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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1914
Page
2
Joseph Saks a Birmingham merchant notes Hobson cannot disrupt Underwood support in north Alabama. Saks believes Underwood’s record and integrity bolster his lead, while Hobson’s attacks may backfire. He also predicts a strong business year for Birmingham merchants with improved industrial activity and the Fairfield wire mill reopening this month employing 6,000.
Leopold DuPont, a trucker from Old Shell Road near Foote's Lane, found a horned bug in Bay St. Louis last June. The greenish yellow beetle-like insect has two horns on its forehead that meet and resemble an oak bug, puzzling the reader who sent it to The Item.
While skating on the south side of St Francis street near Jackson, William Kuppersmith fell and broke his right arm just above the wrist. He was taken to Dr. W. T. Henderson’s office where the limb was placed in splints.
Pinkerton agents and Mississippi Alabama police report LeRoy S. Ricker placed under arrest in Mobile after investigation tied to a Boston grand jury indictment naming George E. Stone alias John P. Bagley. Stone previously escaped Mobile jail but was recaptured. Ricker’s fate to be decided.
Moses Baumblatt a Mobile native died in San Antonio Texas after a third paralytic stroke He was born July 30 1859 and left Mobile at seventeen He served as vice president of the San Antonio Baseball Association and Texas league He is survived by his wife Rosa Baumblatt three sisters and five cousins Interment will be in San Antonio Texas.
The local Y M C A bicycle squad returned after a visit to Pensacola. They left Monday and enjoyed the tour with Pensacola Y M C A members guiding them and showing the sights.
Tom Irving, a young white boy linked to a December 25 robbery of Henry Hawes Candy Co on 659 Dauphin Street, escaped from Judge FE Delchamps aboard a Mobile bound train Friday morning. He was rearrested late Friday afternoon in Oakdale. police continue to search and pursue two other youths connected to the theft.
Chief Field Deputy Sheriff Dennis Lynch brought back Corbett B. Singletary to Mobile at 4:12 PM after recapturing the convict who escaped from hard labor near Oak Grove. Singletary, wanted for escaping and for forging a check on Peoples Shoe Co in Pulaski Tenn, was captured by Giles County Sheriff last Saturday. Lynch paid a $50 reward authorized by the Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners.
Advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a universal cough and cold remedy. D P Lawson of Eidson Tennessee testifies it is unbeatable and easy to sell with no guarantee. Endorses quick relief for obstinate coughs and cautions keeping a bottle at home. Prices 60 cents and one dollar. Available from H B Bucklen & Co. in Philadelphia or St Louis.
A marsh fire along the Mobile river shore and Polecat Bay lit the night sky Thursday drawing many onlookers from miles away. No homes were harmed though the blaze burned all day and night. Fires there are usually started by discarded cigarettes or matches from hunters, with a fatal incident once reported when a Black man died.
Mrs Sarah Hartley aged 99 died Friday at her home 262 South Jackson Mobile She was born in Virginia and had lived in Mobile seventeen months previously in Theodore for a year Part of her life was spent in Columbus Ohio She is survived by one son Hiram M Campbell Mobile six grandchildren and other relatives
S. M. Sells told the sheriff that his yard at No 11 North Owens Lane was entered late Tuesday night or Wednesday morning and five chickens were taken. The birds include three brown hens, one black hen, and one young White Orpington rooster. Deputies are investigating.
An advertisement claims Sargol tablets can convert meals into lasting body fat. It asserts thin people gain 5 to 25 pounds monthly, with new flesh staying put, and cites a six element formula sold by Van Antwerp Drug Company with a guarantee of weight increase or money back.
Norwegian steamer Fort Gaines delivers 13 500 bananas for United Fruit Company and next sails to Colon. Alba m a-New Orleans Transportation Co barge carries fertilizer for Limón. Several ships arrive from Grand Cayman Progreso and Havana with sisal lignum vitae and general cargo. quarantine arrivals await clearance and shipments to West Indian ports.
Edmund, an Oak Grove man charged with wrecking a Mobile and Ohio passenger train near Mauvilla on Tuesday night, had his case set for trial on Wednesday January 7. He denies sole guilt while railroad detectives promise a strong case.
An old advertisement touts Cas Carets as a fast remedy for bilious liver headaches and digestive distress. It claims quick relief from constipation indigestion and dizziness and promotes a 10 cent box as a path to health and clear headedness.
Preparations are complete for a Sunday School Institute at the First Methodist church in Anniston under the Calhoun County Sunday School Association. The program runs Sunday afternoon to Tuesday evening with speakers Dr H H Hamill Mrs S P Moore Burr Blackburn James E Ramsey L C Palmer and Miss Myra Batchelder. Local and county Sunday schools are expected to participate.
Thursday afternoon at 3 o clock the funeral of David T. Johnson took place from Dixon and McKay undertaking parlors. Mobile Lodge No. 40 A F and A M conducted the service at Magnolia cemetery with pallbearers Arthur C. Wilson John Armistead J H Thompson BE Cunningham R W Elliott and E R Glasscock serving.
An old advertisement extols Dr King’s New Life Pills as a gentler natural remedy for bowel troubles. It claims they act on the stomach and liver without harsh salts or castor oil, offering an easier laxative option.
City Attorney B B Boone told Mayor Pat Lyons that a Sunday theatre performance violates City Code Section 69. He warned Creatore's band that any concert next Sunday would be stopped. The Lyric venue has the band booked for Sunday and Monday.
Andrew Barnes and Henry Shultz were served with warrants charging them with violating the state oyster law by not having taken out a license to conduct the business of a retailer. They posted bond for appearance in the inferior criminal court on January 7.
Laxative Brom Quin ine advertised as the single remedy for a cold in one day and grip in two days. Signature of W. Grove. Price 25 cents. Adv.
The usual Saturday afternoon Children story hour will be held in the Y M C A at 4 o'clock. Miss Maude Kimball will be in charge with Miss Mary Crane assisting.
Lillian Russell and her vaudeville company did not perform a matinee at the Lyric Theatre on Friday afternoon due to the house orchestra's conflicting engagement from a misunderstanding. The regular night show will begin at 8 15. The company arrived in Mobile from New Orleans by special train at noon.
Rev Thomas Dixon noted as a friend of President Woodrow Wilson. The two male youths met at Johns Hopkins University Baltimore where they studied law and politics. Dixon dedicates The Southerner to Wilson citing shared Southern leadership and admiration.
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