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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1916
Page
3
The cruiser San Francisco, serving as a mine laying ship, ran aground on a Nantucket Sound shoal in a gale. Eight crewmen were reported missing after a whale boat was lost, but later reports claimed no word of any missing men and the ship floated again with little damage.
Cr W Thomas editor of the Citronelle Call in Citronelle Alabama lost two fingers of his left hand when caught in a press at his plant this week. He was brought to Mobile Tuesday and is treated at the Mobile Infirmary.
The city court selected the grand jury venire for June and summoned deputies to report June 5. Names listed include William E. England, George L. Chambers, Ju nius B. McWhorter and many others. The May 22 week petit jurors were also summoned, featuring Troy C. Brannan, Frank M. Backes, Malcolm J. Goodbrad and dozens more.
The British schooner Emily S Malcolm arrived last night from Jamaica and anchored in the stream. She will load cargo there bearing four barrels of limes.
The American steamship Nelson sailed Tuesday afternoon for Cuba after delays securing a crew. The vessel carried nearly 1.5 million gallons of black strap and brought ashore the crew of the schooner Mary E. H. G. Dow at the western end of Cuba.
The Cuban steamship Paloma arrived this morning from Cuba with 40,000 crates of pineapples for Pier 8. It will discharge the fruit and then load general merchandise for Cuba, marking the season's first shipment.
The Mallory liner Sabine is due this afternoon at Fort Morgan after a waterfront strike in New York delayed her. The vessel reports all well and aims to discharge and load in time to sail tomorrow afternoon and will bypass Tampa on the return to New York.
Mr. T. D. Nettles is local manager of United Fruit Company and announces that the Norwegian steamships Bluefields and Agnella will arrive in Mobile this week with cargoes of bananas.
The Norwegian steamship Nepos, from Yucatan, Mexico, remains under quarantine as crew possibly went ashore or illness is investigated. The steamer carries more than seven thousand bales of sisal and is expected to depart this afternoon per Ward line agents.
A freight wreck occurred Sunday at Gurnee Junction on the Southern railway north of Selma. Much valuable property was destroyed including a car of cotton bagging for Mobile, several coal and merchandise cars. No injuries were reported.
A large audience filled the Columbia Theater last night for St Elmo adapted from Augusta Evans Wilson. Rose Morris as Edna Earle and Jewell Kelley as St Elmo Murray led the cast with strong support from the Jewell Kelley players. Matinees and evening shows continue through the week with 3:20 p.m. matinees and 8:30 p.m. nightly curtains. the theater’s cooling system is praised as perfect.
For your child's cough a small bottle of Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey soothes coughs and colds. The syrup is pleasant for children. after taking, they fret less and sleep better, and soon are entirely well. Insist on Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. 25c at your druggist.
Captain Nat Borden, recently arriving from Havana after his vessel Isa Dora was seized by the Mexican government, departs Mobile for Tampa to command the American schooner William H. Davenport. The Binnacle Lamp Club expresses regret and wishes him success as a storied seafarer with Caribbean roots.
The article notes a seizure of funds taken from Mexico that removed the treasury days before General Huerta fled. It states millions of Mexican pesos were exported to Cuba aboard the Isadora and deposited for Huerta.
Mr A I Crabtree a 53 year old native of Deer Park Ala died Tuesday morning at his Crichton home after a brief illness. He left a widow and many children including Mrs Fred Byrd Citronelle Eliza Lizzie Crabtree Manville Ala E W Crabtree Crichton Alfred Crabtree Oak Grove Ben Crabtree Honolulu H J Jack Jessiah Herman Ben Crabtree Gulfcrest and sister Mrs Hinser Gulfcrest. Body sent via M & O railroad to Gulfcrest for burial by Berenson Sands Undertaking Co.
Wives and mothers are urged to rely on a non secret Vinci remedy sold by Van Antwerp's Drug Corporation for family health needs. The ad claims Vinci helps when children are delicate or ill and notes Vinci drug stores are available in towns everywhere.
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