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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1916

Page

3

Tanlac credited by Northern Pacific captain for health regain

Captain F S Patty once district passenger agent for Northern Pacific Rail road describes severe indigestion catarrh and insomnia after six years of decline. He credits Tanlac with improved sleep appetite and vitality and says he will continue using it. Sold in Mobile by Van Antwerp Drug Corporation in Royal and Dauphin streets.

F. S. Patty Northern Pacific Railroad Chattanooga St. Paul Minn Patty Knoxville G. P. Willis Tanlac Captain Patty Mobile van Antwerp Drug Corporation Royal and Dauphin Streets Adv

Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Praised by Ohio Family

Mrs Amanda Glerhart of Waynesfield Ohio commends Chamberlains Cough Remedy saying it has never failed to cure a cough or cold after twenty years of family use and notes it is obtainable everywhere.

Amanda _ Glerhart Waynesfield Ohio Chamberlain Adv

To Quickly Remove Ugly Hairs From Face

Beauty notes describe using delatone paste made from water and powdered delatone to remove facial hair. Apply for 2 to 3 minutes then rub off and wash skin to remove residue. Caution to ensure the product purchased is delatone.

Biloxi Plans Reunion Travel and Paper Depot

Biloxi Miss March 23 Special Prof R P Linfield will deliver the response for the Sons of Confederate Veterans at the United Confederate Veterans reunion in Birmingham May 15 18 A Gulf coast party will ride a special Pullman car from Biloxi Gulfport May 14 The Biloxi Commercial Club seeks to attract wholesale paper houses to Biloxi and Mobile to create a Biloxi waste paper depot amid US material shortages.

Biloxi Miss R. P. Linfield United Confederate Veterans Sons of Confederate Veterans Birmingham Confederate Veterans and Sons of Veterans Gulf Coast Gulfport New Orleans Mobile United States

Whistler Notes lodge meetings and local events

Mizpah Lodge No. 222 meets at Odd Fellows Hall Thursday at 7. A box party at the Thompson residence raised a neat sum. Mrs. Edward Lovett leaves for Richton due to aunt’s illness. LeRoy Finnegan’s farewell party planned at Mrs. M. Shenesey’s home. Vesuvius Lodge No. 221 met at I O O F Hall. Mrs. Robert P. Turner and Roberta return from Crichton visit. Mrs. C. M. Goleman fractures hip in a fall. Mr. and Mrs. John Dawsey Jr and children visit from Montgomery.

Whistler Ala Mizpah Lodge No. 222 Odd Fellows Hall J. W. Thompson Edward Lovett Richton Miss LeRoy Finnegan M. Shenesey Vesuvius Lodge No. 221 International Association of Machinists I. O. O. F. Hall Robert P. Turner Roberta Crichton C. M. Goleman John Dawsey, Jr Montgomery

Tuesday in Whistler and the box party plans

Tuesday in Whistler featured Mr Dawsey s sister Mrs Minnie Shenesey and Rev Frank H Wright an Indian evangelist with Revs F W Evans at the noon service at the shops Hammon tree performed vocal selections. Services are planned again Friday at noon if weather permits. Joe Street Ed Lovett and Bill Cowan attended court in Mobile. Arrangements are complete for a box party at J W Thompsons residence for Mrs Allie Stewart.

Whistler Dawsey Minnie Shenesey Frank H. Wright F. W. Evans Hammontree Joe Street Ed Lovett Bill Cowan Mobile J. W. Thompson Allie Stewart

Parachute Saves Life of Balloonist Observer

Paris March 23 reports a French captive balloon observer narrowly saved when a German shell cut the ropes. The balloon rose to 11 000 feet near Clermont in the Argonne, observer jumped from the basket, parachute opened, and he landed safely about three hundred yards inside the French line. The descent grew gentle after the initial drop, allowing continued observation during the twenty minute ride.

Paris Clermont Argonne

Court Callouts and Proceedings List

In Circuit Court Judge Browne calls Thursday dockets State of Alabama v Osie Grimes Doe Lyons Co v Roe Sarah Crane et al J K Glennon Co v J H Caldwell et al In Law and Equity Court Judge Berney reports Wednesday business G C Bryant v Coca Cola Bottling Co non suit John H McEvoy v Mobile Light & Railroad Co demurrers overruled Henry T Davis v Peoples Shoe Co on trial Equity side Judge Berney Louis Morse Jr v Hildreth G Bloodgood et al decree pro confesso

Samuel B. Browne State of Alabama Osie Grimes Doe Lyons Co Roe Sarah Crane J. K. Glennon & Co J. H. Caldwell Law and Equity Court Safford Berney G. C. Bryant Coca-Cola Bottling Co John H. McEvoy Mobile Light & Railroad Co Henry T. Davis Peoples Shoe Co Louis Morse, Jr Hildreth G. Bloodgood Sues Street Car Company Mary Smith Law and Equity Mobile Light and Railroad Company Shere Marine and Montgomery Streets S ‘Street Cate

Missing Relatives Sought By Bell and Russ

Mrs. Sam J Bell of Jefferson Georgia seeks help locating J G Allen formerly of Mobile described as about 60 with grey curly hair and 140 pounds Arthur C Russ of San Diego requests word about Mrs Mary E Gubbay believed in Mobile She left San Jose on October 2 1906.

