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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1916
Page
2
An endorsement from Eugene Knight of Wilmington promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as gentle, effective laxatives for constipation and hemorrhoids. He notes the pills were used by him and his wife with positive results and urges others to try them for reliable relief.
A Lusitania memorial meeting in New York adopted a declaration urging the United States to oppose the policy of might makes right by supporting the Entente allied nations for democracy defense and freedom of civilization. The gathering was postponed from May 7 due to strained U S Germany relations.
The article states clocks and watches must be set one hour ahead tonight and kept there until September 30. Factories banks stores trains theatres and restaurants will follow the new time. Parks in large cities open an hour later as an exception to allow more fresh air.
Christiana May 20 The legislature has passed the daylight savings bill advancing the clock one hour. The new regulation goes into effect on May 22.
Norway passes daylight savings bill making the new time system common to Northern Europe. Germany adopts the schedule on May 1 followed by England France Holland and the Scandinavian countries.
Mrs. Arthur McGowin Tonsmetre wife of Arthur C Tonsmeere a Mobile bank official died Friday in Colorado Springs Colo The body will be brought to Mobile for burial funeral time to be announced later She was daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph S McGowin and prominent in local social life She is survived by husband parents and other relatives
The funeral for Joseph Donivan was held Friday at 8 p.m. from the Crenshaw Undertaking Company parlors. Rev. Father McGowan officiated. He was buried in the Catholic cemetery with numerous floral tributes. Pallbearers included Charles Peatz William McKeever James Duggan and Fred Fishback.
The nine year old Sidney H Winslow died of heart failure and was buried at Magnolia Cemetery after a funeral at the family home with Rev J E Northcutt officiating. Pallbearers were friends of the boy. Also William Phillips age 88 a furniture finisher died after a long illness at his home on New Street Francis Street. Peter Fallon aged 83 a native of Ireland died at the Home for the Aged after a long illness with a funeral at 4 PM and burial in the Catholic Cemetery.
One hundred six graduates will receive diplomas at Barton Academy's upstate Mobile graduation May 31 in the Lyric Theatre. The class is among the largest in Mobile high school history, with a program including songs, greetings, class history, solos, poetry, prophecy, and a class will.
Crowded houses watched Jeff Davis known as the hobo king in Mobile as he studies local conditions. The Bridge of Sighs portrays a man and woman down and out and carries a moral urging better mutual understanding and trust rather than suspicion of those who struggle to do better.
The Chalmers Six-40 touring car gains popularity among women drivers across the South. Atlanta dealer J G Blount notes rising sales and ease of handling the 3 400 r p m motor, with wives frequently inquiring if their wives can drive it as easily as men. The South shows a 429 percent rise in Chalmers business over six months.
In a period piece pitch the author claims a new disease spreading in the South with a 2 percent yearly rise and promotes a free 50 page book by mail. The message touts a simple home treatment for pellagra, cites officials and professionals, and urges readers to request the sealed copy with a money back guarantee.
A sparse docket before Recorder Edington on Saturday morning included mainly continued cases. James Hudson, charged with purse snatching from Mrs. E C Brodbeck and from Mrs. S O Hoffman, faced grand larceny charges and was continued until May 23. The article also notes a Sunday Columbia film program with five reels for five cents and a full bill of acts.
A warning urges travelers to carry Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, noting trains and ships may not supply it. Bowel complaints strike suddenly, so preparedness is stressed for all journeys. Obtainable everywhere.
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