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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1916
Page
3
Teams of the Mobile Tick Eradication Association pressed ahead with a brisk educational campaign in Mobile County to promote universal cattle dipping. They resumed activities Friday with renewed vigor after strong receptions since the campaign opened Wednesday. Mrs. G. H. Mathis is mentioned in the report.
Gadsden announced her plan to visit Mobile March 13 and 14 to bolster the wind up fight against the cattle tick. Mrs Mathis, a leading U S expert on livestock and tick control, will reinforce the drive as election day March 15 approaches. Team No 3 left for Tacon Station to rally stock raisers and form a Tick Must Go Club with Bayou la Batre and other points.
Advertisement extols Dr King s New Life Pills as the best liver medicine. It claims the pills improve liver function and digestion without gripe or nausea and offer quick relief, with a 25 cent price at druggists.
An old health ad suggests taking four ounces of Rad Salts dissolved in hot water each morning for a week to prevent bowel toxin formation and stimulate kidney function, claiming it clears pimples and purifies the blood. It notes Jad Salts is inexpensive and made from grape and lemon juice with lithia, producing an effervescent drink.
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey combines pine tar and glycerine with cough medicine in a pleasant syrup. Stops coughs and colds, soothes throat irritation for all ages. Formula on every bottle, 25 cents at druggists.
The Central Trades Council outlines a campaign to interest children about universal cattle dipping. G A Maloney and J A Wade will speak at schools across the city and county. The week’s schedule lists Team No 3 at Tacon Station and Eight Mile, Team No 6 at Theodore, and Team No 4 at Mertz Station and Thomas’ store.
Ocean Springs Miss March 3 Special I H Snell a well known orchardist near Ocean Springs has edible apples on his trees now Produced about a month earlier than the trees are schedule to bloom Mr Snell while he does not regard this an apple region has never had any trouble raising all the summer apples his family needs
Captain John Craft president of the Alabama Good Roads Association travels from Mobile to Jacksonville Alabama for a Calhoun County Good Roads Association meeting. He will give an address participate in ceremonies and trees will be planted along the main county road from Jacksonville.
John Peter Hein Sr aged 67 died at his son in laws home from paralysis after months of illness. He was born in Luxembourg in 1846 and lived in Burlington Iowa before moving to Mobile in 1910. Survived by wife three children and other relatives. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Henry Alexander a Mobile county resident and retired truck farmer died after long illness at his Spring Hill home. Burial details for Mrs Norah Smith given with services at 910 Washington Ave and Pine Crest Cemetery. Peter Thompson 50 native of Norway and seaman died at U S Marine Hospital. T A Nash of Rockford Ia died in Hot Springs Ark. body held by Berenson Sands pending instructions.
War S aw, Indiana residents Mr and Mrs J J Babcock visit Mobile for the carnival at the Battle House. Birmingham group W C Fellows Mrs M P Phillips and Miss Julia Ware arrive for the event. Notaries P J McNiff and J C Baker filed bonds in probate court. Weekly cotton figures show 92 000 bales sent to mills with 70 000 American. stock 860 000 American. imports 107 000. exports 12 500.
The Alabama Coal Transportation Company, formed in Louisiana about two months ago, will launch operations to move coal from Alabama mines to Gulf markets via the Warrior river and Mobile. Vice president H B McCormack states the firm will expand with a fleet of thirty new barges and two towboats, after taking over Pratt Co.’s barging fleet. A meeting of the Alabama Travelers Association is set for Saturday night at the Cawthon assembly room with Adler presiding.
Dorchester Massachusetts residents praise Vinci Vinol as a potent strength creator. A user recounts regained strength after surgery and describes family use for 13 years. The ad notes cod liver extractives without oil, iron peptonate, and beef peptone dissolved in medicinal wine, with a money back guarantee if no benefit.
A weight loss tip urges open air time and oil of kerein capsules taken after meals and before bed. Weekly weighing tracks progress and the treat ment is claimed harmless with faster steps, easier work, and buoyant feeling as fat reduces.
Mobile based Bauer advertising claims for a cough syrup that is “absolutely free from narcotics” and safe if overdosed. The ad cites Mrs Watson and mothers praising the product used for nearly twenty years in drug stores, with two bottle sizes 25c and 50c and a full guarantee by Dave Bauer.
In Albany New York this morning a rear end collision involving three trains left two express messengers dead and several others missing or fatally injured. A heavy east bound freight hit a waiting express train, smashing a steel coach. a second west bound express train then struck the wreckage. None of the trainmen were seriously hurt.
Members of the Know Your City committee of the Chamber of Commerce will visit the power house and repair shops on Wednesday March 8 as part of an urban awareness program.
Adv counsels against alkaline soaps and shampoos for hair care. Use plain coconut oil, inexpensive and grease free, applied with water to create lather, cleanse, rinse easily, and leave hair soft, fluffy, and bright. Coconut oil is widely available and lasts the family months.
Mrs. Abbagail Hampton of Weaverville North Carolina says twelve years of failing health ended after she began taking Cardus. She weighed 160 pounds before treatment then dropped to 135 and could barely move. After starting Cardus she recovered fully, doing garden work housework and cooking for 20 boarders. She praises Cardus and recommends it available at all druggists.
The Mobile Light and Railway Company announces a Know Your City trip led by Joseph Espalla Jr and J Howard Wilson. A special car will be provided for the party at Bienville Square on the designated date at 2 30 p m, with the committee inviting public attendance.
An advertisement urges parents to treat a child's cough and nasal irritation early to prevent catarrh, touting Dr King's New Discovery as a safe, pleasant tar syrup that kids will take without fuss and that acts quickly with minimal preparation. The copy emphasizes prevention of serious ailments from colds and recommends asking a druggist for the product.
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