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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1913
Page
3
Col Russell B Harrison Mexican vice consul in Indiana faces a replevin suit over five shares of stock in a builders company. The case alleges he obtained the shares by fraudulent means from contractor D W Durflinger in 1911 to appear as a stockholder and seek receivership after leaving the firm. Payments had been made to Harrison.
Edward E. McCall chairman of the Public Service Commission declares he will not accept any mayoral nomination. A longtime Tammany figure viewed as a potential Democratic candidate, McCall says no offer would change his mind unless faced with a gun at his head.
A merchant promotes a sale of boys' clothing promising a baseball mitt with each purchase as a shopper incentive. Farmers are noted as progressive, and most cured ham is now from packing houses.
Mrs. Cora Nelson arrested for street begging asks for fifty dollars to buy household items including tablecloths napkins a dress skirt gloves blankets and a sewing machine cover She explains she needs these things for herself as her broom maker husband cannot afford them and she has reached middle age.
Governor Sulzer directs Attorney General Carmody to investigate claims that the Forty seventh regiment National Guard barred Jew Sergeants from promotion. A public hearing is set for June 19 in Brooklyn or Manhattan, with findings to be presented to the governor.
Norfolk man reports a Greek physician Dr Damien carried out experimental transplants at Philates near Janina. The letter says he extracted organs from dead soldiers and transplanted them into living patients, claiming multiple successful cases with few losses.
The Robbins daughter from New York along with Miss Mary Alexander Miss Joan Whitridge and Miss Elinor Sweringen were presented to King George and Queen Mary during a Buckingham Palace audience hosted by Countess Beckendorff wife of the Russian ambassador.
Margaret Julian seeks divorce from Thomas N. Powers, Philadelphia family member, after eloping from Minnesota to marry in New York City three years ago. No children or property involved. cruelty charges hinted. She now resides in a West End apartment while the ex couple’s hotel life is described.
A Lebanon Tennessee tale recalls two suitors for a county girl who both obtained marriage licenses. One man presented his license and failed to marry her, while the second secured a license and married the same day. The girl ends with two licenses in a week but only one marriage. A third couple married in a dry goods store after the pastor offered indoor seating in the sun.
Misa Rose Geisler of Astoria nineteen refused to deserts her fainted sister amid a blaze at the Amsterdam Cleaning and Dyeing company. She dragged her sister to safety and waited fifteen minutes for firefighters, both suffering severe burns while others were seriously burned.
Theila Van Wyck, a 78 year old widow near Pretoria, says she holds the world record for marriages and descendants. She has borne 49 children by five husbands and is grandmother to 270+ children, with more born over time.
A fragment notes coughing and germs multiplying before symptoms appear. The speaker urges remedies and mentions a brown bottle of creamy medicine as a remedy suggestion.
An old druggist advertises Ozomulsion as a preventive cold remedy for fall days. It promotes preemptive use before coughing and offers sample bottles and mail order from 548 Pearl Street New York.
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