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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1913
Page
2
A December monthly report from the board of city commissioners notes early improvements in Mobile including street paving on Conception, Claiborne, Broad, Old Shell Road, and other streets. Water pipe work added 1,997 feet, with repairs and surface hardening using cinders gravel and available materials on several avenues and streets.
Chairman Harry Pillans notes the rivers and harbors bill includes Mobile harbor work. The report allows modifying Grant's Pass area with US rights surrender and compensation to current owners, aiming to deepen and widen the Mobile Bay to Mississippi Sound channel while keeping total cost unchanged.
Construction of storm sewers in various Va cane streets nears completion enabling curb laying and pavement prep. Sidewalk work on several blocks near completion while an interce pting drain project faces ownership hurdles. Water works plans advance with an engineer’s report and mains extensions on Dauphin Illinois and Tuttle streets. 49 meters installed this month and Mobile county poorhouse to receive water at city rates. Government street lighting talks hinge on maintenance costs before installation, with arc and tungsten lights ordered for multiple streets.
A patient reports improved appetite after taking a tablespoon of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey before meals as advised by a family physician. The tonic helped the patient feel better and regain energy, with the narrator noting a resurgence of vitality comparable to being fifty years younger.
An old advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur for restoring natural hair color improving growth and scalp health. It claims dandruff itching scalp relief and strong shiny hair after a few applications from local druggists like Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
A young white man forced entry to a Reed Avenue home after breaking a rear window. Officers arrived within minutes, found him in the house, and he claimed to have entered to return home. He was identified later and released, with police declining to name him.
The Church Home for Orphans committee of the Alabama Episcopal diocese met at St Pauls Church Selma to plan selling the Mobile site and purchasing a new brick orphanage costing about 50000 funded by Episcopal church members. St Pauls congregation was assessed 2700 with 1275 pledged by attendees.
H. Cole and "Kid" Duffy plan a 800 mile walk from Jacksonville to Washington for President Wilsons inauguration. They carry letters from state governors and city executives and seek credentials at city hall. They aim to reach the Panama Pacific Exposition en route and retire in 1920 to write a book.
C Mayer of the National Motion Picture Company of Chicago is in Mobile with operatives to arrange commercial and shipping viewings. He spoke at the Chamber of Commerce and Business League outlining plans and on Thursday interviewed local merchants about taking the pictures.
A 1918 Peruna advertisement extols Pe Runa Manaln and Lacupia as effective against stomach catarrh and biliousness. The piece claims many testimonials and urges readers to ask druggists for a free Peruna almanac, noting Columbus Ohio as the manufacturer and nationwide sale.
E F Johnson a well known figure in naval stores circles died at his Milton home on Wednesday funeral held in Milton today he frequented Mobile where he had many friends and had long operated in Santa Rosa county He is survived by his wife several children and many relatives in west Florida and south Alabama.
A. G. Melton of Arratt Sumter county Alabama died Thursday morning at 5 43 o clock in a local infirmary after a brief illness following an operation He was about 40 years old and a farmer Surviving him are his wife and several relatives in Sumter county
Mrs Sallie Harris of Atmore Alabama died Thursday morning at 10 o clock following an operation at the Mobile Infirmary. She was a native of Escambia County Alabama and survived by her husband and her parents Mr and Mrs E J Driscoll and other relatives. The Roche Burke Undertaking Company took charge and sent the body to Atmore for interment.
Mrs Theresa Capps aged 68 and a native of Mobile county died Wednesday night at her home in Chunchula Alabama after a long illness. She is survived by numerous relatives in Chunchula and nearby areas.
The Alabama Supreme Court in Montgomery affirms Southern Railway versus Toulmin Cleveland. Cleveland sued for damages claiming dirt removal from land owned by him. The railroad argued the dirt came from its right of way. A Mobile court verdict of one cent was set aside by Judge Safford Berney and appeals proceed to a new trial next spring.
William Storey James Sullivan and Edward Lanahan were arraigned in the inferior criminal court on Thursday on the charge of vagrancy and after hearing the evidence they were ordered to leave Mobile in eight hours.
City Attorney B B Boone states the owner bears responsibility for the old Pincus building at Dauphin and Royal, condemned as unfit. The city may barricade, then demolish by owner or at city expense after a set time, with a $50 daily penalty for noncompliance. United Cigar Stores holds a ten year lease potentially guiding remodeling.
County Engineer Charles Dew returned to Mobile from Trussville Alabama where his wife was ill. He will resume road work at once and plans to appear before the grand jury when summoned. County Solicitor N. Clarke will issue subpoenas for witnesses next week for the bribery investigation, as named witnesses live in Mobile.
Civil service exam for Mobile custom house firemen set for February 8 tests focus on physical ability and experience. salary 660 dollars annually. Oyster law case against oysterman Gussie Thompson was nol prossed on state motion after he paid fees. Elizabeth Street from Houston to Monterey to Catherine Street improved, with city crews handling part of the work to aid western residents, under Commissioner Harry Pillans.
City and tugboat Gladys reached settlement over a $60 wharfage claim. Owner and master F. H. Mumme appeared at city hall to adjust the matter after the city sued in federal court for use of municipal wharves at the foot of Dauphin Street.
The Wednesday afternoon lecture by Bible student James H. McConkey titled The Highway to Victory concluded an eight talk series. Attendance was very large and McConkey expressed pleasure with the turnout. Presented by the Women's Missionary Society of the Toulminville Methodist Church.
The article notes a fourth anniversary event at the home of Mrs M W Wright on Friday evening January 24 with a quilt sale a program and box lunches as features and a warm welcome for all. Dr Joseph Patt a local veterinarian has bought a new Ford to travel to country jobs while keeping a horse for city work and using the auto for long distance calls. H T Sinnott of the Nashville Bridge Company returns from Coden Alabama after inspecting area bridges for ten ton road roller compatibility reporting bridges are in good shape and can bear four rollers.
James Anderson arraigned in the inferior criminal court on murder charges for shooting Sandy Lee Thrower during a January hunting incident near Oak Grove Alabama. The defendant is jailed without bond awaiting February city grand jury action.
Mobile Council No 5 J C U A accepted an invitation to visit Whistler Council No 20 on Friday night. A special motor car and two cars will leave Bienville Square at 7 oclock. There will be a parade fireworks at Whistler followed by a program and refreshments.
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