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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1914
Page
5
City officials in Superior plan a protest against Senator Teasdale over remarks at a vice hearing. City Attorney H. V. Gard accuses Teasdale of prejudice and fanaticism, says he aims to recall Mayor Konkel, and vows to hold him accountable for actions seen as anti city bias.
In Sheboygan on January 24 chairman Howard Teasdale rebutted a claim of signing a pledge for Superior and asserted his remarks about riot and prostitution being worst in Wisconsin. He alleged twenty one disorderly houses and a monthly revenue of 1113 for the city with no official record supporting the figures. He denied ties to political opponents and stated he has no interests in Superior.
The text touts a sea captain who cured a long standing rupture without surgery using a simple method. It claims his remedy is within reach of all sufferers and offers a free big book detailing how he achieved the cure.
The report states Carl says his confession was forced during questioning. Authorities maintain the third degree claim is under review as investigators scrutinize interrogation tactics and timing.
Paul Carl now says his prior confession accusing him of shooting Monroe Elliss near a Bask ing Ridge home two years ago was compelled under pressure from Pinkerton operatives. Elliss doubtingly cites Carl in New York at the time, while questioning why the case is revived and implicates Carl's aunt Mrs Holly, a trusted Ellis employee.
The New Brunswick Fire Insurance Company of Metuchen New Jersey voted to make every employee earning 500 dollars a year or more a stockholder. A ten percent stock bonus will be given, while employees earning less than 500 dollars will receive a five percent cash bonus. President George A Viehmann credited loyal office staff for strong company growth from 90000 to over 31000000 in assets.
Get a corn relief product named GETS-IT touted as fast acting and effective. The ad claims pain ends in seconds and corn shrivels away without bands or cotton rings, appealing to readers seeking a corn cure.
New York January 24 A British miniature painter Alyn Williams claims steam heated homes ruin American women complexions. Dr Eugenia Hancock counters steam heat increases moisture and mostly harms only smoking autos and massage parlors. Massage is criticized for accelerating wrinkles and breaking facial tissue.
Indiana University in Bloomington has completed its 1914 football schedule adding games with two Ohio universities. Indiana will play Ohio State and Miami University in Bloomington marking the first meeting with Miami.
Chicago readers learn of Dr. P. Turesdale of Fall River proposing a ledger system to prevent lost gauze sponges after abdominal operations. Sponges would be numbered with metal tags and tracked on a table, with nurses counting and locking the patient during inspection to avert sponge retention and related costs.
Mrs Beatrice G Blair files suit in New York Supreme Court seeking alimony and separation from David H Blair of Blair Bros the firm that failed about a year ago for over 1 million dollars She alleges he proposed a blackmail plot involving a wealthy banker to trap her in a compromising situation during a visit to the banker's home.
In a concise remark about local life a town man is praised for skill in farming at home. The line suggests practical knowledge and frugal, productive habits shaping a rural persona.
Jose Posey a 16 year old in Muskogee Oklahoma was charged with bicycle theft. The bicycle owner testified he bought the wheel piecemeal totaling $19.99 making the value under $20 and a penny change shifts the charge from grand larceny to petit larceny with a lenient sentence possibility.
An advertisement promises a new method that cures asthma at the sender’s expense. It urges those with long or recent cases to request a free trial by mail without any payment and claims to relieve wheezing and paroxysms promptly, targeting hopeless cases after other remedies fail.
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