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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1913
Page
2
Brooklyn baseball club releases pitcher Claude Williams to the Nashville club of the Southern League and signs pitcher B Hall from Ridgewood West Virginia to join the Ridgewood club.
City brief notes that a sermon by Rabbi Alfred G. Moses will open services at the Jewish temple this evening with the topic Saul or the Tragedy of Success and Failure. A Saturday forenoon service is announced at 10 oclock with the sermon titled Magnanimity.
The Medical Society of Mobile previews the Alabama State Medical Association annual meeting program for April. Committee chair Dr P J M Acker will outline the agenda at a Friday afternoon gathering. The committee will submit the program to the Medical Society Saturday night for review.
An advertisement extols Danderine as a hair cleanser and scalp purifying tonic. It claims immediate shine and softness followed by new hair growth after weeks of use, urging readers to buy a 25 cent bottle from druggists or toilet counters.
Captain John Craft’s Pensacola speech opposing commission government prompts a strong repudiation from Mobile officials. Mayor Laz Schwarz plans a detailed reply, and Tax Collector Walter Walsh denies Craft’s claimed office conversation.
A health ad urges readers to take Electric Bitters to boost strength and prevent breakdown amid fatigue. It claims the tonic gives tone and vigor from the first dose and offers satisfaction guaranteed at 60 cents per bottle. Thousands reportedly bless the remedy.
President John Craft of the Alabama Oyster Commission announced that a bill creating an assistant to the national shellfish commissioner passed the Senate and goes to the House. Craft, while in Washington, secured votes from several senators for the bill. The assistant will visit Alabama reefs and will benefit Mobile.
A roster of visitors and travelers stops in Mobile including A. R. Boerner of Port Washington and Miss Mary Page Randolph of Tallahassee. W. T. Anderson of Chicago and M. A. Cotmann with John C. Woodard of Norwalk also arrive, as do John Erwin of Selma en route to Washington for Wilson's inauguration. Others head to or through Mobile for related business and social engagements.
Burial of Mrs Malizee Ducournau held at St Joseph's Church with interment in Magnolia cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Death of James F Whittle reported in Mobile, with sons F W and W W Vincent traveling from New York. body to be sent East for interment. Whittle noted as 77 and known in G A R circles.
Federal Judge W S Grubb opened hearings on Louisville and Nashville Railroad petition to suspend a 212 cent passenger rate. The Alabama railroad commission defended its authority as the carrier’s lawyers and state officials appeared. Local residents and traveling agents were noted in Mobile Montgomery and St Louis segments.
Police say they hold a man named Will Dix in suspicion after arrest by Patrolman Lincoln early Friday morning. A gunny sack contained lead pipe pieces and a battered flush tank plus other bath and toilet materials. Dixon claimed he found the items in a wagon on Claiborne Street near Mount.
President Taft cancelled tomorrow engagements to hold hearings on the customs reorganizations plan during his morning hours. Many senators and House members oppose the plan and are expected to argue against it with Secretary MacVeagh and Assistant Secretary Curtiss presenting the administration position. A decision on approval is set for Monday.
Henry Peters alias Garner, said to be an escaped convict from South Carolina’s Barnwell penitentiary, was arrested in St Paul today.
A vintage advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a 60 cent product that darkens gray hair naturally and evenly. It claims to remove dandruff stop scalp itching and make hair appear darker shinier and younger after a night and morning treatment.
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