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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1913
Page
12
Choose from half lined fancy cheviots worsteds homespuns and blue serges for travel outings or daily wear with sale prices listed. This offer emphasizes durable suiting fabrics suitable for multiple occasions.
An advertisement lists pants at discounted prices with two offers: $7.00 pants for $5.25 and $6.00 pants for $4.50. The lines imply a sale on lower-priced apparel.
A three quarters white leghorn and one quarter barred Plymouth Rock hen at Oregon Agricultural College laid 99 eggs in 100 days ending June 8, the best record at the college and unmatched in comparable stations. Professor James Dryden notes the results reflect breeding and egg-yield improvements from ongoing experiments.
A message of encouragement offers relief guidance for after meal discomfort including flatulence heartburn nausea indigestion cramps and constipation. The note aims to reassure readers suffering from these common issues.
An advertisement notes Hostetters Stomach Bitters has helped thousands return to health over 60 years and urges readers to try a bottle themselves.
Attorney P V Davis showed a nickel case watch that halted a bullet during a Lake Washington beach picnic. The battered watch, without hands, bears a hole where a bullet lodged among its gears, a marvel Davis says surgeons would have chased without.
Wimbledon July 19. America advances to challenge England for the Dwight Davis Cup after a 3 0 victory over Canada. Team members include Maurice McLoughlin Norris Williams Harold Hackett and Wallace Johnson for the Americans with England’s Davis Dixon Parks Gore and Barrett ready to defend at Wimbledon on July 26 26 and 28.
Albert E. Driscoll, known as a skilled safe blower, is jailed again after alleged post office safe robbery in Green Cove Springs Florida. Police say he was caught in Chattanooga with $2,000 in stamps while posing as a reformed man. He once escaped Montgomery custody in 1903 during a trial of himself and J. E. Russell.
In the South Atlantic League Albany defeated Macon 12 to 1 and Savannah beat Charleston 2 to 1 while Columbus and Jacksonville were rained out. In the Cotton States League Selma lost to Jackson 4 to 8 and Pensacola won 4 to 1 over Meridian with Columbus 6 Clarksdale 1. In the Texas League Houston beat Galveston 14 to 5 and San Antonio 5 Beaumont 2 while Waco topped Austin 3 to 1 and Dallas edged Fort Worth 4 to 3 in 10 innings. The report also notes a political aside about Colonel Roosevelt and the Bull Moore party.
An advertisement touts Digestit tablets as a new principle treatment for indigestion dyspepsia and related stomach disorders. It claims the body needs nourishment, that the stomach rests while Digestit processes food, and urges a trial package for 350. Invest today to stave off old age by staying strong.
Roberto Gayon, acting consul in New Orleans, denounces false representing patriots and Carranzista consuls. He says the U S has virtually recognized the de facto Mexican government and notes only officially appointed consuls can collect fees and exercise rights under international law. He urges clear understanding to prevent misrepresentation by revolutionary agents.
Rev John Thompson at Des Plaines camp meeting in Chicaz cites increased crime reports in newspapers as reason for perceived crime rise. He argues world grows better overall, noting golf and baseball as signs of improving morals despite more sensational crime coverage.
International News Service reports a teen bride Ethel Welsh seventeen and her groom Warren Storms twenty one secretly wed after a planned Saratoga Springs honeymoon. The couple, bride’s mother Augusta Welsh of Passaic N J and sister Mrs Clarence Finkle Jr Schenectady learn of the marriage following a church ceremony in Schenectady after eloping from New York.
Mobile fans witness Pat Donahue continue in the game after receiving word that his brother died in Springfield Ohio. The longtime backstop consoled by teammates and pressed through the third inning despite his grief.
Public notice advertises Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a cure for old sores and related ailments. It claims fast pain relief and healing, with price points of 25 cents, 50 cents, and one dollar.
Shippers in the Central and Western states urge waterway relief to ease Great Lakes traffic congestion and boost rail earnings. Canada expands lake shipping to move grain east, with Fort William and Port Arthur serving as major elevators. Grain fleets grow as grain storage expands at Prince Rupert for Pacific movement.
At a Friday meeting the Harpers reorganized and added star players Kersh Calmetti Yost Wagner Metzger and Slover to form a fast city club. Captain Wagner invites Roos Crowns or any Mobile area team for a Sunday July 27 game. Lineup includes Kirsh Wagner Calametti Yester Ritchie Buchanan Williams Murphree Pocase Metzger Griffin Murray Slover.
A drugstore advertises ethine double strength for freckles promising clear skin. It claims one ounce and nightly applications remove even dark freckles and guarantee money back if ineffective.
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