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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1915
Page
4
The document lists 1,415 as Total Net Paid and 1,696 Total Net Paid, with 14,281 and 13,778 figures for copies not provided to employees, correspondents, service, office use, advertisers, exchanges, or samples. It notes no copies included for those categories in the totals.
The Mobile Item claims higher unpaid circulation in Mobile and suburbs than any other Mobile news outlet. Audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulation for two consecutive six month periods, the guarantee is presented as substantiated.
A quote attributes to Dr. Johnson that a man loses no more right to utter uncivil language than to commit a physical assault. It frames civility as a parallel to restraint in action and speech, linking rude speech to real-world harm.
A historical note urges secrecy for defense inventions to prevent public disclosure. Professor Herschel C Parker publicizes a Ford submarine concept, arguing its speed and assembly could aid defense, but broad exposure risks negating surprise factors that aided Germany in wartime. The piece calls for action by the U S war and navy departments to shield such ideas.
A reader asks what happened to the oldfashioned woman who lifted her skirts in rain. The piece notes that few remain, now dressed to fashion with skirts at sensible lengths, reducing the need to clutch bundles with teeth.
The California Wine Association issued a notice that no purchases will occur this season due to uncertainty over a renewed war tax on fortified and unfortified wines expiring January 1. Grape growers in California report drying thousands of tons for feeding, while stray lines mention Houston Post queries and unrelated local musings.
A public editorial urges restraint as talk of a U S senate special session for war related matters circulates. It stresses level headed patriotism, calls for lawmakers to set aside personal and political interests, and warns against selfish motives entering deliberations.
William F. Feagin praises Mobile County Public Schools in a pamphlet comparing old and new Alabama laws. He notes longer white school terms, consistent supervision, and a fifteen year county leadership, with a system that consolidates schools and transports pupils, creating fewer one room schools than other counties.
The Tuscaloosa News laments a missed line in a spring to fall food catalog noting strawberries fried chicken gumbo watermelons canta loupes roas'n ears pot lick er sweet potatoes and ribbon cane syrup and adds the oysters and fish of Mobile Bay are the world’s best.
The New York Evening Post vowed to provide correct information and sound literature in its first 1800s issue, a pledge the publisher claims has never wavered. The piece also notes regional farming exchanges, Stefansson’s Arctic exploits, and a New York strike for an eight hour day with higher wages.
Washington braces for the five year high turnout as the Grand Army of the Republic holds its 27 September to 2 October encampment. 139000 veterans on rolls, 15000 expected in the parade, led by Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles with President Wilson to review from the White House.
The column reports on community updates including Billy Hobdie’s medical improvement after surgery, Frances Wilkes’ injury from a play incident, Miss English’s recovery after an operation, and various residents traveling, visiting kin, or moving to winter homes. It mentions Mr. Strickland’s continued illness and several visits among families in Mobile Laurel Hattiesburg and nearby towns.
Empire presents The Shadow of Fear a Vitagraph drama starring Gladden James Harry Morey and Carolyn Birch a psychological thriller about a man haunted by his parents deaths in an asylum Mustaches and Bombs a comical Essanay feature with Bud Jamison and Marjorie Reiger follows The Master of the Bengals a Selig Jungle Zoo tale shows a young trainer in India on hunting and trapping expeditions Booming Trixie a Mina comedy closes the bill Admission is 6c.
Margie plans a social evening with Ellien and friends as Mollie, Jim Edie, and Harry attend. Margie reveals to her diary that she and Dick have grown apart, feel lonely, and question their emotional connection while considering love and companionship after Aunt Mary and Jack's deaths.
Armand Legere files a $400 suit against the railroad in the law and equity court claiming his automobile stalled on the Venetia crossing was struck by a southbound L. and N. excursion train. Miss Ardee Lynch of Mobile died in the June 27 collision.
French and British war offices say the German attack was repulsed along the line while agreeing German forces crossed the Meuse near St Mihiel. Petrograd warns of a large upcoming battle in East Prussia with German forces concentrated. Holland enforces martial law on the eastern border to block smuggling into Germany.
Fred C. Frentz of St. Joe Michigan visited Sheriff Holcombe in Mobile, praising the city. Frank A. Witt of Hupp Motor Car Co Detroit aims to open an agency in Mobile. The note lists many residents visiting or traveling and a local store sale change at Fowl River.
J. M. Scott & Bros ship brokers led a Friday night Cayman Brac relief drive sending contributions toward 305 dollars. Other donors included Mobile Bar and Bay Pilots nine dollars sixteens, Julius Hamel ten dollars, and local firms gifting two to sixteen dollars. Provisions and funds will be sent next week on the steamer Freda.
Hose Company No. 12 of Mobile Fire Department mourns as their prized male poodle mascot vanishes on Friday. The dog wore a carved colon reading M. F. D. Hose Company No. 12, inspiring a reward fund to recover the lost pet.
The U S battleship Michigan tops the 1915 battle efficiency standings among 19 battleships, with Texas second and Georgia third. In torpedo destroyers Patterson leads, McDougal and Fanning follow. Submarine class led by K18, then C-3 and B-3. In gunnery Georgia first, Texas second, Wyoming third. Cruiser Galveston leads with New Orleans and Yorktown second and third.
About 10 000 troops from three brigades and a tactical division of the New York national guard took part in maneuvers at Van Cortlandt Park on the city border. The drill aimed to show the city militia’s capability in an emergency.
The schooner Edwin R. Hunt, stranded off the Carolina coast with a disabled rudder, was towed into Hampton Roads by the coast guard cutter Apache after needing assistance. The ship had been forced to anchor since Tuesday awaiting rescue.
Rome report says Cardinal Jerome Gotti, 81, prefect of propaganda, fainted in his office today and struck his head. He suffered a brain contusion and his prognosis remains grave due to age. In a separate note, W H Herbert was arrested in an inferior criminal court room on petit larceny charges, alleged by S G Forbes to have stolen locks from his premises.
ROSINTON PERSONALS Baldwin county reports Judge Price Williams Jr of the probate court has returned to the city after a two week vacation at French Lick Springs Indiana. The local notes mention road work by a big traction grader around Roberts dale and a volunteers cutting right of way for a new road to Loxley. Rev Netherland preached at the new M E church and Willie Cooper returns home from Atmore to harvest his crop. Leslie Ard leaves for Atmore to attend high school and school opens Monday with teacher Caleb Canaday.
W Pierce and family hosted a Monday bay fish fry with friends. R B McConnell returned from Canoe Alabama after cancer removal on his mouth and is recovering well. A birthday party for Mrs B R McConnell near Theodore drew a large crowd with games cake lemonade and music. Attendees included J Anderson and many McConnells Pierces and Busbys among others.
The court astronomer doubts Columbus claim while he offers to prove Earth’s roundness with an egg. The exchange turns into a playful quip about omelets and flat Earth symbolism from Washington Stan.
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