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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1913
Page
10
The Toggery presents continued price reductions on men’s summer wear including half lined cheviots worsteds homespuns and blue serges. The ad highlights sale prices and urges readers to shop for new suits or extra pants for travel outings or everyday wear.
Retail listing shows menswear suits marked down from 15 to 35 dollars with sale prices ranging from 11.25 to 26.25. The table matches a pattern of stepped discounts across eight price points.
A sale notice lists pants priced at 7.00 and 6.00 now reduced to 5.25 and 4.50 respectively, highlighting discounted apparel.
In Stillwater Minnesota eight veterans of Company C First Minnesota attend the last man banquet with twenty three vacant chairs draped in black. A chest with champagne rests on the table while a survivor recalls battles at Bull Run and Gettysburg. The first banquet began in 1886 when champagne was donated under condition the bottle remain unopened until this final gathering.
R Y Jacobs of the Kelly Brady Hardware Co was pinned beneath a light Ford after skidding on Hall's Mill road near Cloverdale Creamery Sunday at about 10 am. Teammate Hunter Wagner was thrown from the car but unharmed. Jacobs suffered head and back bruises but no serious injury and was taken home by motorcycle chair.
A reader letter argues that a substitute offered for Foley Kidney Pills benefits the dealer’s profit rather than customers. It claims Foley pills may cost the dealer more but deliver better results than any other kidney and bladder medicine. The sender, A. J. Walsh of California, urges rushing supplies despite weakly worded claims.
P. J. Boland, 50, a baker, was found dead in bed in Atlanta on Sunday. A coroner verdict attributed the death to yesterday's excessive heat. Boland's family resides in Lynn, Massachusetts.
Johnny Dundee, the fast little New York boxer, has been signed to box Freddie Welch, the English lightweight champion, at Tom McCarey’s Vernon Arena near Los Angeles. The date is expected in the first week of September. Dundee is a recent graduate from the fatherweights and will challenge the veteran British glove artist.
Mike Finn plans to resign amid fan belief he has outlived usefulness as Mobile manager. Disputes with Special Officer Desmond and secretary Colsson, plus complaints of rough conduct and refusals to allow visitors, triggered calls for his removal. Directors may decide at Monday meeting.
Peking reports Yuan Shi Kai wants to lead troops south but advisers keep him in the capital to avoid possible assassination en route. Sun Yat Sen allies with the southern rebels at Nanking while Huang Sing planned to use Yuan to end the rebellion. Warships and southern forces press northern troops in Kiang Nan as tensions rise. Chan in Canton accuses Yuan of twelve crimes, including Mongolia treaty neglect and a loan, signaling a broad crisis.
Mobile and Texas Oil Company seeks a competent engineer to pilot a steamer on Mexican streams near Tampico. Local marshals note many Mobile engineers declined long trips outside. Pensacola expects a hardy local to handle the craft’s machinery. The company recently bought a river steamer formerly active from Mobile.
A series of strong earthquakes rattled Wuertemberg and southern Germany causing panic in streets from Strassburg to Munich and reaching Zurich. Seismic instruments at Strassburg were knocked out by the tremors as hundreds fled their homes.
Workmen began Monday on the new Magnolia Cemetery gate known as the George Street Entrance. Vehicles will be barred from the entrance until completion, with funerals allowed and other four entrances to be used when possible. The entrance features ornate iron and concrete design.
A brief saying notes that true friendship avoids excessive praise or unwarranted criticism, emphasizing honest but kind interaction. It stresses restraint in expressing judgments among friends.
Rev. J. P. Molyneaux C M led a Bayou la Batre mission ending Sunday at St. Margaret's Church before a large crowd. Lectures praised for good achieved with talks on Devotion of the Catholic Church to Mary and Preservation in the Grace of God. Soloists from St. Vincent's and St. Mary's Mobile aided St. Margaret's choir.
An advertisement from Paul in Ithaca New York promotes New Life Pills as the line of laxatives for headaches indigestion and relief. It claims the product brings a blessing to families and urges readers to keep a box at home and get well with a price mention.
Mary Josephine Brabner widow of Edward Brabner died July 20 1913 at 845 pm. Friends invited to funeral from 59 Canal Street Tuesday afternoon and from St Vincents Church at 480 oclock. Interment Magnolia Cemetery.
Radical Socialists adopt a memorial attacking Secretary Daniels over his Rainier Club speech as mobs led by sailors riot in Seattle. The document accuses a local newspaper of inciting violence and details street meeting bans and harbor naval activity returning to Bremerton after the Potlatch celebration.
Clarke Donaldson of Hillman Taxicab Service was arrested in Mobile and held at the county jail before being sent to Ozark to testify in an assault case. He asked to stay due to his wife's illness, having traveled to Ozark twice before at his own expense. The county provided a ticket this time.
Crichton Lumber Co offers fence lumber in 1x6 of any length for 21 dollars and 1x8x10 of any length for 23 dollars delivered. Both phones listed for contact and delivery arrangements.
An advertisement touts Hay's Hair Health to restore natural hair color for gray or faded hair and to relieve dandruff. It claims rapid results after a few applications and notes a money back offer through participating druggists. Free samples include Hay's Hair Health and Harfina Soap discounts at local druggists.
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