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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1913

Page

2

Your Baby With Sound Health Starts With Care

This plea urges mothers to treat infant digestive issues quickly with Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin a mild laxative tonic praised for curing baby colic flatulency and various stomach and liver disorders It highlights its pleasant taste non irritant pepsin content and broad family use with a money back guarantee and free sample offer from W B Caldwell Monticello Illinois United States.

Dixie Dudley Magnolia Ark W. B. Caldwell Washington St Monticello Til

Well Known Drayman Drops Dead on Street

Homer Beavens a colored drayman aged 45 collapsed from heart disease Tuesday at 8 30 AM on the corner of St Louis and Water streets. Clarence Allen Undertaking Company prepared the body for burial. Funeral set for Wednesday. Deceased lived at Bazil and Kennedy streets. Coroner Hirshfield viewed the body and issued a certificate.

Drayman Homer Beavens St. Louis and Water Streets Clarence Allen Undertaking Company Bazil and Kennedy Streets Hirshfield

Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Support

An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable remedy to replace calomel. It claims the tonic relieves constipation and biliousness, with no after effects, and a money back guarantee if it fails.

Dodson

Estes Baker Chosen for Vice Presidency

Estes D. Baker, of the cotton commission firm Baker Lyons & Co., chosen for vice presidency as eight hundred votes were cast of seventeen hundred. William H. Armbrecht, former U S district attorney, will serve as executive officer of the Chamber of Commerce and Business League for the next twelve months after being elected Monday.

William H. Armbrecht United States Chamber of Commerce and Business League Estes D. Baker Cotton Commission Baker, Lyons & Co

Hubbard Ze Murray Steamship Co elects new officers

Ashbel Ifub Bard becomes second vice president and A C Tonsmeire of City Bank and Trust Co is named treasurer. Fifteen new directors include E J Buck and C A Cun, with secretary to be elected later. Induction of officers occurs tonight after reports to members.

Ashbel Ifubbard Hubbard-Zemurray Steamship Company A. C. Tonsmeire City Bank and Trust Company John T. Cochrane E. J. Buck C. A. Cun

ZEMO advertised as instant relief for skin itching

ZEMO claims to stop eczema itching and sores with a soothing liquid that sinks in quickly. It promises relief for sunburn prickly heat rash and irritated skin and sells 25 cent and 1 dollar bottles from RE W Rose Medicine Co and in Mobile at Van Antwerp drugstore.

RE. W. Rose Medicine Co St. Louis

Omnibus Driver Killed In Jackson Runaway Crash

A Negro omnibus driver died after the vehicle carrying passengers from the Jackson station to town plunged into a deep gully following a frightened horse. One horse was killed and the other severely injured. Investigators found no injuries on the driver’s body, suggesting fright may have caused his death.

Jackson Ala

Road bond account expenditures report 1912 Mobile County

Summary of cash disbursements from the Road Bond accounts for 1912 in Mobile County Alabama. Lists salaries, engineering costs, contractor payments, right of way purchases, gravel work, ferry expenses, convict camp costs, and miscellaneous items with a final balance and notes on unpaid checks.

Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners Charles Dew Mobile County Bank of Mobile Eb Eben Dog River

City Police Handle Steamer John Quill Incident and Court Notes

Chief Crenshaw receives thanks from Dr. R H Von Ezdorf for orderly handling of victims from the steamer John Quill incident. Recorder Edington considers harsher penalties for pistol touting after a busy Monday with Freeman Peterson fined 100 dollars and 30 days hard labor. Ganahi Lumber’s E C Ganahi is dismissed for lack of evidence in cruelty to animals case. Carrie Stevens, a regular in the police court, receives a severe sentence for unspecified charges.

Crenshaw R. H. von Ezdorf John Quill von Ezdorf United States Marine Hospital Edington Freeman Peterson Freeman E. C. Ganahi Ganahi Lumber Company Recorder’s Court Carrie Stevens Carrie

Carnival Season Jail Strain Ties To Local Fine Ed

Recorder Edington imposed a $10 fine or twenty days in jail with an extra fifty days hard labor. Carrie, upset by jail during carnival, calmed and was held for reference. The first fines under the new traffic ordinance were issued by the re-

Edington Carrie

Recorder Fines Roundup After Monday Court Session

E Moe Fayden Willie Priester H A Touart and John Westley each faced fines of 1 dollar or two days in jail. Henry Gans was bond $300 to answer grand larceny for stealing wearing apparel from Yeend Potter Company. Charles Grenade, repeatedly arrested for intoxication, received fines totaling 35 dollars or 70 days in jail. George Fluka, restaurant keeper, fined after board of health charged cleanliness violations at his establishment.

Henry Gans Yeend Potter Company Charles Grenade Grenade George Fluka Recorder’s Court Board of Health

Quill Still at Work at Wreck of Staples

Rescue efforts near the James T Staples wreck continued with the steamer Quill on site since Monday morning. Crews hoped to recover the bodies of Clerk C W McKee and Mate Henry Molton as searches proceed for victims amid debris.

Staples John Quill James T. Staples C. W. McKee Henry Molton

Trial Ends With Emotional Defense in Federal Court

Throughout the proceedings the woman denied the charge. Attorney Chark Tompkins spoke passionately for his client as her daughter wept. The appeal and eloquence of Tompkins drew praise, while District Attorney Sloan delivered a forceful arraignment in federal court.

Mary Wanda Toulmin Woma Chark Tompkins Tompkins Sloan

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