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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1915
Page
7
An advertisement claims three-grain Cadomene tablets restore strength and vitality for men in “second childhood,” reducing nervous exhaustion and melancholia without opiates or a physician’s prescription. It touts easy home use, discreet consumption, and quick perceived improvements.
Lands totaling 480 acres lie seven miles west of Chunchula Mobile County Alabama with pine soil and a running stream for farming and stock raising. Sizable tracts from 40 to 10,000 acres priced from 4.00 per acre upward. Buy as a whole at 11.50 per acre. Address Geo Kilborn President Ala Land & Dev Co 408 M Royal St Mobile Bell 957J.
Medical text notes rheumatism causes unknown but linked to uric acid. It cites varied drug responses and urges use of remedies to calm the nervous system. Dr Schultz favors Anti-Kamma Tablets as preferred relief for rheumatic pain and headaches.
Dewey Henderson, 15, in Fulton County Superior Court for the murder of Homer Thompson, 18, in a fight several months earlier. Four attorneys volunteered to defend him free of charge.
Poor cables sparked moderate selling at the start with prices down several points in early trading. Spot cotton held steady as 2,405 bales were sold for near-term delivery while 1,635 bales arrived. overall close posted a small decline.
New York trade shows cotton futures opening down eight to six points amid scattered realizing. Light offerings soon steadied as Southern spot markets firm, with prices near last night’s close after the first hour. March and December contracts posted mixed early figures, with prices hovering around mid-9 cent levels.
Liverpool reports steady spot cotton prices with good middling at 5.48, middling 5.17, and low middling 4.77. Sales total 7,000 bales with 2,000 bales speculative and export. receipts 28,000 bales. Futures quiet with May-June at 5.04 and a half, June-July 5.09, July-August 5.15 and a half, October-November 5.30, January-February 5.38.
Chicago March 12 grain and provisions quotations show Wheat at 1.63 open and 1.55 close, Corn around 0.73 to 0.75, Oats near 0.53, Pork at 18.12, Lard 10.82, Ribs 10.12 to 10.15, and Put bids around 10.45 to 10.46. The text lists tentative opening and closing prices with minor typographical errors.
New York March 12 Automobile shares lead early trading with gains from 1.5 to 4.5 points amid professional manipulation and light outside interest. Major movers include United States Steel up 0.5, Amalgamated Copper up 0.5, Lehigh Valley and Soo prominent. American Woolen preferred up 2.5. Prices listed include many industrial and utilities staples across the market.
In Savannah on March 12 turpentine receipts show four casks at 42c. Resin firm reports no sales but 255 barrels received. Quotes for various grades range from 2.90 for B to 5.90 for N with several other grades listed up to 5.55 for WW.
Allen Ryan of New York a stock broker and son of Thomas F. Ryan refused to answer questions before the senate ship lobby inquiry committee. He was given until Tuesday to consult counsel and the panel threatened to refer the case to the United States attorney. He declined to say why he visited Washington five or six times since December but claimed it was not related to the ship purchase bill.
Dr J A Daniels a Mason and former Davenport resident vanished from his New Orleans home on November 13. A letter from the Isle of Pines says he is alive with memory lapses and does not recall how he reached the island. He left with two men to fence vacant property near Charley and Augusta streets.
Paris reports Premier Ghounaris affirming Greece will remain neutral and faithful to alliances with Serbia and Romania. He says the ministry’s March 10 declaration will be followed, protecting Greece’s national interests without hostility to any power.
Telamon Cuyler cotton broker files in New York supreme court for separation from wife Grace Barton Cuyler. He cites abandonment in 1912 with custody of two children. The case follows California divorce action and a prior suit against Mrs Barton alleging alienation of affection.
In Henderson North Carolina on March 12 two women and a child died and two men likely fatally hurt after unidentified attackers poured kerosene on the home of Joe Perry a Black resident ten miles from town and fired into the burning house as occupants fled Sheriff Royster rushed to the scene.
