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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1913

Page

11

Sale of Glendale Park Lots 12 and 13 Block 17 Mobile County

Mobile Land Improvement Company proceeds with a public outcry sale of Lots 12 and 13 in Block 17 of Glendale Park Mobile County Alabama. The sale follows a December 16 1912 decree in Equity Court of Mobile and is set for March 3 1913 at 12 o clock noon in front of the Mobile County Courthouse.

Law and Equity Court of Mobile Equity Mobile County Mobile Glendale Park Alabama Equity Court of Mobile

Mobile Court Schedules Bid for Lot 10 in Block 16

On December 16, 1912, in the Law and Equity Court of Mobile sitting in Equity, the unsealed bidder's process notes Lot No. 10 in Block 16 of Carl Holzborn. The Ex-Officio Register’s Office records the proceeding dated January 28, 1913.

Mobile Land Improvement Company J. B. Harvey Law and Equity Court of Mobile Carl Holzborn Della Brown Davis Register’s Office

Clark appeals to Democrats to back supply measures

Speaker Clark has written to Democratic members urging regular attendance and support to push through key supply measures before adjournment in March. He warned that delaying them to an extra session would reflect poorly on the Democratic majority.

Associated Press Washington Clark House

Alabama Good Roads Plan Aims Big Membership Drive

The Alabama Good Roads Association executive committee in Birmingham on January 27 laid plans to recruit ten thousand new members in 1913. They honored 100 life members and urged Governor O Neal to proclaim Good Roads Days August 14 15 16. They asked probate judges to designate the days and solicit public support, and urged memorializing Congress to build five thousand miles of highways in every state. A Washington trip to attend the federal aid convention March 8 9 10 was planned with another meeting set for February 12.

Birmingham Ala Alabama Good Roads Association J. A. Rountree Alabama O'Neal Congress Delga‘an Washington

Bankkeeper in Edmonton Foils Robbery Attempt

Clare West, a bookkeeper at the Bank of Nova Scotia in Edmonton, freed himself from a rope, drew his revolver, and shot at two masked robbers as they rifled the safe. West was wounded in the arm by a shot fired during the escape, and the robbers fled the scene.

Associated Press Edmonton Alberta Clare West Bank of Nova Scotia West

Nevada Names Democrat Pittman U S Senator

Carson City reports Key Pittman chosen by the legislature as United States senator. Though a Democrat, his election was assured by the primary vote. George State, a Socialist, received one vote in each house. Women Lose Out in Minnesota Senate vote on constitutional suffrage.

Nevada Associated Press Carson City Nev Key Pittman United States Pittman George State ST. Paul Minn Minnesota State Senate

Magnificent Illumination for Inaugural Parade

Washington plans a dazzling display for March 4 as 10 000 incandescent lamps illuminate Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the Treasury. Powerful searchlights to sweep the route with three parallel lines of blazing pendants. Decorations urged to use white and green the city’s civic colors.

Associated Press Washinton Pennsylvania Avenue Capitol Treasury District of Columbia Washington

No Alabama Meningitis Epidemic Says Health Officer

State Health Officer W. H. Sanders reports only fifteen scattered meningitis cases in Alabama as of January 29. He states the illness is not an epidemic and does not indicate a widespread threat, noting cases are in only a few widely separated localities.

Montgomery Ala Alabama W. H. Sanders Sanders

Large profits in book sales pull court action in Chicago

Ira T. Taton files suit against James Plunkett Herbert C. Tomlinson and W Y C Humes seeking injunction to halt disposition of property until partnership accounts are settled. He cites $100 000 in net gains from 1909 to 1911 and a $60 000 sale of de luxe Dickens editions plus a $60 000 sale of art objects to RE Clark with alleged 75 percent profit.

Chicago Tomlinson- Humes Co Ira T. Taton James Plunkett Herbert C. Tomlinson W. Y. C. Humes Plunkett and Humes New York Tomlinson Company Eaton

Military officer resigns. election urged to fill vacancy

First Lieutenant C. L. O'Neal of Company H Second Infantry, Andalusia, sent his resignation to the Adjutant-General. Colonel C. R. Ricken requests calling an election to fill the vacancy.

Montgomery Ala C. L. O'Neal Company H Second Infantry Andalusia Gently C. R.ricken

Citizen Sacrifices Vote by Refusing Poll Tax Payment

A citizen forfeits the right to vote by declining to pay the poll tax, choosing political principle over immediate civic obligation. The act highlights tensions between taxation and suffrage in the era.

New Corporations Filed at the Capital

The Alabama State Colored Fair Association of Birmingham filed articles of incorporation in Montgomery as a benevolent organization with J. W. Goodgame and others listed as interested. In Mobile the Sanitary Collapsible Bed Company incorporated with 4000 dollars capital to make collapsible cots and beds, with Charles L. Foster among incorporators. The Jefferson Iron Ore Company of Birmingham also incorporated to mine, capital three thousand dollars with one thousand subscribed, Thomas Dozier and others involved.

Montgomery Ala Alabama State Colored Fair Association of Birmingham J. W. Goodgame Mobile Sanitary Charles L. Foster Jefferson Iron Ore Company Birmingham Thomas Dozier

Stummatone Tonic Praised By Neurologist At Sutton Bros

Neurologists stationed at Sutton Bros Drug Company tout Stummatone as a quick remedy for neurosis and auto intoxication linked to indigestion. They claim it transforms dyspeptic sufferers and offer full refunds if the tonic fails to deliver promised relief. Available at Sutton Bros Pharmacy Mobile near the post office.

Stummatone Sutton Bros. Drug Company Mobile Sutton Bros Corner Royal and St. Francis Sts

Pay Your Poll Tax and Be a Citizen

A terse notice urges residents to pay poll taxes to gain or maintain citizenship status. The item provides no dates or organization names, focusing on the civic obligation.

Rheuma 50 Cent Cure Promises Fast Relief

In a 1912 testimonial from C. B. Lanham of Sattes West Virginia the Rheuma remedy priced at 50 cents is touted as a quick cure for rheumatism sciatica and gout. The ad claims rapid relief for sore muscles and swollen joints and offers a money back guarantee at Van Antwerp’s Drug Corporation. Lanham endorses Rheuma as the permanent solution after trying many medicines.

van Antwerp C. B. Lanham Sattes W. Va

Dangerous Kidney Disease Symptoms and Stuart's Buchu Offer

The ad describes kidney disease symptoms including frequent urination thirst and loss of appetite. It touts Stuart's Buchu and Juniper Compound as a cure claiming quick results and diabetes relief with price details from Van Drug Corp. Call or write for purchase by express.

van Antwery Drug Corp Stuart Steart van Drug Corp Express

Signature Line Finds Laxative Brom o Quinine

A note cites the removal of the cause involving the product titled LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine and directs to seek the signature of BL W. Grove on the matter. The fragment mentions the term 2c and highlights a singular BROMO QUININE reference.

BL W. Grove

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