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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1912
Page
12
A 19 year old woman named Caroline Beers, claiming to be the president's wife, carried two long knives and a photograph of Taft. Detained before the presidential party's arrival, she wore fine clothes and had $200 on her. She resides in Greenville, Ohio.
Funeral services for General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, were held at Olympia with 34000 attendees. The ceremony featured flags, royal tributes, and a solemn procession led by Bramwell Booth as the new head, with bands playing the Dead March in Saul and a final hymn.
Crescent Theatre promotes the Robin Hood three reel production calling it the most gorgeous ever offered to picture lovers and urges audiences not to miss the show tomorrow.
An advertisement by J. T. Adams, M.D., Ph. G. Oph. D., proclaims honest, square practice with free physical, microscopical and X-ray examinations. It lists treatments for ear, nose, throat, lungs, indigestion, rheumatism, blood poison, glands, kidneys, bladder, stomach troubles, ulcers, and general weaknesses in men and women, with monthly plans.
An advertisement urges readers to revive a tired liver to restore energy and focus. It targets adults facing business demands and loss of interest in usual pleasures, promoting a quick remedy to feel right and enjoy life.
An advertisement touts KLENZOR as a safe natural vegetable remedy without harmful drugs. It promises a money back guarantee through your druggist or a refund from F. W. Ketterer Medicine Co. of Jacksonville Florida if your local druggist does not carry it.
Report of a Mobile political gathering featuring Captain Lyons supporter statements and criticisms of Hartwell and the Thompson ring. speakers urged Mobile improvement while detailing alleged city money handling and banking issues.
The piece argues farmers need long credit security rather than short bank loans. It praises Ireland and Germany for agricultural societies and calls for Democratic action to study and create instruments of business tailored to farmers, enabling secure access to capital.
In Salt Lake City on August 29 the congress continues in the assembly hall with a program on immigration sugar beet inquiry clashes in federal and state irrigation laws water rights and currency reform planned for the morning session.
Miss M A Glenn treasurer of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn had accounts and vouchers examined by State Examiner G F Ledberry and found correct. The audit focused on the $27 000 agricultural appropriation from the last legislature and showed funds properly handled for boll weevil experiments and agricultural science methods statewide.
Chairman Brooks Smith of the Wilson Marshall Democratic Clubs Association of Alabama calls a Saturday meeting at the state capitol to review progress and discuss fundraising for Alabama's contribution to the national Democratic committee. The drive continues with steady activity as clubs pursue the total funds.
A club organized across every county of the state with a central committee led by Brooks Smith. Members include H Willingham of Montgomery Frank Glass Sr of Birmingham John Bankhead Jr of Jasper James Oakley of Ashby John J King Consul and John H Wallace Jr of Huntsville.
San Francisco August 29 headline reports the Retail Butchers Association led by president A Shapiro stating the industry faces collapse from pressure from wholesalers and producers. They demand a tariff auction on meat and warn over half of members are nearly out of business.
In Montgomery Alabama electricians labor at the state capitol concealing wiring in the upper part of the structure. Improvements worth about 500 dollars will be made. Ground facing in corridors on the first floor will be repainted door polished and other work done to improve appearance.
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