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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
3
Indianapolis health officials traced a manufactured milk sold as real milk after bottles showed cream settled at the bottom. The powder and water product was labeled to meet tests, with authorities ordering proper labeling for all manufactured milk.
John Conrad, 21, after fatally shooting his 19 year old wife Katherine who he wed nine days earlier, sat at a desk this morning to write a letter to his mother while awaiting police. He claimed she threatened to leave him and blamed a sister in law for the trouble.
The pope appeared in good health today as he greeted forty five new students of the American College in Rome. He delivered a brief address during the audience.
Toria of Spain visiting Paris with King Alfonso spends much of time Christmas shopping for children. She buys clothing and toys for five royal children: Prince of Asturias heir to the throne Don Jaime Infanta Beatrice Infanta Maria Christina and Prince Juan born last summer.
Special to The Item from Montgomery Alabama reports that Governor O Neal and key state officials will tour the prisons at Wetumpka and Speigner s on Monday to grant Christmas clemency to about forty convicts. The party includes Cyrus B Brown C Brooks Smith Robert C Brickell Hartwell Douglass Len F Greer and Dr J M Austin. Convict officials ordered fine Christmas dinners and greater prisoner freedom during the holiday observance.
U S census bureau figures released by the Lumber Trade Journal show Louisiana leads cypress and tupelo lumber production while Arkansas heads red gum. Cypress output totals nearly 997 thousand board feet with Louisiana at 122 545 and Florida 101 429. red gum totals 894 260 with Arkansas 211 920. tupelo totals 122 546 with Louisiana 64 008. Twenty four states report red gum and twenty two report tupelo.
A Lexington Tennessee dispatch reports Dr. R Minlow, who recently resigned the presidency of Union University Jackson Tennessee, has been elected to lead Union University. The announcement notes his appointment follows the recent vacancy and confirms the Baptist denomination’s selection for the post.
The Associated Press reports that Republican state conventions or organizations will soon ratify the national committee’s delegate apportionment plan for the national conventions. A special committee led by Charles B. Warren will issue the message detailing the re apportionment scheme, which cleared with seven dissenters and was later unanimous. Approval must come by January 1 1915 from states representing a majority of electoral votes.
Farmers' Equity Union gathered in Kansas City to plan direct farm to consumer markets for produce. Delegates from eight midwestern states consider establishing a Kansas City market as the union shifts from elevators to selling grain directly to millers.
New York magistrate fines Clifford Schaufele ten dollars for dazzling headlights under a new rule. A second magistrate tests timing by stop watch at street corners, questioning its accuracy and proposing cycle policemen may read speeds from speedometers.
A historical editorial denounces opposition to reform, praising primaries, pure food laws, and tariff changes. It defends currency reform, conservation, and anti imperialism, attacking stand-patters as hysterics while praising government by the people.
Spirited debate in the house opened consideration of a government owned railway in Alaska. Proponents urged building 733 miles from the southern coast to interior coal fields with an $85,000,000 bond issue. Opponents warned costs exceed estimates and the effort may be wasteful.
In Hermosillo Sonora on December 18 mining operators under the Constitutionalist government may restart work after obtaining permits. Ignacio Bonillas, secretary of industry in the Caranza cabinet, said applicants to the department of fomento colonizacion and industry in Hermosillo would receive required federal licenses.
In Atlanta, eminent surgeons from across the United States delivered addresses as the annual Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association meeting closed. Speakers included Dr H P Cole of Mobile and colleagues from Portland, St. Louis, Washington, Nashville, Baltimore, Cincinnati and Washington.
Miss Sarah Wiley of Nashville Tenn died in Chicago from wounds and burns after a boiler explosion in an apartment building Tuesday.
A federal judge in Concord New Hampshire appointed a commission to determine if Harry K Thaw's liberty on bail would endanger public safety. The panel will review his present condition and sanity with Biographical experts and report whether release would threaten public peace.
An insane immigrant attacked guard Robert Walsh on a government revenue cutter in Jersey City. Walsh died from a broken neck after being pushed from a pier to the deck. The manacled immigrant was among thirty being transported from Chicago to Ellis Island for deportation as undesirables.
An advertisement proclaims Ely's Cream Balm clears nasal passages and head congestion quickly. It claims relief from catarrh nasal discharge and headache, easing breathing by morning, and urges readers to buy the small bottle at drug stores.
Berlin reports that a parliamentary move favoring official participation in the Panama-Pacific Exposition led to a committee solution for a large non-official exhibit. The information bureau will continue efforts and the bill for an official German exhibit is not to be discussed again.
A thief cut a hole in a Wood Street jewelry store between and 7 o clock this morning and pulled valuable goods worth about 1 000 through the counter. he escaped before discovery.
A 25 cent Hot SPF Liver Buttons advertisement promises quick relief from constipation and bilious issues. The copy touts energy, appetite, and skin improvements with a nightly dose for a week, offering a money back guarantee and a free trial from a chemical company in Hot Goctouae Ark.
The Crathens Hilding Honoreva Samara and other steamers list port calls at Grand Cayman Kingston Port au Prince St Marc Gonaives Jacmel Aux Cayes Monte Christi Colon Panama and more. The line notes possible changes and optional calls to other West Indian ports based on cargo and passenger demand.
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