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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1913
Page
2
Senator Tillman of South Carolina says he fears this may be his last senate speech. He plans to urge passage of his resolution to ban smoking in the chamber and cloak rooms, citing need for oxygen. He notes executive sessions are thick with smoke, and his health has weakened since a past breakdown.
Mrs Ellen Curry expresses gratitude to Rev Father Hourican Mr A F Norquist railroad officers Catholic Knights Police Relief Association Loyal Order of Moose Mechanics Relief Association Railroad Benevolent Association and fruit wharf friends for kindness during her husband George W Curry's illness and death on Sunday May 18.
A special report shows New York City holds vast municipal wealth, including $1.3 billion in realty and $340 million in gear. The city’s annual running costs vastly exceed Chicago and Philadelphia, with outstanding indebtedness far behind Boston. Stuyvesant Park, bought in 1666 for $5, is now valued at $1.86 million.
The report notes Jack Coombs is out for the season leaving Connie Mack with a weak pitching staff. It suggests Mack may groom recruits into strong arms and rely on Bender and Plank wins to chase the pennant.
The old standard tonic Grove's Tasteless claims to arouse the liver and purify the blood while driving malaria from the system. Advertised as a general strengthener for adults and children, the tonic is sold for 60 cents.
The Mechanics' Relief Association officers and members are requested to attend the regular monthly meeting on Wednesday evening May 28 at 7 30 at the YMCA Hall located at the southeast corner of Dauphin and Jackson Streets. By order of Recording Secretary A S Picker and President A J Leibert.
In New York on May 24 Miss Fishmuth mobilizes supporters to appeal for J N Anhut, Detroit native and former Michigan state senator, who was convicted Thursday of bribery linked to Harry Thaw’s asylum petition and faces a long prison term. Prominent Michigan friends pledge to assist.
Dr John E White pastor of Second Baptist Church Atlanta will deliver the thirty second annual commencement sermon at Tuskegee Institute Alabama at 3 PM Sunday. Booker T Washington invited the white minister aligning with the institute's tradition of inviting leading white clergy. White traveled from Atlanta Saturday arriving at Tuskegee at 730 PM. Presbyterian commissioners plan to attend Saturday and Sunday and will hear the sermon after receiving Washington invitations.
A. B. Jones, described as the strongest member of the Australian squad, leads the team in a Davis Cup preparatory series against the American quartet of Maurice McLoughlin Harold Hackett Raymond Little and R M Williams. Jones dazzled crowds in Philadelphia with sensational exhibition play drawing comparisons to McLoughlin, a noted California idol of U S tennis fans.
Plans for a large mobile pageant course along Government Street feature arches for county parades, county floats with honored guests, and a review by governors. The event aims to host governors from forty states, with mansions as hosts, and orchestral and choral memorials. Barrett and the Pan American Union back international coordination and a Panama Canal memorial. A separate request seeks a permanent canal zone memorial for Senator John Tyler Morgan.
Memorial day ceremonies in Manhattan honor the Maine sailors lost in Havana 1898. National figures including President Wilson and Gov Sulzer attend. a grand parade with U S warships Cuban delegation and New York civic leaders precedes the unveiling at Central Park Southwest.
Rome May 24 Walter Damrosch and Mrs Damrosch and their daughter from New York left for Florence and Venice. He visited Rome art galleries churches and attended Augusteum concerts on Sundays. He said Rome theaters operas and musicals exceed US offerings though American houses measure up with the main European venues.
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