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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1916

Page

2

Long sought relief comes ten buck gomers

Buck Conners, L N flagman between Pensacola and Mobile, reports dramatic relief from stomach trouble after taking Tanlac. He describes prior severe pain, gas, constipation, and fatigue, and says the medicine restored appetite, sleep, energy, and vigor. He plans full treatment and endorses Tanlac sold by Van Antwerp Drug Corp in Mobile.

Buck Conners Pensacola Crystal Pharmacy Colonel Stivers Mr. Conners

Cocoanut Oil For Washing Hair

Advertisement advises using pure refined cocoanut oil as a greaseless shampoo alternative. It claims common soaps and shampoos dry the scalp and injure hair, while a small amount of cocoanut oil creates rich lather, cleanses hair and scalp, removes dust and oil, and leaves hair silky and manageable. Available at drug stores and very inexpensive.

American gowns win at Chicago fashion expo

The Gossard trophy goes to Mme. Marguerite of Chicago for a line of gowns that fuse simple silhouettes with color harmony. Winners include the Mignon evening dress in blond chartreuse and orchid hues with moonlight sequins and the Easter bride gown in ivory satin and silver lace.

America Mme. Marguerite Chicago Marguerite Signer Fashion Art League of America

Democrats Gain in Chicago Election

Complete returns show Democrats making notable gains citywide in yesterday aldermanic race. They outpolled Republicans by over 20 000, net three new city council members, and elected Leo J Doyle mayoral candidate. Democrats 32 council votes, Republicans 36. Socialists 2. 21 aldermen to Democrats, 13 to Republicans, 1 to Socialists.

Chicago New Certy Leo J. Doyle

Pershing cites clash with Villistas near Agua Calientes

General Pershing reports Major Evans dispatch from Rubio of Col Brown's squadron pursuing Villistas near San Antonio. Natives say Brown surprised Villistas at noon near Agua Calientes twenty miles southeast of Bachinova. Reports claim thirty to forty Villistas killed and as many horses captured, but lack official verification.

Pershing Willistas Washington Evans Tenth Cavalry Rubio Brown Villistas San Antonio Chihuahua Agua Calientes Bacha Neva

Verdun Cannot Be Taken Says General Cadorna

Paris April 6 General Cadorna affirms Verdun will never fall stating the claim on a Udine correspondent report. He praises France and Britain for immense depots of men guns and munitions seen on the front and returns from France enthusiastic about allied efforts.

Paris Verdun Cadorna Udine Petit Journal Italy France Great Britain

Sinking of several ships tied to German report request

Lloyd's reports a sinking of the British steamship Bendew with one crewman lost and the Vigo ship owned by Gonzales and Fernandez of Villagarcia. The Vigo built in 1878 at Middleborough measured 260 feet with 32 feet beam. Bendew built in 1909 at West Hartlepool for J Hoult & Co. weighed 3 681 gross tons and was 347 feet long with 51 feet beam.

Page Polo Gibraltar Lloyd’s Bendew Gonzales ‘and Fernandez Villagarcia Middleborough West Hartlepool J. Hoult & Co

Norwegian Steamer Sunk by German Submarine Off Spanish Coast

A Norwegian steamer was seen signaling for help thirty miles off Spain. A British vessel tried to assist but fled when a German submarine was spotted. The Arena was later reported torpedoed and sunk with its crew taken to Ymuiden. fate of the other ship unclear.

Paris Havas Valencia Spain London Arena Ymuiden Clare Reuter

Two Americn seamen deny Claudia torpedo claim

Two American sailors aboard the Claudia denied a Copenhagen report that the Danish bark was torpedoed. They said the vessel sank March 28 from Jacksonville to Fleetwood after severe weather and a leak, and the crew was rescued by a French steamer to Bordeaux.

New York Bordeaux Claudia Copenhagen Jacksonville Fleetwood England George Cole St. Louis Gustave Mendel

Dutch Schooner Elsina Helfa Torpedoed in North Sea

The Dutch schooner Elsina Helfa was torpedoed yesterday in the North Sea. The crew are brought to Noodhinder and a government inquiry will open upon their arrival in Rotterdam. The ministry of marine also announces a formal examination of the Tubantia wreck, moving it from owner control.

