging Southern visitors and northern curiosity alike. The piece notes rising export concerns and the 1915 corporate push in New York as economic context.

Mobile Nashville Selma Montgomery Birmingham Alabama Mississippi Gulf Chicago Herald North End Dixie Louis Ville Marie Henry Lexington Cumberland Gap Atlanta Gia New Orleans Chicago

Mobile to Build Million Dollar Terminal and Storage Plant

The Terminal Transfer and Storage Company announced a $1,000,000 riverfront plant in Mobile with work to start within thirty days. Local labor is expected to total $200,000 to $250,000 in wages, with materials sourced locally where possible, and the project described as a homegrown, city supported enterprise led by Captain John Quill.

Terminal Transfer and Storage Company United States Mobile Terminal Transfer John Quill America

Blowing in the Muzzle on Erb Poisoning Case

The Item discusses financier and railroad organizer Erb at Deal New Jersey awaiting outcomes after swallowing bichloride of mercury tablets by mistake. It compares to B Sanders Walker of Macon Georgia who died from similar carelessness two years earlier and calls for safeguards on poisonous substances to prevent repeats.

Newman Erb Deal N. J Erb B. Sanders Walker Macon Mr. Erb Georgia Mr. Walker

Physicians blamed for drug habit era in Hartford article

Dr. T D Crothers argues physicians propagate drug and alcohol addiction through training and practice. He urges medical colleges to teach alcoholism and drug taking, condemns opioid prescribing by young doctors, and links faculty neglect to patient outcomes. Also notes railroad circular promoting South American trade and Alabama cotton seed prices along with a global church census.

T. D. Crothers Hartford Conn Crothers

Awakening to Home Potash Sources In Wartime Industry

The war in Europe spurs American scientists to tap domestic resources for potash and alumite. Potash from kelp on the Pacific coast and new California deposits plus Utah alumite emerge as commercial fertilizers. Increased imports have highlighted the need for home production and a shift away from exporting crude materials.

Europe Pacific Coast California Utah America

Grand Bay trespass case ends in ice cream sentence

William H Reynolds vice president of the Gulf Coast Citrus Exchange pleaded guilty to trespassing at a Grand Bay lawn fete. The court fined him and ordered ice cream for sixteen of the fairest attendees. Reynolds commented that Grand Bay people know how to enjoy life even amid talk of war.

Grand Bay William H. Reynalds Gulf Coast Citrus Exchange MacDonald Reynalds Exchange Reynolds

Local Names List Across Alabama and Nearby States

A lengthy extract lists numerous individuals and couples associated with various towns and counties in Alabama and neighboring states. Entries include Battle House, Bienville, Cawthon, Windsor, St. Andrew, and Windsor groups with multiple named residents and spouses from Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, Auburn, and other locales.

Amusements at the Empire this week with multiple features

At the Empire today the Kalem drama Under Oath with True Boardman leads the program, set amid Italian vendetta and a Grand Hotel finale in St Louis. Billie Reeves stars in Queenie of the Nile, Justina Huff and John Smiley shine in Her Idol, and Friday brings The Goddess chapter with Earle Williams Anita Stewart and Bessie Eyton plus The Jungle Lovers. Admission five cents and ten cents for the main feature, children five.

True Boardman Empire Today St. Louis Billie Reeves Billie Justina Huff John Smiley Earle Williams Anita Stewart Bessie Eyton Edward J. Piel Edwin Wallock

Confessions of a Wife Excerpt on Aunt Mary and Time

In a diary style sequence, Margie debates selling Aunt Mary’s book shop stake to Mary for 15000 while Mother Waverly objects. The entry contrasts Mary’s business skill with Aunt Mary’s legacy and the narrator’s meditation on aging with grace. The tone reflects self reflection and generational tensions.

Harry Symone Margie Mary Mother Waverly

Father and daughter clash over kin and kith

A Yale Record humor piece frames a family dialogue where Father asks what he and John discussed. Daughter replies with a playful pun on kin and kith, and a small brother chimes in with a comical mishearing.

John Yale Record

Why Nature Sets Our Arms A-Swinging

The Item editor explains that nature causes arm swinging when we walk to maintain balance. Walking with stiff arms makes progress hard and the gait less graceful, whereas swinging arms helps balance and smooth movement.

James Howard Nature

Columbia Starts Football First Time in Ten Years

New York Sept 23 Football practice began at Columbia University for the first time in a decade with over 300 candidates promised to report though only about sixty to seventy expected to start today. Former stars Tom Thorpe and Harold Weeks were expected to assist in coaching.

New York Columbia University Columbia Tom Thorpe Harold Weeks

European War One Year Ago Today Report

A lull is reported by both armies in the center of the western line. The French office reports the capture of Peronne on their left. Progress against the Germans has been slow since September 18 yet steady. Petrograd says the Germans who drove Gen. Rennenkampff from East Prussia have been defeated in Latin. The submarine that sank three British cruisers off the Hook of Holland has returned to port undamaged.

French War Office Peronne Petrograd Rennenkampff East Prussia Holland

Illiteracy Talk At Mobile Teachers Institute

Professor J. B. Hobdy state rural school agent addressed pub lic school teachers at Barton Academy on illiteracy in Alabama. Mrs. Erwin Craighead followed, outlining Mobile county's efforts and progress in eradicating illiteracy. The lectures, praised as the day's top events, stressed teacher cooperation and ongoing educational improvement.

Barton Academy Alabama J. B. Hobdy Erwin Craighead Mobile Hobdy Craighead Teachers' Institute Olive Dodge

Colored teachers advance at Mobile county institute

Progress from the colored teachers institute in Mobile county public schools centers in A F Owens school building. Sessions feature talks by Superintendent Murphy Mort L Bixler Misses Peterson and Stimson W A Caldwell B C Fonville Robert Davis Ellen Gatewood and Professor I J Whitley on pedagogy departmental work and agricultural instruction with State Rural Supervisor Sibley slated to speak before closure.

Teachers’ Institute For Colored Teachers Mobile County A. F. Owens Murphy Mort L. Bixler Gulf Coast Fair Association B. C. Fonville Robert Davis Ellen Gatewood I. J. Whitley Plateau Institute Sibley

Lives of the Hunted referenced in banter

A dialogue from the New York Post mentions a work titled Lives of the Hunted as a joke about bachelors. The exchange features a brief back and forth with playful banter between a man and a woman.

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