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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1913
Page
7
International News Service reports in Okeene Oklahoma five years of bachelors living together in a leased house as the “den” with strict rules against women. Over time several married, others left, and last week Louis Hey married prompting the two remaining bachelors to abandon the home and vows.
A lone robber entered the First State Bank of Milwaukee near Portland Oregon, forced cashier A L Bolstead to hand over gold, then fled. He named Virgil Perrine from St Louis, aged twenty, and hid submerged to his neck in an enclosed spring for two hours before being captured by a sheriff. The stolen gold was found on him.
Washington police arrest Jerry Simmons, former tailor owner, after he tries to conceal his identity with a heavy overcoat in heat. He was found in a field near town and overpowered when he drew a revolver to resist capture. A girl from a respectable family was abducted, with no leads on her whereabouts. Simmons’ return was said to be prompted by longing to see a girl he loved.
Inwood, New York, relic hunters uncovered corkscrews and regimental buttons from the Seventy first and Seventeenth Regiments in a 1777 1778 era pit near former British huts. Historians Reginald Pelham Bolton and others noted the find suggests live wine and morale among British troops before Stony Point, with satire on fate and peace.
New York July 12. The acting profession faces a busy season as actors converge on New York from across the country to seek engagements with managers. Many veterans are broke and depend on rivals to share meals, while hopefuls vacillate between theater attempts and moving picture work, seen as a blessing to thousands.
Rochester Indiana July 12 The latest craze since the tango ban is at Lake Manitou with girls wearing abbreviated bathing suits. Many join after two trailblazers, shops report selling men’s suits. Women gather at the lake nightly for a plunge as Broadway fashion spreads to Newport and New York.
Levi Lytle of Kerby reports his horse was attacked by about six rats at night. The large rodents bit the horse’s legs, causing bleeding from puncture wounds and flesh tearing near the joints. The injuries threaten possible permanent crippling.
The piece argues stars seek steady year round pay over fluctuating film salaries and notes many have left the stage for cinema. It highlights a grand film exposition at the Grand Central Palace as the most wonderful show of its kind, displaying the movies from inception to modern use and touring vast realms of life.
Mile. Ludie de Beaux, stage actress and widow of J E Goodhue, returns to Boston from Europe seeking a wealthy spouse. She argues marriage should ensure financial security and supports eugenics from high school education to health certificates, noting no US marriage license without such proof.
An anonymous letter threatening to blow up the United States embassy in Mexico City was received by Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson and referred to the Mexican foreign office for investigation.
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