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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1913
Page
10
The carnival executive selects the athletic event as the Mardi Gras race to be held soon. About fourteen runners from the M C A will participate in the two mile cross country course. A gymnastic exhibition is planned for January 31 at the local association, with the teams training hard.
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a natural-ingredient remedy that aids digestion by stimulating gastric glands. It claims the tablets safely digest foods when the stomach and intestines fail to, with tests showing strong activity and wide physician acceptance. Sold by druggists for 50 cents a box.
The editor previews Doubleday Page Co spring 1918 offerings. Notable fiction names include Stratton-Porter Tarkington Ward Glasgow Austin Williamson Tompkins Richmond Cooke Wilson and Leblanc. Nonfiction features Wilson Abbott Bigelow Strong Seton and Cherington on advertising education. Also announces Hughes music reference and Bouck White discussions with lectures upcoming in New York and Boston.
Doubleday Page & Co will publish Harry Leon Wilson’s Bunker Bean early this month as a serio comical novel. The house continues its January fiction tradition with a strong release. Wilson is known for collaborations with Booth Tarkington and for works like The Seeker The Spenders The Lions of the Lord.
The Camp-Fire Club of America awards a high commendation to Gene RatIon-Porter for Moths of the Limberlost, published by Doubleday Page & Co. The committee weighs literary execution authenticity and value to outdoors literature and fine printing. Members include Seton Hornaday and Wingate among others. Advertising as a Business Force announces a new book by Prof. Paul Terry Cherington published by Doubleday Page & Co.
Mernandez sails from Mobile on the steamship Karen bound for Havana as super-cargo. He faces release after Cuba paid $150 to U S authorities for his freedom. He had been convicted of bringing a woman to the state for immoral purposes under the white slave traffic act and narrowly avoided jail when the Cuban consul intervened.
Mr. T. C. DeLeon, author of Forsyth Remembrance Book, announces the second edition due to high demand after the first issue sold out. The Item notes Motion Picture News offers a page with reading for old and young readers.
Marriage licenses were issued Saturday afternoon to Anton Giles and Miss Fannie Fortner, James H. Evang and Miss Katie Lewis. B. J. Yeend filed his bond as a notary public appointed by Governor O Neal in probate court Saturday afternoon. William H. Armbrecht travels to Jackson for a conference with U S Attorney R C Lea regarding conversion cases set for Biloxi in February. A county school bond conference is postponed due to missing members, likely to be held later in the week. Willis D Spreckert, five, fell from a chair and broke his arm but is recovering. James Andrews case, charged with killing Sandy Lee Thrower near Oak Grove, Ala, continues to January 28 for lack of state witnesses.
Liquor license holders gathered Friday night at the Battle House to discuss aiding authorities in enforcing the Smith regulation bill. Chairman Joel W. Goldsby led the Mobile ext on the reported cooperation with law enforcement, with R. G. Richards presiding and S. H. Murty serving as secretary.
The statement outlines alleged political influence and favoritism in 1907 Alabama rate classifications under the One Hundred and Ten Commodities Act. It claims L. and N. faced lower class placement and lower or equal rates despite earnings per mile being less than rival lines, showing a pattern of favoritism toward lines like the Alabama Great Southern and Southern Railway, with several ministerial actions and court appeals cited.
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