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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1913
Page
4
Edward H. Reedal, long a Fargo pauper and former harness dealer, died at the county poor house. After funeral rites and burial, word arrived that a Norway estate awarded him 20000 dollars, a sum too late to aid his life. Reedal had lived in Fargo thirty years and faced decline before his death.
Dr. Shackelford leads Alabama State Book Text Commission in urging state publication of books to save money and boost authorship. He cites mechanical inferiority and depository sampling as fixes, recommends earlier commission appointments and higher pay, and Governor O Neal endorses the ideas and plans to pursue lower transportation class and broader adoption rules.
Memphis, Tenn June 7 The Boones saloon at the Tennessee Mississippi state line near Lake View formerly the only legal saloon in Shelby County closed after the Darwin county school was built two and a half miles away making the four mile law applicable. Deputy sheriffs ordered closure after a petition by local residents. Patrons were given a final drink and the establishment was shut and slated for sale.
Severy family urged to keep Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy during hot weather. Described as essential and unrivaled for the summer and available from all dealers.
The kindergarten advisory board places ballot boxes at The Y M C A Van Antwerp's Suttons Bauer's and United Cigar Stores with endorsement slips urging support for kindergarten work in Mobile public schools. Patrons are asked to sign and drop slips by Tuesday noon. the committee is led by Mrs. W. K. Linscott Mrs. Erwin Craighead and Mrs. Louis Metzger.
In Washington a meeting at Mrs. John Hays Hammond's home gathered women to discuss preventing unfit marriages and improving child welfare. Dr Elnora Folkmar urges sex hygiene education, early marriages, widows' pensions, and sterilization laws while church leaders endorse a national moral movement for racial uplift and better future citizens.
Philadelphia June 7. Patent medicine man Prof James M Munyon has filed for divorce from wife Pauline Neff Munyon. He says he does not know her whereabouts. papers are impounded. The couple, famed in musical comedy and vaudeville, married in Jersey City in 1908.
In the Law and Equity Court Mary Roberts administratrix of William T. Roberts seeks $50 000 damages from Mobile Light and Railroad Co alleging the December 25 1912 electric car on Royal Street caused the death of William T. Roberts due to employee negligence at Royal and Madison streets.
The remark suggests that Indians now regret that their ancestors did not enter real estate, implying they chose instead to pursue the human hair trade as a pioneer industry.
Poslam offers immediate relief for skin diseases with rapid eradication of pimples and blemishes. Poslam Soap suits daily use for improving skin color and texture, and is recommended for tender skin and infants. Free samples available from Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
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