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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Nov 03, 1913

Page

10

Lieut Colonel Brewerton Leaves Good Record

LIEUT COL BREWERTON DIES AT BETHLEHEM New Jersey November 3 Henry F Brewerton a veteran of the Civil War died at his home at 75 years old He retired in 1892 with the rank of major and was later advanced to lieutenant colonel by an act of Congress He was a Loyal Legion member and helped found the Military Service Institute He is survived by a widow and three children

Beth N. J Henry F. Brewerton Galea States Army Brewerton Loyal Legion Military Service Institute

Fashion trends fade as freakish gowns depart

Pashion notes plan to remove bizarre gowns from display as styles shift. The departure signals a change in runway choice while designers adjust to more traditional silhouettes and public taste.

Oscar Wilde Alive in Paris Claim Stuns Paris

Wilde’s nephew Fabian Lloyd says the writer is alive in Paris and visited him on March 23. Lloyd offers 10,000 francs that Wilde’s coffin in Bagneux Cemetery contains paving materials and a jar with Wilde’s manuscript, while the claimant asserts Wilde hid at the Petit Trianon Palace and fled to India.

Paris Oscar Wilde Wilde Fabian Lloyd Lloyd Bagneux Lio Petit Trianon Palate Versailles India

Land Congress to Meet in Birmingham on November 4 6

Alabama State Land Congress convenes in Birmingham from November 4 to 6 drawing interest across the state and neighboring cities. Oscar Underwood will speak on The High Cost of Living and the Remedy. John L. Burnett discusses immigration while railroad presidents Finley Wickersham and Smith present papers on related topics.

Alabama State Land Congress Birmingham Land Congress Mobile Oscar Underwood Congress Alabama Atlanta Chattanooga Nashville Meridian Memphis Burnett John L. Burnett Committee On Immigration and Naturalization National House of Legislation W. W. Finley Southern Railway Company Wickersham Atlanta and West Point Western Railway of Alabama Milton H. Smith Louisville and Nashville Railroad

Miraculous rescue from deep coal mine in Centralia

In Centralia a 38 year old miner Thomas Toshesky survived twenty five years after entrapment as rescuers drilled three bore holes and inserted a two inch pipe. Aided by a makeshift carpet and supplies via the pipe Toshesky kept alive while one hundred men tunneled to reach him through the pillar.

Toshesky Thomas Toshesky Thomas McGinley Buddie McGinley Tohesky Imo

State Laws in Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear arguments next week on several state laws. Kentucky tobacco growers Patrick Collins and Thomas Malone challenge the 1906 farmers pooling act as violating the Sherman act after being fined for selling outside a pool. Oklahoma seeks reversal of federal rulings invalidating its 1908 corporation act. Beauchamp case on Missouri child labor law also anticipated.

Associated Press Washington Supreme Court Kentucky Patrick Collins Thomas Malone Oklahoma Beauchamp

Laxative Bromide Quinine Remedy Mentioned

Fragmentary note references a laxative bromide quinine remedy and an address like gach bor 36a. Details are unclear and originate from an OCR fragment without full context or verified attribution.

Ladies Darken Your Gray Hair with Sage and Sulphur

An old remedy suggests using Sage and Sulphur to restore faded gray hair to a darker natural shade. The piece recalls grandmothers applying the mixture to keep hair glossy and abundant, noting its traditional use for hair restoration.

Hunter Prank Led To Fatal Shooting In Tuskegee

Sterling Floyd, 23, a turpentine operator's son, is jailed in Tuskegee, charged with murder after an alleged hunting prank led to G T Boles's death near Miustead. Floyd reportedly pressed a shotgun to five bystanders, warned of danger, then, after Boles knocked off his hat, drew a pistol and shot him.

Tuskegee Sterling Floyd G. T. Boles Miistead Floyd Boles

Toshesky Rescued After Weeks in Mountain Crater

After a grueling tunnel work in hard dusty coal to reach Toshesky, miners first set up a blacksmith shop to sharpen idols and a telephones line to Cen tralia. Toshesky emerged at 7 25 am on Saturday praising the crew and greeting his wife and four children.

Toshesky Centralia Fred M. Chase Chase New York

Delegates Form National Council of Hebrew Associations

Delegates from young Men's Hebrew Associations and other Hebrew groups across the country organized the council of Young Men's Hebrew and Kindred Associations in New York. An income pledge of 62,500 for five years was announced, with a five-member board and a fifteen-member general council led by Felix E. Warburg as president. Dr. Cyrus Adler and Jacob H. Schiff serve on the trustees, with judges and professionals from Chicago Louisville New Orleans and St Louis among council members.

New York Young Men’s Hebrew Associations Council of Young Men’s Hebrew and Ene Cyrus Adler Philadelphia Jacob H. Schiff Julius W. Mack Chicago United States Commerce Court I. W. Bernheim Louisville Jacob . Newman New Orleans Jacques Back St Louis Felix E. Warburg

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