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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1916

Page

3

Yancey Says Tanlac Restored Georgia Man to Health

N M Yancey of the Atlanta Telephone and Telegraph Company reports remarkable recovery after taking Tanlac. He details two years of illness, gall bladder tests, kidney issues, and poor digestion, then notes a ten pound gain after four bottles and improved sleep and appetite. Tanlac sold in Mobile by Van Antwerp Drug Corp. Adv.

N. M. Yancey Atlanta Telephone and Telegraph Company Jacobs Pharmacy Company E. B. Elder Tanlac Yancey Atlanta G. F. Willis Southern Elder Mr. Yancey Willis Georgia Mobile van Antwerp Drug Corporation Royal and Dauphin Streets Adv

Nine Times Out of Ten Health Lesson Prompts Liver Remainder

A reader warns that neglect of slight liver or bowel disorders leads to bigger illness. Early digestive symptoms signal trouble and Granger Liver Regulator is touted as a safe, purely vegetable remedy sold in large tin boxes.

Granger Liver

Remarkable Orchard News and Sugar Cane Advice at Ocean Springs

Ocean Springs Mississippi April 7 Special D W Halstead nurseryman advises cattlemen to plant Japanese sugar cane noting forty nine tons per acre at ten dollars per acre not counting seed and valued at four dollars per ton for silage or soiling Also reports on pear trees fruit set after October blooms second spring edible apples rose size six inches and a post office receipts increase of sixteen hundred dollars for the year ending May 31 1916.

Ocean Springs Miss D. W. Halstead Halstead Toom William Porter

Ellis Retains Billiard World Title in Final Block

Charles R. Ellis of Pittsburgh, world three cushion billiard champion, defended his title against Pierre Maupome of St. Louis last night. The final score was Ellis 150 Maupome 143 in Pittsburgh.

Ellis Pittsburgh Charles R. Ellis Pierre Maupome St. Louis Maupome

Hopkins and Beeland Wedding Graces Greenville Church

Dr. Samuel B. Hopkins married Miss Annie Laurie Beeland in a spring wedding at the Methodist Church Greenville. A large audience attended as significant local interest surrounded the ceremony.

Greenville Ala Samuel B. Hopkins Annie Laurie Beeland Methodist Church

Vitalitas lava earth hailed as strongest curative in Texas

A Teacup full of Vitalitas from the Vitalitas mound in Texas is claimed to have superior medicinal powers. Scientific processing yields a liquid extract that cleanses and reinvigorates the body, aiding liver function and toxin elimination. Dose is one teaspoon in water. Investigate at Sutton's Drug Store. sold by druggists.

Vitalitas Mound Texas Vitalitas Sutton’s Adv

Ely's Cream Balm Relieves Nasal Cold and Catarrh

A vintage advertisement promises instant relief for nasal congestion from a cold or catarrh. It urges readers to buy Ely's Cream Balm from a druggist and apply it to the nostrils to soothe swollen mucous membranes and clear air passages.

Ely Adv

Appointed to Board of Mountain Creek Home

Governor Henderson names Captain John G. Smith of Birmingham and Captain A. F. Prince of Tuscaloosa to the Confederate Soldiers' Home board at Mountain Creek, filling vacancies from the deaths of General Fred S. Ferguson and A. Y. Glover. Eight department officials attend the Alabama Educational Association convention in Birmingham.

Montgomery Ala Henderson John G. Smith Birmingham A. F. Prince Tuscaloosa Board of Control Confederate Soldiers’ Home Mountain Creek Fred S. Ferguson A. Y. Glover Forkland Department of Education Alabama Educational Association Educational Department William F. Feagin C. M. Donnelly P. W. Hodges R. E. Ledbetter Spright Dowell Clara Pitts Esther Foster J.B Hobdy

White Wins Decision In Fifteen Round Bout

Charley White the Chicago lightweight defeated Matt Wells English champion in a 15 round bout in Kansas City. White used his right effectively in rounds eleven and fourteen forcing Wells to hold. Newspaper men gave White eight rounds Wells three and four were even.

Kansas City Charley White Chicago Matt Wells White Wells Express

Chancery Court Business and Docket Actions

Court actions listed include sales confirmed and dee d to be executed on payment. decrees pro confesso. testimony ordered published. motions to reinstate probate sales denied. adjournments to April 13 and 14. and multiple law side motions on interrogatories and production of agreements.

