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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1914
Page
2
Judge R. L. Bradley grand master of Alabama Grand Lodge Inde r Order Odd Fellows spoke briefly to Union Lodge No. 13 Mobile. A large assembly of brethren heard his remarks amid his candidacy for state treasurer. He continued his visit Tuesday afternoon.
Mobile commissioners at a regular meeting adopted a memorial resolution for B Boykin Boone long time city attorney. The resolution commends his loyalty ability courage and his role in securing public water and sewer systems while expressing condolences to city officers and staff.
Local druggists Van Antwerp, Albright & Wood promote D D D as a miracle cure for persistent rashes. The ad claims instant soothing action and deep skin healing, offering full bottles on trial to prove its efficacy.
A fragmented listing shows various grocery items with prices and brands such as granulated sugar 24 pounds for 1.00, Royal Baking Powder, 8 cans for 52 cents, Sea mont Spaghetti, Mobile Maid Syrup, Good Luck Baking Powder, White Rock Water at 29 cents per pint, and other items with prices. The text resembles a store advertisement from a historical issue with mixed product lines and unit quantities.
An OCR fragment shows a dry goods entry with a price of 1.98 and a unit price of 1.00. The text is fragmentary and does not provide a full item name, shop, or date.
A fragment lists assorted small items including crockery and glassware with prices such as 15 cents and 10 cents. The text mentions cup and saucer sets and various small domestic goods in a reduced sale context.
Fragmentary catalog of men clothes and accessories with listed values. Items include Paris Garters Hats Laundry Shirts and Summer Underwear with various price points and discounts. The text shows inconsistent numbers and garbled phrases, suggesting an old classified notice or shop inventory excerpt.
A list of discounted domestic goods including ice cream freezers Galvanized tubs mops lawn rakes shovels and irons with specific values and sale prices. Items show varied sizes and capacities with substantial savings and round numbers for shoppers.
A fragmented advertisement lists various goods with small values including Drugs and Perfume Creams, Jergen's etc. Items include Scott's Emulsion 1.00 value, Camphor Ice 10c, Dodson's Liver Tone 50c, Colgate's Tooth Paste, Castoria 85c, Sanitary Soap Boxes 25c, and Penicillin-like products.
E Burton Holmes the famed travel lecturer will wed Miss Margaret Wise Oliver on Saturday the sixteenth at St Stephen's Episcopal church in New York. Holmes listed age forty four and residence Congress Hotel Chicago when obtaining the license.
Be it Resolved the Mobile City Board of Commissioners expresses deep be reavement at the loss of legal adviser B Boykin Boone and offers sympathy to Mrs Boone and his children. The board suspends all business for the day and adjourns until tomorrow at noon.
The notice lists auction times for several towns on successive days from March 25 to March 27. Locations include Grand Bay Irvington Theodore Crichton Semmes Wilmer Oak Grove and Citronelle with specific visit windows in the evening and afternoon.
Absence of key witness Pettus Lee caused the Hardaway Young embezzlement cases to be postponed to the June term. One indictment led to a $125 embezzlement conviction. other charges involve $46,000 and forgery tied to Southern Hardware and Supply Company.
The Cham ber of Commerce board will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the committee room to act on secretary appointments. Thomas L Cannon, chairman of the St Louis Business League convention bureau, is among applicants and is endorsed by former secretary Don Farnsworth. President A J Parsons will form a committee to discuss with Mobile and Ohio railroad the grain elevator project.
Joseph C. Rich, general counsel of the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad, will not appear on the April 6 state ticket as a Democratic and Conservative Party committee candidate. He notified Judge Price Williams, who informed the secretary of state and the printing office, that his name was sent in without authorization.
Night Jailor John L. Brown of Sheriff Palmer's force was moved to a local infirmary Tuesday afternoon. He will undergo an appendectomy on Wednesday.
In Mobile Alabama the Law and Equity Court before Judge Safford Berney on Tuesday hears T S Moore versus H E Blake. The motion on behalf of T O Goodbrad as receiver requests discharge of duties and a final order.
An advertisement touts HOT SPRING LIVER BUTTONS claiming to cleanse the bowels speed recovery from headaches and fatigue and restore motivation after meals. It promises constipation relief as a safe option and urges readers to buy a 25 cent box.
Charles Webb alias Levi Webb shot and wounded farmer Robert Booth at Russell Alabama and burglarized Booths barn and a Mobile residence. He received 15 years for assault and two years each for two burglary convictions totaling 19 years. Other prisoners at the term faced various sentences.
Mrs Mary Bott Kealey of St Louis seeks her aged father W F Bott or Bott described as about 70 with dark hair and eyes. He is a French descended shoemaker from Florida and Denver once owned a shoeshop and spoke French German and English. A shoe repairer matching the description was seen in York Pa and aided by Chief Crenshaw before vanishing.
A frame dwelling on Savannah Street near George Street, owned by R L Whatley of Wilmer Alabama and occupied by M Hess, burned Tuesday morning about 9 55. The entire roof was burned off and the blaze was discovered as the roof began to fail. An alarm from box 74 at Charles and Savannah streets. Loss partly covered by insurance.
Elaborate preparations are underway for a tube pictures exhibit in the assembly room of the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday at 8 o clock. The National Tube Company of Pittsburg will supply the films detailing steel tubing from mining to finished product. Admission is free and all interested residents may attend.
A. C. Harte national Y M C A secretary presented an illustrated talk on India before a large audience at the Y M C A auditorium Monday night. Stereopticon views showed natives and architecture as he described India as a world within itself with many tongues and religions yet common simplicity and home life.
The Onondaga today was ordered to remove obstructions from the sunken Old Dominion liner Monroe to clear navigation. The hull itself will not be disturbed and the cargo may be saved.
J B Taylor foreign freight agent for Mobile and Ohio railroad traveled to New Orleans on company business Monday night. A A Pearsons candidate for commissioner of agriculture was in the city visiting in support of his campaign.
Advertising pitch claims Peruna remedies lingering effects of grip and winter illnesses. An exhortative sales line urges readers to treat ongoing symptoms by using the product.
Mrs. J. Kountz of Nashville Tennessee reports a long standing cough cured by Peruna. She says after trying many medicines she finally found relief with Peruna and now enjoys better health and strength thanks to the remedy.
A Severs Case of Grip. Mr W. 8 Brown of Rogeraville Tennessee says Peruna cured his cough and catarrh after five bottles. He recommends Peruna to all with catarrh or cough and credits the remedy with restoring his health.
Roanoke police seek 15 year old Julian Wise son of R S Wise a Norfolk and Western telegraph operator. He left home in March and was seen that night at Betst Tenn where he boarded a train south. Police have his description and will search for him.
Dodson's Liver Tone claims to prevent periods of weak liver action and irritability better than calomel. The ad portrays the remedy as a safe pleasant vegetable tonic suitable for children and sold by druggists with a money back guarantee, priced at 60 cents.
Notice to Mobile County voters clarifies that the author is not part of any candidate combination on a sample ticket. The speaker denies organizing the slate, insists on pursuing their own nomination, and states they did not choose the listed names.
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