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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1913

Page

3

Spirit of Progress to Address Mobile Business Meeting

General Manager Don Farnsworth of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce promotes a mass meeting at the Battle House auditorium Thursday night. He plans to speak and urge action for a bigger, brighter city while the chamber backs his efforts and urges all members to attend.

Don Farnsworth Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League Chamber of Commerce Battle Iouse Farnsworth Mobile

Improvement of Country Schools Board approves funding

The Derby boardroom approved eight hundred dollars for repairing several county schools. Calvert school gains permission to add a room and thirty dollars for painting. A new teacher for the next term is approved and Irvington school will receive high school grades. Walter Beck, a Black mail carrier, is authorized to auction lands at Marysville to fund a negro school with a one year construction promise.

Board of School Commissioners Wedene Derby Calvert School Irvington Walter Beck Marysville

Texas Wonder Cures Kidney and Bladder Troubles

Texas Wonder promises to cure kidney and bladder troubles for men and women, dissolves gravel, treats diabetes and rheumatism, and regulates children's bladder issues. Sold by mail for $1.00 with a two month supply. testimonials from Alabama. Address Dr Hall in St. Louis and note the ad includes a rough misspelling of a druggist.

Texas Alabama Hall Olive Street St. Louis Gruggis

Aged Woman Imposter Exposed in Grandmother Scam

J Alcorn and Rector families exposed Mrs James A McLoud an impostor who posed as Mrs James L Alcorn collecting thousands from Daughters of the Confederacy chapters across the country. She was arrested in Chattanooga after a yearlong chase and is in Memphis with relatives. The families vow to make her last days comfortable.

Associated Press ST. Louis J. Al-Lold Oclos Yeni Durmeg Te Tremainder James L. Alcorn Mississippi James A. McLoud Memphis Tenn Alcorn Rector Daughters of the Confederacy Beaumont Tex Los Angeles Cal Florida California Reétor United States London

Railways to Aid Immigration Exclusion of Hindus

Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways along with Pacific steamship lines will cooperate with the federal immigration bureau to enforce new rules barring Hindu laborers from American possessions. The amended regulations allow port officials to deny entry unless travelers prove they are not from excluded classes or likely to become public charges. Despite precautions, Hindus have still entered the United States.

Associated Press Washington Northern Northern Pacific Railway Pacific Steamship Lines Federal Bureau of Immigration United States Mafin

Praise for Gov Sulzer’s Wife in Nursing School Honor

Mrs. Sulzer, wife of New York's governor, formerly Clara B. Rodelheim of Philadelphia, graduated from the Illinois Training School for Nurses in Chicago in 1893. Classmates recall her as a woman of high character and selfless care for patients.

Associated Press Chicago

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