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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1914
Page
3
Thomas Brunker aged 66 died in Spring Green on Tuesday, becoming the sixth victim linked to Julian Carleton. The killings began last Saturday at the bungalow of Frank Lloyd Wright near here, where Mamék Bonthwick and four others were slain.
Bishop W L Lambuth of the Methodist Episcopal Church South appeals to southern Methodists to raise at least 1000 dollars for relief of sick and wounded Belgian soldiers. He notes the Belgian king reversed the Congo red rubber policy and the queen funded wives of officers to Congo to aid homes and civilization.
United States civil service examinations are set for ship draftsman and copyist ship draftsman at the Navy Department on October 14 and 15, and for assistant superintendent of construction at the United States Penitentiary on September 21. Exams will be conducted at the custom house.
Five young men A Kelly F Clinton J Cornish J Anderson T Knagle were saved after their skiff overturned in a squall off Point Clear. Captain John C Harrub of the Pleasure Bay led a rescue with help from Charles Allen and Arnold Brodbeck. All except exhaustion injuries were unhurt and returned to work next day.
Dr Grace E Biggs of Cleveland and Cilyde Hunter of Du Pont Powder in Birmingham register at the Cawthon Hotel. Miss Mae Baum arrives from New York to run Walter Mitchells millinery and stays at the Cawthon. Mr and Mrs R D Beatty of Birmingham and son Donald return home from Coden and stay at the Cawthon. Battle House hosts Dr J Jordan and Mrs J Jordan of Birmingham and Mr and Mrs A Gray of Gulfport. James McHugh of Pensacola recovering after surgery at Providence Infirmary. Ed H Myers returns from a two week trip. Mrs Thomas Adams and daughters Nellie Mae Mildred and Dorothy sail for New York on the Mallory line Concho.
Costa Rica shipped 14 356 tons of coffee in the previous year marking a strong export performance. The figure highlights robust demand for Costa Rican Arabica and robusta coffees in international markets.
An unserved July 24 warrant from an inferior criminal court charges Leslie McKenzie aged eighteen of Spring Hill with an attempt to commit a statutory offense. The complaint names Philip Grannam and a fourteen year old girl as involved parties. Deputy Sheriff J H McKenzie, father of the boy, reported his disappearance after being instructed to take him into custody, later claiming the youth joined the navy and was later located in Birmingham with no success. Sheriff efforts continue to locate him as Grannam plans to present the case to Inferior Judge Henry Chamberlain.
The American tank steamer Currier docked at pier 6 after arriving from Matanzas Cuba with 750000 gallons of blackstrap molasses consigned to the Cuban Molasses Company. It will be pumped into tanks and shipped north.
An old advertisement urges women to use a leg remedy for heat, backache, languor, nervousness and depression linked to debility from indigestion or constipation. It frames these as symptoms of poor circulation and urges regular use.
An old advertisement for Special Valor to Women boxes sold everywhere. Each box priced 10c or 25c with emphasis on value and availability.
The Empire presents Calvert and Gerda Holmes in The Black Signal with a strong two reel feature The One Who Loved Him Best starring Herbert Prider Mabel Trunelle and Bigelow Cooper plus The District Attorney's Burglar a Bio graph drama with Louise Vale George Morgan and Irene Howley Thursday promises four fine reels and a Mary Pickford Biograph reissue The Black Signal again stars Gerda Holmes and J Calvert Friday and Saturday feature Lubin drama The Downward Path with Velma Whitman and W W Campbell and the Alice Joyce Series as well as Hearst Selig News Pictorial No 46 completing the four reel bill.
Last year London imported 8,339,114 carcasses of frozen mutton and lamb, chiefly from Australia, reflecting a strong meat trade pattern and reliance on Australian supplies.
W I Feagan state superintendent of education will address the Farmers Union of Alabama in Birmingham on Thursday morning on the needs of rural schools in Alabama. He will also visit La Fayette in Chambers County to discuss local school conditions and recently returned from a vacation trip to French Lick Springs Indiana.
The term vanilla comes from the Spanish vanilla, a diminutive of vaina meaning pod, so vanilla literally means a little pod. This origin reflects how the flavor is tied to the pod used in its production.
The Hiltonian arriving from Pomeron was halted on Sand Key Florida by a French superdreadnought. It overhauled another British tank steamer. after both crews denied sighting or passing German ships, the French vessel allowed them to proceed with their voyages.
The warship Teniente Rodriguez became the first destroyer to transit the Panama Canal, reaching the cut on Tuesday in a historic navigation milestone for Peru and the canal route.
A historical directory entry lists numerous firms by category with addresses on Dauphin Street and nearby streets in Bell and Home areas. The compilation covers coffee roasters candy makers wholesale dealers dry goods framing lumber cleaners grocers nursery optician paints colleges bicycles hats and liquor distributors with contact lines.
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