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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1925
Page
4
A report cites Dr Kathleen Vaughan citing birth control among Kashmir Hindus as a threat to the Hindu population. Causes include moral disease and tuberculosis, with infants sometimes abandoned or killed. Astrologers influence decisions on children, and some bodies are disposed in rivers.
In Los Angeles on October 30 Mrs Joseph Jones asked Justice Marchetti to reduce a $15 speeding fine to $10. The judge declined calling it a court of justice not a bargain sale. The proceedings moved to the next case as she paid the full amount. Jacob Van Wingen previously served as deputy city clerk of Grand Rapids Michigan.
London reports the Holy Sepulchre in danger of structural collapse after official news from Jerusalem. The British Colonial office may act swiftly on safety. Old building conditions are not unusual but the current circumstances are peculiar with shared management among Abyssinian Armenian Coptic and Greek churches under Ottoman rule.
Tokio October 30 Japanese women face a proposed 20 percent tax on beauty aids. Finance department drafts a bill estimating women spend about 20 million dollars yearly on artificial beauty aids, with a potential four million dollar annual tax.
After Turkish expulsion Britain assumed guardianship of Holy Places in Jerusalem. Sect leaders balk at British engineers inspecting and repairing the tomb, prompting guards to patrol on feast days as danger of collapse looms. Constantine fixed site in 325 AD attracts pilgrims. Church of the Holy Sepulchre treasured for its beauty and riches.
A young driver meets two girls on a country road and offers to take them to his town. He marries one, while an agency reveals both girls ran from reform school and that the wife spent two years in an insane asylum. The husband faces divorce and possible insanity critique.
Dr Charles S. Marland reports to the Federal Council of Churches that church federation in Germany is rapidly reforming and expanding, marking a significant trend in Europe's cooperative movement according to a Washington dispatch.
Paris reports a fashion revival with square handkerchiefs once required by Louis XVI returning to square shapes, while new designs feature embroidery on a corner circle, scallops, crepe de chine, batiks, stripes, and bold color mixes. Initials and punch-work monograms add variety amid lace borders and vivid color schemes.
The Republique de Montmartre opens a Hastily Decorated Art Exposition spoofing Paris decorative arts shows. Structures mimic real pavilions with a whimsical Asparagus and Salt Pepper Pavilion and a Timepiece clock tower. The piece notes Paris attracts millions of tourists annually.
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