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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1913

Page

3

Cardui touted as reliable women’s tonic in local letter

A Tex town letter from Mrs Delaney recalls Cardui aiding her health since adolescence and after marriage. The endorsement claims Cardui strengthens delicate womanly organs and has aided many women for over fifty years. Readers are urged to consult Chattanooga Medical Co for case specifics and a free 64 page home treatment guide.

Pollock Tex Cardus N. B Chattanooga Med Co Ttanooga Tenn

Volunteers Offer Skin Grafts to Save Burned Girl

In Kansas City on January 18, about a thousand Boy Scouts and other volunteers pledged to donate skin to save a ten year old girl burned when a fire destroyed her home at Arnett Oklahoma. The child and her parents survived, doctors say the girl’s life can be saved only by skin grafting, and the operation is planned soon.

Kansas City Boy Scouts Arnett Okla

Slay­er Hanged After Killing Girl Near Pecan Gap

Aris Texas January 18 Henry Mou ton a negro shot and killed the five year old daughter of D Mer near Pecan Gap. He was hanged from a telephone post public square after deputies released him from execution. Mou ton reportedly confessed to firing at the girl's brother before striking the child. The boy was unharmed.

Aris Tex Henry Mouton D. Mer Pecan Gap Ouzon

Cambridge Professor Reveals New Gas Discovery

Sir Joseph John Thomson, Cavendish professor at Cambridge, announced during a royal visit that he has discovered a new gas labeled W gas. He stated it has hydrogen like properties, but with an ozone to oxygen relationship, suggesting a novel element or compound with potential scientific impact.

ONDON Joseph Johnon Cavendish Cambridge Uni Ty Royal Visu

Honolulu man kills wife in schoolhouse crime

Manuel Fernandez entered a country school near here yesterday and killed his wife with a shotgun. He shot the teacher and another person, who is described as dangerously wounded. Fernandez then killed himself. Jealousy is cited as the motive.

Nolulu Manuel Fernadez M-Near Fernandez En

Marriage Rules in Russian Post and Telegraph Service

New York dispatches report strict Russian rules that clerks must marry within postal or telegraphic staff under dismissal and pension loss penalties. The Woman's Rights League cites cases of dismissal and forced divorce, with officials like M. Semenovich enforcing celibacy pledges for female civil servants.

New York Odeasa Russia Department’ of Posts and Telegraphs Woman's Rights League State Telephones M. Semenovich

Irish Home Rule Bill Congratulated by Congress

A congressional resolution congratulating the British house of commons and the Irish people on passage of the home rule bill was introduced by Arkansas' Goodwin. It praised Ireland's struggles for freedom and directed copies to Premier Asquith, Redmond, and Birrell. A cable from Donahue of Pennsylvania also congratulated Redmond and Ireland’s friends in Congress.

Washington House of Commons House’ of Commons Seen’. Goodwin Arkansas Ireland Secretary of State Asquith John E. Redmond Augustine Birrell Donahue Pennsylvania American Congress

Taggart Seeks 30 Days Leave for Civil War Veterans

Representative Taggart of Kansas introduced a joint resolution offering thirty days of paid leave to all federal employees who served in the Federal or Confederate army during the Civil War, excluding naval or military personnel, for the Gettysburg fifty year celebration starting June 13, 1913.

Washington Taggart Kansas United States

Stefansson Secures Funding for Arctic Continent Quest

Grand Forks, N D January 18 V Stefansson the blonde Eskimo discoverer announced he has secured fifty thousand dollars to cover spring expedition costs for an undiscovered continent in the north. The National Geographical Society will provide twenty two thousand five hundred dollars and the American Museum of Natural History another twenty two thousand five hundred dollars. Personal friends add five thousand dollars.

Grand Forks N. D V. Stefansson Alaska Stefansson National Geographical Society American Museumof Natural History of New York

Patten Must Stand Trial In Cotton Trust Case

Wall Street ponders defense for James A. Patten known as the Cotton King and seven fellow cotton magnates ordered by the supreme court to face trial in the Southern District of New York. Indictment accuses them of violating the Sherman act by cornering the 1909 cotton crop to push prices higher. The court’s ruling confirms the charges and sets trial for June 17, 1910.

