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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1915
Page
2
A jury found Percy Tudwell guilty of murder in the August 31 killing of Mrs. Kennedy. Diamonds and jewelry valued over $1,000 were taken. Tudwell faced life imprisonment. five Tugwell family members collapsed after the verdict and were hospitalized. He had married four days after the crime citing funds for a honeymoon.
The battleship Nebraska led engineering commissions among ship class vessels for the six months ending January 1 with a score of 78.941. West Virginia ranked lowest with 25.663.
An advertisement promotes Anti-kamnia Tablets as a convenient remedy for headaches neuralgia and certain headaches in women. It advises regular bowel care for sufferers and recommends carrying A K Tablets for immediate relief with dosing of one tablet every one to three hours.
Miss Lenoir aged about 23 ended her life with carbolic acid after a family dispute over a suitor. Her body was found at the family grave mound near Lenoir, near Magnolia, following a sequence of alerts from friends in Brookhaven and Magnolia.
Cr C Green president of the North Mobile Development Company has been missing for ten days. Family members have given up hope after a systematic search across Southern cities failed to find a clue. Telegrams from Mobile on Thursday night confirmed the deteriorating outlook.
A new Circle Tour initiative from St. Louis to Mobile offers onward steamship travel to Tampa Key West and New York with various side trips from Mobile and Florida ports. The folded folder outlines itineraries privileges and points of interest including Bayou La Batre Caden Citronelle and coastal Misare towns.
An advertisement claims Dr Swan's Liver and Kidney Remedy defeats dyspepsia biliousness and kidney trouble when taken with a regular diet. It promises renewed vitality by stimulating liver kidneys and digestion and advertises a 50 cent bottle from National Remedy Co New York.
An oil product from Japan claims widespread use for pains and aches, with over a million users. The advertorial tone notes its popularity and benefits without medical claims.
A Kiev dispatch reports Fleeing Carpathians residents abandon homes, live in snow pits, many perish from exposure and starvation. Wolves hunt the starving refugees amid the retreating Austrians in Bukowina.
Marie Whiting of 562 St Louis Street swallowed chloroform in a distressed act. Dr A Peterson treated her with a stomach pump and saved her life. Police were notified of the attempted self harm.
Announcement on Thursday night states William McLeod, a young attorney connected with Stevens McCorvey, was made a member of the firm succeeding the gentleman who has returned to Indiana. McLeod, a University of Alabama graduate, once worked in the newspaper business and has many friends in the city.
A Crichton Alabama man with two months of rheumatism reports relief after using Quaker Herb Extract and Oil of Balm and returns to work. A second patient in EH Catherine street near Spring Avenue says indigestion and constipation cleared after two weeks, calling it a new man. A Whistler child with restless sleep and worms improved after Quaker Herb Extract, with continued benefits three weeks later.
In Chicago on January 22, Federal League and organized baseball lawyers argued amid the threat that Judge Landis may dismiss the case for lack of federal jurisdiction. Federal League counsel planned to cite authorities to show a U S tribunal is proper, while organized baseball contends labor cannot be treated as a commodity of commerce under Sherman antitrust law. Judge Landis expressed shock at labeling baseball labor and hinted at potential transfer to federal courts if the case is thrown out.
Richard H. Inge executor of Reuben A. McBroom's estate sold the Boston Shoe Shop to Pake & Metager for 6250 after bids opened in Attorney Francia J. Inge's office. Other bidders were present and C. H. and Harry T. plan to start a similar business soon.
An American police officer Wiltare Ota, described as a former peer, was arrested near Conti Street early after resisting officers Ben Dunn and Guy Jarvis. The incident outside a Royal Street pool room caused a broken window and cut to Officer Dunn, who was aided by Special Officer Jarvis during the scuffle.
Charles Schimpf promotes fresh opened plant oysters at 3-5-7 North Royal. Dozen loaves 26 cents, half dozen 16 cents, toasted and raw options available. Plant oysters 20 cents per dozen, half dozen 10 cents.
San Francisco veterans rush to enlist on the battleship Oregon now anchored off the bay. Peter S. Tully of Vallejo was first to sign, nicknamed Slice-Bar for years in the stokers’ circle. Tom Powers, former chief carpenter on 1398, transferred from the St. Louis to the Oregon as another early volunteer. many more are expected before February 1 sailing.
Only five members of the joint rivers and harbor committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Cotton Exchange were present when the proposed law for regulating river improvements along Mobile shore line was discussed and deferred at 4:30 Thursday afternoon. Property owners would pay a third of the dredging costs with the city and county covering the remainder.
At a Tuesday meeting held January 26 the lack of a quorum did not deter property owners and river front representatives from debating a lengthy proposed bill. Gulf Dry Docks James McPhillips Ollinger Bruce Dry Docks Henderson Iron Works and others argued the city and county should each pay one third of dredging costs to a 30 foot depth while owners cover the remaining third.
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