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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
2
City officials move to collect delinquent taxes with a chancery court filing set for March 26. About two thousand property owners will receive summons to show cause why their property should not be sold to satisfy taxes due under a section of the Alabama code.
Oliver Foster and Henry Foster faced the Inferior criminal court with Deputy Sheriff Flare Pierce as the alleged victim. On Thursday Judge Chamberlain set bonds at $500 for each, which the defendants posted.
The schooner Clara C. Scott delivered the first cargo of whiting to the New York and Mexican Whiting Company at pier 7 on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad docks. The factory will commence operations this week producing whiting for paint and by-products like soap filler, with cargo limited to this trip from Campeche.
Advertises D D D Prescription for Eczema washing away impurities to give a smooth healthy skin. Promotes a 60c bottle and claims guaranteed results. Mentions D D D Soap and asks where to buy from Van Antwerp Drug Corp and agents listed.
For 150 deliver a full hundred-pound sack of Magnolia Feeds Best on Earth for Horse or Dairy. Absolute satisfaction guaranteed. Gulf City Milling Co Mfgs Tennessee and Kelly Sts phones. March 20, 1931.
The first through train from Montgomery to Mobile arrived at 8:50 am six hours late due to soft track and flood damage between Flomaton and Evergreen. Freight was cleared from Mobile as crews rush to restore schedules via a temporary Selma route while rainfall totals reach 1.02 inches in 24 hours.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Sea Men's Bethel presents a monthly concert Thursday at 8 o'clock. A program features children aged 5 to 13 including recitations by Lilla Finch and Rachel Finch, piano duets by Lilla and Daisy Finch, songs by Ada Catherine Hurlbert and Barbara Beroujon, recitations by Barbara Beroujon and Nellie Beroujon, a piano solo by Nellie Beroujon, and a folk dance by Mary Waring Harrison and Alice Harrison.
Promotes Parisian Sage as a cure for dandruff and hair loss urging use to prevent baldness. Claims dandruff germs sap vitality, promises lustrous hair for men and women, with a 50 cent large bottle and sale by G. Van Antwerp & Son.
Citronelle Chautauqua winds down with Nell Bunnell's singing and a grand opera level performance. Sunshine Hawks presents a patriotic lecture “Sunshine in the Sixties” with war views and reminiscences. Dr. Thomas B Green of Episcopal fame attends Saturday afternoon, with a special Mobile and Ohio train from Mobile. Fare is fifty cents daily, half price on some days. Closing day offers a strong final program.
City commissioners did not discuss a formal offer to the school board to call an election for a $150,000 bond issue. Mayor Laz Schwarz advocated the bond, but action was not taken.
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