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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1915
Page
4
Poetic tribute to Old Mobile of the Bay praising a sunlit coastal town. Nostalgic lines describe balmy breezes, blossoms, sparrows, and abundance as God’s blessing upon the community.
The United States Public Health Service promotes education as path to sanitary progress by a stereopticon loan library. Lantern slides cover Alaska sanitation to yellow fever in Cuba with topics on disease and health like hookworm pellagra plague tuberculosis and typhoid. Sets suit classrooms and county fairs and demand grows. Gulf Coast Fair Association or local boards may secure them for city rural lectures.
Dispatches from the war theater report heavy civilian casualties and widespread suffering as Turkish Armenia endures brutal acts, exile, and displacement. The text notes millions affected and questions whether the conflict can be framed as holy, with bleak prospects for survivors and a grim future for the homeless.
Mobile County farm demonstrator George Maloney faces a crucial vote at a special Chamber of Commerce gathering in the Cawthon Hotel parlor tonight. The group debates funding and who should lead civic efforts as Rotary expands its activity and dues falter.
The Nashville conference reveals Mobile as a strong, proactive force in Alabama’s highway cooperation. Once seen as conservative and inward looking, Mobile now leads the Gulf Coast effort, earning respect from Birmingham Montgomery and Selma and promising a statewide, coordinated push for better roads and public welfare.
A terse London dispatch reports a spy was executed today after a trial. The article weighs public perception, honoring the spy’s bravery while condemning his clandestine role and the harsh drumhead justice he faced.
Fairhope prepares for a Gulf Coast Fair entry while the town plans to take over waterworks and build an electric light plant with about 12000 dollars in bonds. Local notices record travels, church events, and civic actions including new sidewalks and health officer appointment.
In Maysville Georgia two men visiting Atlanta left a hotel gas jet lit and nearly suffocated when a blown out flame triggered danger. The era recalls old hotel warning placards about blowing out gas to prevent asphyxiation and the need to keep such cautions posted.
The report describes John D Rockefeller Jr dining and sleeping among miners on his father’s property in the West and notes the claim he is not a candidate for office. It portrays interactions with miners and families to counter a paintbrush of political ambition.
A Texas housekeeper questions why laundries face repeated delays as she waits for a washerwoman who dodges cotton picking and does not seem forced to attend her sister-in-law’s funeral every other week.
German ambassador Count Von Bernstorff declares reports of Ottoman Empire atrocities pure inventions in a formal letter to Miran Sevasly of Boston. He cites official reports and notes Papal pressure from Russian censorship while defending Catholics and Armenian church leaders.
In a 1915 prose excerpt, Mollie argues that lasting love fades within marriage and that wives often seek deeper meaning beyond romance. The speaker admits doubt about ongoing love with Dick as Mollie asserts the universal decline of marital passion.
The report notes German occupation of Moil and bombardment of Lierre en route to Antwerp. Berlin claims Emden sunk several British steamers in the Indian Ocean while Western Front remained quiet. Alast residents fled on Belgian government orders. Budapest confirms Russian advance in the Carpathians. London says Kiao-Chau garrison pushed into inner defenses.
Margie contemplates marriage to Chadwick Jim or Pat each offering different rewards and risks. She fears future regret and asks for no advice as she weighs love, security, and purpose. The thread ends with her resolve to decide alone.
Lottie Pickford and Irving Cummings star in The Diamond From the Sky as the elusive gem haunts owners. Helen Holmes appears in A Matter of Seconds a hair raising thriller. Hearst-Selig News Pictorial offers current events from home and abroad. Masterpiece House of a Thousand Candies will close the program with five acts. Admission 5 and 10 cents.
A three masted schooner named John 8 Beacham from Richmond Virginia ran aground on Otter Island in Mussel Ridge channel during a gale. Wreckers anticipated hauling her off.
Advertises Grove's Tasteless Old Tonic as a general strengthener and malaria fighter. Claims to act as a true tonic and sure appetize r for adults and children with a price of 60e. and promotional language.
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