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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1913
Page
5
Miss Babe Noonan, sixteen, awakened by her ten year old brother, spotted a burglar at a ladder outside a second floor window. She shouted and the intruder fled after a hard jerk but was not captured. The episode ends with the family safe and undetermined thief identity.
Felix Begley of Monevallo Vernon county visits his brother Simon Begley a life prisoner at the Missouri penitentiary and pleads for parole so he can return home. Simon has served twenty one years and previously refused parole due to lack of living relatives. The brothers who last met twenty one years ago discuss Simon's release. the pardons board will act when Begley is ready to go.
E. S. Fuller of Chico, California, reported three dreams of losing an arm before missing a saw accident at work in Vina. He had taken out a $2,500 accident policy and has received $1,250 so far. the insurance premium was paid by the agent.
Evansville Indiana December 20 a farm well at George Hornby four miles north of the city is yielding 5 000 000 feet of gas per day. Drill for water revealed gas at 350 feet. W J Rodgers of Evansville says the find could attract leases for about twenty thousand acres and predicts gas and oil will be abundant in the new field. Several oil and gas men are expected to inspect the area as conditions resemble the Casey Illinois field.
Bell Phone 3278 and Home Phone 1453 advertise Manhattan Dye Works and Robinson, proprietor offering cleaning pressing and tailoring all kinds of garments. Ladies’ suits and dresses refitted as specialty with work called for and delivered from 300 St. Francis Street Mobile Alabama.
A brief advertisement for Coal Co offers coal and wood products with the slogan Take none but the Underwood. The notice lists brick and coal at 66 St. Francis Street and notes both phones for contact.
Long-lived Freeport resident John A. Smith born about 1830 celebrates 94 with a sturdy routine. He farms, paints, trims wood, drives a horse, and enjoys matinee races at Mineola while avoiding liquor and heavy drink. He married a Rock Smith daughter and leaves 12 children and many descendants. a Republican who served as town tax collector in youth.
New York reports Connecticut state senator and former Hartford mayor Edward W. Hooker sailed for Bermuda after being pronounced dead twice. Doctors say his heart enlarged to ten inches in width before revival, now about one-half its normal size, with thinning walls and limited travel as he recovers. He attributes illness to over-exercise and long hikes. Hooker is a descendant of Hartford founder Joseph Hooker.
A deaf beggar with a placard pleads for help at a Clark street restaurant. Patrons donate coins until he targets Max Himmelstein and H. Evenson, both deaf mutes, who pursue him to the Hotel Sherman lobby. Police detain all three. Himmelstein says the beggar is an imposter who uses no sign language. John Doe remains mute and held for trial.
David Cav anagh, who lives near Timber, Ore, killed a large bear near his cabin after hearing his dog bark. With a single shot from a 22 calibre rifle, he killed the animal, skinned it, and recorded the event as the first bear killed in months nearby.
Miss Marie Louise Walker of Latrobe, visiting Wyoming, faced a pack of timber wolves to rescue T. Adolph Van Camp of Chicago. She drove off the wolves with a rifle after which eleven were killed. The hunter survived freezing exposure and received aid.
In Chicago on December 20 twelve Turkish men arrested for a disturbance stood in line to report their names. Each answered with John Ali, the sergeant puzzled, then confirmed they spoke the truth. The surnames Hassah Musa and Omash completed the group.
Ashland Wisconsin December 20 City Commissioner and Treasurer W G Nohl returned from a hunting trip with a white spotted deer he shot at Cranberry river The animal has white leg markings from the knees down and striped white hoofs Nohl says he has never seen or heard of a similarly marked deer in his many years of hunting
Denver residents claim squirrels in parks have altered habits becoming carnivorous and destroying bird nests. John A. McGuire urges extermination as park workers report fledgling losses. A lawnkeeper recalls birds marching in defense, while a caretaker notes a plan to create a smudge to drive squirrels away.
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