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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 1914

Page

12

Senate to reorganize key committees after Bacon’s death

Washington Feb 19 Reorganization of several senate committees follows the death of Secretary Bacon chair of the foreign relations panel. Senator Stone, ill, may be tapped to take the chair. Senator Shively acts as chair. The move would cascade changes across actions, lands, irrigation, forest, and industrial committees, prompting a caucus to settle the matter.

Ashington Senate Bacon Stone Foreign Relations Comitee Senator Stone Shively India Committee On Action Affairs Senator Myers Shu Smith Knona Lane

Mrs. Florence Ley Faces Mail Fraud Charge

Mrs Florence Ley wife of a machinist at the Mobile and Ohio shops in Istier will be arraigned before the United States district court at New on March 9 to answer a charge of defrauding the mails Postoffice Inspector S B Molan arrested the woman months ago on a charge of defrauding William Henry out of several

Florence Ley Mobile Ohio Istier New Postoffice B. Molan William Henry

Playing For Pay The Item Circle Contest Promises Prizes

The Item invites readers to join a solo counting contest where participants count printed circles for pay. Prizes total 1600 dollars with a 350 dollar top prize. Entries accepted tonight, tomorrow, and until midnight Saturday. No subscriptions or votes required.

Goodwyn Faces Massive Alabama Candidate List Task

Taylor Goodwyn as chairman of the Alabama Democratic Executive Committee must compile a list of about 200 qualified candidates for the state primary closing March 6 and the general primary on April 6. He may also prepare a county legislative candidate table though not required by law, aiming for completeness after March 6 and closer to April 6.

Montgomery Ala Taylor Goodwyn Democratic Executive Committee Alabama Captain Goodwyn

Six Years of Coughing Stopped by Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey

Wm J Sullivan states a doctor diagnosed bronchitis but his prescribed medicine failed. After using Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey before meals with egg and milk for three months, his cough disappeared and his weight rose to 185 pounds. He endorses the product, noting dealers offer inferior substitutes. Sullivan resides at 270 Driggs Ave. He has lived in the area for over 47 years.

Wm. J. Sullivan Duffy Driggs Ave Rochester N. Y Phillips Gro. Co Dauphin and Commerce Sts

Use Children Instead of Guinea Pigs Charity Ward Tea

A New York hospital charity proposes replacing guinea pig experiments with tea served to patients. The plan targets patient comfort and fundraising efficiency, citing ethical concerns and potential cost savings for hospital wards.

Seamen's Bethel Monthly Concert Set for Thursday

The Seamen's Bethel auxiliary hosts its usual monthly concert Thursday at 8 pm. Featured are March with Miss Stirling's orchestra directed by Miss Aline Rosen and a roster of soloists and instrumental numbers including Mrs. F. P. Davis soprano, Messrs. Ervin Little and Max Lavelle, Miss Nellie Ber遵uson, Miss Louise Goldsby Waitz, Miss Clara Sims, and Miss Pearl Schwartz as accompanist, with Miss Stirling's orchestra and violins, flute, and piano.

Seamen’s Bethel Miss Stirling Aline Rosen Florence Gardner Adelaide Johnson Lucile Sherman Lillian Mahe Orris Dyas Agnes Sherman F. P. Davis Ervin Little Max Lavelle Nellie Bereuson

Michigan Man Missing From Grand Rapids 24 Year Old

Grand Rapids man Floyd Chandler aged 24 is missing after last being heard from in Mobile on December 28. His mother urged police to exhaust every effort to locate her son as she faces a likely short remaining time.

Floyd Chandler Grand Rapids Mich Mobile

Surgeon Serum Tests On Infants Shock New York

Reports allege prominent surgeons used charity ward infants as test subjects for serum experiments. Dr Emmet L Holt of Columbia College and Dr Hideyo Noguchi of Rockefeller Institute are named among those accused of inoculating babies with tuberculin and deadly germs.

Noguchi Rockefeller Institute New York L. Emmet Holt Emmet L. Holt College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University Hideyo Nogushi

Evans Minstrels at Lyric with John King in new program

John King returns as a leading end man in George Evans new minstrelsy for this year. The Lyric Theatre presents the program next Saturday matinee and night February 21 with King in multiple roles including Mammy Lindy Dinah Valdosta Green and Susannah Snodgrass. Evans wrote a special song The Moony Moony Man for King aided by twelve dancers in pickaminies. The finale features The Blackville Balloonatics.

Evans Lyric John King George “Honey Boy Lyric Theatre King Dinah Mammy Lindy Dinah Valdosta Green George Evans Moony Pickaminies Blackville Balloonatics Susannah Snodgrass

Old Fire Horse Dies While Answering Call

Sweet, one of Mobile fire department's oldest horses, dropped dead in harness on Wednesday while answering a fire at Charleston and Broad streets. The horse was widely known in the city for its long service and steady work.

Sweet Mobile Fire Department Charleston Broad Streets Imento Ene

Citronelle Vets Celebrate Annual Banquet

Veterans gathered for the tenth annual Citronelle veterans banquet with music, addresses, and readings. Ladies auxiliary received thanks for organizing the event. several veterans and affiliated members were listed, with no deaths since the last meeting.

Benjamin Eaton Pioneer Journalist Dies in Brooklyn

Benjamin Allen Eaton longtime Kansas City Star editor and Brooklyn hospital patient at fifty four died. Bettie Pindell mother of Henry M. Pindell editor of the Peoria Journal died in St Louis at eighty born in Memphis and descended from Governor Means of South Carolina.

New York Benjamin Allen Eaton Brooklyn Kansas City Star Bettie Pindell ST. Louis Henry M. Pindell The

Death of Rev John P Hyde Confederate veteran educator

Rev John P Hyde widely known in Winchester and Clarksburg died in Clarksburg West Virginia on Tuesday night at the age of 78. Hyde served as grand chaplain of the United Confederate Veterans and was a long time educator and high Mason with ties to the Baltimore conference.

John P. Hyde Winchester The United Confederate Veterans Baltimore Conference Clarksburg W. Va

Dr. Lazarus Schoney Dies at 86 in Coney Island Home

Dr. Lazarus Schoney 86, a biology and pathology authority and friend of President Lincoln, died yesterday at his home in Coney Island New York. The obituary notes his long career and prominence in medical science.

Lazarus Schoney New York President Lincoln Coney Island

F M Jeffries Declares Bankruptcy in Mobile

F M Jeffries a wage earner of Mobile filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in district court on Wednesday and was adjudicated a bankrupt. The liabilities amount to 1028 dollars and assets to 2125 dollars with the case referred to referee R T Ervin.

F. M. Jeffries Mobile United States District Court R. T. Ervin

Simple Pinex Sugar Syrup Remedy Ad Offered

A vintage ad promotes a home cough remedy mixing sugar, warm water, and Pinex in a pint bottle. It claims rapid relief from ordinary coughs within 24 hours and notes use for whooping cough, croup, and bronchitis, with appetite stimulation and mild laxative effects. Price advertised as $2.50 for the mixture.

Noted Women to Visit Alabama for Suffrage Board

Mobile suffragists plan a Birmingham trip March 9 and 10 for the National American Woman Suffrage Association board visit. Miss Eugenia Marx urges Mobile interest while Miss Jane Addams is invited. 11 board members attend a Southern suffragist conference in Birmingham.

Mobile Mobile Suffrage Club Birmingham Alabama National American Woman Suffrage Association Solon Jacobs Alabama Equal Sufge Association Eugenia Marx Mobile Club Hull House Chicago America Southern Conference Anna Shaw

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