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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1913
Page
8
Claude Hall, a young farmer, pleaded guilty at Dixon Ky to posting a night rider notice. He was sentenced to three months in jail and fined $250. The arrest followed a June threatening notice on Will Spencer's home and the burning of the tobacco grower’s home. Hall faces an arson trial in December.
An advertisement touts Hot Springs Liver Buttons as a gentle safe remedy for liver stomach and bowel trouble. It urges a 25 cent box, one nightly for a week, and notes mail orders from Hot Springs Chemical Co. in Hot Springs Arkansas.
J H Tucker and G C Rivers, Crichton residents, sought continuances on gaming charges. reset for July 18. Lulu Bowling, charged with assault with intent to murder, had a new hearing set for August 1 after state witness absence. A man was fined for carrying a weapon and disorderly conduct. May Belle and Julia Etta Monday, 14 and 12, were discharged with parental punishment planned. case withdrawn due to minor status. Kraft recovered his rings from Emil Kraft Jeweler.
The American Optical Association opened its annual convention in Rochester New York. The chief topic focuses on pushing optometry laws in states lacking them. The Associated Press report notes delegates will campaign to standardize licenses and regulate practice nationwide.
An ad touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable liver tonic replacing calomel for biliousness and liver trouble. It claims the remedy is harmless for all ages, costs 50 cents a bottle, and offers a money back guarantee if not quicker, gentler relief with no after effects.
A National Negro Farmers' Congress committee met Gov. O Nea l in Montgomery after Birmingham talks voicing need for white cooperation to uplift Alabama’s negro farm workers. They highlighted lower yields in corn and cotton, citing 1910 figures, and urged using fertilizer tax and farmers institute funds to finance farm education and rural improvements.
Miss Ruby Wood 18 was killed when the car crashed into a tree near Elgin on July 15. Four others were seriously hurt including Mrs Nellie O Connor who is expected not to survive. The party was returning from the automobile speedway when the accident occurred.
W A Horne traffic department executive clerk for Southern Railway based in Atlanta visits Mobile as freight and passenger activity remains brisk in hot weather. Carrie Gale returns from Battles Alabama. Mrs F A Hervey and Harry C Hervey return from Pensacola. Cawthon Hotel guests include C F Tussier Mable Tussier and Houston Tussier of Selma. President GM W F Owen of New Orleans Mobile and Chicago RR returns from New York and heads to New Orleans. Violet Beale Murray of Mobile vacations at Battles. A Barmann of Mobile Abattoir travels through the East. George D Wing, Mobile newspaper man, back from two-week vacation. The Chapmans and W E Tate of Evergreen stay several days at Bienville while en route from Seashore Camp Grounds Biloxi. JR W Rutherford and wife of Franklin Alabama visiting Mobile. Siddons Stollenwreck, a prominent Mobile resident, in the city on business.
Rer C. Tt. Terrey of CAWthen John J. Monaghan of the Battle House and Manager Joseph H. Daco vich of the Saint Andrew are in Birmingham attending the Alabama Hotel Men's Association convention. They will return Friday morning. Richard P. Farrell night clerk at the Battle House has gone to New Orleans to spend his vacation. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Babcock of Magnolia Springs are spending three days in Mobile shopping.
Hamburg youths July 15 report a shipyard strike spreading to other trades with more than 20,000 workers quitting. It began yesterday and has extended across sectors, disrupting production in the port area.
John Henry Oaten, 45, of Mobile, died Monday afternoon after a several weeks illness at his home. He leaves a wife and half brother George Oaten of Waco Texas. McInnis Lodge No 7 I O O F members are to meet at St Emanuel and Dauphin tomorrow at 2 30 to attend the funeral.
A Hopkinsville Kentucky resident reports twenty years of scalp eczema cleared after one tube of Saxo Salve. The ad claims Saxo Salve soothes itching and dandruff and heals skin, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied, sold by Van Antwerp Drug Corp in Mobile Alabama.
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