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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1916
Page
10
An old advertisement promotes a morning health routine of drinking a glass of hot water with limestone phosphate to flush the stomach, liver, and bowels. It claims this inside bathing cleanses the digestive tract, relieves constipation and biliousness, and improves overall well being.
An old remedy claims pimples and boils stem from toxins in the bowels. It recommends a daily dose of Jad Salts in hot water each morning for a week to cleanse the blood, stimulate kidneys, and purge skin eruptions. The ad touts Jad Salts as inexpensive and harmless.
Pain and soreness from cleaning overexertion soothed by Sloan's Liniment. Rub it on sore spots and in a short time pain eases, allowing restful sleep. One grateful user calls Sloan's Liniment worth its weight in gold. Keep a photograph handy for soreness neuralgia and bruises. 25% at your druggist.
Thacker arrived in Savannah from the Barbadoes in custody of Chicago officers and is awaited in Chicago for defrauding Gosden & Co where he served as bookkeeper. His alleged forgeries spanned months before he fled by sea to South America. he was detained at Barbadoes. A former convict, he secured the job through friends. His wife accompanied him and later returned to Chicago. she was arrested for forgery with a case set for March 30.
Victor B. Innes and his wife, warned to surrender to Georgia authorities, will abandon their extradition fight and are prepared to return to Atlanta for trial within a week. They are accused of misappropriating about $12,000 entrusted for investment by Eloise Nelms Dennis of Atlanta.
Franz Rapp the German consul general in San Francisco and several others indicted in the bomb plot cases must face trial, Judge Dooling decided. The judge denied the motion to quash the new indictments against Bopp, Vice Consul Von Sehack, Baron Von Brincken and others.
A city court jury sentenced Dorsey Tannehill to ten years in prison for robbing Robert Westly of Citronelle. Evidence showed Tannehill, at gunpoint, took five dollars two months ago.
An old advertisement urges more outdoor activity to combat obesity. It claims indoor life weakens blood oxygen, harms organs, and enlarges fat deposits. It promotes oil of kerein capsules from Van Antwerp's as a safe aid, plus regular weigh-ins and ongoing use until normal weight.
Selwyn Company brings The Eternal Magdalene to the Lyric Theatre for a March 25 matinee and night show. The drama stars Clara Joel along with Wilson Reynolds Helena Happort George Wright Jr and others in a story that treats an ancient problem with straightforward drama and historical context.
A grandmother’s remedy for gray hair returns in Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound sold in drug stores. For about 50 cents a bottle, users apply with a comb or brush to strands, darkening hair and adding a youthful lustre without revealing the treatment. It is not a disease cure.
Deputy Sheriffs Murray Puckett and Donaghue visited McNamara Brothers at Wilkinson and Canal streets and McEvoy at Broad and Brazil streets, seizing whisky for evidence. Deputies Donaghue Easterling and Carter raided George Pearson’s stand at Eslava and Water streets and found two sacks of liquor in bottles.
Cattle brought the highest March price in history at the Union Stock Yards with prime heifers selling at 10.06 dollars per hundred pounds amid scarce choice cattle. Buyers predicted further gains to eleven dollars within two months as market demand remained strong. The notice then shifts to John Robinson's Ten Big Shows coming to Mobile on March 2 and March 27 with enlarged tents and an extensive ensemble of acts and animals.
The text links sluggishness bad breath pimples dizziness appetite loss to digestive issues and urges quick attention. It warns that serious diseases begin as minor ills and promotes Granger Liver as a remedy for such symptoms.
Four negro organizations convene at First Congregational Church in Mobile with large attendance. Sessions include Cantional Association, Sunday School Association, Women's Missionary Union, and Christian Endeavor Society of Alabama. Speakers include Dean Larsen, Rev. Ragland, Dr. Bond, Rev. Carter, and others. sermons and talks stress Christian training for children.
A Danish bark Claudia sailing from Jacksonville February 26 was sunk, according to Copenhagen dispatches to the Exchange Telegraph. The ship went down but all crew were rescued.
Dr. Charles L. Reed of Cincinnati announced a germ he calls Bacillus Epilepticus as the source of epilepsy. He said the germ may exist in soil and enters the body via the stomach and intestines, similar to the germ of lockjaw, in a Medical Society of the Missouri Valley address in St. Joseph.
The National Stock Yards in East St. Louis reported the highest lamb price on record as 509 Colorado lambs sold for 11.70 dollars per hundred pounds. A second sentence about voting does not pertain to this market notice and is omitted.
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