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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1913
Page
4
Mrs. Ar er McDaniels attempted self destruction at home in Nen ch Ky by cutting with a razor and submerging head in a rain barrel. Husband away at distillery returned to find her in the barrel. doctors say she cannot recover. She has two children aged three years and three weeks.
A simple home preparation darkens gray hair naturally using Bay Rum glycerine and Barbo Compound. Dissolve Barbo Compound in water, mix with bay rum and glycerine to create a non staining hair darkener that also helps with dandruff and scalp health.
International News Service reports Lillian Russell’s afternoon lecture to an almost all female audience. She urges daily exercise, water over alcohol, limited rings, proper tea with cream and sugar, plus a habit of bending from the hips to gain workout from daily tasks.
Milwaukee March 1 The mother of ten children and at sixty five a member of a girls diving act tops the Pattee Diving Girls vaudeville lineup at the Empress theater. Native of Newfoundland she has long Boston ties and is renowned as one of New England s best women swimmers with many trophies from Eastern water contests.
Spokane date March 1. Alan Ballou of Sacramento says high power locomotives have created a shortage of engineers. He cites the strenuous task of firing big freight engines and the thinning ranks from which operators are drawn. Oil substitutes ease some pressure but gaps remain where oil is unavailable.
J. Gaillard Hamilton will lead a discussion on Breathing Places Parks and Playgrounds at 8 pm in the Harte auditorium. The topic follows the previous City Planning talk which drew strong interest from attendees. For pricing, call Bell 2229 or Home 306.
An advertisement promotes Kosine treatment for epilepsy under a guaranteed trial. Customers may purchase a bottle for $1.50 and get a full refund if not satisfied. The offer claims strong support from years of use and endorsements by medical and laity groups. The promotion lists Eosine and is linked to D. B. Bauer and The Rosine Co of Washington DC.
The cost of beef jumped from 9 1 2 to 10 cents a pound in Mobile on Saturday. Wholesale prices had been 7 1 2 to 8 cents two weeks earlier, prompting protests from shoppers. Scarcity of medium grade beef blamed on stall fed cattle. Pork prices also rose with Western loins at 16 1 2 cents and home killed pork at 11 cents. Some predict further increases to 12 cents for beef.
The passenger steamer Marguerite, idle in Mobile harbor two years, has been sold to Louisville buyers to serve as an excursion boat. It will undergo hull boiler and machinery repairs at Gulf Dry Dock before sailing. Previously based in New York, the vessel gained notoriety after the Mandeville dock disaster near New Orleans.
Governor O Neal denied paroles for Joh Sanford and Lee Sills both Mobile prisoners. Sanford charged with corn knowledge and Sills serving ten years for second degree murder. Walter Hill from Clarke county was granted parole on burglary charge. Parole granted on testimony of an accomplice and recommended by judge solicitor and pardon board.
More than a million smelts were caught along the Columbia River at Cowlitz on Sunday, with sixty tons boxed for shipment. The catch overwhelmed the market as prices dropped to three cents a pound and transport boats ferried the fish to Portland amid a crowds of locals dip netting alongside ranchers and shoppers.
W. E. Price, promoted immigration agent, will head the Harrisburg bureau starting March 1. He will oversee attracting settlers and potential industries to the land served by the Southern Railway Mobile and Ohio lines and related routes, covering the region north of the Potomac and east of the Ohio, including Eastern Canada.
Governor Emmett O Neal leaves Montgomery at 8 AM with Mrs O Neal and daughter Olivia O Neal, plus his staff and friends, for Washington to attend the inauguration of President elect Woodrow Wilson. Staff aboard include Adjutant General J B Scully Col J S Pickard Col Everett Jackson Col Stafford Betty, Col C E Thomas of Prattville with Mrs Thomas, Col J B Tally of Scottsboro, Col Francis J Inge of Mobile, Maj W B Atkins and R E L Niel of Selma.
Between March 24 and May 8 the government will open 29 258 acres of farming grazing and timbered land in Douglas Stevens and Pend Oreille counties in eastern Washington for public entry On March 24 1413 acres of grazing and farming land in Douglas county will be opened On April 9 a timbered area of 3120 acres near Colville Stevens county will be opened to entry The largest piece comprising 22194 acres of timbered land in Pend Oreille county will be filled May 1 Much of the land is settled now but a great quantity still is available.
A call goes out to locate the O I Man once noted for wearing out his vests. The appeal seeks help tracing his whereabouts and confirming details of his last known activities. Authorities ask the public to provide any information leading to his location.
New Orleans March 1 The local Ancient Order of Hibernians asks Irish descendants to avoid shamrocks with clay pipes green pigs and similar emblems on St Patrick s Day March 17. They condemn offensive Irish caricatures and urge merchants to remove such displays and citizens to boycott offending shops.
Inland Empire Federation of Commercial Clubs outlines a plan to organize junior chambers of commerce in Spokane high schools to train pupils for citizenship. Harry C. Wuerth and Bruce M. Watson will present the plans at the March 5 meeting in Colfax, Washington.
In Kittitas county west of Spokane bees are said to face extinction due to woodpeckers drilling into wooden pillars of the Ellensburg court house. The bees store honey in pillar cavities and the birds have chewed through a rear pillar feeding on the bees as ice blocks their exit from winter sleep.
A reader notes the appeal of refined foods at home with pleasures like a choi sney luncheon. Hoyt's Meat Delicacies and Che Suey are praised as fine products, recommended by women to friends after discovery. Ask your dealer for a package of each.
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