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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1913
Page
9
Charlies G. Grant, a Dixie traveler for Johni T. Stanley of New York, is registered at the Cawthon. Grant is a singer of note who has performed in notable venues.
President elect Wilson with Mrs Wilson and the Misses Jess and Eleanor attended communion at First Presbyterian church in Princetown. After services he greeted congregants and planned to visit Trenton, with New Jersey leaders seeking to extend legislative sessions before his resignation.
James J. Gallagher, the man who shot Mayor Gaynor in Hoboken, died at the New Jersey state hospital for the insane in Trenton from paresis. He had been there since January 18, 1913 after transfer from the state prison where he served twelve years for assault on Street Commissioner William Edwards. Gallagher was never prosecuted for shooting Gaynor at the mayor’s request.
Probate Court of Mobile County Alabama sets February 10 1913 as hearing date to contest the will of Bernard Moog deceased with Jeannette Strauss of San Antonio Texas Allce Lewies of Memphis Tennessee and others in interest invited to appear and contest the petition by Isaac B Moog filed January 18 1913.
Taken up Sunday January 26 1913 at 2 p m on Virginia street near Magnolia cemetery one light Jersey heifer with small rope doubled at neck will be sold at city pound Wednesday February 6 1913 at 12 noon unless redeemed by owner SAR Curran officer Bi 1:30-6t
Reports say eastern war preparations resume with Ottoman resistance shaken. Servian and Balkan allied forces redeploy. Albania mobilizes 80 000 rifles under Austrian officers amid local uprisings. Diplomats urge harmony as Mahmoud Shefket Pasha bars reporters within twenty miles of frontline lines.
In Constantinople on February 3 the British and German ministers reported tense negotiations over the Bulgarian capital. An armistice deadline loomed but Ottoman officials hoped for no renewed fighting. Germany called Turkish proposals adequate while Britain urged peace. both warned Balkans must avoid intractability. Turkish troop and supply movements continued through the week.
Two Servian delegates who arrived from London said hostilities would not begin before tomorrow and that Europe desires peace. They did not hint at concessions but suggested Turkey might accept powers' advice at the last moment as peace negotiations faltered over armistice terms.
A newspaper advertisement touts Faust Spaghetti as a cost effective, nutritious alternative to beef. A 10c package allegedly provides as much nutrition as 4 pounds of beef, with claims of Durum wheat origin and easy digestion, plus a free recipe book offer.
London reports Bulgaria yielded to the powers by allowing a sultan appointee to reside at Adrianople after the city's surrender. The article notes Ottoman finances are demoralized, Turkey faces near bankruptcy, and European powers plan to extend control to protect creditors and the Turkish treasury, with Germany and Britain as main lenders.
An advertisement states Foley's Honey and Tar Compound helped a patient recover voice after bronchitis and urges others to use the product. It notes no opiates and emphasizes patient recommendations and a specific dealer Van Antwerp Drug Corp in Mobile Alabama.
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