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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1913
Page
10
An etiquette style note claims the office or home offers greater comfort than a beach visit when an electric fan is present. It argues fans provide cheaper, steady cooling and imply staying indoors is preferable to seaside travel.
Selma Alabama July 7 The Selma district conference of the Methodist Episcopal church will convene at Church Street Methodist Church on July 14 at 8 o'clock after a change from Farnsdale. Elder O S Welch in a recent letter notified members of the alteration. Delegates from district churches are expected, with important questions to be discussed during the sessions.
Princeton's varsity eight defeated Harvard and Pennsylvania in the first major race of the year. R. S. Rauch captains the boat with Bunzel as bow Pyne No 2 Curtis No 3 Bushinsky No 4 Chester No 5 North No 6 Rauch No 7 Putnam stroke Congelton coxswain.
Calhoun County Commissioners approved a state aided highway extension from Piedmont toward Jacksonville. The state highway commission aid of 2000 dollars was matched and awarded to Godrich and Guin Hayer of Anniston. Work to start after Alexander Valley extension is finished with additional road projects in Choccolocco Valley and about twenty five miles of new model highways planned statewide.
Birmingham courts react to state board of health demand for monthly divorce filings and decrees. City Court records show 112 suits in three years, with six months of data suggesting high filing rates. Clerks fear extra workload as they must note parties’ race and prior marriages, amid racial stereotypes in reporting.
Three sectional meetings of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections were held in Seattle. Dr W H Slingerland of the Russell Sage Foundation spoke on the need for child welfare work in rural communities. W T Cross of Columbia Missouri, president of the Missouri State Board of Charities and Correction, delivered her address on Unity in Child Welfare.
A woman misplaces a ten dollar tailor’s check in a misaddressed envelope triggering a moral test. Her husband urges her to reimburse Sunlight Day Nursery for an over-credited amount while the mistaken finder’s cunning is noted. A drug ad closes the fragment.
The self propelling barge Nicholas A. Bernhard returned to Pensacola from Bagdad with 3 500 barrels of rosin loaded in six and a half hours setting a loading record. It arrived at 7 35 p m after a 3 10 trip from Bagdad and will transfer its cargo to the steamer Comus at New Orleans. The 880 ton vessel under Captain Saddler is part of the Alabama and New Orleans Transportation Company which plans freight service among Pensacola Mobile and New Orleans with possible calls at Biloxi and Gulfport.
SUFFRAGISTS IN THE DRUID CITY Tuscaloosa July 7 The Tuscaloosa Equal Suffrage Association was formed Saturday afternoon and thirty members were received by the organization The crowd at the Y M C A building was addressed by Mrs Solda Jacobs state president Mrs W L Murdoch and Miss Amelia Worthington of Birmingham The officers elected were President Mrs F D Losey vice president Miss Stella Harris treasurer Mrs John Graham The meeting was well attended and many men were present.
William H. Ransom faced arraignment on a warrant by Bessie Clay with judgment suspended to September 7. If he interferes with Clay before then, a $1000 bond to keep the peace is possible. Ashley Beatty’s embezzlement case was continued as disputes arose over delivery of a suit Ehrhardt claimed was not delivered. Harvey Jones, arrested Saturday, was fined $70 or 110 days in jail for drunkenness and disorderly conduct after a jailbreak and recapture. Johnnie Wright, previously fined, received an extra 30 days’ jail. Dan Taylor’s assault case from July 4 on One-Mile Creek continued to Wednesday. Taylor allegedly wounded John Wilson.
De Bee Ingersol a dairyman was fined 2.50 dollars or five days for loading his delivery wagon in a way that disturbed people along his route by loud noise.
Three men were mentioned as possible entrants to state offices in Alabama during the past week though none have announced. Len F. Greer was linked to the agriculture and industries commissioner post, Judge W H Thomas of Montgomery to associate justice of the supreme court, and Fitzhugh Lee to state treasurer.
A sudden cool front cut temperatures by 27 degrees Sunday afternoon in Mobile as a northeast squall struck. The event brought minor damage, rescued a party from a launch, and left streets sung with sand blown from across the river. Citizens sought shade and crowds filled Monroe Park and waterfront amusements.
Invigorating tonic claim aims at general strengthening and malaria relief. Marketed as suitable for adults and children, with a 50 cent price shown. Contains no medical disclaimers.
In Scottsboro Alabama on July 7 Mr and Mrs Will Moore of Larkins Landing showed their three babies born two months ago. The three newborns two girls and a boy attracted much attention during a local picture show exhibition. The Moores have seven children and have been married five years.
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