Hague London North Sea Noodhinder Rotterdam Ministry of Marine Tubantia

Brothers in Russia Seek United States Citizenship

Phillip Bodziner and Samuel Bodziner, natives of Russia, filed declarations and petitions in federal district court on Monday seeking U.S. citizenship status.

Phillip Bodziner Russia United States Federal District Court Samuel Bodziner

Meaher suit seeks 256000 in damages from railway

Augustine Meaher and others sue the Southern Railway in federal court for 256000 alleging dirt removal damaged their land. The case, before Judge Clayton, began Monday and seeks 25000 for removal of earth.

Augustine Meaher

Stabbing in Foote's Lane leaves man badly wounded

Jim Davis, resident of Foote's Lane near Spring Hill, was seriously stabbed Monday night by Bessie Britton. Davis required city hospital treatment after officers Arbo and O'Brien intervened. Britton, a Black woman, was jailed.

Jim Davis Foote's Lane Spring Hill Bessie Britton Davis Arbo O’brien Britton

Unemployed Scarce in Europe as War Reforms Labor

Charles P. Stewart reports in London that wartime conditions ended mass unemployment in England. Once a city of beggars along Victoria Embankment, the unemployed now show readiness to work, aided by war production jobs. Many believe old hardships won’t return and the fault lies with prewar neglect.

London England Victoria Embankment Strand Fleet Street America United States

Hanged man in fire hall sparks or sleep theory

In Biloxi Mississippi George B Wink son of George R Wink disputes suicide verdict from the East End Firemen s Hall death saying his father walked in his sleep and may have hanged himself while asleep Several family members share the belief Levene charged with violating the prohibition law after a raid on 115 South Water Street was docketed at the county jail Monday afternoon

Biloxi Miss George B. Wink George R. Wink East End Wink Levene Hendon Levene South Water Street

Underwood challenges DuPont on nitrogen plant plan

Senator Underwood of Alabama read a letter to Pierre S. Du Pont charging Hugh L. Cooper and Charles B. Landis with trying to defeat a house bill for a government nitrogen plant. He urged a public denial if the charges are untrue and argued for government first choice of sites, noting Du Pont’s expanded explosives capacity from 10 million to 375 million pounds annually.

Washington Underwood Alabama Senate Pierre DuPont Hugh L. Cooper Charles B. Landis DuPont de Neumont Powder Company House Pierre S. DuPont DuPont Company Powder Company Mussel Shoals Senator Underwood

Enthusiasm High for New Mobile Y M C A Members

Campaign coverage shows strong turnout at the Battle House luncheon with plans for a Thursday meeting at the Cawthon Hotel. Dix wins first honors with Division B scoring 819 points, followed by strong showings from Divisions C D and A under state leaders. Professors and organizers praise the Y M C A role in youth development and note the movement’s broader social impact.

Battle House Cawthon Hotel Dix E. C. Grace Dodge J. O. Acree Haynes Arthur Minto Maxwell W. H. Bryant Cadillac J. D. Andrews White George W. Threefoot Buick R. B. Fothergill

Three-Master Bayles Goes Aground Near Norfolk Coast

The three masted schooner Elsie A Bayles ran ashore near the new inlet coast guard station at 4 30 this morning. Captain Thayer was drowned while trying to reach shore in a small boat with two crew members. The remaining four crew were saved by breeches buoy in dense fog. The Bayles from Bangor Maine carried no cargo and her destination is unknown.

Norfolk Elsie A. Bayles New Inlet Coast Guard Thayer Bayles Bangor Maine

Conductor Hogan Ware Dies After Accident in Selma

Hogan Ware, Southern railroad conductor, died in Selma hospital after being injured Tuesday when he fell from the front of a caboose between the wheels at Thomasville. He leaves a bride of two months and will be buried in Selma this afternoon.

Selma Ala

Liggett & Tobacco announces 10 percent wage raise

St. Louis April 5. The Liggett and Tobacco Company announced a 10 percent wage increase for all employees. About 5,000 to 6,000 workers are affected by the raise as reported today.

Tobacco Company ST. Louis Liggett & Tobacco Company

National Dye & Munitions to Build New Plant in North Carolina

R P Gibson of Rocky Mount says the National Dye and Munitions Company has bought hundreds of acres near Sanford North Carolina to build a munitions plant at an estimated cost around 10 million dollars. He expects immediate construction and 8000 to 10000 workers.

