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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1914
Page
7
A fund exceeding 50000 dollars is planned to entertain Confederate Veterans at the Jacksonville reunion in early May. The finance committee reports 23000 dollars already collected and 7000 more pledged. Women aided the drive with a downtown tag day campaign selling badges for one dollar.
Southern Railway announced at its office that starting April 1 passenger trains between Mobile and Birmingham will include a Pullman buffet parlor car on every trip.
Captain Frank White of Birmingham, a candidate for the United States Senate, opens a campaign meeting in Mobile on Thursday night at 8 o clock. Joseph C. Rich will introduce him after White has spoken to an attentive Bay Minette audience and Baldwin county supporters. He will discuss his platform and reiterate support for federal aid to Mobile harbor expansion and channel deepening.
James Freeman, assistant general passenger agent of the Southern, headquartered in Birmingham, traveled to Mobile to arrange for the inauguration of a new service and publicize the plan. Pullman buffet parlor cars will be attached to passenger trains Nos. 19 and 20.
A vintage advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a gentle remedy for peevish or constipated children. It promises rapid relief by flushing out foul waste within hours and claims universal appeal to babies, kids of all ages, and adults. It warns to refuse counterfeit versions and to seek the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company.
Swan Creek Michigan and Hebron Maine women report renewed strength after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. They describe improved appetite, energy, and ability to perform household tasks. Confidential letters promise personal female physician replies.
Seeberg Steamship Line announces mobile Alabama to Leeward and Windward Islands Central and South America routes with intended sailings from Mobile. Crathens Mechienberg Alm Hilding and other steamers list calls Jamaica Haiti Martinique Trinidad La Guaira Curacao Colon Santo Domingo and Guadeloupe with capacity for 21 or 20 first class passengers on certain sailings and right reserved to change schedule or substitute vessels.
Bl. B. Comer, Alabama governor candidate, arrives in Mobile to deliver an address at German Relief hall. County Chairman N. E. Stallworth and Norville R. Leigh of the Comer Young Men's Club organize the meeting and expect a large crowd.
More than 100 residents heard Hon. Oscar L. Gray speak at Odd Fellows Hall in Whistler. The event, chaired by Thomas H. Allman, featured Joseph H. Lyons introducing Gray to the Moblian audience and endorsing his congressional bid.
ANNISTON AL March 26 Ad Snow founder and longtime Hobson City mayor was fined 100 dollars and six months on the city streets after conviction for hauling liquor through the streets and being drunk. He had earlier fined two white men 50 dollars each for violations of prohibition during his administration.
Instruction on making a home cough remedy using sugar syrup and Pinex mixed with water. Claims include quick pain relief and appetite boost, plus recommendations for bronchial issues. Notes imitation of Pinex based remedy and suggests traditional honey as alternative.
Cloudy tonight and Friday with likely showers across Mobile Alabama and Mississippi. Winds shift from southeast to brisk, temperatures holding, and a cold front affects the northern states with low temperatures seen in the Rockies and Dakotas. The Tombigbee and Alabama rivers show minor rises, while Pensacola reports 44 mph winds and a general high barometer pattern dominates the mid-Atlantic. Albert Ashenberger, Local Forecaster. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy recommended by J. WEE7).
Massachusetts suffragists from across the state gathered in Boston to hear debate on a senate-passed suffrage amendment. The proposal seeks to remove the word male from the state constitution enabling voting rights after a two thirds legislative vote before a public ratification.
Three barges of the Alabama and New Orleans Transportation Camps are aground at separate spots along the Alabama to New Orleans route. Barge No 6 struck a submerged rock and settled in nine feet of water with coal on board but minimal damage. Barge No 2 lies at the junction of the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers and Barge No 1 sits at Cedar Point.
An old advertisement promises instant nasal relief from colds and nasopharyngeal congestion. It claims to open nostrils and clear the head, stopping swollen inflamed nose and throat and providing easy breathing after applying a small amount in the nostrils.
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