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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1916
Page
2
London dispatch reports British officers unsure if frontline German troops have heard Emperor Wilhelm II’s peace overtures. The piece notes limited demonstrations from the trenches and quotes air force orders to contest Allied supremacy. Prisoners say British shells outpace German support, dampening German morale.
John B. Uphaus aged 85, a German native, died at a mobile infirmary after arriving from Evansville Indiana four weeks ago. He leaves six children including Mrs J A Lam ey and O J Uphaus of Mobile, and other relatives. His body was handled by Roche Burke and will be shipped to Evansville for burial.
Mary Butler longtime Mobile housekeeper at St Patrick’s parsonage died last night after several weeks illness. She was a faithful parish worker and local resident. Amelia Rosalie Turner 66 died in Laine Mississippi from paralysis after years of illness. Born in Mobile in 1850 she married John H Turner in 1870 and lived here over 39 years. She left eight children. Turner suffered paralysis starting 1904 and did not recover. Remains interred at Pascagoula.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as a remedy for constipation and dull skin. It asserts a bedtime laxative with a clear morning movement and energy boost, urging readers to buy at druggists for 25 cents.
A string of visitors and residents bound for Mobile fill the scene. Attys John B. Buster and Hitt Lumber assets work through bankruptcy. Notables include Dr William Roseneau Johns Hopkins Rabbi in town, James A Green Cincinnati coal executive, Jake Kosminsky Reading tobacco dealer, and W B England Mobile and Ohio official. Local weddings and Knights of Pythias knighthood add social bustle while Henry P Weiss lies seriously ill at home.
Two men forced cashier N. R. Moore to hand over 1500 dollars at the Ravenden Arkansas bank and ordered the cashier and two customers to lie on the floor before fleeing.
Votes pile up as candidates campaign for a Ford Touring Car and other prizes in The Item's Christmas Distribution. Subscriptions are collected by weekly payments, with official counts Saturday at noon and prizes awarded after contract verification.
The senate foreign relations committee voted to recommend passage of a joint resolution authorizing a temporary increase in water diversion on the American side of Niagara Falls. The move aims to boost power for U S plants as Canada plans to cut power to American companies for military necessity.
Willie Hoppe world billiard champion set a new record in San Francisco an exhibition match with Young Jacob Schaeffer of Chicago finishing an unfinished run of 250 points from the spot in an 2560 point balk line contest.
A joint turkey festival is scheduled for Friday night December 22 at the K of C hall in Mobile. Event is hosted by the Knights of Columbus and the Mobile division of the Hibernians with a reception committee named including Peter Burke Dan Callaghan James Drahan Emanuel Fanane F Leo Giblin Norman Green Marshal Groom James King Osborne Lyons Leo Gaynor Francis McMahon John Barter Alex Neely and many others.
President Wilson traveled to Senator Williams of Mississippi at his home to discuss Mississippi affairs. Williams, who had been ill, was well enough to go to his office, and the president then drove him there.
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