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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1916
Page
2
Special report states Alabama canceled outstanding islets totaling 1,200,000 over two days. Funds were allocated to settle Governor Henderson's constitutional loan, state warrants in New York banks, and January teachers' salaries. Treasurer Lancaster warned the treasury had a deep hole and little exchequer left.
An advertisement extols Vitalitas as a constitutional remedy for back pain, kidney and liver issues, stomach woes, and general fatigue. It claims to reinvigorate vital organs, remove toxins, and avoid temporary fixes from plasters or tonics. Sold by Sutton's drug store and other druggists.
The Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railway reports limited space for log and tie accumulation at its deep water ice west bank facility. Water and other heavy commodities require careful planning due to space constraints. Availability may affect loading and storage timelines.
The Mobile Item notes February birthdays for Cleo Parnell, Charles James Myers, Charles M. Kearns Jr, and Mildred Jones with birthday wishes and a theater party invitation. The piece also discusses February tax receipts and a March 15 payment plan, plus a list of Democratic candidates led by Bibb Graves and Frank S. White for the May primary.
The YMCA board meets Tuesday at 6 30 PM at the association building to transact business. Round Table Club gathers Tuesday night at the YMCA. The Fellowship Bible class led by Rev Henry Wade du Bose meets Tuesday at 6 30 PM in the tea room with supper. W L O Dwyer of the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad returns from a two week trip to New York. Mr and Mrs N E Turner and Miss Ala Turner of Vinegar Bend Alabama visit Mobile and stay at the Battle House. Mr and Mrs Haysry A Norton of Boston are tourists in Mobile staying at a hotel. J Norwood and wife of Des Moines Iowa visit Mobile. W H Fields of Pine Apple Alabama visits Mobile.
London reports advanced talks on neutral shipper treatment in the American note to Britain. Proposed changes aim to shield neutral shippers from detention costs and demurrage and to provide indemnity if cargoes are seized or损损损.
James B H Duggan of this city received word from Frank Archer in London that Archer has been promoted to captain of royal naval air scouts. Archer, home in Belize B H, was wounded in Belgium after his plane was hit by a shell but returned to base. He previously served with Mobile connections and did bombing work against German lines.
Fears for the oil tank steamer Velma Brooks bound from Norfolk to Beaufort grew today as a rescue crew in the auxiliary schooner Sadie Culver searched in heavy seas after the vessel went overdue in a sixty mile gale near Beaufort North Carolina.
Chicago police investigate a case tied to Jean Crones former University Club assistant chef accused of poisoning soup at Archbishop Mundelein banquet. A witness says a man matching Crones description rode a Chicago line train February 10 met a woman in Chicago and planned to meet in Nashville Tennessee.
Pitcher Lindy Hiett, who returned to the Shreveport Texas League club from Atlanta last fall, has been sold back to Shreveport. Manager Frank of the Atlanta Southern Association team announced the move last night. price not disclosed.
The notice lists transfers from J H Williams to Mary Williams for $1 in section 25 township 2 south range 3 west, New South Land Company to J M Shrigley for $1 in section 24 township 1 east range 1 east, Pee to Chari Bruner for NM Jets 5 and 29 in Barr's Sub division in Citronelle, and Jessie Partin receiving premises lot 8 block 19 in Bon Air Estates.
Members are urged to attend a big meeting at the Cawthon Hotel Monday night with over a hundred expected. Officials will discuss securing live manufacturing plants for Mobile and other important topics kept from newspapers. Distinguished out of town guests will speak. members should bring at least two guests each.
Property owners in the Wragg Swamp region from Spring Hill to Dog River pursue reclamation under a new law. A canal large enough to drain overflow is envisioned, with vast agricultural value. Petitions circulate among affected landowners in the area.
Mexican authorities at Mata Moros reported finding an unidentified American dead on the Mexican side near Reynosa. The body appeared to have been dead for several weeks and would be hard to identify.
United States district court in Biloxi, Mississippi, will hear the case of Eugene Lott charged with sending obscene matter through the mail. Ten to sixteen year olds and teachers from Picayune are summoned for the February term. Lott denies guilt calling it a frame-up. Captain J K Mosby of the Jefferson Davis Home for Old Soldiers faces a protest over his retention from Confederate and Sons of Veterans groups seeking his reappointment.
The Young Men's Institute met Wednesday with large attendance. New members H. J. Nordman Fred W. Miller and Leo C. McEvoy were initiated. By laws revision was completed and copies distributed. A banquet for the twentieth anniversary will be held at the Cawthon Hotel on the twenty third, chaired by L. A. de Ornellas. Father Dunn closed with remarks on welfare of the order and members then enjoyed a refreshments period. The next meeting is scheduled for the second Wednesday night next month.
Jackson Mississippi February 16 The Mississippi House passed a bill prohibiting intoxicating liquor advertising in the state through street cars bill boards circulars newspapers and other media. Penalties include fines from 50 to 500 dollars and jail terms from one week to six months.
Washington Feb 16 The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to reconsider its recent decision increasing rates on agricultural implements about two cents per hundred pounds The National Implement and Vehicle Association had requested a rehearing and failed to secure it
Local ad promotes Vinol as a reliable strength creator for recovery from sickness. The Vinol formula is described as containing iron, cod liver extracts, and beef peptone in a wine, marketed by Van Antwerp Drug Corporation with a suggestion to seek Vinci drug stores in towns nationwide.
A coal mine wage conference pageant ends with a seven mile hike as operators and delegates search for hound dawgs. Marshall Bell and George W Schruederberg lead a party to Spring Hill seeking dogs but find no hounds or Major Erwin’s home. The group trudges back to the city, arriving hungry at the Cawthon Hotel after a long, exhausted walk.
Carranza officials inform the U S state department of reports a plot to blow up the battleship Kentucky in Vera Cruz harbor. Consul Canada is alleged to be involved with the aim of forcing American intervention. The state department treats the report as part of tensions over months with Carranza officials.
Mrs. Annie Baughman of Barberton Ohio testifies six years ago she suffered bladder pain after doctors failed to help. After taking Dr Kilmer Swamp Root she recovered completely, weighing 195 pounds and managing a busy household with boarders. The notarized affadavit dated December 19 1914 confirms the statement.
A promotional letter from Dr Kilmer and Co of Binghamton New York urges readers to send ten cents for a sample bottle of Swamp Root. It promises a booklet on kidneys and bladder and notes regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles are sold at drug stores. The Mobile Item is requested to be mentioned.
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as an effective pain killer for home use. It includes a testimonial from Mervin H. Leister of Berkeley, claiming neck stiffness after wet feet improved after applying the liniment twice. Published March 1915.
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