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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1913
Page
12
C K Davis, a grain dealer, described the Omaha tornado scene with wrecked frame houses and torn porches. He noted the helpless condition of victims, overwhelmed hospital and ambulance service, and the reliance on private cars and motor companies to transport the injured to doctors and hospitals.
An advertisement offers shoe repair services by experienced makers. It promises free pickup within 15 miles and asks customers to call Home 1201 for doorstep service at Harrys Big Shoe Place on Government Street in Mobile Alabama.
Prof M A Honline a New York Bible teacher and Men and Religion Movement promoter arrives in Mobile from Montgomery. He will give three lectures starting Tuesday at 4 PM at Government Street Presbyterian church on Our Bible How Did We Get It. Later sessions at 6 30 PM at the Y M C A and 8 PM at Hart Auditorium cover Christian Fundamentals and The Bible as a Factor in Civilization.
Tribute to memory of Solomon S. Zelnicker paid by a new Independent Order of Red Men lodge in Tampa designated as Zelnicker Lodge. Zelnicker, a Mobile resident and father of James H. Zelnicker, died in Tampa and was brought to Mobile for burial. Leon Schwarz, president of the seventh district, instituted the lodge.
A Fleetwood Pennsylvania woman recounts relief from headaches dizziness and hot flashes during menopause after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter praises the tonic as strengthening and notes no doctor visits for years. It urges publication and cites common midlife symptoms prompting use of the remedy.
In a Monday session Detective Warren Burch reported Lewis Brown pled guilty to petit larceny for stealing two boxes of leather soles from Barney Cavanaugh Hardware and was sentenced to three months hard labor. Four others faced traffic and ordinance violations with fines or brief jail terms. Willie Rice appealed after $10 fine and $100 bond set.
Recorder David H Idington and Chief of Police F W Crenshaw led a Monday night session on Im morality its Cause and Cure. Speakers urged abolishing segregated districts arresting patrons of immoral houses enforcing injunctions and moral education at home.
The Democratic congressional committee plans a reorganizing meeting in Washington probably on April 9 to energize campaign work. Representative Lloyd of Missouri steps down as chairman after long service. David E. Finley and Ben Johanson receive endorsements for chairmanship roles. A Mitchell Palmer resigns as second vice chairman to focus on the National Democratic committee.
The Supreme Court held that a state requiring proof of residence and cultivation must rely on two witnesses other than the claimant. The case involved a homestead entry in Lincoln County Nebraska.
Ted Sullivan will give a baseball lecture for Mobile players and fans under the Mobile Baseball Association. The talk will be held Friday or Saturday night in a hall to be announced. Giants manager John McGraw seeks to arrange Sullivan for players and young talent.
A Nebraska blizzard tornados injure and kill dozens across Omaha and surrounding towns. The death toll rises to 152 in Omaha with 50 more in neighboring areas. Rescue efforts continue as communications fail and relief funds are mobilized.
In Tripoli on March 25 Italian troops routed a large Arab force. Arab losses were 220 killed and many wounded, while Italian casualties totaled 24 dead and 123 wounded.
William Sproule, president of the Southern Pacific Railroad, says dissolution plans will keep SP in control of Central Pacific and Associated Oil. The oil company executive committee recommended a 1.5 percent dividend to be paid April 15 to soldiers, the first since six years without a dividend.
Charley Alexander a man described as having a criminal reputation was convicted in city court on the charge of grand larceny and remanded to jail to await sentence. Alexander conducted his own defense and cross-examined witnesses sharply.
The Rev. Dr. Joseph Newton Hallock editor and owner of the Christian Work and Evangelist since 1876 died at his Brooklyn home yesterday at age 79.
An advertisement touts Croxone as a guaranteed remedy for kidney and bladder problems, backache and rheumatism. It claims the formula cleanses kidneys, dissolves uric acid, soothes bladder linings, and offers a refund if it fails to help on first use.
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