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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1916

Page

3

Coast Line Open to Attack Says Wood

Major General Leonard Wood told the senate military committee the U S coast line is open to attack by a well organized foreign army without strong defenses. He urged universal military service and warned preparedness is essential to deter war and protect the nation.

Washington United States Leonard Wood Senate Military Committee Gallipoli Wood George Washington Canada France Mexico Chamberlain Germany

Beauty Tip for Natural Waves with Liquid Silmerine

A reader advertisement explains using a small amount of liquid silmerine at night with a clean brush to draw along the hair from root to tip. Hair dries into natural looking waves and curls, avoiding the dull look from heated irons. The product is claimed harmless, non greasy, and inexpensive if purchased from a druggist.

Spanish Trail Meeting On At Gulfport Tonight

Gulfport is set for a mass meeting where James A. Emmett of the Old Spanish Trail Association will speak on the trail. Mayor Foote and road advocates handle arrangements as Biloxi figures into good roads efforts. Grayson named a director in the US Good Road Association to push state improvements. About fifty Back Bay farmers plan to view the Southeastern Kansas Boosters' display next Wednesday. Beauvoir’s Jefferson Davis Confederate Home, housing about 240 inmates, faces a la grippe epidemic. Capt. J K Mosby is ill and the facility operates as a hospital.

Biloxi Miss James A. Emmett Old Spanish Trail Association Gulfport Foote Emmett Grayson George W. Grayson

Courts Convene on Wednesday With Plea Filings and Judgments

Circuit Court under Judge Browne grants motion for leave to file additional pleas in DeForest Sheet and Tin Plate Company versus N E Turpentine Cup Company. Law and Equity Court under Judge Berney records consent judgment for Moore Haggerty Lumber Company against Republic Cresting Company for 650 dollars. Call for Tuesday lists Bill Penn versus L E Campbell Lumber Company J C O Gwynn versus James A Lewis National City Bank versus Motor Machine Company.

Circuit Court Samuel B. Browne DeForest Sheet and Tin Plate Company N. E. Turpentine Cup Company Law and Equity Court Hon. Safford_ Berney Moore-Haggerty Lumber Company Republic Cresting Company Bill Penn L. E. Campbell Lumber Company J. C. O’gwynn James A. Lewis National City Bank Motor Machine Company

Confessions Of A Wife Contemplates Love And Kiss Rules

In a domestic scene Dick returns from a deal with a smug air while Margie recalls Eliene and Harry’s political ties. She declares she will kiss who she chooses, redefining love as a choice free from moral scruples, as their conversation ends in tension and unresolved questions.

Margie

Detectives arrest Harry J Hamilton in chicle theft case

Detectives arrestHarry J Hamilton for the theft of 40 pounds of babbkit metal from Hallet Manufacturing Companys warehouse on Water street. Hamilton admits taking the metal claiming the warehouse was open and no one wanted it. Warehouse owners claim burglary.

Harry J. Hamilton Hallet Manufacturing Company Water Street Hamilton

Doan's Kidney Pills Promote Recovery Says Mobile Proprietor

W. L. Cooksey of 472 Dauphin St Mobile reports years of back pain and disordered kidneys improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills purchased at Ortmann's Pharmacy. He credits six boxes with ending the trouble and says he has been free of kidney signs since. Price 50 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.

W. L. Cooksey Prop Dauphin St Mobile Dean Ortmann's Doan

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