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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1912
Page
3
A water tank on the Union American Cigar Co building roof collapsed while being filled, crashing through the sixth floor and into the fifth, killing Agnes Niedzelsk and Iva Lawton both 17 and an unidentified 20 year old, with many injured as hundreds of workers fled.
Dr Howard Company promotes a half price sale on its constipation and dyspepsia remedy, with G Van Antwerp & Sons Drug Co backing a full refund if it fails. They claim the product relieves headaches, digestion issues, tiredness, and other symptoms, promising no cost if it does not cure. Thousands of women are said to be helped by the remedy.
Special to The Item from Montgomery Alabama notes hog cholera is increasing statewide. Commissioner R F Kolb says the fatal disease is more widespread this year than ever and is seeking to halt its spread with Auburn University scientific guidance.
Montgomery Alabama Aug. after securing a requisition from Governor ONeal Sheriff T S Single tary of Thomasville Georgia last night brought back to Thomasville Joe Curry a Negro wanted on embezzlement and jail breaking charges He had been at large several months after breaking jail in Thomasville He was arrested in Montgomery this week by the police.
Woman speaks of long suffering from menstrual pain and weakness healed by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. In Sikeston Missouri Mrs Dama Berenns reports restored health able to work and care for family. In Murrayville Illinois another unnamed woman credits the remedy for improving female trouble and overall health.
News from Foley Alabama reports the McLaughlin line the Pensacola Mobile and New Orleans is nearly complete to Styx River. A crew of thirty to forty men says they will reach Loxley and connect with the Louisville and Nashville by October. Irregular train service runs between Pensacola and the current terminus.
The bribery trial of Clarence Darrow was resumed as Judge Hutton considered admitting Edward James Cantrell's testimony. Prosecution seeks Cantrell to impeach Harriman and show guilty knowledge of the Times explosion plot. Cantrell and Harriman once allies, now estranged, with Harriman allegedly admitting foreknowledge of the dynamite attack.
The house of commons adjourned today in London until October 7 after a seven month session with only brief breaks at Easter and Whitsun tide.
Deputy tax commissioner T Douglass McMillan was seriously injured in an automobile accident near his home while attempting to switch vehicles. Dr Richard A Hail faces police accusations with causing the crash and a warrant was issued.
A promotional notice proclaims over five million samples given yearly to prove the merit of Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for corns bunions and foot soreness. Sold nationwide at 25 cents with free samples by A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
The coal laden steamer James Gayley sank in Lake Michigan off Manitou Island after a collision with the steel steamer Renssalaer in heavy fog. Both vessels exceed 400 feet in length. Gayley valued at over 300 thousand dollars. No loss of life reported.
Thunder showers expected tonight or Friday with moderate southeast to south winds. Alabama and Mississippi will see local showers, light to moderate east and southeast winds. Shippers should plan for 92 to 94 degree conditions for shipments and river levels imply rising Tombigbee and Alabama rivers over the next 36 hours and into Friday night. High and low barometer areas influence the weather across the region with warm southeast winds and cooler Rocky Mountain highs. Weather observer Albert Ashenberger notes thundershowers for Mobile and records wind and temperature patterns across the path.
The article outlines Progressive demands for direct primaries for state and national offices, popular election of U S senators, short ballots, and initiatives to curb campaign spending. It calls for federal labor safeguards, child labor bans, minimum wage for women, eight hour day, a federal department of labor, and a national health service. It also urges regulation of interstate corporations, a federal commission to supervise them, and stronger Sherman Law enforcement to ensure competition.
An advertisement touts Kilmer's Swamp Root as the best remedy for kidney liver and bladder diseases. It claims quick gentle effects and a physician’s purity certificate with each bottle, offering a free sample by mail from Kilmer & Co. at Binghamton New York.
The platform calls for a protective tariff and scientific tariff commission, opposes the Payne Aldrich bill, repeals Canadian reciprocity, and supports government aid to industry, resource development, water powers, and rural delivery. It advocates river development, Panama Canal competition, and a two battleship per year fleet, plus immigrant and veteran pensions.
Itching fiery eczema relief comes from Zemo a cleansing wash with thymol glycerine witch hazel boracic acid and other medicinal ingredients. If not satisfied after the first 21 cent bottle druggists refund your money large size bottle $1 endorsed and sold in Mobile by Van Antwerp Drug Co Inc prepared by E W Ro re Medicine Co St Louis Mo guarantee as good as old
Mayor Schwarz issued orders to Chief of Police Walsh appointing H D Evans Christopher Brannan J B Simonsen and Oscar Wilkerson supernumeraries on the police force. The appointees reported for duty last night. Evans and Brannan have previous service on the force.
The Alabama District Grand Lodge No 23 of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows colored met at Tuskegee Institute chapel led by Grand Master Peter T. Mitchell. Welcome addresses were given by Emmett J. Scott Edward L. Snyder C A Howze and W H Mixon as about five hundred delegates arrived for the first day of sessions with Tuskegee Institute bands and a student choir providing music.
Captain John G. Smith, master of the steamer Beaver, announced today. The statement marks a formal acknowledgment of command and signals upcoming voyage plans and operations.
The article notes summer colds are hard to cure due to sultry weather and aims to offer Perums as a solution. It cites Miss Ivy Gray of Fairview who reports Perums promptly expels summer colds, strengthens the body, and is the best remedy she has tried.
In Colon Ohio the KA TAR NO Company issues a notice offering a formula named KA TAR NO. People are invited to write for a free sample and information about the product.
A fragment notes plans to enter the Shore trade in the near future and references Dryer's Belrose Volanta and Jose with a claim of being guaranteed a large amount of bust.
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