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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1913

Page

5

Nine Forage Crops A Year By Milanese Farms

Milan Italy June 14 on dry gravelly soil farmers in this district harvest as many as nine forage crops a year. Irrigation yields extreme fertility supporting dairy industry with large cheese and condensed milk exports. American Commission notes cooperative dairies and thrifty Italian farming driving progress and industry.

neTnational News Service Milan Italy American Commission On Agricultural Co-operation Commission

Governor dismisses Wrenn claim of finding Theo Lacy

Montgomery June 14 Governor O Nea l discounts Detective John Wrenns boast of locating Theo Lacy in ten days for a reward. The governor calls such claims schemes to get money and says he pays no attention to the private sleuths assertion amid Lacy theft of ninety thousand dollars.

Montgomery Ala O O’neal

Campbell House offers vacation board with Sunday dinner

Fifth house south of Zandels' Wharf advertises fine table board in large cool rooms. Daily weekly or monthly rates available. Sunday dinner priced at 50. Special rates by request. Mrs Gusade is proprietor.

Campbell House Zandels’ Wharf Gusdade

Nelson and Bailey Sell Fair Hats for Men

Nelson and Bailey operate a shop offering men s hats at competitive prices. They emphasize value and quality, with a focus on durable comfortable designs for daily wear. Their pricing aims to attract budget conscious customers seeking reliable headwear.

Students Learn American Ways as Russian Youths Depart Abroad

Hundreds of Russian students from universities and technical institutes plan to work as deckhands stewards and stokers in American factories this summer hoping to gain industrial know how before returning for the next session in St. Petersburg. In Russia, progressives faced municipal election pushback with mayors blocked in St. Petersburg Moscow and Odessa. In Kann province a peasant woman led a violent clash with a government land survey party leaving twenty two dead and nearly one hundred injured as troops were sent in and puised soldiers remained in the region.

International News Service ST. Petersburg United States Atlantic Russia Moscow Odessa Ivan Tolstoi Witte Czar Nicholas Shumatoff Kann

Miss Remfry Brooks Captures Court Fashion Admiration

London’s June court day featured debutante Miss Remfry Brooks in an ivory satin gown. The dress showcased a draped skirt with shadow lace flounces and a pearl embroidered bodice with a satin belt and lily accent.

International News Service London Remfry Brooks

Vienna regrets loss of Kerens at embassy farewell

Mr and Mrs Richard Kerens depart Vienna for Marienbad before quitting the ambassadorial post to general regret of Austrian American society. Mrs Kerens engages in social work while delegates arrive for the Budapest suffrage convention and other notable attendees include Mrs Stanley McCormick Boston Mrs George Nasmyth Chicago and Mrs John Emmet McVey Youngstown Ohio touring from Asia.

Vienna Richard Kerens Marienbad Clara S. Chlingheyed San Francisco Budapest Stanley McCormick Boston George W. Nasmyth Chicago John Emmet McVey Youngstown Ohio China Japan Carrie Chapman Catt

Refugees From Mexico Tell of Atrocities and Defense

Galveston June 14 108 passengers on the barge Harry T Morse reach Galveston fleeing rebels in Mexico. Milton L Vought general manager of Celeste Irrigation Co with wife and sister in law Anna Keefe describe defending his home from revolutionary soldiers wounding him and fearing a second Goliad as Americans seek protection and intervention.

Galveston Harry T. Morse Mexico Stars and Stripes United States Milton L. Vought Celeste Irrigation Company Xicotencatl Valley Tamaulipas Vought Anna Keefe Topeka Kansas Mr. Vought

Moonlight Hop on Steamer to Battle's Wharf

The St Vincent's Club sponsors a Moonlight Hop aboard the Pleasure Bay on Wednesday June 18. The boat departs at 7 45 PM with a band for dancing as the main delight. Fare is 50 cents. All the boys and their ladies are invited. Everybody's going.

Pleasure Bay Battle's Wharf St.Vincent's Club

Linen and Silk Yardage Priced Cents Per Yard

Plain Ratines worth 35 cents Creponets 35 cents Linen Pongees 35 cents Fancy Tub Silks 35 cents Corded Voiles 39 cents

Textile Price List Features Various Fabrics

A price list notes Striped Galatea at 20c per yard and Embroidered Crepons at 25c. It also lists Voiles, Corduroys, Popline, Satines and related fabrics priced at 2 de per unit.

The Great Whitleather Hose and Linenwear Hosiery Sale

Advertises a mixed stock sale with hosiery, linens, Voiles, and silk fabrics priced per yard or per pair. Highlights The Great Whitleather Hose for Men Women and Children at low prices with guarantee and replacement policy. Includes 36-inch plain Voiles and Silk Brocaded Charmeuse at discounted rates.

Novel point in supreme court cited in Doak case

Montgomery June 14 The Alabama Supreme Court cited Judge E C Crow of Jefferson circuit court to show cause why he should not reinstate a $500 judgment in favor of John Doak a negro against Birmingham for injuries from a fall in a city excavation. The citation is returnable at the fall term. Doak sued the city and judgment was set aside on motion by the city's counsel. The filer claims the time to set aside had expired and thus jurisdiction passed. Mr Smith was in Montgomery yesterday.

Montgomery Ala J. Q. Smith Birmingham Supreme Court E. C. Crow Jefferson Circuit Court John Doak Doak Crowe Mr. Smith Smith

Costly Lemons Bunco Case Reaches Supreme Court

In Montgomery Alabama on June 14 the Parker Railway News Company loses a case over four lemons sold on a train hoax. Mrs Nellie Cleaney the Birmingham lumberman's wife won a $500 judgment after appeals with costs and interest pushing the total to about $1000. Attorney D H Riddle seeks bond forfeiture if paid late.

Montgomery Ala Parker Railway News Company Supreme Court Nellie Cleaney Birmingham Goodwater Opelika D. H. Riddle Cleaney

Grand Hotel at Point Clear Opens Monday Night

The Grand Hotel at Point Clear will be formally opened for the summer season Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. M. Clifford, who arrived from Birmingham, will be in charge. The couple previously ran the hotel in 1910 and 1911 and later worked at the Mexican Gulf Hotel in Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Point Clear M. Clifford Mobile Birmingham

Miss Jane Addams Speaks in Paris Before Budapest Trip

Miss Jane Addams of Chicago spoke at the British American YWCA in Paris on women’s rights and training for life. She urged opening supervised dance halls on the Chicago plan to aid young women facing temptations before departing for the National Women’s Suffrage Congress in Budapest.

International News Service Paris Jane Addams Chicago Budapest National Women's Suffrage Congress Miss Addams

Chert Highway Contract Awarded in Blount County

Assistant State Highway Engineer R P Boyd awarded a $4000 contract to J T Pearson for 1.25 miles of chert road on the Oneonta Cleve land road in Blount County. The project continues a state aid road network, aiming to create 5.5 miles of continuous macadamized road and ultimately extend across the county with bond funding.

Montgomery Ala R. P. Boyd J. T. Pearson Blount County Oneonta-Cleveland Boyd

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