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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1914

Page

3

Hat Question Letters From Mobile Ladies Urge Respectful Viewing

A letter from Miss Lucile Smith of 871 Dauphin Way urges Mobile women to exercise community duty and patronize the theater while demanding that hats be removed so patrons may see and be treated as they wish to be treated. She argues that rights require accompanying duties and calls for thoughtful public discussion to educate on considering others.

Emre Lucile Smith Dauphin Way

Felix Comes Ushers In The Carnival Visit

Emperor Felix III accepts greetings from the mayor and citizens as he arrives in the capital, receiving the keys to the city and pledging calm jurisdiction during his stay while city improvements and celebrations proceed. The mayor returns the homage with a formal welcome.

Bile Ons Felix III

Sage and Sulphur Hair Dye Spurs Nononsense Revival

A vintage remedy for restoring gray hair is revived with a 50 cent bottle of Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Ready sold at drug stores. The ad boasts natural color and glossy fullness, praising the homemaking era while noting modern convenience. The rest of the fragment shifts to a royal speech praising civic progress, infrastructure, and leadership, with calls for continued improvements to docks, streets, and sewers.

Ikny Drug Store Wryeth

Mobile Fair Campaign Aims to Boost Regional Land Use

Business leaders in Mobile endorse a large modern fair to spur development of idle lands around the city. A fundraising drive will begin by March under Cliff Williams of Meridian, who will lead the effort to mobilize support and funds for a November launch.

Mobile Cliff Williams Meridian Mr. Williams Williams Mississippi Alabama

Tonopah Ninets Downed at Hill

Tonopah United States Monitor baseball team lost 17 to 4 at Spring Hill College. Drake walked freely before Elmore steadied pitching. Bienvenu starred for Spring Hill with nine strikeouts. Hartman led Tonopah with a homer, while Gomez and Ducote contributed for Spring Hill.

United States Tonopah Spring Hill College Drake Jackies Elmore Bienvenu Spring Hill Brand Gomez Timothy Ducote Hartman Cassidy Shea

Arrests Fall Slightly From Last Year

Police records show from 7 am Saturday to 7 am Monday there were 34 arrests this year versus 36 last year. Chief Crenshaw noted a larger city crowd and naval guard reduced arrests. he did not expect trouble from marines or sailors.

Chief Crenshaw Crenshaw

Crenshaw Warns On Carnival Thieves Don ts

Police chief F W Crenshaw warns carnival crowds in Mobile to guard money and valuables. He lists numerous precautions against pickpockets and con artists, urging caution with pockets hats and satchels while advising to seek police help if robbed.

Mobile F. W. Crenshaw

Deputy Sheriff Repatriates Morris From Cullman Lie for False Pretenses

Deputy Sheriff Moses Bernstein brought W. C. Morris back to the city Sunday night from Cullman Alabama. Morris was indicted by the last grand jury on the charge of obtaining money by false pretenses.

Moses Bernstein Cullman Ala W. C. Morris

Royal speech urges public auditorium and fair association

A historical address requests construction of new school buildings and modernization of existing ones. It urges the mayor to proclaim a financially strong fair association and annual fair, honors the US president’s visit, and welcomes naval and army detachments to the festival, urging unity and civic pride.

Board of Royal School Commissioners Carnival Association United States of America Great Southern Commercial Congress

A Winter Cough Tells of Dr King’s Discovery

In Cavendish Vermont Henry D Sanders faced a serious illness after pneumonia and a lingering winter cough. He reports that Dr King’s New Discovery gave relief and he believes it to be the best remedy against such ailments.

Dr. King Henry D. Sanders Cavendish

Massive Public Viewing Of Mobile Naval Fleet Draws 40000

A Sunday crowd estimated at 40000 gathered along Mobile’s water front to watch boat races and tour naval vessels in port. An additional 10000 filled uptown streets as visitors explored ships including five submarines the Tonopah destroyers Monaghan Sterett Terry Chester and Prairie along with the Leyland liner Asian. Marines and sailors provided detailed explanations of guns and ship features to curious guests.

Mobile Tonopah Monaghan Sterett Terry Chester Prairie Jackies

GROVE'S LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets Notice

Advertisement states Groves Laxative Bromine Quinine tablets with EBW signature on each box and a promise to refund money if it fails to cure. Product priced at 25 cents.

Grove

Mobile Mardi Gras Crowds Hit Record Twenty Thousand

Mobile sees record carnival attendance with an estimated twenty thousand visitors by Monday evening surpassing prior years. Rail and steamship officials and hotel men report unprecedented crowds, straining lodging and boarding house capacity as trains continue to bring hundreds of passengers into the city.

Mobile

Jasper Trust Co Secures Marion County Road Bonds

Jasper Trust Company announced via its Hamilton representative that it bid and won a $106000 Marion County road bond issue. This marks the largest bond purchase by a Walker County banking institution. A. S. Preston served as secretary and treasurer in securing the deal.

Jasper Trust Co Marion County Jasper Ala Jasper Trust Company Hamilton Walker County A. S. Preston The Trust Company

Sailors Box at the Hippodrome Theatre

Sailors Deitrich and Bastian will box a six round match at the Hippodrome Theatre at noon six o clock. Both are described as skilled and entertaining. A Navy preliminary bout between two unknowns will precede the main event.

Kid Deitrich Billie Navy Annie Flarty

Are Women Naturally Red Respondent Claim Prompted

A prominent writer asserts women are naturally red respond ent in mood. The text description links mental low mood to an abnormal condition of the brain with sleeplessness backache and aches and suggests Lydia Bo ham's Vegetable Compound as a root remedy claimed to overcome despondency.

Lydia Boham

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