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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1914
Page
5
A local lawyer calls the circle counting contest the best he has seen. The public puzzle exercises all ages with equal chances to win, requiring patience and a sharp eye to count complete circles printed in the issue.
An advertisement touts Hyomei medicated air for catarrh and head colds with a money back guarantee and a $1.00 outfit. It also promotes a counting contest by The Item offering top prizes up to 350 dollars and 149 other awards, urging readers to submit solutions before next Saturday.
An old advertisement urges readers to take Swamp Root a kidney liver and bladder remedy from Dr Kilmer Co It claims widespread kidney disease danger and that Swamp Root offers quick relief with a sample bottle offer and mail order details in The Mobile Daily Item.
A dated advertisement promoting HOT SPRING LIVER BUTTONS as a cosmetic and health product. It claims to improve complexion, remove impurities, energize users, and restore appetite, with a money back guarantee and free sample offer from Hot Springs Chemical Co.
The Episcopal Convocation of Mobile gathers at Christ Church Wednesday with Holy Communion at 11 00 a m led by Dean Gardiner C Tucker and conference at 11 40 a m The Miraculous in Religion and The Sacramental in Religion are discussed by Rev T H Johnston and Rev Dr Matthew Brewster The Sunday school conference at 3 p m features A G Richards and Dean Tucker with parish speakers The 8 p m service includes talks by Rev Howard Walker and Rev T H Johnston All meetings are public and expect lively floor discussions.
Joseph McGlinn age 28 died February 16 at 5 30 p m funeral tomorrow morning at 8 30 from his brother in law George Chisholm residence and at 9 from St Vincent s Catholic church requiem mass interment Magnolia cemetery
An early morning blaze in the Medwin block Albany four story brick business district left one man dead several missing and five injured. Officials believe an explosion sparked the fire and heavy snow drifts hindered firefighting efforts.
Adjutant General Joseph B. Scully of the State National Guard and Captain W P Screws will travel to Mobile Thursday and Friday to inspect Companies A E and M of the First Infantry stationed there. They already inspected Company D at Fort Deposit and will inspect Company K at Evergreen Tuesday and Company G at Brewton Wednesday.
The Dupont Powder Company magazine on Dog River five miles south of the city will be ready for occupancy next Saturday. The first carload of 20,000 pounds of explosives will reach Mobile next week. Specially constructed wagons for transporting explosives through streets are completed.
Cases against five men arrested in Sunday's Eagles Club raid and Sol Jones the club bartender for permitting gaming were continued to Tuesday in recorder's court. The raid followed information from J A Pratt linked to the WNationa Lodge of Eagles.
Irvington, eighteen miles southwest of Mobile, lacks a church and uses the public hall for services. Mrs. Estelle Davis volunteers to solicit cooperation from county landowners to raise funds and aid the congregation of about thirty to construct a church.
A winter cough lingers and weakens the body until a letter from Henry D. Sanders of Cavendish Vermont reports relief after using Dr King’s New Discovery. He says it ought to be in every family and believes it can prevent serious outcomes.
More than a dozen letters arrived this week to Major W F Tebbetts of the Mobile Boosters Club endorsing a proposed employment bureau to aid unemployed men and their families. A committee will handle cases of applicants who cannot pay dues while seeking work.
A witty remark questions how a boarding house keeper sustains life and stamina as he grows older. The line hints at practical routines or social life behind a busy aging man.
Final preparations were made for the reception of Mrs. Katherine Oliver McCoy the Scotch reader. The Lyceum course under the Federation of Churches expects an enjoyable evening as Mrs McCoy delivers one of her readings likely Bunty Pulls the Strings by Graham Moffat.
Dr. R. E. Jones editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate will lecture at Warren Street Methodist Episcopal Church Wednesday night. He is regarded as a leading Negro editor and an excellent speaker, editing one of the country’s best known Negro papers.
Advertisement urges thin, underdeveloped readers to use Sargol tablets to absorb fats from food and build body tissue. It claims quick cheek filling and flesh gain, cites druggists Van Antwerp Drug Corp. and guarantees money back if results disappoint, and warns caution for those with stomach issues.
Dc A Fitts an engineer residing at 109 Lawrence Street was docketed at the police station Monday night on a charge of assault and battery the warrant sworn out by his wife.
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