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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 1914

Page

3

Foster in New York Hospital

Reports say Joel M. Foster the Browne New Jersey poultry farmer arrested January 8 in Pemberton has been in Mobile recently but denies it. He is said to be in New York Post Graduate School Hospital recovering from a serious operation. The case against him remains on April 4 in city court with no attendance from Foster or his lawyers.

Joel M. Foster Browne New Jersey Pemberton Mobile Foster New York Post Graduate School Semmes N. R. Clarke York Post Graduate School and Hospital New York Joel M.ter Mr. Foster Eugene Fuller M. D

Miller pleads guilty in purse theft case

George W. Miller pleaded guilty to stealing a purse from Mrs. George Morrison during President Wilson's October visit. He is jailed awaiting sentence. The purse held money and valuables totaling $12.

George W. Miller George Morrison Presii ‘Wilson

Collision Endangers Mrs Bancroft in City Accident

Mrs J H Bancroft of 907 Church Street escaped severe injury when an unidentified driver collided with her car on Franklin and Dauphin streets Wednesday afternoon. Her vehicle was damaged, she was thrown against the windshield but unharmed. Police have a description and expect the suspect’s arrest soon.

J. H. Bancroft Church T Franklin Dauphin Streets

Citizens urge parole for man convicted under prohibition law

Special dispatch from Montgomery reports fifteen citizens petitioning Governor ONeal to grant parole to Mark Haynie a white man convicted in Elmore County Circuit Court last October for violating the prohibition law. Haynie was fined seventy five dollars and sentenced to thirty days hard labor as punishment.

Montgomery Ala O'Neallesy Mark Haynie Elmore County Haynie

Mrs. Rockefeller III Under Doctor’s Watch in New York Estate

Mrs. John D. Rockefeller III remains under medical care at her New York estate. Doctors monitor her condition closely as the Rockefeller family publicizes quiet health updates.

Mrs Rockefeller Regaining Strength Under Care at Nevada Estate

Reports from New York say Mrs John D Rockefeller remains under constant nurse care with the family physician closely monitoring her condition. She is now at the Pocatitico Hills estate in Nevada.

New York John D. Rockefeller Standard Oil Trust Rockefeller Pocatitico Hills, Ndv

Mortgage Visit Reveals Courageous Bronx Homeowner

Warren and Helen tour a three story frame house in a quiet Bronx street while evaluating a mortgage for Mrs. Tollman. The talk uncovers her son Albert’s losses to a bad partner and her resolve to keep the home, planning new Rockaway cottages with the mortgage.

Warren Bronx Helen West Indies Cypress Street Albert Zallie Dequist Hiere Rockaway

Sweet Peas Test In Color On Kinemacolor Screen

The Empire Theatre shows a Kinemacolor demonstration of sweet peas with rare shading beyond bold hues. The program also includes a scene with Helen and Warren viewing a row of well kept houses and discussing mortgage payments and Mrs Tollman’s finances and character.

Empire Theatre Empire

Chamber of Commerce takes over Mobile employment bureau

The Mobile Chamber of Commerce will assume operation of the Mobile Boosters' Club employment bureau. Major W F Tibbetts and A J Parsons announced after a Thursday conference that the chamber will run the service using its better facilities and staff.

Mobile Chamber of Commerce Mobile Boosters’ Club Boosters W. F. Tibbetts A. J. Parsons Chamber of Commerce Don Farnsworth Tebbetts

County Sues for 11800 Over City Hospital and Streets

City Attorney B B Boone filed two claims against the county with Judge Price Williams Jr in probate court. One seeks 4349 for half the upkeep of the city hospital from March 1, 1912 to Feb 28, 1913. The other asks 7504.82 for a quarter of maintaining cleaning and improving unpaved Mobile streets from Feb 28, 1912 to Feb 28, 1913.

B. B. Boone Price Williams, Jr City of Mobile

Three Destroyers to Arrive Saturday for Carnival

Commander wires that torpedo boat destroyers Monaghan Sterett and Terry will reach Mobile Saturday afternoon and stay through carnival. Prairie and scout cruiser Chester plus a Second Regiment of about 800 Marines join the inport naval forces for the carnival, bringing total in port to over 1,800 personnel.

United States Monaghan Sterett Terry Mobile Chamber of Commerce F. T. Evans Tampa Fla Prairie Chester Navy

Mardi Gras Carnival Run Entries Close Saturday

The Mardi Gras run is the year’s key track event with a 3:30 start at Government and Conception streets. Teams from Spring Hill Barton and the YMCA compete for the Mardi Gras Cup, with ten individual prizes awarded to top finishers. Entries close Saturday at noon.

Government Conception Streets Royal Dauphin Broad Conception Street Spring Hill Barton

Thedford's Black-Draught Promoted for Dizziness and Pain

Fontella Virginia residents recounts using Thedford's Black-Draught to relieve dizziness in minutes. The pamphlet extols the liver medicine as reliable for cramps colic headaches and neuralgia with decades of trust and imitators fading.

Fontella W. H.* Ogden

Court Rules Partner Cannot Embezzle Funds in Firm

In city court on Thursday Carter McCamreon faced trespass charges and Chester A. Curtis forgery. both cases were nolle pressed. Curtis already serves seven years for a similar crime. J Ed Jones, accused of embezzlement by his late partner A H Beatty, also had the case nolle pressed after demurrers argued that a single partner cannot embezzle partnership funds.

Carter McCamreon Chester A. Curtis Nolle Curtis J. Ed. Jones A H. Beatty Tompkins

Call of the Blood Kinemacolor Debuts at Empire

The Empire theatre presents The Call of the Blood the first Kinemacolor drama shown in Mobile. The film is hailed for its nature like colors vivid battle sequences and overall remarkable spectacle with cinematic innovation attracting crowds.

Empire Theatre Mobile

One Hundred Too Many At Parkinston High School

Gulfport Mississippi February 19 The agricultural high school at Parkinston has turned away nearly one hundred students due to crowded dormitory space. The building houses both sexes.

Parkinston High School Gulfport Miss Agricultural High School Parkinston

Hale Not Lawyer for Edmund in Train Wrecker Case

In Mobile, attorney F. K. Hale appeared for Will Edmund, the self confessed train wrecker, in city court. Hale did not represent Edmund immediately and said he would wait until certain points could be arranged for a defense at the March hearing.

Will Edmund Mobile and Ohio Thursas F. K. Hale Notresent

Corroboration on Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement

Mrs. David W. Russell of Mobile Alabama testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills cured her kidney trouble. The ad notes a family recommendation and invites readers to ask for the same kidney pills sold by Foster Milburn Buffalo New York at 50 cents.

Mobile Dean ORF David W. Russell St. Mobile Ala Foster-Milburn Buffalo N. Y

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New York Hospital Ollision Mrs. Bancroft John D. Rockefeller III Mabel Herbert Urner Isougte Toliman Mrs. Tollman Ely Washington C. OF Booster Bureau Commander Wires Thedford Gayfer’s Pone Suchen DR. Bell Hippodrome Orpheum Southern Beauty Company Presents Brazil Matinee Daily Nignis Hale Edmund Whiteland China Lin Kinemacolor
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