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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1914
Page
6
Police pursue a kidnapping theory in the absence of a body or firm trace of seven year old McCarrick who vanished from home. Investigators follow clues, consider rivers Delaware and nearby, with ransom letters surfacing from unknown sources as effort continues.
Group relieved in fifteen minutes by applying Vap-O-Rub to the throat and chest with a warm cloth. Inhaled vapors loosen phlegm and ease breathing, claimed to prevent colds and catarrh while avoiding internal medicines. Available in jars at 6 or 1.00.
The first installment of US war department arms reached the American embassy in Mexico City for protection of citizens amid disturbances. The consignment includes 250 rifles and two machine guns held at the customs house under Huerta's orders for fourteen days. Nelson OShaughnessy expects no further trouble in securing the remaining weapons. Rear Admiral Fletcher, visiting with family, left for Vera Cruz after four days of sightseeing. investigators pursue leads on a missing child case amid crank theories.
A candidate for Revenue and Road Commissioner of Mobile County seeks support citing past acts and promises to faithfully serve public interests. He touts businesslike administration, increased county revenue, highway material savings, and a check system for paying employees while opposing tax hikes and advocating road law revisions and referenda.
New York report claims Miss Alia Breitung, 19, married Max Frederick Kleist in Grace Church on November 22, a claim denied by her parents. The official vital statistics ledger confirms the union, prompting a hushed, curious reaction as the Breitung home closes to callers and society discusses the case.
Oscar K. Jeffries aged 24 shot himself in front of a mirror at a Second Avenue rooming house after escorting his wife to a Louisville and Nashville train. He died within two minutes. a note read Send me to Live Loy. He had been drinking heavily and had worked for the railroad over a year before being discharged March 14.
Evangelist W. M. Anderson assisted Rev. J. B. Barnes at revival services in the Baptist Tabernacle Church. He delivered the afternoon sermon “My Brothers Burden and Mine” and spoke on “Pentecost” at the night service. Crowds attended both sessions. Wednesday’s 3 pm lecture will be “At the Beautiful Gate of the Temple” followed by a 7:30 pm sermon “The Unpardonable Sin.” Since the revival began, seven have joined the services.
Pensacola Florida March 25 with Mrs J B Perkins as president the Pensacola Equal Suffrage League was organized after a Washington suffrage speaker Mrs Alice Shear delivered the address Shear was named vice president and 35 new members joined at the city hall meeting promoters plan to aid other Florida sections in pushing a constitutional amendment granting women the vote.
Mrs Elizabeth Boone of Franklin Virginia reports eight years of severe womanly troubles ending after seven bottles of Cardui. She says the tonic restored health, enabled her to perform housework and laundry, and saved money from prior ineffective medicines. She recommends Cardui to others and notes friends also benefit. Cardui advertised by Chattanooga Medicine Company Ladies Advisory Dept.
Mare Island navy yard in Vallejo reports a war scare over the Collier Justin stopping in San Diego to pick up an extra typewriter. Captain Bennett says the rumor arose from the need for a typewriter on board a vessel in Mexican waters, calling typewriters indispensable in modern warfare.
An old promotional ad claims Danderine will remove dandruff and hair loss within minutes. It touts rapid improvements as well as weeks of growth, offering a 25 cent bottle promise to restore fullness, luster, and softness to neglected hair.
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