Chancery Court Thomas H. Smith Frank S. van Uden Fred Kinger Wilmer Brooks Wallie Brooks Inez Tobin Olney Tobin Virginia T. McKinstry Alex T. McKinstry Emma Ludlow le S. Ludlow H. B. Glore N. Drew Capitola Edna Vogel Frederick Charles Vogel Cyrus G. Russell Peter F. Alba James R. Willams Flora’ Williams Law and Equity Court Safford Berney Hempstead Hempstead and Wimberly Catherine G. W. Murring Fred Forcheimer C. W. Moblin Bechtel-Swartwout Co

Whistler News Briefs and Local Notices

Woodmen Circle No. 111 to meet at Odd Fellows Hall. Shops to close Friday afternoon and reopen Monday morning. Kindergarten principals Lailia Peterson and Hilda Horn swap duties during Peterson’s Alabama Educational Association trip. Rev. Harris attends revival in Fruitdale. pastors Atchison and White preach in Whistler. Mrs. Gillen improving at bedside. Mrs. Spear in critical condition.

Whistler Ala Woodmen Circle No Odd Fellow’s Lailia A. Peterson Whistler Kindergarten Odd Fellows Hall Birmingham Alabama Educational Association Francis M. Atchison Whistler Methodist Church Escampa Yellow Pine Fruitdale T. A. White Mobile Whistler Church Addie Spear

Shrine Ceremonial Set For April 15 In Local City

Abba Temple Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will hold a ceremonial on Saturday April 15. A parade featuring the drum corps and Arab patrol is planned followed by a banquet. A large number of candidates will be admitted to shrine membership at the ceremony. British steamer Vesuvio sunk. Three crewmen landed, armed.

Cremonial Abba Temple Mystic Shrine Committee of Arrangementsis

U S Soldiers Shatter Bandits With Sharp Marksmanship

Reports from Columbus New Mexico describe American troops crossing the border after the Des Peesser raid and at Guerrero and Agua Clientes delivering a sharp display of marksmanship. A naturalized Mexican observer says Villa’s followers underestimated U S forces and feared facing a larger opponent.

Columbus N. M Mexico Villa Guerrero Agua Clientes Thirteenth Des Peesser Oan Geronimo

Germany open to reasonable peace says new German ambassador

Christiania via London reports Dr Michahel les, Germanys new ambassador to Norway, says Berlin will consider any reasonable peace proposal. He adds the antagonists seek a bitter end and Germany seeks peace.

Christiania London Germany Michahelles Norway

Association of Southern Church Colleges Forms to Reduce Lynching

In Birmingham Alabama the Association of Southern Church Colleges began preliminary work to cut lynchings in the South. Eighteen colleges became charter members at a meeting held last night.

Birmingham Ala Association of Southern Church Colleges South

Coal rate increases reach Mississippi points

Washington April 7 The Interstate Commerce Commission has authorized freight rate increases of 6 to 10 cents per ton on coal from Alabama Kentucky Tennessee and Illinois to Jackson Hattiesburg Filisville Laurel and Enterprise Mississippi.

Washington Alabama Kentucky Tennessee Tllineig Jackson Hattiesburg Filisville Laurel and Enterprise Miss Interstate Commerce Commission

Fresh Air And Oil Of Kerein For Weight Loss

An advice feature promotes outdoor activity to combat obesity and suggests using oil of kerein capsules from Van Antwerp’s or any druggist. It claims deep breathing and regular weighing aid fat loss and notes the remedy is harmless and aids digestion.

van Antwerp

Plans of Fort Oglethorpe Found In possession of a negro near Macon

Officers in Macon Ga learned the plans of Fort Oglethorpe near Chattanooga were found Thursday in the possession of a negro who said a white man gave them to him. Investigators seek the unknown white man and have informed the War Department. The plans include blueprints detailing the brigade post grounds and buildings under consideration for Fort Oglethorpe.

Macon Fort Oglethorpe Chattanooga War Department

Kwang Tung Province Declares Independence

Canton April 7 Lung Chi Kuang governor proclaims independence of Kwang Tung in line with popular wishes. The declaration is met with general rejoicing.

Kwang Tung Province Canton Lung Chi Kuang Kwang Tung

Indignity Denial Over US Woman Examined by British

The admiralty in London officially denies a claim that an American woman was stripped of her clothing before men during a British examination. The denial states that all examinations of women are conducted privately and with proper modesty.

London The Admiralty United States Congress

Admiralty Says No Case Of Clothing Removal by Examiners

The admiralty communications note they have no information that any American woman has ever had her clothing removed by examiners, despite reports of women examiners handling private cabins. The statement emphasizes lack of positive evidence of such actions by officials.

Admiralty

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