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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1913

Page

12

Parcel Post How To Send a Pack With Clear Addressing

A guide explains parcel post steps for sending goods including marking sender and receiver addresses, proper packing for inspectability, rate calculation for a four pounds three ounces package to Hempstead Texas, and Rules on barred items and dual class content. It notes stamps must be purchased at the window and that only parcel post stamps can be used.

Merchant Hempstead Texas

Advertisers Offer Free Catalogues in Section

In this section advertisers promote free complete catalogues to readers. The notice encourages engagement with multiple firms to obtain product listings and pricing information.

A Cheap Seed-Corn Rack

Construct a frame from fence boards any length or height. Drive nails upwardly slanted through the boards and hang corn butts on them so each ear rests separately for proper drying. Number each ear to track germination. Store in a cool place and suspend with wires for mouse protection.

Abner Davis Arrested and Jailed in Mexico

Abner Davis former president of the Night and Day Bank in Oklahoma City and owner of baseball franchises in Oklahoma and Texas is jailed at Vallez Mexico. He was arrested over a land deal with the exact charge unspecified. Davis already faces a five year federal sentence from Memphis related to bank operations and another related case is set for trial next month.

Associated Press Oklahoma City Okla Abner Davis Oklahoma Texas Vallez Mexico Davis Memphis

Army braces brigades with west and coast transfers

Washington reports orders to move six infantry battalions and cavalry squadrons as part of a general brigade reorganization. Movements begin around February 10 from Fort Missoula Montana Fort Snelling Minnesota Fort Bliss Texas Fort Logan H Root Arkansas Fort Sheridan Illinois Boise Barracks Idaho to Fort George Wright Fort Thomas Fort Missoula Fort Snill and the Presidio Monterey California.

Associated Press Washington Middle West Pacific Coast Fourteenth Infantry Fort Missoula Montana Fort George Wright Ninth Infantry Fort Snelling Minnesota Fort Thomas Boise Barracks Idaho Presidio Monterey Cal

Chicago Judge Forces Auto Speeders to Abstain

Municipal Judge Fry devised a cure for speeding by forcing Leslie L. Voightmann, son of a wealthy manufacturer, to refrain from any motor vehicle use within city limits for one year. Voightmann also paid a $100 fine, covered by his father, marking a sixth such payment.

Associated Press Chicago Fry Leslie L. Voightmann

Enormous Corn Yield Report Near Atlanta Ga

A wide attention drawing corn field sixty miles west of Atlanta on the Southern railway shows stalks fifteen to eighteen feet tall. In a ten foot square plot one counted sixty nine full ears and in another forty eight ears. The field spans ten acres with rich cultivation and manure use. Cox's prolific seed produced double ears and up to seven ears on a single stalk.

Atlanta Birmingham Southern Railway

Productive Georgia Furrows Highlight New York Farmer

Moses Folsom notes in Georgia fields where wheat and wheat hay yield two tons per acre. He observes stalks standing singly or in groups of two three and four. Last autumn wheat was planted and harvested in spring, demonstrating the soil's vitality under central New York farmer guidance.

Georgia Empire New York Moses Folsom

Americans Freed From Ensenada Detention After Seven Months

Harry Koch and Albert Lunquist, American fishermen, released without trial after seven months held at the Cuartel in Ensenada Lower California. Bail was refused despite efforts by the American consul Claude Guyant. They were charged with smuggling and resisting an officer during a seizure in Mexican waters tied to a fishing concession. The Mexican prosecutor found insufficient evidence. a telegraphic order authorized their release. They sailed to San Diego on the first boat after arrival.

San Diego Cal Ensenada California Harry Koch Albert Lunquist Claude Guyant Koch Lunquist Mexico Ity

Alfonso Declines United States Visit

Madrid February 6 The official statement says King Alfonso will not visit America though he has shown great personal interest and would have welcomed a visit if possible.

Alfonso Madrid America United States

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MR. Merchant Uncle Sam Par Cels Post TION Cox’s Prolific Oregon W. J. McCowan F. A. McCowan Dauphin Street Mobile, Ala Bell Phone H. S Willis Percy Dauphin ST Jewelers
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