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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1914
Page
5
In Boston on March 3 Associated Press reports Dr Maude L Dunne told the Hygienic Fashion Institute that fifty per cent of divorces are caused by tight corsets. She linked corsets to indigestion headaches backache and other ailments and said fashion will swing toward thinner garments.
Wesley Red Simon on trial for Emmett Carroll murder in a gang feud was shot dead during a court recess in St Louis. Principal witness Henry Zang surrendered later claiming trouble with Simon. A guard detail had been set, and the investigation noted threats by Simon.
A noted old proverb questions superficial judgments and suggests deeper value lies beyond appearances. The line evokes timeless caution about vanity and the limits of surface impressions.
In Culaula Alabama plans are under way by the Improvement Society of the Presbyterian church to build a modern Sunday school room on Randolph street adjoining the current building. The newly organized society has already improved the church and now targets a sizable expansion with plans by J. L. Skinner. Rev. D. J. Blackwell serves as pastor.
An easy cheap cough remedy claim uses granulated sugar syrup and Pinex mixed with warm water to soothe coughing within hours. The ad touts Norways pine extract and guaiacol, promising satisfaction or refund and recommending the mixture for children and spasmodic croup. It urges sending to The Pinex Co. in Ft Wayne for purchase.
In Los Angeles a former Canton merchant Charles Stubberud was found dead in an apartment while his brother Christian kept vigil and was arrested after claiming Charles slit his own throat with a paring knife. Three notes written by Christian and a fourth signed by Charles were found. Charles had $3,000 in bank deposits.
Mrs Charles E Smith of West Franklin Missouri endorses Our family laxative as best for adults and aged. Get them today, 25 cents. Available at druggists or by mail from H Bucklen & Co Philadelphia or St Louis.
Louisville and Nashville Railroad announces a voluntary rate cut in Kentucky to two and a half cents per mile by May 1 to align Kentucky rates with those in Alabama and Tennessee. The move is described as voluntary and aimed at rate equalization.
The Jackson banking house of T. McClelland & Son notifies State Auditor Thompson it will liquidate and retire from business due to the guarantee deposit clause of the new state banking laws.
The supreme court affirmed the state’s case against C. C. Smith, former member of Mississippi’s board of prison trustees. Smith was convicted in circuit court of defrauding the state of $400 in an automobile transaction and sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary. he surrendered to the sheriff and is jailed in Hinds County.
George Orton coach of the University of Pennsylvania track team announced that the Red and Blue would be represented by a one mile relay team and several individuals in the Missouri Athletic club games on March 14 in St. Louis. The relay will be Lippincott Kelly Lockwood Meredith with Cross as substitute. Captain McGurdy will run the mile and Patterson the sprints.
The will of Allenson S. Hail former American consul at Rosario Argentina filed in COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado March 3 leaves his 16 000 000 estate to his daughter Mrs Carolyne Hall Sturgis of Colorado Springs wife of Prof William C Sturgis dean of forestry at Colorado College. Hall recently returned from a week in the lumber and wool business in South America.
A Terre Hill Pennsylvania reader reports relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The testimonial touts back and side pains easing, sleep returning, and appetite improving, framing the remedy as a standard aid for women's ills with a long history in the Pinkham Laboratory.
Alabama railroad commission will hold a special May 25 session to review a broad readjustment of coal tariffs statewide. Cases from Do than Montgomery Alexander City Gadsden and coke rate matters as well as requests to raise rates for Decatur Anniston and other towns will be heard.
In Pensacola Florida March 3 active naval maneuvers were seen in the bay near the navy yard. Six torpedo boat destroyers fired torpedoes while six submarines conducted underwater drills and naval airplanes attempted to detect the subs. Five hundred marines moved quarters ashore as the collier Caesar refueled the battleship Mississippi.
Five hundred pupils evacuated the People's Street Public School in Atlanta as a cloak room fire broke out. The students left in order within a minute, while the piano player led them with the tune Dixie. No material damage occurred.
Nearly fifty railroad officials gathered to resist forcing trains to wait thirty minutes at junctions for connections. The Alabama railroad commission postponed the citation to the April session after a continuance motion by railroad counsel.
The house passed a bill authorizing the secretary of war to accept 4000 acres at Anniston Alabama or 6000 acres at Tullahoma Tennessee for a permanent army maneuver camp.
Anniston Alabama reports Venable bound over by jury in 3000 bond after investigation into the shooting death of Jake Champion. Venable, of Jacksonville, is held on charges connected to the Sunday confrontation and custody proceeding follows.
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