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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1913

Page

27

Blood Transfusion Aids Hubbard City Banker Life Fight

Galveston Texas June 28 special to The Item J B McDaniel banker land owner and businessman of Hubbard City lies gravely ill at St Marys Briary with pernicious anemia Friends and relatives volunteer for transfusions In two operations three quarts of blood were injected and one more quart planned Doctors M L Graces J E Thompson and A O Singleton state he has a strong chance of recovery The effort highlights the life saving role of science in medicine

Galveston Tex Science J. B. McDaniel Laad Hubbard City Texas St. Mary’s Briary Ald W. E. McDaniel J. V. Oe McDanie McDaniel M. L. Graces J. E. Thompson A. O. Singleton

Alabama Patents Granted to Birmingham and Nearby Inventors

Washington patent attorneys Davis and Davis report the grant this week of several Alabama patents. J. O. Bohanno and D. P. Page of Birmingham receive an emergency release valve. J. H. Cruse Jr and R. Coleman of Birmingham receive wagon gear. G. A. Schwartz and A. C. Babcock of Bessemer receive a lid operating device for cabinets. W. O. Simmons of Hartselle receives a horse releasing device.

Washington, D. C Messrs Davis and Davis Washinton J. O. Bohanno D. P. Page Birmingham J. H. Cruse, Jr R. Coleman G. A. Schwartz A. C. Babcock Bessemer Nets W. O. Simmons

Freckles vanish with Othine double strength prescription

Advert says Othine double strength removes freckles, with a money back guarantee. Apply nightly and morning from Van Antwerp Drug Co. One ounce often clears skin, lighter freckles disappear, promising a beautiful complexion.

van Antwerp Drug Co

Michigan's oldest woman poet turns 85 in Battle Creek

Mrs. Loring P. Wilcox of Battle Creek is celebrated at 85 as Michigan's oldest woman poet. She married Loring P. Wilcox in 1852 in Leonidas and has a long record as a schoolteacher and newspaper writer. Her poetry spans blank verse and reflective works amid lifelong study of classics.

Wilcox Coldwater Republican The Courier

Tight skirts blamed for traffic delays and safety risk

Pittsburg officials and railroad workers condemn tight skirts for delaying crossings and boarding cars. A traffic officer notes women struggle to step aboard trains and conductors pull them up. Rail officials urge safety orders citing increased accident risk in terminals.

Pittsburg

Lovett Names Lobbyists In UP Dissolution Probe

Robert Scott Lovett chairman of the Union Pacific executive board accuses Edward J. Lauterbach and Representative D. J. Riordan of New York of approaching UP with proposals to remove opposition to the dissolution plan. The lobby inquiry committee handles the matter.

Union Pacific Railroad Edward J. Lauterbach D. J. Riordan New York Union Pagide

One Step Fatal Claim Stuns Queens Block Party

In Ridgewood Queens Mrs Justina Wagner fifty three died after collapsing during a sedate one step tango at a Block Party Association event on Silver Street. Husband Frederick Wagner an auto dealer and son Richard twenty six survive. The party, two hours in, drew a four hundred foot festive block with lanterns.

Justina Wagner Ridgewood Queens

Woman Kills Husband Then Poisoned Self Near Rockwell Co

Mrs E L Cannon killed her husband Royse Texas by splitting his head with an ax after a day in the field and then drank poison. She carried their baby to relatives before dying, leaving a note of exact intention. Mr Cannon about 28 and a respected farmer. Survived by two children.

Cannon

Sea Rover Returns to Farm Dream After Stowaway Tale

Michael Butler of Springfield Iowa arrives in New York aboard the Celtic after stowing away in Southampton. He explains a long journey from a farm to the Mississippi to New Orleans to Buenos Aires then Valparaiso and on a Russian bark before hiding in the ship’s chain locker. Butler, an American, seeks protracted farm life upon landing.

New York Michael Butler Springfield Iowa Celtic White Star Line Butler Southampton Mississippi River New Orleans Buenos Ayres Valparaiso Chile Procyon Rotterdam High Seas Europe

Rev Sanford to Speak at Open Air Meeting

The Federation of Mobile Churches will hold an open air meeting at Bienville Square at 8 o clock this evening. Rev I F Sanford pastor of First Christian Church will deliver the sermon with music and seats provided. If rain occurs the gathering moves to St Francis Street Methodist Church for the summer.

Federation of Mobile Churches Bienville Square I. F. Sanford First Christian Church St. Francis Street Methodist Church

Official Notice on Assessments and Burial Association

Assessments Nos. 318 319 are due and must be paid by June 80th or suspension will occur. The Harrison Mutual Burial Association offers protection of one hundred dollars in case of death. Members are urged to recruit new members and take action.

Harrison Mutual Burial Association

Wife Appears Case Dismissed in Chicago Court

Spectators in Judge Sullivan's court watch John Johnson accuse Allen Gray of stealing 15 dollars from the tug Zenith. The judge remarks on Gray's alleged behavior as the wife loudly threatens.Gray leaves court as the case is dismissed.

Chicago Johnson Gray Sullivan

Stumbled in Dark Injures Actress Bud Fisher at Piedmont

In Atlanta on June 28 it was revealed that Mrs. Bud Fisher, wife of the cartoonist, was found in her Piedmont Hotel apartment bathroom with a deep throat cut from a broken pitcher. She survived after twenty stitches and a near-miss with the jugular.

Atlanta Bud Fisher Piedmont Hotel Fisher

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