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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1916
Page
5
Announcement states all liquor seized at Girard will be stored in a lower Girard warehouse to save state funds and reduce guard needs. Moving work has begun and an inventory is being taken as the confiscation fight moves from Pittsview to Girard Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Delia Buckner of Asheville North Carolina recounts severe health decline with weakness backache headaches and abdominal pains. After taking Cardus from neighbors suggestion she improves rapidly and credits it as best medicine for women and urges others to try it. Sold by all druggists.
A fragment from Fedor Dostoevsky's The House of the Dead describes a Siberian prison as a house of living death. A wounded steppe eagle is brought into the camp and retreats to a corner, while guards and inmates endure endless monotony and fixed routines.
A large crowd attended St Patrick’s parochial school closing with mass and benediction at St Patrick’s church. Miss Mamie Fitzpatrick received a diploma and gold medals for excel lation and application, with eight students earning eighth grade diplomas. Additional gold medals honored Sunday school students for faithful attendance.
An advertisement explains that insurers require urine tests to assess risk before coverage. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Anuric for dissolving uric acid, cleansing kidneys, and preventing dropsy, claiming superiority to lithia and joint benefits. Also mentions Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for liver and bowels.
A narrative describes convicts in a House of the Dead watching a wounded eagle. After months of restraint, a plan to free the bird takes hold and the captives overpower it to cast the eagle from the ramparts. The escape sparks a shared illusion of freedom among the prisoners and guards.
Eddie Mack, boxing manager, was wounded in the left thigh by a revolver bullet during a Chicago Boston National game at Braves Field. He refused to name the shooter, telling hospital staff the assailant was unknown after a brief dispute. Police report confirms an unknown man fired the shot.
Judge Harry Toulmin organized the United States grand jury for the southern district of Alabama for the June term. Foreman James P. Safford of Mobile leads a panel including Tom M. Salter Jr Evergreen Conecuh County and William D. Lee Range Conecuh County among others from Mobile, Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Escambia, and Washington counties.
Mrs Norma Baugh-Krassin presents a pianoforte recital at McGill Institute with pupil performers including Miss Thelma Neilson violinist and Master Buell Gillette dancer. A highlight features Mendelssohn Spring Song danced by Miss Julia Butt and Master Buell Gillette. Participants include Mildred Hill Marie Smith Margaret Coleman Lillian Smith Frances Hampshire Helen Yerger Helen Phipps Mary Louise Hampshire Louise Beane Julia Butt Thelma Parkhill Alice Sackhoff Velma Brannock Mary Janet Smith Thelma Neilson Ethel Lindsey Marlite Taylor Inez Chaudron and O Connor. Masters Gillette and Morris Lyon.
London announces no further permits will be issued for importing German goods into the United States. Only a few consignments of dyes for U S government printing offices in bank note production have passed recently, with Washington assuring the dyes are for government use only.
An entertainment program will be held at 7:30 pm at the Norwegian Seamen's Mission on Conception and Monroe streets. Refreshments will be served. The lineup includes songs, solos, violin and piano pieces, recitations, audience participation, and a patriotic address by Mr. Malm.
Lieutenant Commander H. C. Van Steyn of the Dutch naval flying corps, here to purchase aircraft for his government, was found dead in his gas-filled apartment. A note to Captain C. L. Anice Vogelsang declared the mission a failure from start to finish.
Frank Levene charged with trespass after warning appears in inferior criminal court and is reset for July 5. Superintendent O C Walcott of the boys detention home is the complainant and alleges trespass on the home grounds. Levene’s son was placed in the school by Walcott.
The Cham ber of Commerce board is called to meet in regular session at 7 o clock. President E M Bailey asks all members to attend promptly. The restoration of a shoppers train on the L and N will be on the agenda.
Freshments will be served after the selection by Mrs Pooley then the program continues with violin solos by Mr M Solo Miss Hjordis Amundsen violin and piano by Misses Lucille and Mildred Weinand songs by Mr Wein and violin and piano by Mrs Carlman Wilmer Cartman and Camille Berg more songs by audience and violin solos by Mr Malm with Miss Peterson later and music for the evening by Mr B Knuth and Miss Ruth Nelson.
Vassar College opened an annual exercises day with students walking a one fifth of a mile parade by 272 girls. The event, described amid sunlit skies, continued through the day as part of four years of college traditions in Poughkeepsie.
Emerson Demeere of Halpuraville endorses Chamberlain's Colic Diarrhoea Remedy as the only product giving permanent relief. He notes his family has used it for years and never travels without it, praising its effectiveness during visits, summers, and outings. Obtainable everywhere.
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