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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1912
Page
2
A Tennessee River Improvement Association reports to Senator Johnston that Alabama may receive the Panama dredge to aid the Coosa Warrior Bigbee and Alabama rivers. The letter notes construction to finish by fall and that efforts will continue despite Mississippi River demands.
Mobile Rifle Company A and Mobile Cadets compete at Boyles Range near Birmingham Alabama. Members of both units qualify as first class marksmen. First regiment praised for sharp shooting and training as captains commend range officers. Some units may face accountability for missing detail submissions.
Mrs Susie Tomston of Hooper Nebraska recounts five years of female trouble easing after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says three weeks of work returned and asks others to try the medicine, claiming a full recovery and permission to share her name.
President Taft appoints Luther Conant Jr of New York to succeed Herbert Knox Smith as commissioner of corporations without Senate confirmation. The move follows Smith's resignation to join the progressive party.
Policeman Karl Kesale identifies Andrew Rowan of Pine Bluff Arkansas as the man who shot him. Rowan and his companion William Beasley of Little Rock are captured after noon. Kesale is taken to a hospital and is believed to be fatally wounded. Washington authorized a $20 000 refugee aid payment from existing transportation funds for Mexican refugees in Arizona.
Peter Carome and 17 year old Trifon Antonio were arrested by Detectives Murphy and Lacey after Mike Jones alleged their involvement in a robbery. Both were held under $800 bonds to the city court on burglary charges when arraigned before Recorder Hale. Jones was held on $100 bond as a material witness for the state.
E L Lindergreen and H Le Gear both Oakdale residents and Mobile Light and Railroad Co staff were arrested after a confrontation with Patrolman H A Kinnerman at the Franklin street car line. Lindergreen faced disorderly conduct charges while Le Gear was charged with interfering with an officer. Both were bonded. cases continued next week.
In Columbus on August 16 the state central committee convened to name a new Republican gubernatorial candidate after B B Dillon declined. Roosevelt supporters surprised Taft factions by pledging surrender of nomination. Some Taft men labeled Denman as aligned with them. A debated proposition asked Roosevelt backers on the state ticket and central committee to declare allegiance to the president or resign.
J W Lambert writes from the Jackson and New Orleans Railroad to the city of Baton Rouge claiming the jail door was left open and he walked out without breaking locks. He asks if it is illegal to walk out when the door is open and notes his prior sentence for wild beating.
Tre Mobile Interurban Railway Company was formed in probate court with capital stock of 5000 dollars. The plan is to build a line from the Spring Hill end to Pinehurst linking with Dauphin street cars, surveying already completed.
The Alabama Oyster Commission completed a tour of western shore beds returning to Mobile with findings on oyster condition. They reported many oysters killed by the spring freshet but overall optimism for a large crop. Beds were visited at Grant's Pass and off Dauphin Island where Captain John Craft suffered a severe cut to his left foot walking barefoot on the beach.
A mortgage for 13000 dollars given by George N Pressler and his wife to Wm S Heddon covers 8000 acres near Gulf Crest Alabama and was filed in probate court yesterday. The report also notes legal and civic items including a bankruptcy petition by Henry T Hoberts of Crichton and the appointment of K L Desey as notary public. Colen A Brown traveled to St Louis after the death of his brother B Lyman Brown, an inspector for Swift & Co., leaving behind a widow two sons and siblings in Mobile.
Hundreds of delegates converge on Cleveland for the union's annual meeting. A Nashville delegation led by Mayor Howze is anticipated, with contenders including Montreal and San Antonio. Sid Ardoyne from Mobler Local No 27 travels to the convention city.
New York Aug 10 Russell Millward explorer and big game hunter will return to Guatemala in days after a near fatal attack during a 2 year Central American trek. His 78 Indian guides accompanied him through uncharted jungle interior and he cites Matugany rosewood rubber and chicle as abundant while noting Carib customs for child discipline.
Funeral services for Louis Stein, who died Saturday morning August 10 1912 in his 68th year, will be held tomorrow Sunday at 5 PM from St Paul Episcopal church Spring Hill Interment follows at Spring Hill cemetery. The family requests friends to attend.
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A piston rod failure on the Pleasure Bay at Battle's Wharf will delay service until repaired, with a new rod to be cast and installed. The steamer was towed to Gulf Dry Dock. Carney substitutes, Beaver sails to Eastern Shore landings, and Lucille adds a late schedule from Point Clear with Sunday departures and 8:30 p.m. battles to Mobile.
Deputy Sheriff Paul Cazalas brought Will Blivins from Gulfport Mississippi to Mobile on the murder charge tied to the July 1910 stabbing death of George Webb. Blivins admits presence at the scene but says he did not take part in the killing. Two other suspects fled.
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