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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
7
Mayor Fitzgerald toured Arcadia lodging houses after a deadly fire that killed 28 men yesterday. He condemned living conditions as shameful, pledged action with the building commissioner and corporation counsel, and suggested city or state efforts to build model housing.
Captain John W. Owen, 90, longtime steamboat master on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, died in St Louis. Born in New York City, he came to St Louis many years ago and served on river boats during the Civil War.
An advertisement touts a “wonderful purely vegetable Obbac Treatment” claimed to cure blood poison, ulcers, copper spots, and mucous patches. It offers a free booklet and home remedies, asserting rapid, permanent results and to replace toxic minerals like iodide and arsenic.
John H. Whallen a prominent Louisville promoter and longtime political power died at his home after a lengthy illness. He and his brother James built the Empire Burlesque circuit and grew a substantial fortune through their business ventures. Born in 1850 in New Orleans to Irish parents he moved to Kentucky as a youth and served in the Confederate cavalry before settling in Louisville.
Mrs Agnes Guth 41 known as Madam Guth ran a West Side dressmaking shop. She was murdered in bed last night with two back stabs and one chest stab. A man she lived with as her second husband left the apartment before discovery. Her sons said they had frequent quarrels.
In Bingham Utah authorities extend the gas smudge operation for 24 hours to flush outlaw Ralph Lopez from the Minnie mine. Lopez, a Mexican fugitive active for two weeks, is blamed for six deaths including five lawmen.
Be She She the 70 year old Navajo chief and seven other Indians embraced General Hugh L. Scott at the Gallup county jail as he bid them goodbye. Scott had quelled a recent Navajo uprising by persuading renegades to surrender after a 36 hour parley and returned to El Paso to resume command of the cavalry division on the Mexican border.
In Montgomery the Alabama Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South opens with a heated contest for next year’s meeting. Cities Mobile Ozark Andalusia and Brewton contend for the convention site with Brewton and Andalusia viewed as the likeliest hosts.
The listing notes a 25 cent Business Men's Lunch offer with emphasis on a specialty of the house and a fixed afternoon timing. The fragment hints at a continuing menu or promotional line from the establishment.
At 12 South Royal Street a cafe offers a variety of meals praised for good flavor and value. Patrons seek quick service and a comfortable setting with a focus on simple lunch and light supper items. Local reviews note steady attendance and a steady menu.
R Clip son Sturgis of Boston is nominated for the presidency of the American Institute of Architects in New Orleans convention and is expected to be elected today. Other nominations include T. B. Kimball of Omaha for vice president and F. C. Baldwin of Washington for second vice president. A resolution calls government work to be put on a competitive basis with a competent jury to decide awards.
An advertisement urges readers to take Chamberlain's Tablets tonight to feel dullness and constipation vanish by morning. The copy promises quick relief and ends with a sales pitch for the product.
In circuit court Johnportig won $60 against Mobile Light and Railroad Co for a cow valued at 65 killed by a defendant car. The trial stretched over several hours. The ad also promotes Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment with user testimonial from Geo W Fitch of Mendota NL describing relief from long standing eczema.
Recorder Edington upheld equal treatment as he fined Jett $10 and costs for violating automobile license laws. The judge asserted cases are decided on judgment regardless of rank, mentioning the mayor of Mobile or any other citizen. Maggie Wilson was discharged after being charged with grand larceny involving $400.
Jim Johns, operator of a restaurant at Joachim and Bloodgood streets, was arrested on a warrant charging violation of the city screening ordinance. Chief Meat and Milk Inspector Dr. F R Harsh filed the complaint. Johns was released on bond and will be arraigned in recorder's court Thursday afternoon.
Dean and Curry were discharged in Recorder's Court on a complaint by George Lee for violating the public vehicle ordinance. She had hired a taxi to go to the poor house and back, but the car broke down, forcing her to walk the remaining distance. She offered the driver fifty cents instead of the three dollars per hour agreed.
Police pursue a murder bandit believed hiding near Morris after he shot and killed Bank of Montreal manager H. M. Arnold at Plum Coulee. William Dick aided the assailant from an automobile as authorities rushed to capture him before night.
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