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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1916
Page
4
The Mobile Item issue from September 23 1916 announces its delivery and subscription rates set by the office in St Louis. It notes Associated Press leasing and maiden post office registration details for Mobile Alabama.
Baseball fans cling to a tense pennant race as Brooklyn Philadelphia and Boston push for the NL title with Chicago close behind. Tyrus Cobb and Detroit linger outside the leaders while October 7 sets the first World Series game date and intrigue remains high across both leagues.
Announcement outlines a tour starting in Nashville on October two by the Jackson Highway pathfinders. They will follow a Mississippi route to New Orleans, then return via the Mobile route along the coast arriving October eleven. The plan favors including Mobile and the Pascagoula bridge to attract tourist travel south.
The new shipyard established by H. C. Murnan of Memphis has begun work in Mobile. Officials predict strong local impact by keeping river barge and other ship contracts at home as U. S. foreign trade expands. Mobile offers favorable sites, materials, climate, and labor for shipbuilding and could attract many plants.
Former Congressman Sydney J. Bowie urged Birmingham audiences at the Mobile County Teachers Institute and Central Trades Council to back the educational amendment on the November ballot. He argued the measure allows communities to vote on self funding for school improvements and does not force tax increases. He warned failure could leave Alabama youths to grow up in illiteracy.
Secretary of War Baker argues that U S troops maintain peace by presence on the border while Villa actions show Carranza cannot yet control the outlaw. Wilson administration plans to keep border patrol strong beyond March 4, with pullback months away as Mexico remains demoralized and U S units stay south of the line.
The piece draws a parallel between a child's lesson to be punctual and the disciplined timing of Anglo French armies in World War I. It describes operations around the Somme Verdun and other French fronts with orders to charge at 8 a.m. sharp and artillery ready from 6 a.m. to support the assault.
The poet declares he is leaving the city for rural life. He rejects urban tricks and high prices and jokes about swindlers and flashy catalog offerings. He vows to return to farming and seclusion, saying farewell to the town.
The Item's Daily Question Box offers home cures for warts using radish juice marigold juice sal ammoniae solution purslain poultice vinegar and lemon rind with two hour application. It also suggests removing shine from skirts by damp cloth rolling and steaming with a hot iron, then drying.
An unusually lucky day is predicted with benefic aspects for Mercury Uranus Jupiter and Venus. Editors publishers and contract signings may profit. Vast orders for manufacturers and new lines of work boost the Middle West and elevate leaders and national honors. Inventions high finance and a war era Panama Canal warning noted. Labor unrest and union troubles are seen. A prominent woman’s death and a new reform leader hinted. Travel and change look successful.
The text prescribes twice weekly castor oil with syrup of sarsaparilla and soda water to purify internal glands and stimulate healing of sluggish lip sores. Continue for a month, keep lips soft with Vaseline, apply balsam of Peru at night, and seek a doctor if there is no deep seated disease or persistent failure.
A medical column warns that thyroidin tablets can reduce weight but carry dangerous risks and should not be used for rapid thinning. It advises safe dieting over thyroid misuse and cautions quitting tobacco for better health. The reader asks about kidney stones and a neurologist visit. the physician says kidney stones cannot be dissolved and an X-ray is needed.
National Geographic Society notes Giurgevo Romania as a Danube port and rail terminus near Bucharest, linking to Smarda. The city recalls Justinian era origins, Genoese trade, and a heroic 1595 stand by Michael the Brave. It sits north of a notable defile with historic battles.
Juarez customs house and federal jail security were doubled along with guards at General Francisco Gonzales headquarters. Military escorts on all passenger trains between Juarez and Chihuahua City have been increased, with army inspections at each station in search of men suspected of heading to join Villa. Additional arrests of Villa suspects reported at Chihuahua City.
The twelfth provisional brigade under Brigadier General Henry A. Greene marched out of Austin on the return hike to San Antonio. Greene's 15,000 men stayed in camp four days and plan a week for the trip back to Camp Wilson.
A patient should locate the stone and have it removed by the best surgeon available. Seek expert urological care to determine the safest plan and treatment path.
In Manila officials announce a tobacco testing station to boost Philippine cigar production. The move follows A. B. Powell's US advertising tour to promote Philippine tobacco in the domestic market. Other items note treaty changes in Europe and local auctions.
The narrator describes Helen and Warren facing infidelity and jealousy. Helen confronts Warren about his nighttime outings with other women and asserts her own resolve to mirror his behavior while hoping for eventual harmony. Warren shows genuine remorse and pleads for forgiveness as Helen stakes a bold claim for her own independence.
In Bainbridge Georgia Moxie Shuter a twenty year old Black farm hand was taken from Sheriff Martin and Deputy Cook near the town yesterday hanged to a tree and shot to death after arrest on a charge of attempting to assault a fourteen year old white girl.
A local navigation firm announces its transition into a new steamship company to be known as the Pacific Steamship Company. The move signals expanded regional shipping and passenger service.
Reports say the Norwegian steamer Askelad from Baltimore to Aalborg, ashore at Lessol, was floated and undamaged. A separate notice confirms the Norwegian steamer has been sunk and the crew was rescued.
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