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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1913
Page
12
A manuscript from the Alabama state pension board to Governor O NeaL calls for a complete reorganization creating an executive department of pensions. It urges law defined qualifications and power to purge the roll under legal rules to ensure only worthy recipients receive benefits.
A board denounces current pension distribution as inefficient and fragmented. It calls for consolidating duties into a separate state department, purging unqualified pensioners, and replacing fee-based county examiner pay with per diem or salary. Board members include John C. Webb, Dr. M. L. Wood, and General F. S. Ferguson.
The senate committee on inter-oceanic canals rejected Senator Root's amendment to repeal the free passage provision for American coastwise ships. The tabling motion won 7 to 3 with Brandegee Page and Percy supporting it, signaling no senate action during the current session and no minority report.
An advert claims Bright's disease is curable and presents microscopic casts as proof. It touts Fulton’s Renal Compound as reversing renal degeneration, producing recoveries in thousands, and offers pamphlets via Van Antwerp Drug Corporation or John J. Fulton Co. in San Francisco.
In Tokyo on February 17 the new Japanese cabinet led by Count Yamamoto faced firm resistance from the old constitutional party. They refuse to support the government unless cabinet members align with the party, making Yamamoto’s position precarious and possibly leading him to report to the emperor that he cannot transact business while the diet is in session.
In Philadelphia on February 17 the suffrage marchers began their 14 mile trek to Chester through a snow storm. They were met by University of Pennsylvania students who led in a snake dance to campus. A mass meeting at the law school heard speeches from suffragette leaders.
Mrs Lucile McElroy of Laurel Mississippi relates three years of back and stomach pain. After using Cardus the woman's tonic she feels well daily and recommends others try it. She notes improved eyes and fullness of face. The ad urges women with troubles to write Chattanooga Medicine Company for instructions and a 64 page book.
Salem mass diary said to record George Marsh death on West Lynn marshes. William A Dorr charged with murder and linked to Willis A Dow by investigators. Prosecution relies on circumstantial evidence with over 100 witnesses. Dorr pleads not guilty and remains jailed.
The second Norwegian relief party for stranded German scientists in Spitaber gen failed to reach them. It left Advent Bay in January, reached Dickson Bay, then endured a hurricane. Seven dogs died, frost bite injuries occurred, two sledges were destroyed, and supplies were reduced to minimum rations. Further action awaits more dogs from Norway.
On Washington's Birthday President Taft will dedicate the new lighthouse in East Fifty-ninth Street New York a combined clubhouse and settlement for the blind. Joseph H Choate will preside and a delegation of blind Boy Scouts will escort the president to his seat of honor.
A call issued through the Settlement Home Council of Jewish Women YWCA and City Board of Missions invites Mobile women to a Wednesday 11 AM meeting at the Settlement Home to discuss aid plans for women in the restricted district amid potential hardships. The movement is non sectarian.
A. H. Frameson, superintendent of the National Farm School of Philadelphia funded by a leading philanthropist, spoke at the Jewish Temple Sunday night about instructing Jewish youths in scientific agriculture. He announced plans to stay in Mobile for several days to promote the program.
A vintage advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a potent general tonic combining quinine and iron to combat malaria, chill and fever. It promises adults and children can take it without tasting the bitter quinine, noting 300 years of recognition in the South and urging readers to look for the Be W. Bromoqninine signature.
An old reliable antiseptic oil touted by a railroad surgeon for wounds burns sores ulcers and skin diseases. Claims antiseptic dressing prevents blood poisoning and offers many uses with price points 25c 50c and 1.00. Includes a bromide quino ne guarantee on every box and promises to cure a cold.
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