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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
3
The United States Bureau of Plant Industry warns cotton growers to secure seed early as seed stocks may be scarce next spring. Oil mills paying high prices tempt farmers to sell seed rather than keep it for planting, risking loss of superior varieties especially early maturing long staple types.
The couple discusses a Christmas gift to stain their hall, parlor, and dining room floors to resemble hard wood. They consider doing the work or hiring a man, and urge using Reliance Equipment Company's store for quality oil stain varnish and brushes plus paints and roofing supplies.
Advertisement urges relief from head colds and catarrh with Big's Cream Balm and Ely's Cream Balm. Claims the product clears blocked nostrils, soothes inflamed membranes, and ends headaches and sniffling. Mentions drug stores as the source.
In early war days Private Bailey in France endures rain and mud until a mother’s faith in Sloan’s Liniment helps ease rheumatic pain. He sends a bottle home for others and credits the remedy with relief as a morale booster amid trench warfare. Sold by Your Store at 25c, 50c, and 1.00.
Paris reports sorrow and mortification at Bucharest fall with calls for allies to rally. Analysts note Romania’s shorter line after Bucharest, potential relief from German pressure, and the oil fields likely lost. Swiss dispatches show a drop in the German hundred mark bill to eighty francs.
London dispatch notes bitter anti government comment on Bucharest rapture. Critics blame Lord Grey for diplomacy failures and warn the fall will harm Allied prestige, prolong the war, and boost Central Powers influence. The Mail questions German wheat capture claims against Britain.
Juarez, Mexico, Dec. 7. Reports from private messages list several prominent Mexicans killed in Chihuahua City by Villa bandits, including Jesus Molinar Raul Garcia Lauriano Holquin Emiliano Enriquez and M Orgiana though Holquin and Enriquez deaths are confirmed. A cavalry column under Francisco Murguia is pursuing Villa.
W. E. Henderson secretary to Governor and Atticus Mullin secretary of the Alabama public service commission say they do not intend to run for associate public service commissioners. The declaration came after reports Birmingham that they would oppose Gaillard of Mobile and Cooper of Birmingham.
A bill to place a two years embargo on exports of news print paper was introduced in the house by Representative Campbell of Kansas and sent to the commerce commission. The measure sets penalties from 1000 to 20000 dollars and up to ten years imprisonment.
In Texas the army caterpillar tractor train completed a cross country test from Marfa to Pino showing practical use. Captain Harry A. Hegeman led the trip with tractors and four trailers noting the caterpillar tread performs better on sand and soft ground than rough roads.
An old saying links beauty to health, noting that a clear complexion and vitality come from good digestion. The piece suggests Chamberlain's Tablets to ease constipation and a sluggish liver, claiming you will look and feel better soon.
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