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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1914
Page
2
Charles W through his attorneys filed suit in law and equity court alleging the Western Union Company failed to deliver a message to Greensboro Alabama about a mother dying in Mobile. The suit seeks damages of 1999 dollars claiming the delay prevented the funeral.
Fragmentary text notes global fin supply is dominated by a single or few entities, suggesting reduced competition and potential price impacts. The fragment mentions censorship or trade limitations but lacks full context and specifics.
An American business man describes his 25 year catarrh ordeal and claims a modern Swiss product cured him instantly. He offers a free trial via a small pocket RATOR device and a coupon, insisting no cost or doctors needed. He urges readers to act now to obtain relief.
A reader requests a no cost trial of the Swiss Can Vaporator treatment via a coupon offer. The note mentions 1023 N Fifth Ave and a patient with catarrh or asthma seeking trial access. Name provided as a signer.
The Bell system dissolved the so called telephone trust in a federal court decree accepted by the telephone interests. The agreement ends the Sherman act suit brought by the Oregon attorney general and requires Bell to relinquish holdings in Northwestern Telephone Company and Interstate Telephone Company. It also covers acquisition moves involving Home Telephone Company Spokane and exchanges in Seattle Tacoma and Bellingham Washington.
March 26 report confirms bubonic plague in Havana when Spanish boy Carlos Arechaga died from the disease. Two others are diagnosed. all in critical condition. Sanitary precautions are intensified and quarantine zones enlarged as Dr. Wilson enforces strict measures for passengers and freight to the United States.
In New London on March 26 the Kohler court martial for immoral conduct was not reopened as expected. Fort Terry officers offered no explanation as to the case and a rumor that Kohler had disappeared persisted until authorities stated he had not left the island.
Lima March 26 Roberto EB Leguia resigns as first vice president who assumed duties of Peru’s president after Billinghurst was exiled. A new government council forms to arrange a presidential election.
The Central Trades Council urged Mobile residents to subscribe to capital stock for a great fair and exposition to develop surrounding lands. Cliff Williams warned laborers that boll weevil damage and drought threaten local employment, urging diversification and use of cut-over lands to sustain prosperity and prevent real estate depreciation.
Mobile Boosters Club will meet at the Cawthon Hotel Friday night to discuss a Booster trip from Mobile in early April. The plan mirrors last year's Chamber of Commerce excursions and will target new trade territory not yet covered.
W. E. Kemp, Choctaw merchant, filed a bankruptcy petition in U S district court Thursday morning stating liabilities of 23440 dollars and assets of 15420 dollars. He was adjudicated a bankrupt and the case referred to referee R T Ervin in Mobile.
A brief aphorism notes a mah should keep his head to hang his hat on it, implying prudence and readiness in daily life. The line uses concise, practical wisdom framed as a common sense maxim.
E A Pound of Georgia will lecture on Ideals and Aspirations at the Citronelle Chautauqua Thursday night at 7 30. The program includes J Ladies Orchestra selections and Bible lectures plus natural history readings. Pound’s Wednesday talk on The Americanization of the World framed democracy from America’s discovery to today. He argued America is guided by God and poised as world arbiter in a march toward righteousness.
A head on collision between St. Louis and San Francisco passenger train No. 5 and a northbound local at Maney Junction west of Fort Smith injures between ten and fifteen people. A wrecking crew and doctors are en route. local Frisco offices report no deaths.
Two lawsuits totaling 580,590 dollars were filed in federal court in New York against the J. B. Johnson Company, pineapple juice dealers acting for the government. The actions claim mis classification and under valuation since 1898 of Nassau island juice, noting the firm owns a Nassau plantation and canning plant.
Enid Oklahoma March 26 William Joseph Hanks aged 81 claimed to be a nephew of Nancy Hanks mother of Abraham Lincoln died here today He was born in Brown county Illinois and served three years in the Union army in the Civil War Mrs Hanks aged 78 survives him
A Boston advertisement promises a painless hair removal treatment that eliminates growth permanently. It asks readers to mail name and address with a two cent stamp to receive sealed full instructions and to test the method, offering no charge beyond postage.
The fragment promotes a hair removal service advertised to women in Boston Massachusetts. It urges immediate action and claims a genuine, unquestioned result from a product or procedure offered by a Mrs Jenkins at 264 Purchase Street Suite 233 Boston.
Kentucky State College baseball players strike after two disputed games are cut from the spring schedule. The team, member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, demands cancellation of the entire schedule if the two games are not played. The faculty athletic committee canceled the two games citing study time concerns.
The port wardens held their first meeting since reappointments on Thursday at 11 in the harbor master’s office. Attendants were G. N. Van Liew George R. Vaughan and Harbormaster T. P. Norville. Only routine business was discussed and transacted.
The case of William J. Brown charged with murder of Alfred Percy on July 16, 1912 was reset for April 11 in city court. The Friday call now shows no cases. The column ends with a stray remark about a crying woman and a motion picture.
The text describes scrofula manifestations such as facial and body eruptions, inflamed eyelids, sore ears, muscle wasting, and debility. It promotes Head's Sarsaparilla as a cure to eradicate scrofula and strengthen the body, urging readers to obtain it from their druggist today.
Members of the Chamber of Commerce and many others viewed three films illustrating iron pipe production from ore to finished product. The reels featured scenes from Minnesota ore fields and plants of the National Tube Company at Lorain Ohio and McKeesport Pennsylvania.
A brief observation notes that shoppers in some stores argue more than they buy, highlighting tension and friction amid everyday commerce. The remark attributes the behavior to the atmosphere, customer frustration, and competing demands during shopping.
A wartime style advertisement touts ZEMO for itch relief with a 26 cent bottle offer. It claims instant stoppage of itching from germs to disordered blood cells and promises proof by purchase. Local mobile druggists Suttons Suttons Drug Store Roe Drug Co. and others are listed.
Mrs Allie Morris of Burlington asks Chief Crenshaw to locate her son Mark Morris last heard from Mobile on February 24 after sending money that was returned. He was said to work on the docks in Mobile. the note was turned over to detectives for investigation.
A fragment suggests a playful line about siters or sisters who keep you waiting. The text hints at a joke on patience and mispronounced words, with no clear event or context to identify people or organizations.
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