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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1913

Page

2

Mrs. Fitzhugh’s Father Resides in Pensacola

International News Service reports Mrs. Fitzhugh whose real name remains disputed spoke to explain her life. She claims birth in Virginia and denies being Catherine Fennell, detailing marriages to Fitzhugh Randolph and Alfred S. Northrup, a baby son Jack, and involvement of lawyer Abraham Levy and Pensacola father. The piece notes her case over alleged theft of a mesh bag and mentions moving picture announcements in Mobile.

International News Service New York Fitzhugh Ghting Randolph Virginia Falls Church Catherine Fennell Staunton Washington Prince William County Manassas Catherine Fennell Abraham Levy Chicago Fitzhugh Randolph Fairfax Western State Hospital Alfred S. Northrup Jack Creed M. Fulton Northrup Mr. Levy Miss Dorthy Fisk Levy Randolph Pensacola Fla

Conditions Bad at Many Dairies

At a Mobile County Medical Society meeting Chief Meat and Milk Inspector F. R. Harsh reported visiting about 25 dairies with poor conditions. City health duties will require more frequent inspections, and Woolf the Assistant Meat Inspector may inspect dairies. The death of Dr. William Gomez Ward was noted with condolences. Also mentions Cash Bargain Day at Weinacker's and Lee pages 6 and 7.

Mobile County Medical Society F. R. Harsh Woolf Committee of Public Health William Gomez Ward

Turks Not Worried Over Capture of Scutari

Constantinople notes the surrender of Scutari is a mild setback with regret. Most garrison Albanians fought for autonomous Albania rather than the Ottoman empire, signaling Essad Pasha may shape post surrender Albanian politics and potential ties with Dravid Pasha at Avlona.

Constantinople Scutari Albania Essad Pasha Dravid Pasha Avlona

Boy Captured After Escape From Industrial School

Willie Dunford, a white boy from Mobile, escaped from the Alabama Industrial School at East Lake and was recaptured in Mobile Saturday night by Patrolman Walter Burch. He is held at police headquarters awaiting action by reformatory authorities.

Mobile Willie Dunford Alabama Industrial School East Lake Walter Burch Dunford Reformatory

Swatting Flies and Nuisances Advised

A fragment notes focusing on swatting flies and addressing other plain nuisances during work, suggesting practical steps for handling pests and distractions in daily tasks.

Suffragist Parade Promises Express New York Demonstration

New York April 26 Women on horseback and in coaches lead the annual suffrage parade up Fifth Avenue with Miss Inez Milholland atop a horse. Estimates place 30 000 to 40 000 participants, including delegations from states with voting, and many suffrage groups plan post parade meetings at Carnegie Hall and various halls citywide.

Rosalie Jones New York Inez Milholland Fifth Avenue International News Service Harriet Stanton Blatch Carnegie Hall Women’s Political Union E. Livingston Hunt Caroline Lexow Florence Maude Gooley Woman's Political Union United States Louis A. Cuvillier Sulzer Waldo Whitman Martin H. Glynn Women's Political Union Antoinette Scown Blackwell Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucretia Mot Seneca Falls N. Y Aesculapius Lydia Emmett Business Women Business Women's Union Mrs Mackey Was

Buck Oliver to Make Race for Congress in Sixth District

Special to The Item. Geiger Alabama April 26. Buck Oliver dean of the University of Alabama law school and former solicitor of the sixth district will run for Congress against incumbent Senator Joseph F Johnston after Rich mond Pearson Hobson gives up the seat. Oliver faces potential rival W B Bankhead, son of Senator Bankhead, in what promises to be an interesting, high minded campaign with unclear issues at this stage.

Geiger Ala W. B. (Buck) Oliver University of Alabama Law School Alabama Judicial District Richmond Pearson Hobson Joseph F. Johnston United States Tuscaloosa Buck” Oliver Oliver W. B. Bankhead Senator Bankhead Alabama

Decree in Dunlap Mercantile v Steamboat Mary E Staples

A U S district court decree awarded libelant D. R. Dunlap Mercantile Company $70 in the case against the steamboat Mary E. Staples. A new suit entered in Rencher Pettway v Steamboat City of Mobile.

United States District Court D. R. Dunlap Mercantile Company Mary E. Staples Rencher Pettway City of Mobile

Suffrage Parade Details Include Diverse Groups and Roosevelt Pageant

A New York suffrage parade plan features the Equal Franchise Society blue bunting and a band of bearers, followed by the New York State Women Suffrage Association, the Woman Suffrage Party in white and yellow regalia, and the Political Equality Association led by Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont. White Zouaves and 300 strong Collegiate Equal Suffrage League march in cap and gown. The event ends with the Men’s League and a suffrage pageant to include Col Roosevelt. A matching forty seven men search is noted for the pageant.

Equal Franchise Society New York State Women Suffrage Association Woman Suffrage Party City of New York Political Equality Association O. H. P. Belmont Collegiate Equal Suffrage League Col Roosevelt

Spouse Debt Responsibility Declared This Date

A formal statement declares the signer will not be responsible for his wife's debts after April 26 1913. The document records the applicant's intention to separate financial liability from the spouse.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mrs. Fitzhugh Welacker’s New Norfolks Dreaper & Burns Medical Society Dr. Ward Weinacker's Lee Milholland U. of A. Law Department Hobson David Woodyard Washington County J. H. Gates Plateau Mobile County J. J. Barry,jr Spring Hill Ave
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