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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1912
Page
3
Readers of The Mobile Item are urged to place Want ads daily to reach many readers including women who peruse the classified section. The paper promises bargains appearing nowhere else and offers help in writing effective Wants to attract buyers quickly.
Arrests and court actions described include Kraus charged with false pretenses and detained under bail or jail terms. An individual named Long was ordered held until August 1 for trial on a dangerous charge. In church news Rev. Father John Dunne has returned from New York and will lead daily Masses at St Matthew's starting Friday at 9 00 o'clock in the morning at St Matthew's Oakdale.
Advertisement seeks live male canvassers with easy work and good pay. Apply to Room 305 St. Andrews Hotel.
P Jackson and Lottie Evans faced affray charges after a dueling knife incident in the je Grove district. Lottie Evans was fined 100 dollars and five days or thirty days in jail, while Fe received the option to pay costs or serve for a period in the county jail.
The passage claims skin sores and eruptions stem from blood poisoning and deny external remedies. It asserts a true cure lies beyond ointments, promising prompt relief and complete cure by an internal treatment rather than external applications.
Albert P. Bush acting president of the Chamber of Commerce authorized FEF. J. Troy to attend a Washington conference to oppose advances in Southern Classification No. 39. A hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission is planned for Monday August 26.
A Mobile County School Board letter from Vice President W L Mapother and President Milton H Smith states the Louisville and Nashville will not contest the legality of the two mill school tax now or in the future. The L and N will withdraw its suit to recover about $2000 paid to Tax Collector Dorlen. Mr Smith expresses willingness to cooperate with Mobile city and county residents.
Falling ill with stomach liver and kidney troubles, the writer from Henry Tennessee touts Electric Bitters as a universal remedy. He says the tonic gave him new strength and appetite from the first dose, urging others to try it. Available at druggists for 50 cents.
William Hopkins Fitzpatrick died Thursday at 9 30 am at his North Conception street home after a short illness. A Mabillan native aged 52, he leaves his wife a son Hopkins and a daughter Mrs Reo Rubira. Surviving brothers are R A and Rice Fitzpatrick of Helena Ark. He formerly worked in cotton with his father and later in real estate and insurance.
Funeral notice for William Hopkins Fitz Patrick who died Thursday August 22 1912 at 9 20 am in his 53rd year requests friends to attend the funeral from 256 North Conception Street Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock Interment in Magnolia Cemetery
Local paper notes a ten cent price in the header and introduces the newspaper as the daily home for readers seeking news and notes from the city.
Chairman Charles A Cunningham of the Trade Expansion Committee said a meeting would be held within a day or two to consider W T McGowin’s proposal for a West Indies and Windward Islands trade trip. The plan gains merchant interest as letters arrive from Port au Prince and other ports. A special meeting was called for tomorrow at noon.
G Van Antwerp & Sons Drug Co offers Dr Howard's constipation and dyspepsia remedy at half price, 25 cents from 50 cents, with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure. They claim many purchases have been made and none returned as unsatisfactory. The offer continues while supplies last.
Harry Noyes holds the high score to date in Mobile bowling while rivals Miller Rush and Noyes push totals. Officials extend the championship deadline to October due to heat, hoping for a higher final score and greater local honor.
The Mobile Theatre announces the 1912 13 season will begin August 31 with McFadden's Row of Flats. The venue has undergone renovations and will feature noted road productions. Manager Jake Tannenbaum has nearly recovered from illness and is expected back before opening. A strong bookings list is anticipated, with surprises in store for theatre-goers.
A correction notes yesterday's Pitch Ppincoline Sales Company advertisement used the wrong copy showing a Bauer Drug Company window display. The correct ad from two weeks ago should have appeared yesterday and is printed in today's paper.
Builders have nearly finished the city wharf sheds with minor exterior painting left. A public demonstration is planned after formal acceptance by Mobile. Also notes that Adam Glass, touring Germany, reports improving health. George A. Tonsmeire will attend the American Bankers Association convention in New York starting Sept. 7. A C Tonsmeire will handle duties during his absence.
A brass model of Father Ryan the Confederate poet priest, designed by Armitage, is bound for Mobile via Slimer Maddox who holds the contract. Ivan Park will bring it within a week. a life size bronze cist could follow from a New York firm if approved. The model shows Ryan reading poetry with an extended arm.
Mrs. A. J. Shuler of South Lawrence street will visit relatives in Lima Ohio during a northern trip. After a week there she will proceed to Martinsville Indiana Springs for neuralgia treatment.
Robert Brown, arrested days ago for assault with a gun on Alfred Ingram, both African American, was sentenced by Recorder Hale to pay 506 dollars and costs or suffer twenty days of hard labor. Brown will serve the prison sentence.
In Littleton Alabama Rev J E Cox writes that after years of severe cough and weak lungs he tried Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. He says the remedy helped from the first use and ultimately cured him.
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