James A. Patten New York Wall ‘Street King Supreme Court Grand ‘Jury New ‘York

Rockefeller endowment to fund global hookworm eradication

Jerom D. Greene of New York asserts that a $100 million Rockefeller foundation charter would inaugurate a worldwide campaign to eradicate hookworm. He notes the plan seeks a global effort under congressional control, with hygiene and sanitation education to prevent reinfection and safeguard nations.

Washington Rockefeller Foundation Congress Jerom D. Greene New York John D. Rockefeller House Rockefeller Greene Foundation Board Mr. Greene Sanitary Commission

Home for druggists Chicago Jan 18 item

A druggists naDelayed portion of a Chicago roundup reports on a home plan for pharmacists citywide. The brief notes a central program aimed at aiding druggists with training and resources. Further details are not provided in the available fragment.

Sulzer Pardons Folke Brandt in Burglary Case

Albany January 8 Governor Sulzer pardoned Folke E B Brandt for a burglary sentence of thirty years on grounds the punishment was excessive. Attorney General Carmody called the pardon a matter of justice and urged Brandt to confess false statements once more before release. Nelson and Swedish societies supported clemency while Brandt promised to lead an honest life and proceed to Minnesota to begin anew.

Albany N. Y Sulzer Folke EB. Brandt Mortimer L. Schiff New York Brandt Carmody United States Knute Nelson Minnesota Schiff Nelson Washington Neilson

Brandt Arrives in New York After Pardons Victory

Brandt arrives in New York with Senator Nelson and Swedish delegation members after a pardon campaign. He is escorted by Victor L. Watson and others to a home where he will spend the night. Crowds cheer when his identity is known and he poses for photographers before leaving in a taxicab. Brandt makes no statement beyond happiness.

New York Brandt Nelson Victor L. Watson Forty-second Street Watson

Rural guard revolt joins Mexican mob against Tlaxcala governor

Mexico City January 18 three hundred rurales revolted yesterday and joined the mob opposing the seating of Augustin Sanchez the newly appointed governor of Tlaxcala. An equal number of cavalry were ordered from the capital to Tlaxcala.

Mexico City Augustin Sanchez Tlaxcala

Doan's Kidney Pills Praise from Mobile Reader Testimony

A Mobile resident reaffirms Doan's Kidney Pills relief for backache and kidney issues. Mrs. George W. McCary recounts a family member’s long illness and the pills’ help after purchase at Van Antwerp's Drug Store.

Dean Mobile Doan George W. McCary Espejo St Ala Vantwerp

Missing five thousand dollars mystery baffles Jacksonville detectives

Jacksonville detectives probe the disappearance of a five thousand dollar package sent from a Madison bank to a local institution. The shipment originally held six thousand dollars. one thousand arrived and the remaining five thousand is unaccounted for amid unclear theories from express officials. Prominent jockey Grover C. Fuller seeks clemency after a Broad way cafe watch theft and pledges reform.

Jacksonville Fla Express Madison New York Grover C. Fuller Chicago Fuller James R. Keene

Woman Suffering 14 Years Finds Relief in Pinkham Remedy

Elkhart Indiana resident Mrs Sapte Williams reports relief after four months using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for organic inflammation and female weakness. She credits temporary relief from six doctors and invites others to publish her letter for benefit. The ad touts the product as made from native roots and herbs with no narcotics and offers confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts.

Elkhart Ind Lydia E. Pinkham Sapte Williams James Street Indiana Pinkham Lynn Mass Lydia E.pinkham

Five Future crew saved from sea off Southeast coast

The British steamer Asuncion de Larrinaga reported five members of the American schooner Future's crew aboard after Future wrecked along the U S southeast coast in early January. The Future had sailed from Tampa to Washington via Southeast Boston.

Future London Galveston Manchester Browhead Boston Washington Tampa U States

Col F G Hudson Dies Former Louisiana Attorney General

Col F G Hudson former attorney general of Louisiana died in Hot Springs Ark yesterday His body will be taken to Monroe Louisiana for interment at a later date or in Monroe as indicated by the report

F. G. Hudson Hot Springs Ark Louisiana Monroe

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