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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1914
Page
16
King Alfonso of Spain thanks Miss Helen J. Sanborn a Wellesley College trustee for returning a rare old Spanish manuscript believed stolen from Seville library founded by a son of the discoverer of America. The manuscript known as the Officia Varia was purchased in Amsterdam before its return was publicly explained.
Atlanta May 29. Governor Hooper of Tennessee and Tennessee Highway Commission members studied Georgia methods of employing convicts on public roads. Tennessee currently uses convicts in coal mines and the penitentiary and weighs highway work adoption.
Mrs Lillian A Turnbull of Brookline filed for divorce from her husband William B Turnbull claiming she was married to the late FB Baldwin known as Lucky Baldwin, the California ranchman, in Boston on May 29.
The ad booster promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a reliable liver stimulant and laxative to replace calomel. It guarantees satisfaction with a money back offer from the selling druggist, promising a large bottle for a half dollar.
Wireless stations along the Atlantic coast sought news of the American steamer F. J. Luckenbach missing with 29 crew. The Shawmut reported wreckage off South Carolina believed to be from the Luckenbach. The ship left Tampa May 15 for Baltimore and was due May 21. no confirmation of a disaster yet.
Captain Mc Gahan of the D. N. Luckenbach in Tampa says the F. J. Luckenbach likely had brown hatches a year ago and there is little wreckage expected if the ik. J. Lueckenbach is gone. He notes the vessels carry minimal deck cargo beyond life boats or rafts.
The Mobile School Improvement Associations began uniting into a single central body at a Cawthon Hotel meeting. A summer and fall campaign to recruit parents and new members was planned, with Aubrey Boyles leading the reorganizing committee and Mrs. W. M. West chairing the membership committee.
The Mobile public schools end the 1913 14 session with brief exercises in grammar schools. Barton academy will hold commencement at the Lyric theatre Friday evening with ninety one graduates. Principal address by Prof. E W Wright and diplomas presented by Mr. Harry T Hartwell. The graduates include Josephine Alvarez Mina Baker Helen Barron Jennie Beatty and many others.
Dr W T Elam of St Joseph testified at the murder trial recounting how he killed W Putnam Cramer in a Kansas City hotel room after Cramer admitted intimacy with Elam's wife. Elam said he drew a letter from Cramer and the gun fired during a struggle.
Deputy Sheriff E F Rice of Pensacola arrived in Mobile with papers for Theodore Gazis a Greek arrested Wednesday night Gazis is wanted in Pensacola on a charge of assault to murder Deputy Rice departed with his prisoner at 2 30 o clock
Collector of Customs Percy W. Maer posts summer hours for the customs department. Beginning June 1, 1914, the office opens at 8:30 a.m. and closes at 8:30 p.m. Saturdays stay the same until July 1 when Friday hours end at 1 p.m.
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with moderate winds across Alabama and Mississippi. Local showers move in with cooler conditions in northern areas Saturday. Also an old advertisement claims Electric Bitters boosts appetite and treats indigestion for a spring tonic effect.
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