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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1913
Page
7
Two unidentified black men accused of killing Policeman John Gibby were taken from a posse and hanged from a telegraph pole near Cornelia Georgia in front of hundreds. The mob overpowered deputies while transporting the suspects to Clarkesville jail.
George C. Grutz, prominent fire insurance adjuster and broker, was sentenced to Sing Sing for up to twenty two years and six months. He was convicted of causing tenement fires on New York City’s east side largely on testimony from an informant.
The retail merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Business League met Friday night with Chairman Jacob Reiss presiding to discuss an excursion of merchants to Gulfport Mississippi to inaugurate the first shoppers train over the Louisville and Nashville into Mobile. A second meeting will be held Saturday to complete the program, with attendees including W B McAfee Jake Simon W H Reynolds Tom Potter Dave Bauer Oury representing Seifert Gower Company and Assistant Superintendent John Bose of the Louisville and Nashville Company.
A publicity committee of the Chamber of Commerce and a motion picture company agreed to film 1500 feet highlighting Mobile as a convention city, winter resort, and port for nationwide theatres. About 300 feet of Mardi Gras views from the last carnival will accompany the Mobile scenes. Chairman L C Irvine said the plan would attract investors and visitors.
Special to The Item reports Adolph Moritz, superintendent of the A B and A Railroad at Fitzgerald Georgia, severed his connection with the line yesterday. Details on his future plans remained unclear while he had previously served as trainmaster on the West Route at Montgomery.
An advertisement claims Dr King’s New Life Pills will stimulate the liver and improve digestion, promising to rid the body of poisons and restore health. It urges readers to buy a box for 25 cents at all druggists.
Woodrow Wilson resigns as governor of New Jersey to become president of the United States. He will depart his office at noon and witness Senator James Fielder assume acting governorship. His two years in Trenton saw reforms in corporations laws, workers compensation, utilities powers, and broad primary and election rules.
Gladwin resident John Deye reports twelve years of skin trouble and $400 in medical bills ended by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The ad asserts quick, permanent relief for burns bruises and skin diseases and urges readers to buy for 25 cents, recommended by all druggists.
A jaunty cavalryman on parade embodies the balance between ceremonial duties and practical farm work he faces each morning, illustrating a routine that blends military discipline with agricultural tasks.
The McCracken Bayou levee twelve miles below Melville is declared safe by J. W. Gonger engineer in charge of the Atchafalaya district after a large night shift to shore up the damaged embankment. A 1912 crevasse previously plagued the site and the new levee has been giving much relief.
Representative Sherwood of Ohio proposed to President-elect Wilson that Philippine independence be addressed before tariff and currency at the extra session. Secretary Tumulty replied with the president’s appreciation and thanks for the suggestion.
The mothers pension bill providing a minimum ten dollar monthly pension for one dependent child and seven dollars for each additional child was approved by the Utah senate on Friday. The measure, already passed by the house, now goes to the governor.
Report from Vienna datelined St. Petersburg and Russian frontier towns describes daily war alarm readings amid Balkans tensions and Austro Russian strains. Sentries note Austro German emissaries and tapped Russian lines while miraculous Virgin image from Pochaieff monastery is moved to Zhitomir for safety. Local schools in Khorol enforce strict co education rules and separate pupils by gender with midnight room lockups.
Mrs. Frank Rieman of Mobile testifies that Doan’s Kidney Pills cured years of disordered kidneys and back pain in 1908. She details dizziness, headaches, and kidney secretions improving after two boxes bought at Van Antwerp’s Drug Store. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY is sole U.S. agent. price 50 cents. Remember the name.
Police reported an attempted burglary at the Dumas Grocery Company on Water and Congress streets after the front entrance was found open on Friday night. Officers found no one inside after responding to the watchman’s call.
A classic 19th century child remedy claims to relieve feverishness, headache, upset stomach, teething disorders, and to regulate bowels while destroying worms. Advertises 24 hour cold relief, pleasant taste for children, over 10 000 testimonials, 22 years of use, and 26 cents at druggists with free samples mailed from Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy New York.
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