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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1912

Page

5

Fighting in Nicaragua Draws U S Involvement

Washington reports detail American military action near Corinto and Managua under Major Smedley Butler and Captain Terhune. Rebels led by Zeledon and Mu rillo bombardment causes casualties, with sop harboring civilians and American property at risk.

Washington Coller Justin Cortats Smedley Butler Terhune Annapolis Nicaragua Managua Corinto Weitzel Panama Denver State Department Mena Zeledon Momotombo Murillo Rostran Thomas Emiliano Chamorro Frutos Belanco la Loma Legation Rostram

Knight of the Grip Proposes Haircut and Shave Drive

An eccentric speaker derides political and cultural aims while promoting a whimsical public hair care campaign. He mocks dining car meals and hotel dining and complains about paying for basic grooming, framing it as a movement to provide haircuts and shaves to the average person in commerce.

Tears

Father's Millions Fight Daughter in Suffrage Split

In Cleveland Aug 15 Samuel D Mather funds the Cleveland Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage and supports the state movement. Mrs Mather died leaving Con stance Mather heir to vast wealth, and Miss Mather uses her funds to aid the suffrage cause.

Cleveland Samuel D. Mather Cleveland Association Tis

French Surgeon Regnault Performs Self Operation

Dr Jules Regnault, noted French naval surgeon, explains in Le Temps the practical value of his self operation for hernia. He cites local anaesthesia with cocaine as a possible replacement for general anaesthesia and notes it aids isolated surgeons on ships or in colonial posts. He denies seeking notoriety and states aides were present during the procedure.

Paris Jules Regnault Toulon le Temps Regnault

SUGGESTIONS 10 SWIMMERS

Fatalities from swimming often come from exhaustion and improper response rather than cramps or currents. Stay calm in a current, swim with the edge to exit, or float on your back and signal for help. Breathe with a closed mouth, avoid cooling off before entering water, and seek a steady warm glow after bathing.

Parson's Weekly

Prest Lynch Gains Victory in Typographical Union Fight

In Cleveland on August 15 the progressive faction failed to win a board of eighteen directors proposed to shift powers from the president and executive council. James M. Lynch argued the plan would raise costs and undermine the union, while the main body awaited the return of books from secretary Mrs. Frank W. Long after her departing with stenographer choice disputes.

Cleveland James M. Lynch Lynch American Federation of Labor Ffteen Ladies’ Auxiliary Frank W. Long Long

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