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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1913
Page
6
Miss L J Broadwood introduces her ren daughter Hilda to Mobile with an afternoon reception and evening dance at the new Broad Street home. Euterpean entertainments and Bridge Club activities headline a busy social week in the city.
The egg boycott by Kansas City women ended after ten days as prices fell from 40 cents to 30–34 cents for storage eggs. Fresh eggs were 36–38 cents. Mrs. W. Q. Church noted the market will shift if prices rise again. Community supporters and debutantes aided the event with hospitality and gifts.
The Church Home holds its annual pound party on the 20th at four p m. Dr Dunster directs a children’s entertainment and donors are urged to contribute Christmas gifts to support the Home.
Mayor Behrman and the Kingsley House plan a public Christmas tree event in Lafayette Square on Christmas Eve night. The French Opera principals and chorus will perform carols and provide music for the lonely poor and lonely rich.
The Covent Garden vicinity in central London sold to Unionist MP Harry Mallaby-Deeley in what agents call the largest private real estate deal on record. The price, undisclosed, reportedly surpasses all prior single-property sums by several million pounds. The estate spans from Kingsway to St Martin's Lane and from Longacre to the Strand, including theatres such as Royal Opera Drury Lane Aldwych Strand Lyceum, Bow Street, the National Sporting Club, hotels, and Convent Garden Market.
The grand vizier in Constantinople states the German military mission will be purely technical with no authority over the Dardanelles and Bosphorus forts. Ambassadors from Britain France and Russia sought written details on the mission’s role and its oversight.
Advertisement claims Chamberlain's Tablets will make you feel bright and well by tomorrow with sales through Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
Columbus Ohio December 16 Robert Alphonso Taft son of former President Taft won top honors in the state bar examination class with a 90.7 grade. He led by nearly two points over the second place and matched his father's earlier record. Taft graduated from Harvard Law School and registered from Cincinnati.
Three African American men were charged with the murder of Mrs. Jefferson Irby in Jefferson County Georgia. They were moved from Waynesboro jail to Augusta for fear a mob would overwhelm the guard. Mrs. Irby was killed in front of her two young daughters after the men came to the house over a 50 cent debt.
Madison Wis Dec 16 Twenty per cent of hogs sent to slaughter are tuberculous says Dr M P Ravanel University of Wisconsin. He surveyed Wisconsin and other states finding tuberculous cattle and by product feeding spread to dogs. He notes dogs do not develop disease but contract it from these sources.
An advertisement asserts stomach disorders and constipation cause insomnia and that Chamberlain's Tablets correct these issues to help sleep. Sold by Vance Drug Corporation.
Paris reports Dr. Marcel Briand demonstrated a case at a clinical society meeting last night involving a monkey owned by a Paris woman that reportedly detected cocaine. The session highlighted unusual animal senses and diagnostic possibilities.
An advert promises rapid relief from blocked nasal passages, headaches, and catarrh with Ely's Cream Balm. It claims one minute opening of the nose, cessation of sneezing, and a night without congestion, noting a small bottle is available at drug stores.
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