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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
10
As age advances the stomach muscles weaken and digestion falters. A gentle laxative like Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is recommended over harsh cathartics. A 50c bottle is often enough to prove its merit with guaranteed results and free samples on request.
Governor Earl Brewer announced in Greenville that the Mississippi legislature would convene in an extraordinary session on June 10 to consider issuing bonds of a million dollars or more for levee construction along the Mississippi River. The call followed urging from the levee commission and delta planters after recent flood damage.
Residents are invited to Monroe Park to watch outdoor films while enjoying clean air and a refreshing environment. The event blends recreation with cinema, offering a relaxed setting for families and neighbors to gather under the evening sky.
Special to The Item. In Dothan Alabama on May 16 during the Knights Templar of Alabama fifty ninth annual conclave the grand commandery elected officers led by Charles P. Martin of Woodstock as grand commander and William E. Bingham of Tuscaloosa as deputy grand commander Hartsford L. Ison of Gadsden was named grand generalissimo William W. Ransom of Birmingham grand captain general Julian F. Spearman of Anniston grand senior warden and George A. Beauchamp of Montgomery grand recorder John V. Falck of Mobile grand standard bearer Walter H. Trimby of Selma grand sword bearer and Lawrence H. Lee of Montgomery grand warden Talladega was selected as next year’s meeting place.
Dr Ira Landrith of Nashville Tenn yesterday was elected president of the thirty eighth annual international convention of the Young Men's Christian Association of North America Burke Baker Texas James K Brown Alabama and W Woods White Georgia named vice presidents J W Parker Illinois chosen secretary Association reports show ten year gains in value of property from 22600000 to 81600000 membership from 325224 to 600000 employed officers from 1714 to 3900 and tuition receipts from 60000 to 628000
Local testimonial promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills claiming rapid relief from constipation and restored bowel health. John Supsic of Sanbury Pa praises them as the best pills for constipation indigestion and liver complaint. Priced at 25 cents and recommended by Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
Los Angeles May 16 The action that may dismiss the remaining indictment against Clarence S Darrow Chicago lawyer accused of jury bribery in the McNamara dynamite case was taken by Assistant District Attorney Ford. Judge Wood struck the indictment off the calendar leaving the case to be reset at the district attorney’s option.
Associated Press reports at the Southern Baptist convention that missionary R. P. Mahon of Morelia urges armed U S intervention in Mexico as the only path to peace. He cites chaos and educational needs while other missionaries note support from the new Chinese government for schools. Secretaries report church membership gains across Missouri Oklahoma Georgia North Carolina and Tennessee.
Tired-out people feel ambitious energetic and hungry after using Electric Bitters. Mrs Rhinevault of Vestal Center New York praises it as a great gift and credits health improvements to the remedy. Available 50 cents and 1.00. Corp.
Yale's Tap Day ran quietly as freshman and most outsiders were barred during taps. Sophomores pledged merit based elections, influencing picks at Skull and Bones Scroll and Keys and Wolf’s Head with eight athletes, three, and a mix of literary and athletic contenders. Henry H. Ketcham and Bus Brown were final taps for Bones and Wolf’s Head.
The Mississippi Valley Compress Association adopted uniform bale size of 27 inches wide by 54 inches long and weight about 500 pounds. Conditions of cotton and wrapping must be described in receipts and bills of lading. rules take effect July 1, 1918. Officers elected include G. A. Wilson president, Walter H. Harrison vice president, C. C. Hanson secretary-treasurer.
A Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder troubles including gravel cures diabetes and rheumatism. It says it regulates bladder issues in children and offers mail order for $1 with a two months treatment per bottle. Dr. E W Hall St Louis Missouri advertises Alabama testimonials and druggist sales.
The Right Rev C M Beckwith bishop of the Diocese of Alabama will officiate Sunday services at All Saints church corner Government and Anne streets at 11 am and at 6 pm Rev George E Zachery rector of St Thomas Greenville will officiate in the evening. The parish hopes to secure a new rector after Wyatt Brown left for Asheville North Carolina. In the interim several prominent Alabama Episcopal clergy may lead services.
Johnstown Pa May 16 Paul Acken was killed yesterday when he used a heavily charged telephone from a crossed feed wire. Dr C B Johnson, called to administer restoratives, went to the same line in ignorance of the danger and suffered injuries from which he is not expected to recover.
In Lacrosse Wisconsin Mrs Mary Grabowski wife of a Green Bay manufacturer and Joseph Hudson her confessed affinity were sentenced to one year in the penitentiary at Waupun for elopement. Both 28. Mrs Grabowski married twelve years pleaded love and vowed to wed after serving terms if a divorce could be obtained.
The ad touts Hot Springs Liver Buttons as a safe gentle laxative that clears bowels in 24 hours. It claims the product cleanses foul waste, fights headaches and biliousness, aids digestion, and suits children and adults. a box costs a quarter at druggists with mail orders handled by Hot Springs Chemical Co.
Gettysburg Pennsylvania May 16 Details of the first day of the fiftieth anniversary celebration were decided at a meeting of the state commission and representatives. A huge tent will host the July 1 opening ceremony with welcome addresses by leaders of the Grand Army of the Republic and the United Confederate Veterans.
A mass meeting in New Orleans on May 16 approved the Newlands river regulation bill. The resolution urged enactment this session to speed Mississippi valley development and relieve flood menace. Louisiana senators and representatives were urged to support the bill which reserves fifty million annually.
The United Fruit Company steamship Orleanian collided with and sank the Bowers Southern Company's dredge No. 6 in the Texas City channel. The dredge was deepening the channel under a government contract and is believed a total loss, about $50,000. The Orleanian was en route to Texas City for coal before sailing for Port Simon.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson joined local social workers on a late tour of poverty areas in Washington. She entered several tenements in Goat Alley Snow Court Ragland Alley and other grim streets and spoke with mothers and children incognito.
William Protexter, an American conductor on the Mexico Northwestern Railway, was killed Tuesday at La Junta Chihuahua after an argument with Mexicans. He had killed a cousin of Pascual Orozco and wounded another Mexican before being shot by his wounded victim.
Governor Cole Blease dismissed all South Carolina state constables following the state supreme court ruling on the Webb liquor law allowing shipments for personal use. He said constables cannot distinguish illegal shipments and are therefore useless.
Druggists in town promote Dodson’s Liver Tone as a safe liver remedy. Each bottle priced at 50 cents, with a guaranteed refund if it fails to improve liver function. The ad warns of imitators and urges asking specifically for Dodson’s Liver Tone.
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