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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1913

Page

7

Bitter attack on vivisection sparks protest from Edward H. Clement

Edward H. Clement of Boston, new president of the International vivisection and animal protection congress, attacks the Rockefeller Institute's vivisection work and John D. Rockefeller's funding. He warns that tainted wealth supports a system that scalpels animals painlessly, contrasting it with alleged human suffering and power.

Washington Rockefeller Institute John D. Rockefeller Edward H. Clement Boston Internationals‘vivisection and Animal Protection Congress Rockefeller

Poll tax payments rise ahead of February 1 deadline

Tax Collector P B Dorlon reports many residents are paying poll tax early, especially on real estate, to avoid a rush. He urges voters to settle before the February 1 cutoff as Alabama faces upcoming elections including U S senator governor and county offices, with Laz Schwarz term ending in September 1914.

P. B. Dorlon Alabama Mobile United States Laz Schwarz

Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Spear Dies at 79

By Associated Press. Columbus Ohio December 9 Former Justice William T Spear of the Ohio supreme court died here yesterday He was 79 and had served on the bench from 1886 to 1912 continuously His death followed a general breakdown in health He was a Republican.

Associated Press Columbus Ohio William T. Spear Ohio Supreme Court Supreme Court

Critic Attacks Vivisection Appeal in Slum Infant Cases

A speaker condemns vivisection as a trap for selfish fears of man. He argues doctors defend it by claiming a poor slum infant is worth a thousand dogs, noting that records from a certain children's hospital show little tenderness for infants in the slums.

Thursday Games Decide Y M C A League Standings

The YMC A Basketball League schedules Thursday games that will settle the final standings. Crowns face Cardinals Pelicans meet Cubs as teams brace for decisive action and possible reshaping of the league atop the table.

Y.M.C. A Theeason Bals Cubs Licans Pepe Cardinals Pelicans

I Loved and Killed to Wed Another

Dec 8 in New York Miss Rose Pressman a commission merchant’s niece shot Nathan Chase head salesman at her uncle’s office. She believed he spurned her affections after learning he was engaged to another woman. She then shot herself in the breast. Chase died minutes later while Pressman survived with a fighting chance.

New York Rose Pressman Peter Pressman Nathan Chase Miss Pressman

Pensacola Club Receives Campaign Method Details

In response to a request from Leroy J. Henderson secretary of the Pensacola Commercial Club, Business Manager Don Farnsworth of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce has provided complete information on how to conduct a membership drive for the Pensacola organization.

Leroy J. Henderson Pensacola Commercial Club Don Farnsworth Mobile Chamber of Commerce Pensacola

Optimist Defines Resilience Amid Adversity

An optimist is described as someone who makes the best of circumstances even when situations are at their worst, turning challenge into a constructive mindset.

Local honors and society notes from Mobile area

Society items highlight Minor Friend promotion at Westinghouse Bloomfield New Jersey with hints of possible Mobile visit. illness of Mrs. William Ross on Government Street concerns friends. U D C literary committee reports at Battle House with Christmas seals aiding Arlington Monument. poem by Mrs Townes Randolph Leigh. Berney Hurtel wedding invitations for Alphonse Hurtel and Clifton Adams Berney on December 23 at Central Presbyterian Church Mobile Alabama.

Westinghouse Company Bloomfield N. J Busines Baron de Graffenfeld New York City Friend Mobile New Jersey Battle House Thomas Norville T. R. Leigh Arlington Monument Townes Randolph Leigh Berney Hurtel Alphonse Hurtel Alphonse Clifton Adams Berney Central Presbyterian Church Alabama

Constipation Promise From Dr. King's Pills

An advertisement claims constipation poisons the body and promises quick relief with Dr. King's New Life Pills. The 25 cent remedy is sold by H. B. Bucklen & Co. in Philadelphia and St. Louis, available via mail or drugstores.

Dr. King H. B. Bucklen & Co Phila St. Louis Lewis Chamberlain Manchester Ohio Dragigsta H. E. Bucklen & Co

Goethals Praises Lt Col Gaillard In Canal Service Tribute

General notice from Colonel Goethals lauds the late Lt Col David Dubose Gaillard. He served with the canal commission during key construction years, showing first rate talent, zeal, and duty. Associates honor him as a valiant soldier and beloved companion. The notice accompanies an unrelated drug advertisement for Dr King’s New Discovery with testimonials on croup and coughs.

Associated Press Panama Goethals David Dubose Gaillard Baltimore Gaillard Canal Service

Women Seek Duty Over Voting Says National Union Speaker

Miss Margaret Bilz of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union told a Mobile audience at the S'nai B'rith Hall that voting is not the aim but a duty to the community. She urged education as the driver of civic responsibility and compared a wife's domestic thrift to her role in public affairs. Bilz has spoken widely in Mobile.

Margaret Bilz National Woman's Christian Temperance Union S'nai B'rith Hall Bilz Mobile

Brooklyn Priest A Visitor

Father John A. McGoldrick of Brooklyn, a leading figure in the New York diocese, visits Father Tho. J. Eaton at St. Mary's rectory, drawing attention as the prominent local cleric commonly called the Bishop of Brooklyn.

John A. McGoldrick Brooklyn New York Father Tho J. Eaton St. Mary’s

Speeding arrest for J W Clemmons in Tourminville

J W Clemmons was arrested Monday night by Motorcycle Officer L S Ludlow on a speeding charge. Complainant J B Brincat of 212 South Hamilton says Clemmons drove at an excessive rate. Clemmons posted bond for appearance in the recorder's court.

J. W. Clemmons Tourminville L. S. Ludlow J. 8. Brincat South Hamilton Street Clemmons Recorder’s Court

The Power of Telepathy and Thought Transmission

An essay extols telepathy as a hidden human power, comparing mind links to Marconi wireless. It argues thoughts cross distances, influence others, and warns that evil thoughts cause harm like Pandora’s box, while loving thoughts can comfort distant loved ones.

Marcon Pandora’s Box

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