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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1912

Page

4

Exposed Abuses in New Jersey Pine Belt Families

Investigations led by Miss Elizabeth Kite reveal a lawless scene in Burlington, Atlantic, and Ocean counties with illicit exchanges of wives and babies for small sums and liquor. Do Williams and the New Jersey Children's Home Society have arrested unmarried couples, placing children in care as cases of feeble mindedness surface amid neglect and abuse cases.

Trenton N. J Elizabeth Kite State Department of Charities Pine New Jersey Burlington County Atlantic and Ocean Counties Miss Kite Do. V .Williams New Jersey Children’s Home Society Pine Belt

Chemical plant nearing completion near mosaic plant

The B. M. Chemical Company plant near the National Mosaic Company site is rapidly nearing completion under President Gooden. Machinery is installed and the firm expects operation by mid January to produce leather scrap bi products, especially tailbone. The Globe Clothing Store also announces a big clean sweep sale starting Tuesday December 3 with a two page notice in today’s paper.

B. & M. Chemical Company National Mosaic Company Gooden Chemical Company Globe Clothing

Freshest oys loaves priced at 35 cents

Schimpf advertises new loaves made with the freshest oys, boasting great taste at a price of 35 cents. The ad invites readers to try one.

Schimpf

Royal Theatre Today Showings Feature Notables

Lubin presents The Samaritan of Congin s Tenement with Arthur Johnson. Selig roped in stars Myrtle man. Melies Linked by Fate also screens as an advertisement.

Lubin Congen's Tenement Arthur Johnson Selig Myrtleman Melies Coogen’s Tenement Myrtle Stedman Melie Nate

Atmore Boosters See Town as Best Business Hub

Mayor W E Rushing touts Atmore as the best business town between Mobile and Montgomery. The article details smokestacks, a large saw mill, ten cotton gins, berry and peach production, and rapid growth. It notes Atmore's banks, local newspaper, and strong agricultural expansion fueling future prosperity.

Atmore Mobile Montgomery W. E Rushing W. E. Rushing Mr. Rushing South Alabama Oorchard Company Séeikon Atmore Fruit Company Florida Line Canoe Escambia County Alabama Florida Rushing Atmore Record H. A. Néel R. W. Brooks Escambia Neel Brewton Standard Record

Mobile Masons Attend Grand Lodge Meeting in Montgomery

Between twenty and twenty five members from Mobile lodges will attend the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge A F and A M in Montgomery starting Tuesday afternoon. Delegates include J H MacCormick Isaac Licht bach M T Sprague Albert D Bloch and others. The Royal Arch Masons meet Monday at 9 for business and the grand lodge will dedicate the Masonic Home during the session at an time yet to be announced.

Grand Lodge A. F A. M Montgomery Mobile J. H. MacCormick Isaac Lichtbach M. T. Sprague Albert D. Bloch R. L. Douglas C.S. Shawhan J. M. Sehryver Elliott G. Rickardy P. B. Dixon Royal Arch Masons

Stolen Pennies Case Sentences Seattle Carpenter

Police arrested Peter Hansen after he removed twelve pennies from a newsboy stand at Third Avenue and Union Street. Judge John B. Gordon fined Hansen $100 and sentenced him to thirty days in jail, with additional time if the fine is not paid. Hansen pleaded not guilty claiming intoxication. Patrolman Henry Loeser testified, noting Hansen’s movement between stands and the conversion of pennies to silver.

Seatile John B. Gordon Peter Hansen Third Avenue Union Street Hafisén Henry Loeser Hafisen Loesér Loeser Hansen Rao ii Bal Haneen

Dawkins Praises Hood's Sarsaparilla For Catarrh Cure

Miss Mabel F. Dawkins of Fort Wayne Indiana reports three years of catarrh and blood disease, tries many doctors and remedies, but improves after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. She endorses the medicine and recommends it to others suffering from catarrh. Take Hood's in liquid or Sarsatabs.

Mabel F. Dawkins Lafayette St Fort Wayne Ind Hood

Matrons Balk At Ada Robinson Dress Art Talk

Oklahoma City November 30 Miss Ada Robinson area teacher and art committee chairwoman faced opposition from club women as she criticized high school dress and mature styles. The controversy split reform supporters and traditionalists among Oklahoma society leaders.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma Club Oklahoma State Federation of Women's Clubs Ada Robinson State Federation Robinson

Lubin The Samaritan of Coogen's Stedman

Melie linked by Nate. unclear full details. Readable fragments describe names and a regional setting with sparse context and no clear incident or event.

Unsightly skin cleared by Possam remedy advert

To rid skin eruptions and inflamed complexions use Poslam at first signs of trouble. Poslam heals eczema acne and stubborn rashes faster and more effectively, stopping itching. Poslam Soap soothes tender skin and is a pure medicated soap for baths and dandruff. Van Antwerp Drug Corp and other druggists sell Poslam and Possum Soap with prices listed. Free samples available from Emergency Laboratories at 32 West 25th Street New York City.

van Antwerp Drug Corp West 25Th Street New York City

O Neal Rejects Kenyon Bill as Unconstitutional

Governor O Neal argues the Kenyon liquor bill is unconstitutional and would make liquor policy a national issue. He contends it harms interstate commerce, risks confiscation, and diverts focus from Alabama’s reform agenda and true temperance goals.

O’neal Democratic Party Wilson Alabama

Oyster Loaves at Schimpf's Advertisement

Get the best at Schimpf's. Oyster loaves priced at 35 cents for a limited time, with a 12 1 offer highlighted in the advertisement.

Schimpf's

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