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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1916
Page
4
Mobile Alabama dated September 27 1916 reports a wire service transmission from the Associated Press. The snippet mentions subscription rates by mail outside Mobile and a note about delivery details. It reflects the era’s newspaper logistics and pricing for the era. It references the Bell Home Society and Tribune race coverage.
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce ways and means committee discussed What is Wrong With Mobile and, after frank talk, agreed to investigate and propose methods to attract factories. Speakers cited apathy and indifference as major obstacles and urged mobilizing financially strong residents to back development, calling for relief from private and political control to empower individual initiative.
The Gulf Coast Horticultural Society vows to keep Satsuma Day in Mobile, citing the festival’s advertising impact on the local Satuma industry. The date shifts from December 7 to December 9 to boost observance in Mobile, Baldwin counties and Jackson County Mississippi as growers can attend. Merchants’ support and store decorations are praised and urged for full cooperation this year.
The article reports Greece teetering toward conflict while King Constantine and his cabinet delay action. Venizelos, ex premier now in Crete, is rumored to prepare a manifesto for revolution if not satisfied with the king. A Venizelos led revolt could threaten the monarchy and spark talk of a republican outcome amid the European war.
The capture of Combles from German forces marks a major advance in the western war theater. The town was a heavily fortified position that blocked Allied movement, and its seizure is expected to straighten the Allied line and pave the way toward Bapaume and Peronne as next targets.
Candidate Hughes challenges President Wilson on arbitration of the eight hour law. Wilson calls the law right and humane and not arbitrable. Hughes faults Wilson for bias and failure to see the just side, accusing him of capitalist blindness.
Five hundred have been put to death at Chihuahua city as General Trevino pursues outlaws. The fierce measures are seen as a deterrent, with officials arguing that a bloody campaign may curb banditry. A bishop warns Japan might seize the Philippines if the United States grants independence, citing self defense.
In a fall scene a weary father totals thirty seven dollars two in coins with two zinc plugs while his family asks for bacon spuds a bonnet furs and study funds. He endures constant worry and hair loss yet plans to provide for his wife children and debts as coal and comfort loom ahead.
The column answers five reader questions. Alexander the Great is named as a great man with many worlds to conquer. The Norwegian maelstrom off Moskenesstraumen is described as a dangerous current only under certain conditions. A mysterious floating vegetation region is dismissed. Cremation is explained as burning bodies in a furnace to ashes. Roman Catholic population in Baltimore remains unknown.
The astrologers view September 27 1916 as significant with Neptune in a kindly aspect bringing benefits though Uranus and Venus are mildly adverse. Romance faces difficulties and deception may affect new acquaintances. Business offers come through disappointments, while New York theater trends show uncertainty then improvement.
A parent describes a child who awakens screaming crying and sweating at night. The doctor labels this as nervousness from irritation and recommends castor oil cleansing twice weekly and a fruit and vegetable diet. If needed a warm tepid bath for ten minutes at night to calm him before sleep.
The document discusses asthma as a spasm of bronchial tubes with nervous reflex causes and suggests home regimens like castor oil cleansing and dietary changes. It also notes unrelated notices on Mexico cotton export limits, factory fire losses, company incorporations, supply distributions in Mexico, military promotions in Argentina, Villa family statements, flour price hikes, and a New York advertising firm president's death.
A historic reader advises reducing blood by diet and exercise. Cut meat intake, favor chicken and fish, avoid alcohol, and maintain a light diet for several weeks. Regular exercise recommended.
A National Geographic Society bulletin describes Orsova a Danube port split by riverbanks with Old Orsova 5 000 residents and New Orsova 3 000, its Turkish legacy and Austria Hungary rule since 1878. It notes Kronen Kapelle guarding the Hungarian crown regalia buried during 1848 49, Meharia spa Meheri bad and Ada Kaleh island near Orsova with Turkish bazaar cafes and cross border ambitions after 1878.
On the veranda Helen hides a scheme as Warren stares, Ned Burns nearby, and Lola Wilcox distracts the men. Babbie and Tom debate Helen’s flirtations while Anne’s wedding plans loom, and Helen weighs how far her plan will go before they head upstairs.
A fire starting in a shed beside the three story Findlay Carriage Company plant on West Crawford Street destroyed that building and eight adjacent sheds. Loss estimated at 100000 with most wire communication cut off and city lighting cables damaged plunging Findlay into darkness. Officials suspect spontaneous combustion as the cause.
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