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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1913
Page
4
Promotion gives 10 000 bonus votes for each new product stocked by retail dealers. Kel I Cin Gum orders yield 10 000 votes per box and 25 000 votes per jar. For more details call Bell Phone 19.
A historical promotion offers 30 000 bonus votes for each package of labels cartons and slips brought to headquarters. The list includes Condensed Milk Corn Syrup Gum Bands Bread Labels cigar bands theatre tickets and more with several mixed combinations granting additional 20 000 votes per package. All votes tallied by a Burroughs Adding Machine.
In Atlanta on April 25 Mrs Cal He Scott Applebaum testifies at her murder trial claiming innocence. She recounts a midnight confrontation with her husband and says she remembers nothing after hiding under the covers as he threatened to shoot.
An elderly Conn. man of 99 offers temperance patience exercise and cheer as keys to longevity. Vinol is advertised as a leading body builder for the aged, with testimonials from Mrs. Mary Ivey of Columbus Ga. and a money back guarantee. Saxo Salve is also advertised.
Multiple funeral notices and obituaries reported for Col Joseph Hodgson Sidney R Schultz and others. Services held at Magnolia Cemetery with various pallbearers and clergy, detailing residences and surviving relatives.
An old standard tonic claims to restore strength and mood, stimulate the liver, drive out malaria, and build up the system. Promotes appetite and digestion with a 50 cent price tag.
State Examiner H Y Brooke returns to Montgomery after a ten day Mobile visit to resume auditing the convict department. Visitors at the Battle House include Mrs F H Davis and Miss Alice Deas. A fire at 19 Espejo street lightly damages a frame house owned by George McCrary. Grace A Smith files bond to act as notary public. An attempted entry at 1259 Washington avenue is thwarted by a servant. Harry B Pake seeks authority to pay a 20 percent dividend to unpreferred creditors. hearing set for April 28. A Klass sues for 01 0 damages over a December 6 1912 elevator fall.
Two towns report new identification linking W. C. Walters to the Dunbar child kidnapping. In Laurel Colonel Hassell who once prosecuted Walters identified the man in a photograph as the alleged kidnapper. Dr Griffin, Walters' former physician, also identified the man from a Columbia jail photo.
Governor Brewer of Mississippi refused to honor a requisition from Louisiana Governor Hall for the surrender of W. C. Walters, held in Columbia jail for the kidnapping of Robert Dunbar. Brewer cited credible evidence Walters possessed the child before the Dunbars’ claim, and promised Walters would be surrendered only if doubt cleared and the parents remained certain.
A historical ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and colds claiming relief from the first dose and recovery in time. It cites O H Brown of Muscadine Alabama praising the remedy and notes a 40 year reputation with prices 50c and 1.00, marketed by Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
Hartwell Douglas leads Alabama Convict Board in retrenchment. The purchasing agent post held by Alfred Moore of Huntsville at 125 dollars monthly is abolished effective May 1. Supplies will be bought directly by the convict department on a comparative basis while the Birmingham office remains open under T Ss Page.
Franklin Burt of New York a former Army captain recounts a long eczema battle lasting 25 years. After failed treatments he tried Resinol Ointment, notes itching stopped quickly and skin healed in a month for 50 cents, urging a free trial from Dept. 19 T Resinol Baltimore.
In Montgomery on April 25 a bankruptcy filing names the Bankers' Bond and Finance Company with L. E. Aymard as secretary. Aymard, linked to a Georgia stockholder embezzlement case, says criminal proceedings are a tactic to collect a civil debt. George Stuart is appointed receiver.
Hill Granberry of Lee county Alabama was granted a new trial after the state supreme court ruled the lower court erred by not admitting several defense charges. He faced a death sentence for the murders of two Black women linked to whiskey and a botched confrontation. The case now returns to the Lee county court.
Brighten homes with Sherwin Williams paints and varnishes sold exclusively by Barnty Cavanagh Hardware Co. See half page advertisement in today's Item for details.
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