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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1912

Page

9

Missing Louisiana representative Garland Sought by Police

Baton Rouge patrols statewide join the search for H. Garland a Louisiana house member missing since July 11 after legislature adjourned. Garland's brother paid his bills and collected effects at the hotel but found no clues to his movements. Garland was popular in the house and reportedly had little money when last seen.

Baton Rouge Louisiana A. H. Garland Louisiana House of Representatives Garland

For Sale Multiple Homes in City Real Estate Market

Listings include two 21. and k. units in Camp and Cuba streets with 6 rooms on a 60x120 lot near Bayou, priced at $800. Nearby properties on Charleston and Easton streets rent for $240 annually with a $1,500 listing. A 4 room cottage on West Washington Avenue and North Easton Street is $1,300. An attractive 5 room cottage with bath on West Dexter near South Monroe Street asks $2,800. Owner sacrificing on investment properties.

Camp Cuba West Bayou North Charleston Street Fenen Cintition Wilkinson Bingt West Washington Avenue North Easton Street Bath West Dexter South Monroe

Desirable North Baltimore Rentals with Various Home Options

Desirable rental listings include 2 W Marine hall with 5 rooms on a large lot and non resident owner. Vacant 50 by 150 lot on West Washington between North and South Carolina for 700 dollars. Second floor 108 Dauphin over Royal Theatre. Second floor flat at Jackson and St Michael. Cottage with 5 rooms and bath on W Lawrence at 2 S Church. Cottage 5 rooms at Conti and Espejo for 15 dollars. Cottage 5 rooms at S Church and 4 E Marine for 13.50. New 4 room cottage with bath hot and cold water electric gas to Nov 1 for 13.50. Cottage with hall and 5 rooms at Washington Ave 6 N Easton St for 15.50. New cottage E Marine and 6 N Easton St with hall 5 rooms bath lights for 15.75.

N. Baltimore W. Marine, Hall Washington Avenue North South Carolina Dauphin Street Royal Theatre Jackson and St. Michael Streets W. Lawrence S. Church

Woman Captures Bandit After Weeklong Pursuit

In Craig Colorado a woman, Annie Decker, held off armed posses and captured William Sartelle alias William Morgan, a gang leader from Hole in the Wall country. She disarmed him at mealtime, hog tied him, and alerted Sheriff Davis. Sartelle is jailed in Dixon Wyoming.

Sherif Davis Carbon County Wyoming Sartelle Dixon, Wyo

Deadlock on Pension Bill Stalls Senate House Accord

Washington report shows a complete failure to reach agreement on the annual pension appropriation bill between the house and senate. The deadlock centers on eighteen district pension agencies, with the house demanding their discontinuation and senator McCumber criticizing the impasse and urging a separate measure to abolish the agencies.

Washington House Senate McCumber Senate Conference Committee

Four Painfully Scalded By Steam At M and C Shops

General Foreman Emile Tacon and three other Mobile and Ohio Railway workers were badly burned yesterday afternoon at the M and C shops. Steam and hot water escaped from a locomotive blow-off cock injuring Charles Spicer John Ranager and John T Mitchell with facial and arm burns. Tacon sustained minor injuries.

Emile Tacon Mobile and Ohio Charles Spicer John Ranager John T. Mitchell Mr. Tacon

Negro shot near Detroit tied to Texas police killings

Dallas sheriff’s office received a report that a Black man was shot and killed near Detroit Texas. The description matched Leonard Potts who has been hunted for days for killing two Texas police officers.

Dallas Texas Detroit Leonard Potts

Eczema Cleared After Cuticura Regimen Says Patient

A Kentucky resident recalls a fifteen year battle with eczema that spread across scalp head and body. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent he reports complete healing and eleven years of good health with no relapse.

Lewisburg

Cold blooded murders near Montevis reported

John Herring and Guido Shubert were killed in a grim ambush near Montevis Sonora Mexico. Witness Robert Hilburn said Herring hanged with a grass rope and Shubert lay on his back with a rope about ten feet long around his neck. He buried the bodies and found letters, releasing two suspects at Nacozari for jail inquiry.

Douglas Ariz John Herring Guido Shubert Montevis Sonora Mexico Robert Hilburn Hilburn Herring Shubert Hilbern Nacozari

Tubercular Hospital Opens at Wetumpka

The Alabama tubercular hospital for convicts at Wetumpka is in operation in full blast with sixty eight patients. It has been open two weeks and is expected to reach about eighty five as more prisoners are treated and segregated to prevent disease spread.

