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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1915
Page
5
A financial snippet lists Total Net Paid 14 231.13 778 with 1 415 and 1 596 figures and notes no copy for employees correspondents service office use advertisers exchanges and complimentary samples included in the above.
The Mobile Item asserts it has the highest net paid circulation in Mobile and suburbs, a claim audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulation as true for two consecutive six month periods.
The Mobile Item guarantees a uniform price of 10 cents per week or 5 yearly dollars for Home Mobile deliveries with no variation across the city. A reward of one year’s subscription will be paid to anyone who finds deliveries priced differently by any authorized carrier. Obituary line included from Wobish Alabama dated September 27, 1915.
The South shows persistent tick eradication efforts with positive results. Alabama Mississippi and Oklahoma report active campaigns and improving cattle health. Mobile County is nearing a tick free status as programs intensify. St Louis Daily News notes optimism and highlights Oklahoma’s lead.
The report notes little change in business at week’s end with expectations that war financing loans will unlock credit. Cotton prices rise, aiding farmers and Southern merchants burdened by credit. Markets show limited speculation as exchanges close and overall business remains dull.
A 10 30 Tuesday meeting in the county road commissioner’s office seeks to organize a Mobile and adjoining counties good roads association. The effort centers on completing the Jackson Highway through Mobile and making Mobile a hub for an East West route Atlantic to New Orleans. Many organizations haven’t named delegates yet but will have later.
The Montgomery Advertiser praises timely coverage and endorsement in its Friday issue. It notes Mobile preparing to handle visiting cargoes, contracts for a million dollar warehouse and storage plant, and aims to profit from Panama Canal traffic by expanding shipping and storage capacity.
The piece defends President Wilson against critics who say he is weak for not dragging the U S into war after the Lusitania sinking. It cites press disagreement, political factions, and a pro-Wilson stance, while noting Ford’s submarine talks and Alabama hog market chatter.
Bennie Beeson of Monticello Mississippi, a Corn Club member, will receive the Medal of Merit from the National Top Notch Farmers' Club after producing 227 bushels of corn on one acre three years ago. The award is currently with the state governor. Local remarks note the Tampa explosion and German builders.
A downtown barber shop visit unfolds with a man receiving a shave and a vocal chatter of topics from shoes to far places while a machine hums. Two rural residents watch stunned by a vibrator maneuver as they joke about shaving. The passage also lists a long string of hotel and name entries from various U S towns and cities.
Grand Bay faces a small 1915 crop with an estimated one third of normal yield and under 100 carloads of Satsumas. Drought reduced fruit drop varies by orchard while many trees are immature. Growers anticipate a strong 1916 with 40 to 50 carloads from Irvington as the Citrus Exchange plans a coast market and price improvements.
Bryant Washburn Edna Mayo star in a three act Essanay drama The Scape Goat about a heroic girl saving her dissolute brother who murdered a man in a gambling den Bud Duncan delivers a top burlesque Double Crossing Marmaduke Admission 6c Lottie Pickford Irving Cummings in The Diamond from the Sky next Helen Holmes Hazards of Helen A Matter of Seconds Hearst Selig News Pictorial tops the bill Admission 5c Also Toulminville School entertains with music dancing and free admission Freaks galore bossed by Grant Bingville Fair organizers invite all.
Washington reports reveal British countermeasures against German U boats. Airships and airplanes locate subs, while rapid scout boats with steel nets trap and sink the submarines. Gasoline scout boats and decoy tactics further disrupt U boat operations along the channel.
New York officials halted traffic on Broadway and other major streets as engineers reinforce false roadways covering subway excavations to prevent cave ins. A citywide inspection began under a committee appointed by Mayor Mitchel after last week’s surface collapses raised fears of further loss of life.
Elab orate plans mark the October 3 opening of the Charity Hospital International Fair in New Orleans with Abua Temple Mobile leading by sending its crack patrol. Shriners from the region will join Jerusalem Temple band and patrol to escort visitors to the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Charles Weissberger forecasts large turnout aiding Fraternal Day parade at Heinemann Park, where Major Allison Owen directs fairyland decor and W. W. Van Meter heads grounds coordination.
