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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1914
Page
3
Dr Caldwell Syrup Pepsin praised for indigestion and stomach relief. Testimonial from Mar S Martin of Joplin Missouri notes improved wellbeing at age 77. Safe, pleasant tasting remedy claims to train stomach and bowels to normal function and offers free sample by mail.
Former St. Paul chief of police Martin McGlynn and former detective Fred Turner were found guilty of bribery by a district court jury in St. Paul. Judge Morrison sentenced them to prison terms not exceeding ten years each.
An explosion at the Nobel gunpowder works in Ardeer Ayrshire today killed seven workmen and injured many others. The blast destroyed numerous buildings as officials investigated a charge linked to an underworld figure seeking police protection.
Three masked robbers halted Queen and Crescent No. 1 twelve miles north of Birmingham. They looted registered mail pouches including a $10,000 sack and stamps, while whistling. Police with bloodhounds searched the route, aided by Queen and Crescent officials.
In Atlanta rumors link James B Oakley and Theo Lacy to embezzlement and a surrender deal. Governor O Neal vows to force trials in counties with indictments and may issue special terms if needed. Lacy’s trial in Montgomery and Oakley’s in Shelby were referenced with recent delays.
Queen and Crescent officials report trainmen’s hold-up of the New Orleans Limited near Birmingham last night. Three men suspected. amount stolen unknown. Vice President T. C. Powell was in the vicinity aiding postal authorities and county sheriff to capture the robbers.
A gang halted Queen and Crescent train No 1 near Birmingham and secured between 40000 and 60000 from registered mail. C E Shores superintendent of the Railway Mail service Birmingham division said the bandits knew where to find the registered mail. John Woodall, a mail clerk aboard the car, arrived and declined to discuss the robbery.
The piece warns that minor ailments like colds are dangerous because they can lead to serious diseases. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a helpful aid to quickly rid the body of a cold and its potential complications.
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