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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1912
Page
7
Paris reports M de Bressignac, financier of astronomy, claims contact with Mars will occur within a year. He describes Martians as tall, fair haired, with minimal eyelids, sleeping at work, and mainly agricultural. Their clothing and footwear are vegetable products.
Berlin reports diplomatic circles express dissatisfaction at British Foreign Office plans to offer many officers to the Young Turk movement in Constantinople. The aim is to reorganize the Turkish gendarmerie and root out militarists blamed for steering toward a reactionary dictatorship. German critics view the move as a potential shift of influence in Turkey benefiting Germany's ally Italy, at war with the Ottoman empire.
Foley Kidney Pills are healing and tonic with no harmful drugs. N. J. Gorham of Bank of Woodville Ga. reports his kidney trouble relief after using Foley Kidney Pills and endorses them over other medicines. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
A column contrasts silk stockings and cotton hosiery, then ponders the social impact of price, urban life, and modern living costs. It muses on communication habits, letters, long distance calls, and daily choices tied to rising expenses and changing manners.
A collection of home tips advises reusing coffee grounds for neighbors, burning an onion to mask tobacco odor, barefoot children to save shoe costs, and starting a phonograph during heated political talks. It suggests sprinkling red pepper for iceman horses and discarding one pair of the husband’s old shoes each year.
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as the first original for 30 years. It claims the tonic’s ingredients do not dissolve in the mouth, preventing a bitter taste, but dissolve in stomach acids. Marketed for both adults and children at 50 cents.
Horace G Gamble was blinded when a golf ball he tested exploded after being clamped in a vise. He and D C Clegg, of Philadelphia, witnessed the ball’s violent rupture and the liquid burned his eyes, sending him to a specialist for treatment.
By order of the circuit court for the county of Berrien Michigan the Portman Rendall Lumber Company property at Ovett Michigan is offered for sale. Sealed bids due by Monday August 26 1912 to the county clerk of Berrien County at St Joseph Michigan to be opened by him only. Right to reject bids reserved. Property includes two tenant houses mill buildings on leased land boiler and engine saw mill lath making veneer machines shafting pulleys belting etc in fairly good condition. A fine flowing
Paris reports a double murder at Meszeriat near Macon where a young bride, Madame Corre, was shot six times by Michel after a feud with tenants. The elder Michel then shot himself as the crime and a staged garden murder with a scarecrow are revealed in a final confession.
In Paterson New Jersey on the Pacific Street Bridge Frieda Brickman reportedly offered a flower to Louis Bucceri who hugged her. Bucceri was arrested and fined fifty dollars after the incident was reported to police.
W H Allen of Chelsea Wisconsin praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for quick relief from coughs and colds noting it can ward off a cold if taken early. The preparation contains no opiates and is safe for children. Sold by Van Antwerp Joe Corporation. Dreamland is described as cool and comfortable.
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