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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1914
Page
12
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Lady Doyle arrived in New York today aboard the White Star liner Olympic. The report notes gender employment data from New Jersey showing 276 females for every thousand males.
Reports from Port of Spain say the river steamer Delta reached Ciudad Bolivar with pilot searched by order of the governor. Communications from Gen. Jose Manuel Hernandez urged merchants to donate 250000 dollars for military actions. The chief justice and several officers implicated. the justice vanished. Hernandez, once in Port of Spain, left May 24 for an unknown destination, likely Venezuela.
Researchers say coal deposits are believed to exist near Popham in Maine. Geologists survey the area to assess potential resources and viability for extraction.
A vintage ad touts TIZ as a magical remedy easing sore burning feet, corns, blisters, and bunions. It claims acids and poisons puff up feet and promises restful comfort after long wear. The copy urges readers to buy a 25 cent box from their druggist or department store.
J A Wade of Alexander City, Democratic nominee for commissioner of agriculture, pledges an administration of efficiency and merit-based appointments. He aims to modernize Alabama agriculture and reduce political influence at the capitol. Wade will be away several weeks tending his seriously ill wife in Texas.
Hundreds of public figures attended the funeral for Casimir Weinacker Tuesday afternoon. Services were at St Marys Church 4 30 with Rev T J Eaton and Rev J I Lauzon officiating. Interment followed at Catholic Cemetery.
City Engineer Wright Smith announces bid openings for June 15 to pave 20 400 feet of asphalt concrete on Congress Adams Joachim Claiborne State and the Old Shell road plus paving under the municipal wharf shed. Completion of gate and drain projects also planned with Wilkinson street drain nearing finish.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a spring tonic improving appetite digestion and overall well being noting Mr. T. D. Peeble’s stomach relief and pricing at 50 cents and 1.00. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is recommended for eczema.
Montgomery May 27 The state superintendent W F Feagin issued a call for county high school principals to meet in Montgomery on June 3 at 9 o clock. The gathering aims to explain the new course of study and discuss faculty appointments under the state high school commission rules.
Francis Ouimet the American open champion defeated Lord Charles Hope by one up in the French amateur golf championship at La Boulie. The field included five of fourteen Americans, with Travers and Topppingham advancing, and Evans losing to Henry J. Topping in the first day.
Speaker Champ Clark told graduates the president should be elected for six years with perpetual ineligibility after the term. He urged ending inauguration spectators and moving elections to the last Monday in October, aiming to implement by 1920 to allow Roosevelt Wilson and Taft a second term under a one term law.
The good roads committee of the Chamber of Commerce held a noon meeting led by chairman E. J. Buck. They discussed urging revenue and road commissioners to maintain roads from the $500,000 bond issue and the plan to hire a bonded man with a team to repair sections, with prizes for best kept stretches.
A Bath resident lives on an exclusive bean diet, a unique culinary experiment noted by local observers. The citizen reportedly consumes beans as the sole source of sustenance, drawing attention from neighbors and health watchers.
Mrs. G. W. Booth of Lumpkin Georgia credits Cardus, a tonic, with easing dumb chills fever weakness and left side pain after trying many remedies. She says Cardui helped her life and urges others with common ailments to try Cardus, sold by druggists today.
John D Rockefeller was placed on the Cuyahoga county tax duplicate for 311,226,347. Of this amount 285,000,000 was for Standard Oil stock. At current rates the property would yield about 5,000,000 in taxes. His attorneys say he has paid 5,000,000 in New York this year and is exempt in Ohio.
Jules Goux, winner of the 300 mile race last year, broke the lap record at the Indianapolis motor speedway by circling the 212 mile course in 1 31.71 for about 98 1 3 miles per hour. He surpassed Teddy Tetzlaff and J Dawson earlier in the day.
Two Austrian engineers have devised a method to vent a process for casting false steel to achieve uniform density. The approach aims to standardize the material structure during solidification and reduce density variations in finished metal products.
An advertisement extols Newbro's Herpicide as a scalp preventive that removes dandruff and improves hair vitality. It claims the product cleans the scalp, reduces shedding, and adds luster, with samples and booklets available by mail and money-back guarantees.
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