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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1915
Page
3
Officials of Mobile and Ohio deny reports that Passenger Trains Nos. 7 and 8, formerly running between this city and Meridian, Mississippi, would resume service citing no restoration planned despite trucking business increases.
Cincinnati surgeons take interest in the birth of William Lloyd Heckel Jr a surprise baby born last Sunday at 1123 Dayton Street to William and Mrs Heckel. Dr Charles Wertheimer notes the mother did not know the stork was coming and plans to report the case to the Academy of Medicine. The baby weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces and is in good health. William Jr is the couple s first child after six years of marriage.
Paris report says Edmond Rostand wrote a sonnet titled To Sarah to celebrate the operation on Madame Bernhardt. The verse ends with a call to spread wings and a note that the steel line and muse achieved a victory, signaling triumph.
A California business man credits Grape-Nuts with steady energy without stomach overload. He says the cereal keeps him alert, mental focus clear, and nerves quiet for a full business day. The letter, attributed to Postum Co. Battle Creek, invites readers to read The Road to Wellville and notes the claim of genuine, human-interest stories.
Mobile Hibernians Division No. 1 plans a major St Patrick’s Day celebration featuring a parade led by the Eighth Company Coast Artillery band from Fort Barancas and a banquet at the Battle House. U. S. Army units will join the procession and a concert in Bienville Square is planned if weather allows.
New York report notes a cotton broker remarks that each 15 inch gun fires a bale of cotton for smokeless powder, estimating wartime cotton use for powder production at about $100,000 monthly. The remark ties the Dardanelles combat to fabric costs and strategic materials in ongoing warfare.
In Winchester Kentucky Pearl Smith sues for separation from Will M Smith claiming he circulated scandalous reports about her without foundation and ruined her reputation. Married in 1910 in Texas the couple lived on a large Blue Grass farm between Winchester and Lexington where Smith built his fortune in railroad construction.
Chicago March 13 Franklin Newhall aged 91 testifies in probate court about his longevity routine. He says he sleeps six to eight hours, chops firewood daily, mows with a scythe, tends a garden, and has exercised this way for more than fifty years while contesting a conservatorship for his 750000 dollar estate.
The State of Alabama asks a temporary injunction to stop Mobile Item Company from advertising a liquor concern in violation of the anti advertising law. Hearing set for Monday at 10 oclock before Judge Safford Berney in the law and equity court. State represented by Attorney General W. J. Martin and State Solicitor N. R. Clarke. company to be represented by G. L. and H. T. Smith. Law recently declared effective by Judge Miller of Birmingham.
Mrs C V Wilson of 6195 Glenwood avenue tucked two diamond rings valued at 500 dollars in an old shoe and donated it to the Salvation Army. Detectives traced the footwear to the charity and recovered the rings after examining hundreds of shoes at the industrial headquarters.
The usual Lenten devotions take place at St. Matthew's Church tonight starting at 7:30. The program includes rosary sermon and benediction. Rev. John W. Dunne will deliver the sermon on The Devotions in Honor of St. Rita of Cassia.
No capital cases are scheduled but five burglary cases will be disposed of along with two prohibition cases and six grand larcenies. The week’s call includes names such as Yancey Hogan Amanda LL Flynn Christine Williams and James Webster among others with offenses ranging from burglary grand larceny and receiving stolen property to assault and battery and resisting an officer.
In New Orleans on March 13 Mrs. Clearge Tebbler told juvenile court she seeks alimony for her three children. Displaying a black eye she said her husband assaulted her. she admitted defending herself and the judge ordered alimony while noting his job as a stationary flagman.
Law and Equity Court sessions report jury verdict for Samson Tabb versus Home Industry Iron Works with defendant prevailing. Multiple cases listed by day include Swift & Co. suits, Catherine Sage versus Barker Cotton Mills, and Barry versus Page & Jones among others, with motions docketed for Monday.
Deputy Sheriff Dan Petty arrested Toney Cheney on a burglary charge for breaking into Arthur Anderson’s home. After docketing him, a second warrant for grand larceny was found, accusing Cheney of stealing a gasoline engine valued at about $40 sworn by Pat Tucker.
At Government Street Presbyterian Church Rev. Henry Wade DuBose is pastor. Rev. Egbert W. Smith of Nashville will preach both morning and evening with services at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. Sunday school 9 30 a.m. Christian Endeavor 6 45 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 p.m. Seats free.
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