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Newspaper

The Mobile News Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1925

Page

2

Denunciations of Modern Family Life At Episcopal Meeting

In a church report dated Oct 16, bishops denounced lax parental guidance and rising divorce as a national problem. Clergymen urged leadership and reform while noting youth are seeking self expression and that elders must model discipline and lawfulness. The discussion covers child labor, housing, crowded cities, and the divorce crisis as a core threat to American family life.

ANS United Control Episcopal m United A House’ of Deputiest Dii

Bryan University Granted Charter in Dayton Tennessee

A charter was granted to the William Jennings Bryan Memorial University at Dayton Tennessee site of the Scopes trial. The institution aims to promote fundamentalist teaching as part of its mission while the local population has surged 250 percent.

Nashville, Tenn Willam Jennings Bryan Memorial University Dayton, Tenn

Effort Planned to Recover Bodies at Roane Mine

Chattanooga Tenn October 16 another effort will be made to recover the bodies of William J Snow president of the Roane coal mine at Rockwood and eight miners entombed in a gas explosion two months ago O P Pile chief mine inspector has granted the company permission to unseal and re enter the mine

Chattanooga Tenn William J. Snow Roane Rockwood O. P. Pile

Taxes Exemption Attack Made on COA Operators

Samuel D. Warriner the chairman of the anthracite operators conference rejects John L. Lewis charges that operators extortions and butcher the public and workers. Warriner notes Lehigh Coal losses and cites official statistics claiming mine fatalities since 1870 totaled 656 with 67 percent of non fatal accidents trivial.

Harrisburg Samuel D. Warrine Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce John L. Lewis United Mine Workers Erican Federation of Labor Lewis Warriner Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Cometree

World Series Sets Multiple Hitting Records

Pittsburgh reporter details are filled with new records in the Pirates vs. Senators series. Goose Goslin and Joe Harris each hit three homers in the series tying the single series mark. Goslin raises his total to six. Peckinpaugh adds eight errors, while Sam Rice plates twelve one base hits and Max Carey racks three hits in a game.

Pittsburgh Pirates Washington Goose Goslin Joe Harris Senators Goslin Babe Ruth Peckinpaugh Yankees Giants Peck Hans Wagner Joe Sewell Sam Rice J. Sebring Max Carey Tommy Leach Stan Harris Claude Ritchey

Masquers Club backs Arbuckle amid board protest

Hollywood actors planned to wear overalls and placard support for Roscoe Arbuckle after the city school board demanded he be dropped from Masques Club revels. Club spokesman Robert Edeson called the board action unfair and said the group would hold its event elsewhere next week.

Hollywood Cal A.P Masquers Club Arbuckle Robert Edeson Board of ‘Education Roscoe Arbuckle Edeson

Ptomaine Poison Declared Myth by Harvard Expert

Dr Milton J Rosenau of Harvard told the Interstate Post Graduate Assembly that ptomaine poison is a myth with no such substance. He cited five years of tests showing proteins cannot produce ptomaine symptoms and said sickness results from infected food rather than decayed food and is seldom fatal.

ST. Paul Minn A.P Milton J. Rosenau Harvard University Post- Graduate Assembly of America Rosenau

Convict Popham Plans Run for Governor in Florida

William Let Popham mayor of Apalachicola, facing a four year sentence in Atlanta federal penitentiary for mail fraud, says he will run for governor in the next election. An appeal of his sentence is pending in the circuit court of appeals. A note on a fragrant Australian hedge plant mentions a perfume detectable from two yards.

Tallahassee Fla William Let. Popham Apalachicola Atlanta Federal Penitentiary Men Here Ee Popham Circuit Court of Appeals

Notice to Prevent Negotiation of Lost Railroad Stock

All persons are warned against negotiating Mobile and Ohio Railroad stock certificate No 1507 dated February 28 1874 standing in the name of Jesse R Sparkman. The owner applies for a new certificate in lieu thereof. R Spareman. nol.13-16-20-34

Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company Jesse R. Sparkman R. Spareman

Man Denies He Is Wagner in Alabama Jail

In Birmingham a jailed man, denying he is Kinnie Wagner wanted for slaying three officers in Bristol Tennessee, claims to be BD A Wyrasdick and a Birmingham resident of 18 months. Authorities note a strong resemblance to Wagner and may bring Tennessee officers to identify him. a local inquiry continues. A British discovery offers a method to convert 10,000 tons of waste hops into about half a million gallons of alcohol annually.

Birmingham Ala Kinnie Wagner Bristol Tenn A. Wyrasdick Wagner Tenne Tennessee

Puccini Heir Near Break With Aunt Over Will

Rome reports Puccini's secret life surfaces as his sister Ines Nitteli challenges the composer’s will. Antonio, his presumed son, faces a grim choice between acknowledging his mother and keeping a $750,000 inheritance amid legal threats from his aunt.

Rome Puccini Signora Nitteli Antonio Gemignani Italy Signor Gemignani

New Lamp Burns 9495 Air Invention Promises Clean Light

An oil lamp claims to emit angly bright white light superior to gas or electricity. It supposedly burns without odor or smoke, using 94 percent air and 6 percent coal oil. Inventor T G Johnson offers free trials and agency opportunities with earnings cited.

U. S T. G. Johnson Lake St Chicago Til

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