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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1916
Page
2
A wartime report from the Somme front describes French troops attacking German positions at Frise and Herbecourt. Soldiers recount advancing through trenches, bombing, and a counterattack that compelled German reinforcements to retreat after heavy bombardment and shell fire.
A patient suffering from severe scalp itching burning and hair loss reports relief after using Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap. After two large samples the condition cleared in six weeks restoring comfort and sleep.
I O O F and Mechanics Lodge No 69 convene in Whistler and Dauphin streets. Knights of Pythias Ramalah Temple 134 meets at Pythian Castle. Masons Howard Lodge 69 holds 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple. Various unions gather at Central Trades Council Hall and Government Street. Catholic Knights meet at Mrs Ruffin’s residence 404 Church Street.
A massive Mobile parade marked by a record turnout with a 350 foot United States flag carried by 100 Mobile Elks. Grand Marshal Richard V. Taylor led the procession past Government Street to Bienville Square as city, county, and federal officials joined veterans and school groups. The event featured women and children marching with bands performing stirring music while the crowd sang America at the end.
The long parade stretched over an hour and a half as countless organizations joined in. More than 125 people from Barker Cotton Mills led a diverse procession with Superintendent J A Rountree and staff. Estimate puts marchers around 15 000 as mobile ministers led by Very Rev Gardiner Tucker passed central streets.
B Luttrell Jr a prominent Knoxville business man was wounded in an uptown shooting. Rush Strong surrendered on felonious assault charges and posted bond for a July 5 preliminary hearing. Both families are prominent and the motive remains unknown.
At the parade end a six minister division formed with Very Rev. G. C. Tucker marshal and pastors from St. Mary's German Lutheran Trinity Episcopal Grace Episcopal Shaarai Shomayim Seamen's Bethel plus Rabbi Alfred G. Moses. The impressive display drew applause along the route.
The passage urges housewives on farms to use their own judgment for illness before calling a doctor and to consult experienced neighbors about Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It promotes sharing experiences among women to learn about the remedy.
FIELD HEADQUARTERS Mexico July 4. The Fourth of July was celebrated by General Pershing's army with a simple orderly salute. Thousands stood at attention facing the flag as bugles sounded to the colors. The salute was given in olive uniforms with a motionless line then springing to life the moment the last note ended. Field games, baseball, blank cartridges, and firecrackers were not used.
Mr. T. B. Snevely longtime figure at W. H. Kemp Motor Co in Mobile and active socially here will move to Birmingham to join Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
N A Latoff surrendered at the county jail to answer an indictment charging embezzlement and grand larceny. He posted bond for city court appearance after allegedly stealing a $161 draft and $140 in cash from Mary Hannah. He denies the charges.
Medical authorities warn that untreated colds can become chronic bronchial and pulmonary troubles and even fatal. Eckman's Alterative, containing calcium chloride, is claimed to ease symptoms without habit forming drugs and is sold by R. L. Braswell and druggists. Eckman Laboratory, Philadelphia.
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