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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1913

Page

3

Calf Ownership Battle Runs into Costs and Courtroom Sagas

In Muskogee Oklahoma a dispute over a red calf from Brushy Mountain drags on in justice court. Farmer M. C. Rucker accuses neighbor L. P. Hatley of theft and seeks replevin while Hatley sues for damages. The case has drawn many farmers, costly delays, and a circus-like scene over a calf dressed in improvised garb.

Muskogee Okio Brushy Mountain M. C. Rucker L. P. Hatley Hatley Rucker Matt Thompson Jim Cosgrove Cosgrove Farmer Rucker

Duplicate lenses for travel glasses at McDonald Optical

For a vacation trip avoid loss or breakage of one pair. Take an extra pair of good glasses and have us duplicate lenses exactly right. McDonald Optical Company offers precise copies, located at 155 Dauphin, Bell 163.

McDonald Optical Company 155 Dauphin

Prodigy Rich ard E Baker Graduates Top At Washington and Jefferson

Rich ard E Baker formerly of McKeesport now of Jamestown New York graduates with the highest honor in Washington and Jefferson College history. He earns summa cum laude after four terms away, traveled in Fiji and Australia, and plans MIT engineering with biology interest. Professors call him one of the most remarkable students they know.

International Mews Service Washington Richard E. Baker McKeesport Jamestown N. Y Washington and Jefferson College Fiji Islands Australia Baker Dravesburg Massachusetts Institute of Technology Washington and Jefferson

Naughty Rooster Tears Man's Mohair Suit in Park Battle

International News Service reports in St Louis on June 21 that a Rhode Island red rooster named Red belonging to D C Hartwell attacked J W Gantz after Gantz wore a mohair suit and opened a barnyard gate. The rooster fights for sport and attacked with spurs causing injuries to the man.

Ren Gantz Red

Cute Little Emmy Makes Great Hit at the Gaiety

International News Service reports Emmy Whelan, age unclear, making her first Gaiety appearance in London as a boy in The Girl on the Film. She recalls nervousness and past failures in New York and Chicago, contrasts reception and dressing-room comfort, and notes London audiences’ quick establishment of a successful star.

Winsom London Emmy Whelan Gaiety Theatre Gaiety Emmy New York Moulin Rouge Chicago

New York Prepares Biggest Gay Fourth of July Celebration

New York City plans an all day and all night Fourth of July celebration in 1913 led by a mayoral committee. The event will feature music, electric illuminations, parades and pageants across boroughs. Central Park Mall and various parks will host elaborate lights and signs marking the date 1776 and the year 1913.

Central Park Sixty-sixth Street Seventy-second Street Manhattan Washington Arch Chelsea Park Seward Park Tompkins Square Park Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument City College Plaza Jefferson Park Columbus Park Brooklyn Carroll Park Irving Park Fort Greene Park Sunset Park Tompkins Park Bronx McKinley Square Lincoln Square Williamsbridge Square Westchester Square St. James Park Borough Hall Borough of Richmond Washington Park Port Richmond Park Tottenville New Brighton West Brighton Queens Queens Borough Bridge Plaza Flushing Town Hall

Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Strength

Invigorating tonic advertised to drive out malaria enrich the blood and build up the system. Suitable for adults and children, priced at 50 cents.

Grove

Wedding Ring Found After Many Years in Garden

Mrs. Chris Sommerman of Arlington recovered the wedding ring her jeweler husband made after it slipped in their garden in June 1899. The couple married twenty one years ago. A long search failed until a glint in the garden drew her to the recovered ring.

Baltimore Chris Commerman Arlington

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