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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1913
Page
2
The blast to destroy the Gamboa dike was postponed to September 1 after diverting water to a pit between Miraflores locks and the dike. Flooding of a 5000 foot canal section began August 23 to allow shovels to remove barrier material. Lower Miraflores gates have been closed to prevent lock flooding.
Baldwin County seeks a senator in the district of Baldwin Monroe and Escambia. Abner J. Smith, editor of the Baldwin Times, plans to announce for the seat in coming days and is expected to have little to no opposition. He is credited with aiding Baldwin County's growth.
A divorced father's long effort to separate his wife from their children failed as his two youngest sons, aged nineteen and seventeen, were located in Indiana farms after being placed in an orphan's home in 1904. Their stepfather William Nelson located them, and the boys will rejoin their mother.
Enraged after his wife Rita refused a goodbye kiss Thomas Keene shot her and wounded her seriously. He then held police at bay and swallowed poison. He died after a stomach pump. The couple had been separated seven months and divorce papers had been served yesterday.
John B. Waterman, appointed by Mobile joint rivers and harbor group, will attend the Tombigbee river project rehearing in Washington on September 3. He departs Tuesday for Columbus Mississippi to gauge local river enthusiast views and will be joined by a $200 local appropriation matched by Columbus. Waterman has collected local data and will also visit Demopolis.
Two women report relief from chronic pain and health recovery after avoiding surgeries. Beatrice Nebraska resident Mrs R B Child praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for ending left side pain and restoring health for her and her two children. Cary Maine resident Mrs Hayward Sowers credits the remedy with curing side pain backache loss of appetite and nervous fatigue, enabling her to resume daily work.
The murder of Arthur Lawton, a British subject, and Eric Von Hbaden, a German, at Senator Eduardo Itumbide’s ranch in Western Michoacan was reported. The British minister notified his government. the attackers, described as bandits, fled with money.
In Montgomery Alabama on Hopper street the Rev Burrell Bonaparte pastor of a negro Baptist church collapsed and died during a Sunday night sermon titled The River Jordan The coroner ruled heart failure as the cause as a packed congregation watched in panic
Dan Martin was tried for the October saloon killing of W A McMillan in Montgomery and the jury acquitted him after about ten minutes. The case drew unusual attention since Martin had been discharged at the preliminary hearing and pleaded self defense.
Martin W. Ferris his wife Nora Mabel and daughter were bound over to the federal grand jury in Vincennes Indiana after inspector Garrigus exposed a fake matrimonial bureau. Four victims testified including C H Paxton and John A Stultz as letters claimed the bureau collected eighty two dollars from witnesses.
John Swanson was wounded in the left heel by a poisonous sting ray. He slashed his heel to the bone, leaped overboard, and swam 1.5 miles to Beach Haven where he was found unconscious. Dr. Herbert Willis hopes saltwater cauterizing effects will save his life.
Bandits entered the residence of J W Shanks a broker and stole two negotiable certificates of deposit for 13000 and 100 in currency looted the adjoining dwelling and escaped in an automobile after an exciting fight with two policemen early today in Sacramento Cal Aug 26.
Deputy United States Marshal J. H. Gates returned Monday from Dallas County where Sunday he placed under arrest Sam Rosenberg charged with carrying on a liquor business without a federal license. Rosenberg released on $250 bond at a hearing before Commissioner W. K. Campbell at Selma Monday.
State department reports say Edmond Hayes Jr and a black man known as Tom were killed when Mexican federales attacked an employee of Madera Lumber Co near Madera Mexico. General Cordoba detained those involved and promised punishment. The Babiecora properties near Madera owned by Phoebe Hearst were defended with several casualties on both sides. The embassy was told to pursue twenty three independent guerrillas who killed Ben Griffen and assaulted Archer Parks near Madera.
The German emperor and empress arrived in Posen with their sons and many dignitaries for a two day stay. They will review the fifth army corps and dedicate the new city hall and the chapel in Posen Castle amid Polish protests and calls for a boycott by nationalists over Germanization policies.
An advertisement proclaims the Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes and rheumatism. It claims to regulate children's bladder issues and offers a one dollar mail order with two months treatment per bottle. Subscriptions to Alabama testimonials requested. Dr. BE. W. Hall Saint Louis Missouri. Sold by Gruggists.
William J. Alcock the American consular agent at Huelva was stabbed in the back while at his desk. The attacker a Spaniard named Bejarano believed Americans stole his patent. Alcock is severely wounded but expected to recover. Bejarano jailed.
A brief remark notes that opening other people's mail is likely the poorest amusement, despite many being eager to engage in it. The quote hints at public sentiment about prying into others affairs.
New York August 26 The reform Episcopal bishop William Tufnell Sabine who died August 11 left a mathematical bequest puzzle in his will. The estate valued over 20000 dollars is to be divided so that each daughter receives one half as much as each son. Lawyers split the estate into twenty three parts with daughters receiving three twenty thirds of the whole and each son two twenty thirds.
An advertisement touts Saxo Salve as a soothing antiseptic skin remedy for facial pimples and eczema. It claims rapid results after a few nightly applications and features skin deep penetration to target infection. The ad offers a money back guarantee and is from Van Antwerp Drug Corp Mobile Alabama.
Luther M. Walter and John S. Birchmore of Walter Border and Birchmore are in Mobile to review testimony in the railroad discrimination case before the Interstate Commerce Commission with local officials and lawyers. Armbrecht says Chamber of Commerce and Cotton Exchange attorneys will stay several days for further conferences.
The British steamship Devon made a safe landing today after going ashore yesterday on Wellington Head in Cook Strait. Salvage prospects point to a probable total loss for the vessel.
The Wied prince William Frederick Hermann Otto Charles of Wied, head of the Wied family, is said by European powers to be chosen for Albania's throne. He is 41, nephew of Romania's Queen Carmen Sylva, and married to Princess Pauline of Württemberg since 1898.
An advertisement from Van Antwerp Drug Corp promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as an immediate pain remover for cuts bruises sprains burns and skin injuries. E. E. Chamberlain of Clinton Maine endorses it saying it robs injuries of their terrors and that no equal healing remedy exists.
The text notes her evident enthusiasm but states she does not accomplish much. It emphasizes the gap between her energy and outcomes, suggesting limited impact from her efforts.
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