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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1916
Page
2
Mrs. Campbell of Meridian Mississippi credits Taniac with saving her son W. H. Campbell from a three year stem trouble and months of weakness. The 18 year old gained health, sleeps well, and resumes daily tasks after three bottles of the remedy. Van Antwerp Drug Corp. in Mobile sells it exclusively.
Tommy disappears at breakfast then returns by afternoon with a Z token. Readers are invited to join the dots to form “The Dot Farm” story and mail answers to The Mobile Item Picture Puzzle Department for daily and Sunday prizes of moving picture tickets.
The Alabama Dental Association wraps up its Mobile convention with talks on conducive anesthesia and mouth infection and extractions by Dr. R N Reithmuller of Philadelphia and Dr. F W Rounds of Louisville. Dr F F Perry assisted. An oral hygiene rally at the Y M C A featured Dr C B Fowlkes stressing proper child dental care and Fletcher inspired eating rules.
In York Pennsylvania on April 15 a man named Weinbert Wallick and three companions faced robbery charges after allegedly stealing poultry from George C. Rochenour. Wallick and H B Baker saw their cases held under advisement while two co defendants were discharged.
A historical ad promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as quick relief for indigestion and constipation. It suggests relief is common and urges readers not to give up, claiming the tablets help one stay well. The fragmented copy mentions efficacy but lacks full context or dates.
Henry D. East sought by police in Brimingham after entering Young A. Neal’s home and firing four shots at the groom in front of Neal’s bride, Mary Helle Cooley. Neal, a University of Chattanooga Spanish teacher and former reporter, was wounded with slight chance of recovery.
Osborn Riddling, 40, was fined $50 by Acting Judge Welch in South Municipal Court for calling on Mrs. Mary Brown’s home at 2 a.m. Sunday. He sought Miss Nellie Brown, 18, despite the mother's opposition. Riddling had previously boarded at the Brown residence.
C B Vincent won the weekly Gulf City Gun Club event at Farm avenue traps breaking 69 of 75 birds. Dr J P Gunn and Dr C L Gunn of Gadsden Alabama attended with Hank from DuPont Powder Company. Dr C L Gunn is noted for medals and past shoots at Hattiesburg.
Died Wednesday April 2 1916 at 8 40 p m Jane White wife of the late Joseph Paulovich aged 65. Friends of the family invited to funeral from 209 S Franklin St to morrow Friday morning at 8 30 from Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with requiem mass at 9 Interment in Catholic Cemetery.
The Mobile county list of qualified voters sparked wide interest as irregularities are fixed. Hundreds visit the probate court with Probate Judge Price Williams urging those not on the list to update within ten days to avoid being barred from the next election.
Liti gation over a railroad bond issue began forty five years ago and ended when Union county taxpayers settled for 100000 with bondholders and paid the smaller sum into court. It is the first time in decades a Union county sheriff avoided signing for taxes to liquidate the judgment as several resigned.
British army officers resumed buying horses in the Kansas City market on Wednesday after a six month lapse. It is stated that six hundred horses have been shipped from Newport News to be loaded for Europe.
The Southern Railway serving southern Spain informed the government it must suspend service due to a coal shortage. The disruption follows a broader blockade cutting English coal supplies, collapsing steamship routes and threatening Spanish industry.
John Foster, with about a week left on a one year sentence for assault with a deadly weapon from Oakland, ingestS poison in a bid to kill himself as he neared release. He was rushed to safety at the prison. In Washington, the senate amended sugar tax relief to extend until May 1 1920 and sent the bill back to the house.
A report from Alabama inspector R. E B. Jackson shows rapid tick elimination across counties. Of 9,184 herds inspected in completed counties, 20 quarantined herds were not inspected and only 22 ticky herds remain across Dallas, Dale, Henry, Jackson, Limestone, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Montgomery, Madison, Marengo, Perry and Wilcox. In collaborating counties 17,221 herds with 115,970 cattle have been dipped, 4,011 herds still infested, 12,244 cattle in this group, with 869 dipping vats active led by Sumter with 155.
In Springfield April 1 a stipulation halted Public Service Co of Northern Illinois from shutting off Meyer J. Stein's gas for unpaid installment purchases. The Public Utilities Commission ordered no disconnection, with briefs to be submitted and Stein to dismiss his suit to compel a hearing.
Dr George H Lawrence of Galesville Wis who moved to Milwaukee to practice medicine after his wife barred women patients has won an uncontested divorce Mrs Lawrence received 6500 from the Galesville property He testified his wife jealous of his patients and cruel on returns from calls noting the sample line in the text.
It claims the common cold, though modest, leads to serious diseases like pneumonia consumption and diphtheria. It argues quicker cure reduces danger and recommends Chamberlains Cough Remedy as most effective, available everywhere.
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