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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
11
Electricity for emergency and auxiliary heating notes that electric radiators, now cheaper, provide quick heat in baths, sick rooms, nurseries, and cold days. Suitable for small rooms or portions of shops without heating entire spaces. Prices run five to ten dollars. operating cost is 17 cents per hour or less. Purchase from electrical supply dealers or contact the new business department at Bell 3185, Home 22.
A striking sensation called Madam Pauline draws daily crowds in Mobile. Public and press acclaim her show at the corner of Spring Hill and Burton avenue. Patrons may take Spring Hill or Crichton cars, with signs on the house advertising the event daily and Sundays.
Dramatic testimony in the Columbus Savings Bank case reveals an information bureau between the state treasury and the bank. Former state treasurers I B Cameron and W S McKinnon implicated along with bank officials and local figures. Sowers says securities pledged to the bank have shrunk to about 1 million from 2.315 million and many loans are doubtful or hopeless.
Four hundred women and children swarmed the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York as Dr. Friedmann prepared to administer a tuberculosis vaccine. Police reserves cleared a path to the door while government physicians were barred from entering.
John T Geary died on Wednesday March 19 1913. Funeral held at his residence 15 Madison Street tomorrow morning at 10:30 and at St Vincent's Church at 11 o'clock.
Public notice touts Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil as a cure for severe granulated eyelids. The advertisement promises rapid relief for long standing cases and credits the product to Dr Porter's regimen.
William J. Bryan received lavish praise at a Lincoln banquet honoring his fifty third birthday. Governors Moorehead Dunne and others credited Bryan with enabling Wilson’s rise and democracy. Bryan modestly deflected credit, saying he was one of six million who aided the cause as they pledged continued Democratic effort. The event drew over a thousand attendees at Lincoln Auditorium.
A woman calling herself Jane Doe in New York said she is Mrs Albert S Northrup wife of a Washington D C government lawyer and former Minneapolis resident. She linked herself to Randolph Fitzhugh of Virginia after marriage and later separation. She was jailed on vagrancy charges after a grand larceny case was dropped. Northrup identity not found in Washington listings.
General J. H. Kidd a Civil War veteran and Indian fighter died at his Sonia, Michigan home after a long illness. Born in 1840 he led the Sixth Michigan Cavalry succeeding Custer and was breveted brigadier general of volunteers. He took part in the Powder River campaign and helped establish Fort Reno, Wyoming.
An advertisement promotes Hay's Hair Health claiming to restore vitality to gray or fading hair. It asserts hair becomes darker and fuller without dye and promises visible results after one or two applications. The copy stresses discretion and a money back guarantee.
Washington March 20 Senators Owen of Oklahoma and Vardaman of Mississippi presented the name of Charles D. Lowry of Mississippi for chief justice of the Court of Claims. The president will not attend speeches or accept invitations for six months. He declined Maine memorial services in New York on Decoration Day and a National Drainage Congress meeting in St Louis. Joseph Teall of Oregon was offered assistant secretary of the interior by Secretary Lane but declined. The president met Senator Smith in Tumulty's office. the discussion centered on sympathy for the administration.
William B. Tefy a young Canadian bank clerk was sentenced to Sing Sing for four years after pleading guilty to forgeries that defrauded the Royal Bank of Canada New York branch of thousands of dollars. With a woman he met in New York he spent the money in Europe in a month and was arrested upon return.
Brig. Gen. George P. Seriven praised aviation experiments by U S Army officers in San Diego and Galveston. Two more lieutenants were assigned to each site for flying instructions while pilots from San Diego gained aviation licenses. Flights between Galveston and Houston, with a passenger aboard in light winds, demonstrated promising aviation opportunities along the border.
An advertisement touts King's Royal Germetuer as a universal remedy for dread catarrh. It claims internal dosing and nose gargling stop hawking and spitting, kill germs, clear pus, heal ulcers, and improve appetite and mental sharpness. Available for $1 per large bottle from Ellis Lillybeck Drug Co Memphis and Van Antwerp Drug Co Mobile.
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