Montgomery Ala Wetumpka

Case of Plague Reported in Liverpool

Liverpool authorities announced a bubonic plague case involving a seven year old boy believed to have appendicitis before an operation revealed plague symptoms. The boy is under observation as the city confirms the incident.

Liverpool Local Government Board Today

Red headed husbands figure in Yonkers court tale

In Yonkers city court Mrs. Jeanette Robb Rice Francis 24 declares she will keep marrying red headed men as long as she lives. Her husband Thomas A. Francis is charged with non support and the case is adjourned to Wednesday. Francis says he plans divorce. Her first husband Ernest Rice is in Saginaw with their two children and her second husband James Huett died six months after their marriage.

New York Yonkers Jeanette Robb Rice Francis Thomas A. Francis Francis Ernest Rice Greenwich James Huett Taunton Mass

Palace of Peter the Great Palace Destroyed by Fire

Fire engulfed the Palace of Peter the Great on Petrovski Island in St. Petersburg today, with the historic residence reported as completely destroyed. In Marietta Ohio a man named J Clifton Crooks, former manager of several firms dealing in Mexican lands, was arrested at Key West for forgery per telegram reports.

ST. Petersburg Peter the Great Petrovski Island Marietta Ohio J. Clinton Crooks Key West Fla Crooks Ohio Banking Department

Real Estate Pages Highlight Southern Market

The Real Estate Pages of The Mobile Daily Item are presented as the best medium for southern property news and listings.

Mobile Daily Item South

Calero offered Chamizal land to U S government for 1 090 000

Washington reports quote Juan Didapp a Mexican revolutionary agent stating President Madero authorized a sale of the Chamizal strip to the United States for a low price if rebels were captured. Calero denies such a proposal and warns the land is worth 15 million. Interventions and belligerency are debated as the Mexican crisis deepens.

Washington Charles Jona Chamizal Oaratte Juan D. Didapp Genta Dor Calero Senor Calero Didapp Madero United States San Antonio Unite States Mexico

Bite of Small Dog May Cause Loss of an Arm

George M. Gallagher, a salesman for Bulz berger & Sons Co, may lose his arm after a small French poodle bite. He traveled to Montgomery for Pasteur treatment after the injury to his thumb swelled. The item includes ad text for Foley Kidney Pills and local notices about medical products and delivery services.

George M. Galagher 8Ulzberger & Sons Co Galagher Gallagher Montgomery Pasteur

Death of Josiah G. Coburn

Josiah G Coburn, charter member of the National American Cotton Manufacturers Association and Lewiston Me city council president, died in Newton aged 92. He founded Hill Manufacturing Co. of Lewiston for cotton sheetings.

Josiah G. Coburn Boston National American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association Lewiston Newton Hill Manufacturing Co

Italians Capture Oasis in Libya Campaign

An official Tripoli dispatch reports combined military and naval operations began this morning to occupy the Zara oasis. Turkish resistance is described as light and operations are continuing.

Rome Tripoli Zara

Will Georgia Get Falls

In Atlanta on August 5 the Georgia House and Senate adopted a resolution directing the state to sue to determine ownership of the Falls. Mrs Helen Longstreet heads a conservation group seeking state possession arguing the land was granted to the state. Attorneys General have twice ruled the state not entitled to the property despite millions spent by the Georgia Railway and Electric Co to develop a power plant.

Atlanta Helen B. Longstreet Sult Georgia Railway and Electric Company

Defense council plan sidelined in House calendar

Washington August 5 the plan to create a council of national defense was removed from the House calendar after Chairman Hay of the military affairs committee struck it from the agenda delaying its consideration this session.

Washington Council of National Defense Congress Hay Military Affaires Committee House

Acquittal in New York Hotel Shooting Case

George Raymond, real estate broker of Sea Cliff, was discharged by the coroner after a jury found accidental shooting in the July 20 incident that left Florence Hopp, a milliner from Derbyburg, Pa, injured. Harkness testified he was explaining the revolver when it discharged accidentally.

New York George Raymond& Real Estate Sea Cliff

Buck Up Liver Tonic Ad Promotes Revival

An advertisement urges readers to revive a tired liver to restore energy, sharpen thinking, and improve daily enjoyment. It emphasizes a liver-lazy condition and promises renewed vitality through its product.

Safe natural remedy promises refunds through druggist guarantee

The item is described as a natural vegetable remedy with no harmful drugs and claims it cannot harm a child. It is sold with a druggist guarantee to help or provide a refund. F. W. Ketterer Medicine Co. of Jacksonville, Florida offers supply if the local druggist does not carry it.

F. W. Ketterer Medicine Co Jacksonville, Fla

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