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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1914
Page
2
Readers critique the theatre policy requiring hats to be removed upon entry. The Empire Theatre management offers a season pass as an incentive for the best pro or con arguments from readers, with the prize aiming to stimulate public discussion.
At a federal reserve hearing in New Orleans on February 12, P. J. Mooney urged a regional Memphis bank serving Oklahoma, Texas and parts of the South, while Houston indicated voters want broad regional access. Montgomery and nearby states eyed for potential district coverage amid banking interests and testimony from city and state representatives.
A farmer boy visits a fair to watch balloon ascension and a parachute drop. He explores hog exhibits, learns about 800 pound Tamworth hogs and the value of farming, sparking interest in germination, natural history, and the wider benefits of agricultural education for city and country youth.
A Houston delegation led by Mayor Campbell and Harbor Board chair J H Jones will visit Mobile to inspect docks and wharves. City Engineer Sands and other members will tour Gulf port facilities as a first step toward building large terminals at the Houston ship canal turning basin, due within ninety days.
From the family residence at 24 South Reed avenue the funeral of Adam J Handle was held on Wednesday at 2 pm with services at St Marys church at 2 30 led by Rev Father Faton. Interment followed in the Catholic cemetery with pallbearers H A James J B Weinacker W J Hawkins A J Brinkman Curt Reilert W S McDuffie.
The funeral occurred Tuesday afternoon at 2 o clock from Dixon and McKay parlors with Rev C O McGehee of St Francis Street Methodist church conducting. Interment was at Pine Crest cemetery with pallbearers W A Christian R A Christian Anson Arnold William Orton F W Evans and F M Backes.
Greensboro resident Sol M Marx died Tuesday afternoon at his home from acute indigestion. Born in Birmingham and educated in Germany, he was about 63. He married Carrie Steinhart and is survived by widow and three children Ralph M Marx Irma Marx and Bertram Marx. Brothers C B Marx and Esther Black were in New York. The body was sent to Mobile for interment today.
Miss Anna Miriam Courtright of this city died Thursday morning at her home 658 Government street after a lingering illness. She was a Mobile native and is survived by two brothers three nephews and other relatives.
News from Mobile reports the death of William B. Kemp a well known Wilmer resident after a long illness. He was 82 and survived by his wife and relatives. The Roche and Burke Company took the remains and sent them to Tunnel Springs Alabama for interment Thursday afternoon.
Mrs Genevieve Broadus wife of R C Broadus died Thursday morning at the city hospital. She is survived by her parents and three sisters Mrs Will Wilkinson Mrs Hattie Crabtree and Miss Mattie Bingeh. Funeral services will be held Friday evening in Wheeler.
Alabama attorney general says counties may bear expenses for only one primary per election. The ruling to Secretary of State Cyrus B Brown follows a Jefferson county question about dual primaries for nominating candidates. The opinion notes the primary law contemplates a single primary per office.
The young man killed Tuesday night in Mobile rail yards near Theatre Street remains unidentified. Suspicion about being William Delano Potter is unsubstantiated as officials at the city morgue have not received any identification from Boston. He traveled likely on freight trains and had recently bought shoes in Mobile, complicating any home tracing.
A cautions note on colds being a gateway to serious diseases and urges prompt treatment. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is promoted as a helpful solution to loosen a cold, relieve the lungs, aid expectoration, and help the body throw off the illness. Sold by Van Antwerp Drug Corp. and all dealers.
Montgomery Alabama February 12 Goor O Neal said he planned to resolve the senatorial situation this week but would not commit to calling a short term special election.
A mortgage for 3 663 000 was filed in probate court by the Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railroad led by John T. Cochrane with Guaranty Trust Company of New York City. The bond for 10 000 accompanies it to cover possible extra taxes if more is borrowed. The funds aim to consolidate Cochrane lines and spur Mobile improvements with Cochrane trains reaching Mobile from Calbert, the current A T N terminus. The deed of trust marks a consolidation step. bonds were not sold yet.
In Montgomery on February 12 the case of John C Mangeldorf a Mobile wholesale fish and oyster dealer drew dissenting opinions from Associated Justices Mayfield and Sayre. They argued the oyster tax conviction could apply broadly if upheld. The majority court found no legal flaws in the conviction or its affirmation by higher courts. Mangeldorf claimed the warrant failed to show liability for the tax and that no offense was charged.
Mangledorf refused to pay the 3 cent per barrel tax on oysters shipped to him from Biloxi and other Mississippi points, arguing interstate shipment. The Alabama Oyster Commission contends that after arrival in Mobile the packages were broken, making them intrastate and subject to the tax.
An advertisement warns against giving opium to children for coughs and praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as safe and effective for coughs colds and croup in both children and adults. It claims the product contains no opium or harmful drugs and lists Van Antwerp Drug Corp as a seller.
A brick walled cellar vault unearthed under a torn down St Joseph street residence near the new postoffice site was reported to hold treasure. Mrs Julia Russell who handled clearing said only three cent pieces were found while an old Mobile resident noted the vault likely hid valuables during the Civil War.
The Supreme Court overruled the rehearing in Ruth Canty versus E H Bixler et al from Mobile chancery court. It also reversed and remanded the case J H Fuller versus American Supply Company from Monroe circuit court.
A commentator who constantly labels his stance may need to refine his perspective. The remark implies overconfidence in a subjective angle and calls for clarity.
Twelve graduates from the University of Alabama Mobile medical school passed the Alabama board examination in Montgomery. The class’s success marks an improvement over the board’s usual fifty percent rejection rate, with ten of eleven July candidates and twenty two of twenty three from the class of 1913 passing. Dr. E. D. Bondurant, dean, says it is the best record for the year. The piece closes with unrelated dialogue about hoaxes and frying pans.
An advertisement touts Hot Springs Liver Buttons as mild purgatives that cleanse the bowels without harsh side effects. It claims physicians in Hot Springs Arkansas prescribe them for lazy liver dizziness biliousness and sick headaches. The copy promises improved digestion blood cleansing and a hearty appetite.
The gasoline yacht Elsie III, 47 feet long, owned by Chicago real estate man E S Kimball, completed a 17000 mile voyage arriving in Palm Beach Florida. It started from Key West on April 15 1913 sailing up the Atlantic coast Hudson River Erie Canal Great Lakes Chicago drainage canal the Mississippi and stopping briefly in Mobile on the way to Florida.
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