This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1914
Page
5
Mme Chaminade denounces common depilatories and electrical methods and touts Mrs Osgoods Wonder as a painless permanent hair removal. The product, linked to a society woman, is sold by Van Antwerp Drug Corp with a money back guarantee.
Louis Bentley, a Black chauffeur, found guilty of second degree manslaughter in the death of J. H. Moore after a crash at Sayre and Mildred streets. Jury imposed maximum penalty: $500 fine and 12 months hard labor. Evidence showed reckless speed and failure to take precautions. experts testified the car likely exceeded 30 mph.
Advertises Dodson's Liver Tone as a pleasant vegetable liver remedy costing fifty cents, offering to replace calomel with no dietary restrictions and no dangerous after effects. Claims risk free trial with money refunded if not satisfied.
Montgomery August 14 state railroad commission ordered the Louisville and Nashville railroad to set a new freight rate scale for Alabama lines within twenty days. The commission said rates will not exceed current Southern Railway rates in all cases and may be higher or lower than Alabama Great Southern rates. The order follows months of tariff study and previous actions against Western of Alabama and Central of Georgia.
Cable messages say Mrs. Thomas J. Preston Jr and her husband Dr Thomas J Preston Jr are safe in St Moritz Switzerland along with Misses Hather Marion Cleveland and Richard and Francia Cleveland after Europe trip begun last spring.
Dredges at Pensacola have finished deepening approaches to the Louisville and Nashville wharves and surrounding areas. They completed work on the three main wharves Thursday and moved to the Muscogee coal wharf to deepen an approach for vessels drawing thirty feet. The same depth has been reached at all other wharves.
Special to The Item reports a highly enthusiastic good roads gathering in Russellville Alabama on Wednesday. W 8 Keller called the meeting one of the most enthusiastic ever held in Alabama as organizers launch plans for road construction.
Spend your Sunday at Coden or Bayou la Batre with round trip tickets at 5 percent. Information available at City Ticket Office, 233 Royal Street. L A 14 16 17 18 19 20 31 23.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.