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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1914
Page
3
A six week go to campaign climaxed with about one million Chicago residents going to church on Sunday. Church members praised the small outlay for advertising as a feature of the campaign. About half a million renewed their acceptance, some for the first time in twenty years.
Rome February 2 Cardinal Merry del Val papal secretary of state was solemnly received by the Chapter of St Peters as he took possession of his post as arch priest succeeding the late Cardinal Rampolla.
Birmingham date line reports 21-year-old dairy hand Emmitt S. Honeycutt shot and killed Sam Landman and mortally wounded Houston Landman Saturday afternoon near the city. Honeycutt surrendered to the sheriff, claiming self defense. He fired three shots at the Landman brothers and their brother-in-law P. R. Reese. Reese was unharmed. Both Landmans were married.
United States Senator George T. Oliver of Pennsylvania said in Philadelphia that he expects to surrender his office at the end of his present term and return to private life.
Newsboys traced counterfeit currency to a West End bar room plant, leading to a raid and eleven arrests on counterfeiting charges. Police say 6000 bad half dollars circulated in 17 days, with much passed to newsboys who alerted authorities after two were victimized, prompting the seizure.
In Boston on February 2 Representative James M. Curley was installed as mayor for four years succeeding John F. Fitzgerald. Curley is a Democrat and sworn into office today.
Henry M. Pindell of Peoria Illinois declines the post of ambassador to Russia citing a desire to avoid controversy. President Wilson accepts the declination with regret and commends Pindell despite the earlier forged letter episode and senate inquiry.
Representative Blackmon of Alabama is recovering from a pin wound infection after a scratch while playing with a child. Doctors feared blood poisoning but treatment succeeded and he expects to return to the House within days.
An article advises women in poor health to use Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It portrays ongoing struggles with fatigue and daily grind and promotes the remedy as a solution drawn from roots and herbs.
President Wilson expresses surprise at the muted response from business leaders to invitations for suggestions on pending trust legislation and their limited attendance at congressional hearings. He quips that attending by invitation should not brand anyone a lobbyist.
Logansport Indiana resident E H Thomas endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best medicine for colds and croup, noting it provides prompt relief for his children. Sold by Van Antwerp Drug Corp and all dealers.
An advertisement promises fast relief from headache with Ant Kamina Tablets claiming effects in two minutes. The copy positions the product as a quick solution and urges immediate use for pain relief.
Gulfport Mississippi February 2 police chief J C Corbett arrested eight white men after tracing 13 pairs of shoes stolen from R B Horner to ships in the harbor. Frank Mayer and Dave Tippen allegedly sold the shoes. Half the loot recovered. The group, named Lawson West Doyle Lightner Stevens Hardy Meyer and Tippen, is charged with grand larceny.
Associated Press reports in New York that many Ancient Order of Hibernians leaders expect home rule in Ireland within a year, prompting belief St Patrick's Day parade on Fifth Avenue may end. Despite this, the group plans to outdo prior parades as a notable event.
Albany N Y Feb 2 the pie book said to be kept by highway commissioner John M Carlisle has been found and placed with James W Osborne who is leading graft investigations in state departments The book lists state senators assemblymen congressmen county political leaders and several employees Osborne will continue the inquiry tomorrow.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. BE. W. GROVES signature on each box. Adv promotes tablets priced 25c.
At Pensacola Florida the battleship Mississippi moves to a yard wharf as aviators prepare to begin experiments Tuesday. Water planes will be tested first with limited spectator access while the station conducts tests underway inside the navy yard. Over a thousand people are expected to view Sunday’s activities from outside the yard.
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