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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1912
Page
2
Paris reports a rising number of cocaine addicts in Montmartre and the Latin Quarter. Police launch a campaign to curb illicit sales while Dr. Briand notes many young women seek the drug, sold at 75 cents a gramme, with prices sometimes rising to eight dollars per gramme due to demand.
Frieda Hem, coloratura soprano, made her American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House appearing as the Queen in the Huguenots. One of the season’s largest houses greeted her with enthusiasm, calling her before the curtain a dozen times and showering floral tributes after the second act.
An interval tale from Mobile Alabama reports Josie M Kopf of 312 N Concept Street recovering from long back and kidney pain after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She credits two boxes with restoring health and regaining appetite. Doan's sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Remember the name Doan's.
A notorious thief linked to the Bancroft robbery and Daniel O Reilly is reported to have escaped Sing Sing after his cell at Yates Prison was found empty with the door ajar. The escape method remains a mystery.
Seven American auto makers are well represented at the French automobile exposition. The cars and their low prices spark debate among French manufacturers about tariffs. French car men credit American supremacy in cheap light car production to scale and standardized factory output.
Paris reports from the ministry of labor show 1 802 strikes in 1910 with 281 425 participants. Of 729 wage strikes, 169 succeeded, 264 failed, 296 ended in compromise. average pay rose from 1 to 1.18 dollars. Per-man losses from idleness reached 29 dollars for 32 791 workers, and after 403 days the balance shifted to net gains for the strikers.
Max Von Bulow described as a descendant of Count Von Bulow, a globe trotter and soldier of fortune, was found on a railroad track near the state line and died at Starks railroad hospital. He had married Christine Plummer of Pueblo, later divorced, and was well educated with multilingual skills. It is believed he was beating his way west on a passenger train when he fell beneath the wheels.
Columbus Ohio Dec 28 To serve terms of three years and nine months respectively State Senators Isaac B Huffman and La Forest Andrews entered the penitentiary yesterday. Both had been refused new trials upon conviction of adopting bribes in connection with bills before the last legislature. Andrews a Republican and Huffman a Democrat.
In New Orleans La December 28 Joseph Howell aged twelve who had been playing with a harmless air rifle shot and killed his five year old brother Henry in the front yard at 8011 Annunciation street. He cried I killed my brother and I want to be punished for it. An officer took temporary charge of him and no arrest was made.
A man who claimed to be sheriff of Valverde county Texas and used the name W V McDermott was arrested in Baton Rouge after Del Rio Texas officials alerted authorities he was not an officer. He faces a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses.
An old advertisement claims Dr King’s New Life Pills end distress by nudging liver and bowels to act. It promises restored health and good feelings with a gentle push to right action. The promo labels the product as a drug available for purchase.
In Macon Georgia Mrs James King widow of a Round Oak planter confessed to conspiring with farm hand Nicholas Wilburn to kill her husband for a 2000 life insurance and to marry Wilburn. Wilburn allegedly shot James King December 12 while the widow sought to conceal the crime with lies and planned further steps.
Dr. Israel Abrahams urged Congress to remove tariffs on English educational books to expose American children to world history and geography. He criticized American roadways and linked improvements to wider learning. Rabbi Abraham Rhine proposed geography in Sabbath school. David Weglein warned against speed mania in classrooms and excessive teacher questioning in recitations. Ella Jacobs led a modern Sabbath school class.
In Montevideo on Friday the Kosmos line steamer Amasis collided with the Prince line Austrian Prince. The Amasis sank after the crash. the Austrian Prince arrived from New York. No lives were lost.
Edgar Pitts, a Black man from St. Stephen's Road, was found drowned in a deep ditch on the western edge of Whistler by local children. He likely fell while returning home, after which bystanders notified the county jail.
Paul Lucas of the Klamath Meat Company wrestled free after his horse sank in Wocus marsh near Upper Klamath Lake. He built a fire, dried himself, and walked to town where friends cared for him. The marsh has claimed others including Louis Culver in years past.
Washington dispatch reports Lieut Colonel Harry C. Hale of the regular infantry has been appointed a director of the National Rifle Association of America and designated executive officer of the national matches for 1913.
An advertisement touts King's Royal Germetuer as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles and general rheumatic pain. It claims rapid relief, strength, and elimination of uric acid, with dosing before meals, after meals, and at night. Sold for $1 per bottle via Ellis Lillybeck Drug Co Memphis and mobile vendors Van Antwerp Drug Co. Royal and Dauphin streets.
Testimonial from H A Pelton of Springfield Ohio recounts severe indigestion last January and quick relief after using Brown's Digestit with Elixir. The ad touts Digestit tablets as stopping food fermentation and gas, aiding digestion and nourishment, with a money back guarantee and a sponsor named Van Antwerp's.
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