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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1915
Page
2
Workers perched on tail gates of express wagons as morning flood receded, converting a loss cleanup into a mid week picnic. Clerks and office staff waded through water to keep papers dry while driftwood and floating boxes drifted along Commerce and Water streets.
Abrama and J N Lynch become first Mobile residents to file claims under the Chamberlain act with Sheriff Holcombe. Claims cover beer, wines, and liquors seized since July 1 when prohibition took effect. Shipments to New Orleans and other destinations noted as deputies confiscated property valued at thousands. Hurricane tail reaches Pensacola with 60 mph winds and two foot tide. a barkentine withdraws from the harbor.
Druggists and tobacco dealers in Mobile face yearly fees under a statewide license bill announced by Judge Price Williams. Costs include 53 for cigarettes, 38 for coffins, 15.50 for coffin dealers who embalmer, 8 for tombstone sellers, and 225 to 450 for Sunday and weekday theatre licenses. Other licenses cover machines, playing cards, gypsy traders, bicycles, fireworks, fruit, ice, firearms, newspapers, baggagemen, pawn brokers, hotels, and many others, all effective January 1, 1916.
An advertisement touts Sargol as a fat and muscle building aid for thin individuals. It claims the supplement improves digestion to convert food into weight, promising 10 to 20 pounds of solid flesh and money-back guarantees if weight gain is not achieved.
Esther Foley, 19, operates Human Newspaper from her home after a Washington County Telephone Co switchboard is installed. In 420 homes the daily circulation brings residents news from the outer world.
Berlin newspaper Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reports that rumors of Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg seeking an early peace with Britain are unfounded and harmful to the empire’s interests. The paper quotes officials denying any plan for a separate peace with Britain.
Co. W. Blalack was fined 250 dollars or 20 days hard labor after an arraignment in inferior criminal court for violating prohibition law. He appealed and posted 100 dollar bond. Other detainees included Lippke for abusive language and Allen for assault and battery.
Bayou La Batre notes social activity with members attending a Mobile teachers meeting and a Bible Study Class. Local residents relocate, visit relatives, and host guests including the Rosson and Crenshaw families. A Mason picnic to Dauphin Island is also reported.
A compilation of visits and returns to Battles Hotel and surrounding towns. Guests include John R Beggs and Mrs Peter McCormick of New Orleans, Cap tain Curran and family, McBee from Jackson Tenn May include a crowd from Mobile Birmingham Tallassee and Fairhope as well as local social news and condolences for Mrs Alice Batt with tribute to her husband.
A Mobile Baldwin highway committee meeting was postponed from Thursday to Saturday at the Cawthon Hotel due to Baldwin delegation train cancellations. Hampton Ewing of Bay Minette arranged the delay and urged concrete planning for joint sessions with Mobile and Baldwin commissioners.
Five Red Cross nurses and society women Armagnac de la Tour Maubourg de Channes Miles Le Bair and de Lyrot were decorated with the military cross and commended in army orders for tending wounded during the Maubege siege and resuming work after liberation from three months detention in Germany.
Crown Prince Alexander decorated 43 American physicians and sanitary engineers from the Rockefeller Foundation and the American Red Cross in Serbia for their work in stopping postwar epidemics. The piece notes parents obey children more than before and hints at reservations about freedom.
An old advertisement offers a 32-page skin book on request with a post card address to Cuticura Department Boston. It claims distribution across the world and asks readers to request by mail.
New York report notes Alfred Bryan, the writer of I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier, expresses remorse over the song despite its popularity and large royalties. The piece highlights the wartime tune’s enduring fame and its emotional impact.
A Stefani News Agency report from Rome says the Italian battleship Benedetto Brin sank following an on board explosion and fire. It notes eight officers and 379 marines were saved while slightly over 300 men remain unaccounted for, with the exact cause not yet confirmed.
Recorder Edington disposed of business in his court with a rush this morning the docket was small. Embezzlement Willie Jordan sixty days. Petit larceny Eldridge Flournoy thirty days. Disorderly conduct Will Martin Henry Grant two dollars fifty cents or five days. Others continued or bond set.
Providence reports Mrs Elizabeth F Mohr indicted as an accessory before the fact in the killing of her husband Dr C Franklin Mohr on August 31. Three African American men Cecil Victor Brown Henry Spellman and George W Healis face murder charges and an assault with intent to kill Miss Emily G Burger. Mrs Mohr awaits further action.
Dr Chester Cronin of Chicago explains the so called movie twinkle as a temporary eye reaction to new moving pictures. He notes both young women and older matrons may flutter a left eyelid unintentionally and cause palpitating romantic responses on Spring Hill street cars.
In the United States district court Judge Toulmin presiding J A Sirmon and Sons liverymen filed a bankruptcy petition showing liabilities of 7804 with no assets The firm consists of John A Sirmon and John O Sirmon The petitioners were adjudicated bankrupts and the petition referred to Referee Ervin.
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