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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1915
Page
7
Rome dispatch reports Trieste's food situation has grown critical. The mayor says bread supply is exhausted and current rations rely on wheat scarce mixtures. With no wheat and Hungary blocking exports, the city depends on sea deliveries and urges residents to center meals on potatoes.
Students at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania adopt a resolution demanding absolute freedom of speech. They oppose a recent alumni committee report that urged only conservative speakers be allowed, arguing for exposure to diverse viewpoints at the business school.
Law and Equity Court on the Equity Side Berney lists orders of publication and dismissals while Chancery Court under Chancellor Smith schedules motions to publish testimony, decrees pro confesso, and resets for April 21. Several cases are noted as submitted on pleadings or dismissed for want of prosecution with ongoing call for Wednesday appearances.
Mrs Catherine Norman aged 84 native of Bavaria Germany died Monday at Home For the Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor She had been a Mobile resident for many years The funeral was Tuesday morning and interment in the Catholic cemetery
An advertisement for Eckman’s Alterative claims strong recovery reports from tuberculosis and lung ailments. It offers a booklet for sufferers, provides a Philadelphia address for inquiries, and notes sizes and prices with drugstore availability. The testimonial from Howard L. Klotz is cited.
A small 165 ton schooner Donna Christina sailing from Mobile March 31 to Cuban ports was found wrecked near Cape San Blas nine days out. Captain E T Parrish and six crew members are missing, feared lost. The Moragues Lumber Co chartered the ship carrying 200000 feet of lumber. The crew included Charles Alberg, Oliver Prince, James Allen, B W I Oonald Bel, and E D Tarleton. The Associated Press reported the Donna Christina wreck near Cape San Blas with no word from the crew.
Yale University receives a $15000 donation from Charles P Howland John Howland and Francis Howland to award to a citizen of the United States for distinguished achievement in literature fine arts or government science.
E V O'Connor proprietor of the Gulf Coast Farm Journal and E G Gondon store keeper were bitten on the legs by a vicious dog Monday night. O'Connor was on Cedar street near Church when the dog snapped his left leg twice. The animal, believed mad, chased along Cedar to Palmetto and bit Gondon twice. The dog is penned for rabies tests.
An ad touts Sargol as a remedy to transform digestion and enable rapid weight gain. It promises 10 to 20 pounds of solid flesh, claims safety and low cost, and notes a refund guarantee from Van Antwerp Drug Co and other Mobile shops.
Mobile and Ohio R R lands in Mobile County Alabama and nearby counties described as best quality pine land soil with a running stream suitable for farming and pecan growing. Prices set at 11.50 per acre with additional tracts of forty acres and larger offered. Contact Royal & J Mobile Land Development Cannes N Royal &J via phone 967-J.
Biloxi Mississippi April 20 Special The prison board receives a 242200 check from Boyce Co Memphis for Gulfport cotton. 3069 bales are released after a 20000 bond. shipments will head to Manchester England aboard the Huso as the libel case by the Norwegian steamship Huso owners is resolved. Liquor fines are issued and Biloxi conducts a citywide cleanup with a half holiday in schools.
W H Stephens of 811 Zack Street Tampa Florida asks police to locate Cr J Stephens believed in or near Mobile. Also sought is Andrew P Benitz a Newark New Jersey mechanical engineer missing for weeks whose wife seeks him.
An old advertisement promotes four ounces of Rad Salts daily to flush kidneys after meat consumption. It claims to neutralize metabolic acids, relieve dull kidney pain, and prevent bladder irritation by using a lithia based effervescent drink marketed as Jad Salts. It emphasizes harmlessness and ease.
W. S. Royal offers new and modern store on 2 N Government Street with large windows. No 62 Dauphin Street is a three story brick building to be improved for a good tenant. No 6 Dauphin Street is a two story brick structure in good condition suitable for store or warehouse. No 211 St Michael Street features a large garage with cement floor usable as warehouse. Attractive prices to desirable tenants.
Leila Smith found Alice Pierson in company with her husband Junious Smith on Monday night at Prichard. A knife attack wounded Pierson in three places including the breast and right arm. Deputy Sheriff Cochran arrested the three. Pierson received medical care. Junious Smith surrendered and was charged with affray.
Mr and Mrs KB A Knapp traveled Friday to their future residence in Fairhope Alabama. The town celebrated the arrival and test run of the new North Western Hummer passenger car with local youth enjoying a toy ride. Bayou la Batre defeated Dawes 21 to 14 in a Saturday basketball contest and cemetery planning progresses rapidly.
Ella Hendricks a Black woman of 58 Elmira Street was arrested after two male witnesses testified she sold liquor without a license. She was fined 101 dollars and costs or 30 days in jail, arraigned before Recorder D H Edington, appeal bond set at 150 dollars.
Mr Hubert Drennon of Birmingham told the Finance and a Nation Committee of the Legislature that the jitney business will end by September 1. Cars will not do the work and lack of business cannot sustain them. Mobile reports ten jitneys with twenty six cars having operated, sixteen quitting the business.
Officer Burch and Jim Dortch clashed on Davis avenue near Motte Street after Dortch, reportedly striking his wife with a pistol butt. Shots were fired, a crowd gathered, and a posse searched the area near Three Mile swamp without success. Dortch fled. the wife was uninjured.
Lydia P Hugunin of Los Angeles testifies that Swamp Root relieved her kidney and rheumatic troubles after months of poor relief and restless nights. She says the remedy helped her regain health and that neighbors also benefited. She endorses publication of the statement.
An advertisement offers Swamp-Reet as a cure with promises of convincing results and a booklet of alleged information. It mentions Kilmer and a sample bottle, claims to reveal “ill information” about a health issue, and notes sale at drug stores with regular fifty-cent bottles.
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