Raleigh N. C National Dye & Munitions Company New York Washington Sanford R. P. Gibson Rocky Mount

Bandit robs Overland Limited near Cheyenne

A youth robber with two revolvers boarded the eastbound Overland Limited five miles east of Cheyenne. He demanded valuables from seven passengers including two women, took $545 from E. H. O'Brien of San Francisco, and a watch from the porter before leaping from the moving train. The conductor and flagman reacted. the train did not stop.

Cheyenne Wyo Overland Limited Union Pacific E. H. O’brien San Francisco

Mass Meeting for Highways Planned

Directors of the Chamber of Commerce voted to invite the Automobile Club of Mobile the Mobile Rotary Club and the Tourist Welcome Club to join a mass meeting after the May primary. The goal is to promote the Jackson Memorial Highway and the Delta Highway segment of the Old Spanish Trail with support from state and local good roads groups. Captain John Craft cited a letter from State Highway Engineer Keller urging the gathering.

Chamber of Commerce John Craft Automobile Club of Mobile Mobile Rotary Club Tourist Welcome Club Jackson Memorial Highway Good Roads Associations Alabama Mississippi

Birmingham Woman Speaks At Suff Meet In Mississippi

Mrs Solon Jacobs of Birmingham and Mrs Marion Ormond of Tuscaloosa spoke at the Mississippi woman suffrage convention in Meridian on the second day session. Jacobs urged political emancipation and predicted women would soon win the vote. Officers to be elected and a 1917 convention city chosen today.

Meridian Miss Solon Jacobs Birmingham National Woman Suffrage Association Marion Ormond Tuscaloosa Ala Jacobs

Hotel Manager Fred B. Shireman Visits Mobile

Fred B. Shireman, manager of the Tutwiler Hotel in Birmingham, is in Mobile visiting 8. H. Peck at the Battle House. He has spent ten days fishing in Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Fred B. Shireman Tutwiler Birmingham Ala Mobile H. Peck Battle House Pass Christian, Miss

Directors Set New Members and Boost Mobile Rally

The Mobile Chamber of Commerce board elected three new members Jesse M Nelson L H Meyer & Sons and John F Trout approved a plan to study sanitary conditions behind the Gas Works and discussed securing a fuel oil distributing plant with letters from Texas and Standard Oil. A delegation to Citronelle next Tuesday for the boosters rally was approved along with a Lake Mohonk convention delegate. The Mobile Whiting Company filed incorporation papers capitalized at 25000 with Henry J Warsap as president and W Bernard McCoy as secretary and Ernest A Smith as director.

Mobile Citronelle Chamber of Commerce E. M. Bailey W. W. Croom W. M. Turner Jacob Reiss L. C. Irvine Martin Holbrook W. T. Goubil W. M. Clemens L. G. Adams Frank Horton Jerome Sheip Aubrey Boyles Jesse M. Nelson L. H. Meyer & Sons John F. Trout Texas Oil Company Standard Oil Company Mobile Chamber of Commerce Charles Rudolph Mobile & Ohio Railroad Chinquapin Street Manufacturers’ Committee Master Bakers Association Macon Gordon Smith John Craft Lake Mohonk NEW Whiting.company Mobile Whiting Company Henry J. Warsap W. Bernard McCoy Ernest A. Smith

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mobile Pensacola Run Tanlac ALA. Tent & Awning CO Mobile Bell Phone L.A. Zieman & CO St. Louis St Wayer Iron Cross OF Fashion New City Boston Charles FE. Sands George W. Wightman Joshua Crane Lawrence Waterbury Payne Whitney D. P. Rhodes C. S. Cutting W. H. T. Huhn Philadelphia C. E. Sands Carranza U. S Germany Vigo Europe Charles P. Stewart United Press Son DU Pont Company du Pont Wright Julius T. Wright Military Academy Association For Boys and Young Men Ware Bold Bandit Posse Captain Craft C. of C F. B. Shireman Stearns Queen Theatre Bubbles and the Barber Bill Mutual Masterpicture Harrington Motor Company Home Service
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