Mollie and Margie discuss marriage, love, and the idea that romance may mask practical realities. Mollie contemplates marrying Jim while recalling past passion with Chadwick Hatton and questions society’s romantic education for girls.
Owen announced readiness for the opening on Sunday October 3. Eight hundred thousand tickets will be mailed to country parishes on Thursday for distribution among parish school children.
Edward Williams, long sought by Graham County authorities in five murders, was arrested near Robbinsville North Carolina. He is charged with the murder of his wife, brother-in-law, and mother-in-law, and with complicity in the Robbinsville murder of Philip Phillips. Williams allegedly confessed and exonerated Merritt Miller and Hardy Wiggins, who were sentenced to death.
The Mobile Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy hosts a birthday event for Admiral Raphael Semmes at Armory Hall. Camp Raphael Semmes No 11 United Confederate Veterans will attend as honored guests. A song program and reminiscences by veterans are planned, including a camp fire scene with period accoutrements.
Rev Heywood Vaughan and Rev Joseph J Harris conducted baptismal rites at Eight Mile Creek with six and ten converts respectively during revival events. Local families and visitors joined in the weekend activities as pastors and locals shared news of travels and enrollments at the schoolhouse.
In Prichard Alabama Mrs Brown with Miss Gladys Butterley and Addie Rountree spent a day off at Fort Morgan. Increased patronage at the Prichard public school leads to using Holmes store rooms across the street to handle enrollment rise. Prof. Benjamin Johnson of Citronelle visited, and Miss Bessie Weldy leaves for Mobile to stay at the Bienville Hotel before returning to Laurel Mississippi. Mrs Jessie McMillan of Bay Minette visits Oscar Bee, Sherman visits Malcolm.
The French and British war offices note slight gains along the western front after severe attacks and counterattacks. Berlin claims little change while Petrograd cites Grand Duke Nicholas on German defeat in East Prussia. Austrians retreat into the Carpathians as Russians pursue, Przemys fort falls, and a French battleship is said sunk at Cattaro.
A reader asks who receives a 500 dollar prohibition fine if paid. The answer: state offense. recorder fines go to county treasury via the court clerk. In Parcheesi directions, use the printed rules. local variations may occur and fairness is what one considers fair.
Mr and Mrs Pollock and Mr and Mrs Scott of Irvington spent Sunday at Sterling Johnson's home in Fowl River. Louis Donald of New Brunswick also visited. Mobile visitors included Mrs George W Slett and Mrs H R Lewis. Frank Dunlap entertained at 500 Belle Fontaine with guests such as Sterling Johnson, Graf family, Partridges, Pugh, Hunter, Barr, Damerel, Keonghan, and Severance. Prizes went to Janet Keonghan and Mr Severance.
Readers express sympathy for a betrayed wife while many see the husband's misfortune as light entertainment. The tone reflects social attitudes toward marriage and slights in a community column.
Oklahoma leads a tick eradication drive and most cattle from the state arrive in the native division rather than quarantine. Mississippi and Alabama show similar shifts as more counties reach free status. Over eight years, 200000 square miles in the South and Southwest have been cleaned and placed in free area, reducing quarantine shipments and shifting receipts toward the native division. Tennessee is now fully classified as native.
The Anglo French financial commission moves to Chicago after narrowing terms of a proposed half billion dollar credit to Great Britain and France. Lord Reading leads the group with Basil Blackett as secretary. Western bankers will join Eastern negotiators to finalize plans and seek ratification.
Chicago bankers planned to receive members of the Anglo French commission arriving tomorrow to discuss credit in the United States for stabilizing foreign exchange. The Chicago Bar Association would host Baron Reading and his associates during their Chicago visit.
Biloxi Mississippi Sept 27 Sheriff J C Elmer orders all women inmates to abandon the red light district with most moving to New Greens. He claims no more women of this class will be in Biloxi's district during his tenure as Harrison county sheriff.
The Natal Transport, a 2 655 ton British steamer, was shelled and sunk by a German submarine on September 17 south of Crete. Its 34 crew members were rescued and landed at Piraeus, Greece, then moved to Malta aboard the Messageries Maritimes liner Memphis which arrived in Marseille yesterday.
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