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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1913

Page

4

Keller Plans Statewide Highway Tour

State Highway Engineer W. S. Keller will begin his automobile tour of Alabama from Mobile on Monday at 2 o clock to map a trunk road system. The trip will span several weeks ending in North Alabama with an escort likely to accompany the car from Mobile through Selma and Montgomery to Birmingham and other northern cities.

Montgomery Ala W. S. Keller Mobile North Alabama Selma Keller Birmingham Alabama Missisippi Ossian Luggins Anderson Gantt A. F. Owen

Hank O Day Returns as Umpire in National League

Hank O Day resumes umpiring in the National League this season. He will accept most assignments but avoids reminders of his Cincinnati failure, signaling a tense atmosphere around his return and a wary reaction from players tied to the Reds.

Hank O’day Reds Hank Cincinnati

Boy Fighter McCue Poised to Defeat Kilbane

Matty McCue born Poulson just turned eighteen and is touted as a cyclonic fighter from the West. He has fought forty three bouts with most wins by knockout and is favored in Wisconsin to challenge featherweight champion Johnny Kilbane.

Matty McCue McCue Poulson K. O Wisconsin Johnny Kilbane

Mobile’s Notable Can’t Get Away Club Honored for Yellow Fever Work

The piece recalls Joseph Cady’s death in Mobile and honors the Can't-Get-Away Club, a charitable group that tended the ill and buried the dead during yellow fever outbreaks in Mobile, Memphis, Norfolk, and related cities. It lists active and honorary members and recounts the club’s wartime relief efforts and incorporation.

Joseph Cady Mobile Memphis Norfolk Vicksburg Meridian Beaufort D. C Mr. Cady Judge Price Williams, Jr William A. Alexander Joseph A. Marquis United States Engineer's Office D. W. McGaughey John F. Powers Edmund Carre Peter F. Alba A. van Antwerp G. C. Winter A. E. Stiles Louis Donald Albert Sydney Lyons Mobile Brewery O. J. Semmes City Court of D. A. Planck W. P. Hart D.C. Peabody G. C. Tucker F. Co. Shreard Col. J. M. Williams H. F. Acker M. F. Tucker H. Mueller T. T. Roche H. H. Shell J.L. Tucker Edwin Kirwan C. T. O'Callaghan D. A. Beaudequin A.J. Lamar J. R. Burgett Cluo Alabama Senate House of Representatives State of Assebly John Hurtel D. R. W. Davis Nathaniel Moore John T. Weph Alfred G. Ross John Ralston James Y. Blocker James H. Marsh Jacob Reese Martin B. Harper Chester Root Theodore Guesnard, Sr Mobile County John A. Winston W. Garret W. B. Martin United States Moblie Estricken John G. Bourne Louisville and Nashville Daniel Murray Montgomery Citizens Bush First Order

Weongerful Skin Salve Promoted By Local Publisher

J T Sussaman, publisher of News of Cornelius, N C, extols Bucklen's Armeca Salve as a remedy for skin diseases burns and bruises. He claims one box helped his serious ailment after other remedies failed. Marketed as recommended by Antwerp Drug Corp.

Bucklen J. T. Sussaman News Cornelius, N. C Antwerp Drug Corp

J. C. De Leon Celebrates 74th Birthday Quietly

Veteran author and journalist T. C. De Leon marked his 74th birthday with illness keeping him from dinner with friends. He recalled writing biographies and memorial notes on Mobile figures, reflecting on May as a significant month and noting autographs from Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes in a timeworn letter.

T. C. de Leon Alabama Oliver Wendell.Holmes Holmes

General Jones Army Begins Long Hike

Rosalie Jones leads suffragist hikers from New York into Minneola as they launch a tour to win converts. The group plans a Mount Vernon push by month end, with stops in Elmira Watertown Albany Syracuse Buffalo and Monticello and a famed 85 year old rider in the parade.

Mount Vernon N. Y Minneola Long Island Rhods Glover Elmira Watertown Albany Syracuse Buffalo Monticello Washington

Britton Declared Bankrupt in Mobile Court

William F. Britton of Mobile was adjudged a bankrupt in the U S district court on Saturday. His voluntary petition was referred to referee R T Ervin. Britton lists liabilities of 435 dollars with no assets.

William FF. Britton Mobile United States District Court Tneferee R. T. Ervin Britton

De La Barra Plans Appeal as Diaz Faction Gathers

In New Orleans on May 24 minister De La Barra of Mexico resigns under Huerta to travel to Europe. Joaquin Miranda, Felix Diaz’s emissary, says De La Barra aims to persuade Porfirio Diaz to return and seize Mexico’s government, signaling a renewed revolt against Huerta.

New Orleans de la Barra Mexico Huerta Europe Porfirio Diaz Joaquin Miranda Felix Diaz Venustiano Carranza Miranda

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