Captain J Rainey of the Fifteenth Cavalry says Marcinano Vicente and Juan de Lao were arrested as alleged leaders of a campaign to operate in Chihuahua under the Pentifico party. Border recruits have crossed from Texas. patrols were ordered to stop them on neutrality law charges. Further arrests reported from Alpine.
Paris. Mrs Fennell, wife of a wealthy merchant, was attacked on Avenue Kleber by a Belgian driver named Robert Jansens. She sustained cuts to the head and arms. Jansens threatened to cut his own throat. Both were hospitalized at Beaujon and expected to recover.
J. C. Ham mer said to be from St. Louis was found dazed on a street in Miami and detained for mental evaluation. He had bonds totaling 100000 dollars, rare coins valued at 340000, and 1000 dollars in cash on his person.
A list of guests registered at the Cawthon Hotel on Friday includes T. W. Woods from Cleveland Ohio Ed 8S Richard son from New Orleans J 4 H Cook from Lucedale Miss John J McKay of Macon Ga L G Cowart of Gulfport Miss W Denny Jr of Pascagoula Miss B F ete from Birmingham W B Tuttle and wife of Minneapolis Mrs H S Elred of Milwaukee Mrs C S Hazleton of Grand Rapids Mrs W L Hills of El Paso A Mead and A T Moot with spouses from Columbus Ohio and other guests.
A Berlin reported March 12 dispatch describes British warships bombarding Kilid Bahr and surrounding Turkish batteries in the Dardanelles. The attack from 11 50 a m to 4 25 p m yielded scattered results and cautious fire from vessels as Turkish batteries repeatedly opened fire.
Two thousand Mexicans stormed the national palace in Mexico City to free 250 Catholic priests imprisoned there. A riot ensued. Gustavio, the capital’s police chief, was stabbed, two attackers were killed, and many prisoners were injured.
Brigadier General Scott will depart Bluff Utah today for Douglass Mesa seventy five miles away to pacify hostiles the Plute Indians. He reported arrival at Bluff after a forty eight mile ride and other long days traveling by wheels and sleds. The marshal and posse are expected to reach Bluff tomorrow to join the pursuit.
Seattle March 12 All vessels calling at Vancouver British Columbia are labeled unfair by the Pacific coast division executive board of the International Longshoremen's Association. Longshoremen from San Diego to Prince Rupert refuse loading or unloading ships bound for Vancouver after the Vancouver strike over wage scale cuts from 25 to 30 percent.
Within ten days three large sailing vessels will depart Seattle with wheat cargoes for the United Kingdom. The La Enne C, Svithrod, and Alice A Leigh are under charter to grain exporter M. H. Houser and will sail to English ports for orders. Ship officers would not discuss possible routes.
An article from the May 1 1992 issue of the New York Medical Record cites Ira Van Gieson asserting lime is hard to digest but Eckman’s Alterative enables assimilation and aids tuberculosis. The piece claims the remedy is safe without habit-forming drugs and notes availability from Braswell’s Drug Store in Mollen.
A semi official dispatch from Petrograd outlines continued air activity by German and Allied forces on the eastern front. Bombardment of Ossowetz caused no fortification damage while both sides’ aircraft conducted reconnaissance and engagements along the Pilica and Vistula fronts.
Paris February 23. Neutral government military attaches return from a week studying front line operations from the sea to Arras. They report embankments across flooded country and trenches between Ypres and Arras as close as 15 to 350 yards. Attaches under fire observe bombardment of Arras and a generally cheerful French line with lower sickness.
Old time remedy for gray hair promises natural darkening and shine. Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold for 60 cents at drug stores and is said to stop dandruff itch and hair loss by applying with a sponge or brush overnight, leaving hair looking fuller and richer.
An advertisement claims Ely's Cream Balm opens clogged nasal passages in a minute and cures catarrh by morning. It urges readers to buy a small bottle at drug stores, describing the balm as a fragrant, heat-activated remedy that soothes inflamed membranes and relieves head and throat discomfort.
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