Sam J. Bell Jefferson, Ga Police Department J. G.allen Mobile Arthur C. Russ San Diego Cal Mary E. Gubbay San Jose

Hughes Won't Be Nominated by Republican Leaders

Washington reports four main reasons Justice Charles E. Hughes will not be the Republican Progressives’ candidate for president. Roosevelt’s opposition, Hughes’s reluctance to join the platform, risks leaving the Supreme Court, and convention handlers using Hughes as a stalking horse undermine his chances.

Washington Charles E. Hughes Roosevelt Hughes the Supreme Court Dicker Supreme Court Taft Strong, Cadwallader & Co Barnes-Murphy Charles BE. Hughes Tobacco Trust James C. McReynolds Louis D. Brandeis Justice Hughes Republican Party Chicago T. Roosevelt Penrose Barnes Crane Hilles Justice

Public Health Service Tests and Statements on Diseases

Issued by the United States Public Health Service, the text surveys malaria rates, rodent control in New Orleans, and common public health claims. It discusses disease spread, air as a tonic, and typhoid and measles impact, noting no yellow fever cases since 1905.

United States Public Health Service South New Orleans United States

Convict Walter Jones Drowned After Escape from Sara Land Camp

The body of Walter Jones, a six month petit larceny convict, was found in Bayou Sara Tuesday morning. He escaped March 18 and was tracked to the creek edge by bloodhounds before presumed to have drowned while attempting to swim the stream. Burial occurred near the camp.

Walter Jones Saraland Bayou Sara Jones

Forrest Highway route discussion between Birmingham and Mobile

In Birmingham on March 23 a meeting of the Forrest Highway board is planned for March 24 in Montgomery to hear claims and decide the most feasible route from Montgomery to Mobile. The board includes R W Massey chairman and members from Alabama and Georgia.

Birmingham Ala Mobile Montgomery South Alabama R. W. Massey H. A. Wheeling A. B. Arlington Rome A. N. Tumlin Cave Springs J. A. Rountree Hugh McGeever T. E. Moody Springville J. L. Herring Ashville J. B. Stewart Attalla W. G. Bellinger Gadsden J. L. Savage D. N. Williamson Center

Greenville men to attend Forrest Highway meeting in Montgomery

A group of Greenville business, professional and farming leaders will travel to Montgomery on Friday, March 24, to join Forrest Highway Association talks. The goal is to decide the route for the Montgomery Mobile highway with Butler county already partially built and about fifteen miles remaining.

Greenville Montgomery Forrest Highway Association Mobile Butler County

Strong Mobilians chosen to attend Forrest Highway meeting

A prominent Mobile delegation named by Chamber president B M Bailey will represent the city at the Forrest Highway Association meeting in Montgomery on Friday. The committee includes Captain John Craft, J T Lacklaw, T B Turner, W L Henderson, R T Houston and John L Moulton. They depart Friday at 12 45 p m and expect to return Saturday.

B. M. Bailey Chamber of Commerce Forrest Highway Association Montgomery John Craft J. T. Lacklaw T. B. Turner W. L. Henderson R. T. Houston John L. Moulton

Rumors of Gerard Berlin Peace Talks Displease Wilson

President Wilson and Secretary Tumulty denied claims that Ambassador Gerard planned to stay in Berlin for peace talks with Germany. State Department officials dismissed the reports as without basis and cautioned they could harm confidential efforts toward peace.

Washington Dent Wilson White House Gerard Germany Wilson Berlin State Department Wilson “i

Property transfers and deeds listed with small sums

The notice records several small property transfers and deeds including E Marcartray to Mary Martray for $1 love and affection on a parcel near Jackson and Lipscomb, a conveyance involving Sadie Myers and Jo, and Tidewater Securities with W H Lanford Jr for $10 plus valuable considerations. Also mentions lots in Block 149 near Broad and St Francis streets and other legal assignments.

E. Marcartray Mary Martray Jackson and Lipscomb Street Mary Marcar Cedar Sadie Myers M. Spooner B. Chidsey Et Als

Mobile community meeting on public interests discussed

A review of the session notes shows officials proposing actions to ensure Mobile's four interests are properly cared for. The discussion highlighted governance steps and potential measures brought before attendees.

Mobile

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