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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1914
Page
3
Labor leaders and politicians plan a banquet in Washington to honor Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor on his sixty fourth birthday. Cabinet members senators and representatives will attend with messages from Texas and Galveston labor circles arriving to greet the labor chief.
A social session for Mo e Council No. 666 Knights of Columbus at their hall is set for Wednesday evening January 28 at 8 o'clock. The program features Lauretta with Miss A in violin and piano, George W. Tunall piano, vocal duets, and several solo performances by Miss Lily Walsh, Marie McCarron, Mrs W H Adebaugh, and John M. Potter, with Prof L R Kreutzer and Mr M Varnadoe providing physical power acts.
Dr A Kiernan of the United States department of agriculture will visit Mobile with Dr C A Carey to address the Chamber of Commerce and local business leaders on tick eradication progress. Carey’s message to Don Farnsworth confirms the upcoming program and state livestock sanitary board involvement.
Phil de C Bal of the St. Louis Oral League club will leave St. Louis for Tulsa to inspect spring training camps there. Texas sites are also under consideration. He says there is always a man of mystery to be found in the western and southern camps.
Physician’s advice for thin undeveloped men and women. Sargol Six strength-giving preparation advertised as a regenerator of fat, digestion, nerves, and blood nourishment. Claims to help gain at least ten pounds with month’s use, endorsed by physicians and prominent people.
A local race near the Earnest Station draws many friends and onlookers. Participants mingle in a neighborly event with community support and casual competition highlighted by prominent residents in attendance.
At a Mobile Chamber of Commerce gathering on Monday night the Ways and Means Committee pressed for an explanation from former president William H. Armbricht about omitting the committee in his annual report. The meeting debated amendments to by laws and business practices as members urged oversight and continued committee influence.
Boston news reports Rose Pitonoff the world title holder invites any man or woman to race. Henry Elionsky a 250 pound 19 year old from New London agrees to compete. The likely course is the Battery in New York to Ciney Island.
Advertises Hot Springs Liver Buttons to purify blood boost appetite and energy lessen headache nervousness sleeplessness and dizziness. Claims benefit for women and elderly and a clear complexion after a week. Price 25 cents with free sample from Hot Springs Chemical Co Hot Springs.
Haitian rebels repulsed a government landing at Saint Marc 44 miles northwest of Port au Prince and are marching on the capital. Government troops aboard Nord Alexis withdrew to the city, signaling the fall of the government.
In CAPE HAITIEN on January 27 the Haiti revolt is spreading through the north with the whole population rising in Port de Paix and Gonaives signaling a broad uprising.
London January 27 representatives of the Hamburg American Steamship line said the rate war with German lines is a fight to the finish with no quarter expected between Hamburg American and the North German Lloyd.
Yeggmen dynamited the Merchants and Planters Bank vaults in Humphrey Arkansas twenty miles south of Pine Bluff and escaped with 3300 dollars. Hotel guests at a nearby inn were ordered to remain in their rooms while the robbers toasted their loot.
The city commission debates budget with refusals to raise public salaries including police and health funds. Commissioner Pillans pushes economy, proposes a $500 increase for motorcycle upkeep, while two officers face dismissal for misconduct and drunkenness. The health department seeks $3,000 more, supported by a Dr Mohr letter, amid overall fiscal restraint.
An amendment to city code section 929 changes reckless driving law to remove a loophole by forbidding the word or as a technical escape clause. Commissioner Pillans introduced the redraft noting a collision becomes conclusive evidence of wrongdoing unless unavoidable or accidental, aligning the alternative to rockl driving with negligent driving.
Commissioner Schwarz introduced resolutions to raise the salary of the police chief, outlining the proposed pay increase and its justification in the city agenda.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a solution for thinning brittle hair and dandruff. It claims the product nourishes roots, stops itching, cleanses oil and dust, and makes hair feel and look abundant and lustrous. Sold in fifty cent bottles by Van Antwerp Drug Corp with a money back guarantee.
The ad promises relief from sour upset stomachs within five minutes after taking a fifty cent case of Pape's Diapepsin. It asserts digestion is aided, belching, gas, and heartburn vanish, and that the remedy prevents nauseous breath and indigestion for the entire family.
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