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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1913

Page

4

Engagement Ends In Mental Break As York Bride-To-Be Is Admitted

In York on November 1, a 21-year-old daughter of Jacob Smith was taken to the Asylum for the Insane after mental derangement tied to her broken engagement with twenty-five year old East York man Cohen. Mother claims Cohen offered land and money for marriage. quarrel followed and the wedding was halted. The girl’s condition worsened with repeated visits to Cohen’s home and a decline led to hospital observation and removal to the asylum.

York Pera” Smith Stenog Beconeville ques‘Smith Jacob Smith Jacob m East York Smith Kings County Hospital Russell

Kellogg's Sanitone Wafers Promised Health Boost

An old health ad touts Kellogg's Sanitone Wafers as a nerve revitalizer and cure for rheumatism headaches kidney liver and inn- place ailments. It claims a 60 cent trial box by mail with a coupon to test the product’s claimed benefits.

Kellogg Go Battle Creek Mich

Butter Prices Soar on South Water Street

Chicago reports butter prices hitting the highest level in twenty months with forecasts of new highs this winter. Argentina butter tests show exceptional quality though future arrivals may be limited. Experts say a 2 1 2 cent duty could cap price increases.

Chicago South Water Street Argentina Liberia G. W. Bull Bowman & Bull West Lake Street

Maranville Teaches Springfield Boys Baseball Etiquette

Springfield Mass November 1 Walter Maranville Boston Braves shortstop known as The Rabbit teaches youth baseball at the Springfield Boys Club. He praises mothers discipline and schooling while stressing hard work to succeed in life and baseball. His visit places a National League star with local youth amid growing club facilities.

Springfield Mass Springfield Boys’ Club Walter Maranville Boston Braves Maranville Jimmie

Worm Destroys Grasshoppers Aiding Western Farmers

In Dodge City Kansas Professor C C Hamilton of the State Agricultural College reports finding a small worm destroying grasshopper eggs. He collected egg pods from hoppers that visited Western Kansas in July and discovered a worm swarm feeding on the eggs. The worm's presence varies by region while Hamilton investigates the cause.

Dodge City Kans Kansas C. C. Hamilton State Agricultural College Hamilton

Ella Flag Young Approves Militant Tone Split

The leading American woman educator supports women’s rights but rejects militant methods used by English suffragists. She favors peaceful tactics in the United States for more effective results.

America

German Town Worth Living In

German Town of Klingenberg on the Main boasts full employment and tax relief for all residents. It grants an annual pin money of 400 dollars plus holiday gifts funded by municipal clay mining profits of about 100 thousand dollars yearly. Every inhabitant earns a miner position with fortnightly pay days and extra holiday bonuses.

Berlin Klingenberg Germany United States

Ancient Abodes Found by Priest in New Mexico

Father Julius Hartman reported sixty miles of ruins from Pinos Wells to Canyon Pintada in Torrance county. The sites, dating over a thousand years before Spanish contact, include circular communal dwellings and burial remains such as skeletons urns pottery and stone tools collected for study by the School of American Archaeology in Santa Fe.

Santa FE N. M Julius Hartman Willard Torrance County School of American Archeology Hartman Pinos Wells Canyon Pintada Pines Wells Father Hartman Rio Grande Valley

Sunday School for Pilferers in Durant Oklahoma

Two boys Philip Miller eight and Oliver Miller thirteen were sentenced by County Judge Rappellee for stealing corn. They must attend weekly Sunday school, a condition the judge framed as keeping them out of reform schools and jail. Their father Uncle Bill Miller promised compliance after the judge’s lecture.

Durant Okla Philip Oliver Miller Rappellee Albany Bill” Miller

Woman Regains Hair With Newbro’s Herpicide Tale

Mrs. P. T. Nichols of Beloit Wisconsin recounts shedding hair to neuralgia and erysipelas. After using six to eight bottles she now has a fine head of light brown hair with no gray. She touts Herpicide as germ killer and scalp stimulant and notes it stops itching instantly. Public notice lists samples and dealer guarantees.

P. T. Nichols Broad St Beloit Wis Newbro Herpicide Co Dept. R Detroit Mich van Antwerp Drug Co

Cupid Waiting Lots of Time

London society pages note a rise in broken engagements as autumn unfolds. Charles Garvice blames the feminist movement for broadening women's views, while others cite changing social conditions and fear of unhappiness after engagements are broken.

London Charles Garvice

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