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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 1913

Page

3

Purim Observance at Temple Shaarai Shemayim

The Jewish feast of Purim to be celebrated at Temple Shaarai Shemayim on Sunday March 23 with special services at 3 p.m. A children's ball follows in German Relief Hall Tuesday evening. The observance recalls Esther and Mordecai thwarting Haman with gifts to children and elaborate Sabbath school exercises.

Temple Shaarai Shemayim Mordecai Esther Haman Ahasureus Ham Ahasuereus Shauarai Shomayim

Citronelle Chautauqua Opens with Weather Dampening Attendance

The ninth Citronelle Chautauqua assembly opened Saturday at 11 am under association officers. A Mobile special train arrived at 1:45 pm with students and teachers. The Rogers orchestra performed and the program featured Bible hours, concerts, readings, chorus cantata Midsummer Eve, and Sunday services with sermons and an illustrated lecture by Dr. D A Planck.

Citronelle Chautauqua Association Mobile Tone Mobile Ohio Ger Harvey E. Jones, Jr Rogers Orchestra Bible Fabture D. A. Planck Mobile High School Nona Duffee Emma la Prade Tam Ida B. Cole Nell Bunnell Citronelle School Te Oday Union Sunday School State Sunday School A. M. Hawks

Smuggling Charge Involving Sailor Ladge

Herbert Ladge a sailor on a British steamer in port was arrested Friday by customs officers for smuggling bric a brac from his ship. He was taken to the United States attorney and will be arraigned for a preliminary hearing before a United States commissioner Monday.

Herbert Ladge United States Bric Abrac Ladge

Temple program features Esther readings and children's orchestra

A program for the occasion includes readings from the Book of Esther and a children's orchestra directed by Miss Leinkauf. The public is invited to the temple celebration.

Miss Leinkauf

Electric radiators offer emergency and auxiliary heating options

The article notes electric radiators as economical for emergency and auxiliary heating, especially in baths, sick rooms, nurseries, or during low central heat. Prices range from 5 to 10 dollars with portable, odorless operation. Operating cost runs about 12 cents per hour, depending on size.

Mobile Items Merchants Prize Selling Campaign Opens

Over a dozen Mobile organizations have entered The Mobile Item Campaign offering $4,000 in prizes including $1,000 cash and a $1,000 piano. Entrants earn votes by collecting labels and slips from listed goods. no member contributions required.

Mobile Chickering

Warrant Quest For W. D. Stringfellow Ends With Paralyzed Suspect

Deputy sheriffs from Baton Rouge pursued William D. Stringfellow, ex-attorney, on embezzlement charges. Stringfellow, found at a Mobile boarding house ill and paralyzed, refused to go without requisition papers. Officers faced delays over medical certs as they sought extradition to Louisiana.

J. H. Womack J. D. Womack Baton Rouge Mobile William D. Stringfellow New York New Orleans State Street Jackson Louisiana and Mobile Battle House Stringfellow Womacks Montgomery John G. Allen C. Allen, Jr Allen Pui Louisiana Mobile Police

Conference on School Bonds Outlines Bond Plan Changes

A second bond issue conference between city commissioners and the board of school commissioners is set for next Wednesday at 4 pm in Mayor Laz Schwarzs office. The groups may adjust details of a proposed 354000 bond issue, chiefly on whether funds may be used for a new high school. The school board favors building and upgrading facilities, while the city seeks restrictions per Alabama code. Attorney F G Bromberg notes bond money must be used only for new schools, limiting remodels.

Board of School Commissioners Laz Schwarz Barton Academy F. G. Bromberg Alabama

City's Health Push Noted in National Magazine

The Human Factor notes Mobile's health drive as expenditures rise threefold. Mayor Laz Schwarz says an extra 40 thousand dollars will be spent this year on public health institutions, with health and sanitation costs exceeding one fifth of the 469 thousand dollar city income.

Mobile Human Factor Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York Laz Schwarz City Hospital Pine Grove Hospital Board of Health Schwarz The

Get the New Corn Curing Method With GETS-IT

An advertisement touts GETS-IT as an easy painless cure for corns. It promises quick relief with no sticking plasters or digging into healthy flesh. The copy insists the corn shrivels and disappears without knives or coins.

Vision of the Sikh Visitor Struts Through Mobile Streets

A giant Sikh in Punjab horse dress appears in Mobile near the post office on St Francis Street at dawn. The crowd ponders his origin and purpose while a reporter greets him with Salaam and notes the danger of racial slurs and the blade in the Khyber knife.

Kipling Mobile St. Francis Street Punjab Park Billy Phelan Cincinnati Ressaldar Megro

Yeend Potter's New Store Promises Great News

Reader notice highlights social section pages six to eight of today’s paper. Exciting updates and events await in the listed pages, inviting readers to peruse the features and notices.

Freight Thieves Grow Bold Along River Front

Riverfront freight thieves have become bold, alarming steamboat men and others. On Friday night several thieves were confronted and nine shots were fired at intruders by river watchmen.

Better Than Spanking Home Treatment Promises Wetting Cure

Mrs. M. Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment for child bedwetting and for adults with urinary difficulties. She claims a constitutional cause and provides full instructions without any payment required. Write today to receive the treatment and guidance.

M. Summers Notre Dame Ind

Train Service Demoralized by Washout South of Flomaton

A destructive washout on the Mobile and Montgomery division near Murder Creek halted trains north of Flomaton after heavy rains and a cloudburst. Rail service was 24 hours late, with mails delayed. officials redirected trains via Meridian and Selma and restored some southbound service by Sunday morning.

Mobile Brewton Evergreen John Bos3e Montgomery New Orleans Ohio Meridian Miss Selma Bose

City to sue 2000 taxpayers for delinquent taxes

Chancery proceedings will start next week against about two thousand taxpayers who failed to pay municipal or special bond taxes for the year ending September 30 191%. About 55000 dollars are overdue. City Attorney B Boone says delinquents will be summoned to show cause why property should not be sold to satisfy the taxes.

Madern Wo Od Adarner i B. Boone Boone Chancery Chancery Court

Yeend Potter Con Announces Regular Bazaar Opening

Yeend Potter announces a regular bazaar opening with details on pages 6 6 7 8 in the social section of today’s paper. Readers are invited to look for them for great news and participation.

Yeend Potter Con

Ohio to Flomaton sleeper rerouted amid Tampa trouble

The Jacksonville sleeper was sent to Flomaton as No 3 while the Jacksonville Pensacola and Filomaton line traffic moved to Mobile Sunday morning with minimal delay. Bridge trains and hundreds of men from the New Orleans division were deployed to the scene at dawn. The operating department said repairs should be completed by Sunday afternoon or sooner.

Ohio Jacksonville Flomaton Pensacola Filomaton Mobile New Orleans

Doctors Endorse Newbro s Herpicide for Hair

Doctors publicly praise Newbro s Herpicide for dandruff control and scalp care. Prominent clinicians report relief from itching and scaliness, noting hair appears fuller and softer after use. Samples and money back guarantees accompany purchases through dealer networks and barbers.

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