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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Nov 03, 1913

Page

3

Bernhard Leaves Barge Line 10 Asso ciates in Mobile

The resignation of John H. Bernhard as manager of the Alabama and New Orleans Transportation Company, formed to start a motor barge service between New Orleans and the Tuscaloosa coal field, will take effect March 1. Bernhard will stay invested and form a new New Orleans venture. a first barge with pig iron is due in Mobile Tuesday or Wednesday.

John H. Bernhard Alabama and New Orleans Tuscaloosa Dan Farnsworth Chamber of Commerce Farnsworth Mobile Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company James Gibboney Bernhard Algiers Naval Station William H. Armbrecht A. J. Parsons E. O. Fowlkes Horace Turner

Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound Historia

The study of roots and herbs inspired Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Mass to create a renowned remedy for women’s ills. Though she has passed, work continues by trained Slants and large quantities of roots and herbs are used in making Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.

Lydia E. Pinkham Lynn Mass Lydia FE. Pinkham Her Adv

Admirers of Emerson at Graveside Marriage in Concord

Richard Wightman and Patricia Margaret Street of Saybrook Conn were married today beside Ralph Waldo Emerson’s burial site in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Concord Mass. Rev Loren B MacDonald officiated as the quartz boulder marking Emerson’s grave stood nearby.

Associated Press Concord Mass Ralph Waldo Emerson Richard Wightman Patricia’ Margaret Street Saybrook Conn Philospher Sleepy Hollow Emerson Aege Loren B. MacDonald

FALL VEGETABLES SHOCK GOTHAMITE IN MOBILE VISIT

Charles W. Rex general director of Wells Amusement Company visited Mobile on Sunday. He rode the county roads in a fast car with E V O Connor of the Lyric and remarked on cabbage beans and tomatoes growing openly in November. Rex praised local conditions and the Lyric before returning to New York.

Charles W. Rex Wells’ Amusement Company Jake Wells Mobile E. V. O’connor The Lyric Mr. Rex New York Mr. Wells

Police Exhibit Photo and Records on Frank Noonan

Chief of Police Frank W. Crenshaw received a Monday letter from John J. Halpin of Chicago police detailing a photograph and description of Frank Noonan. Noonan was arrested in Mobile last week as a dangerous and suspicious character. The letter includes Noonan’s connections with Chicago and Indianapolis police departments and notes several past sentences for larceny and robbery.

Frank W. Crenshaw John J. Halpin Chicago Frank Noonan Mobile Noonan Indianapolis

Married in probate court by Judge Price

Albert McClinton of Alabama Port and Miss Lizzie Nelsop of this city were married in the probate court this morning with Judge Price Wilde officiating in the presence of several friends of the contracting parties.

Albert McClinton Alabama Lizzie Nelsop Protate Price Wildr

Crown Theater Preview Stages Feature Reels With Roberts and Hull

Sapho presents a big feature reel lineup at the Crown with Fie Roberts and Shelby Hull in top roles. The engagement runs Tuesday and Wednesday with 10 cent admission and a noted 11 32 percent in print.

SAPHO Fie Roberts Shelby Hull the Crown

Foley Kidney Pills Claim Superior Kidney and Bladder Remedy

An advertisement asserts Foley Kidney Pills offer the best combination of curative medicines for kidney and bladder ailments and urinary irregularities. It cites Mrs. O from Green Bay Wisconsin as a customer example enduring kidney and bladder issues.

Foley Kidney Palmer Willow Street Green Bay Wis

Injured convict escapes and returns to jail

Albert Fantroy, serving a sentence on the county road, was injured when a mule-drawn cart ran away and escaped Saturday night from the city hospital. He surrendered to Jailor John T. Brown at the county jail Monday morning, remaining in pain from his wounds.

Albert Fantroy Fantroy John T. Brown

Wilmer Man Freed on Bond in Defamation Case

Mande Brannan of Wilmer waived examination before Judge Henry Chamberlain in the Inferior Criminal court and was released on a $200 bond after being charged with defamation of character. Pearl Snow, Wilmer, is the complainant alleging injury to her character due to disparaging remarks.

Mande Brannan Wilmer Inferior Criminal Court Henry Chamberlain Pearl Snow

Meat Inju rious To The Kidneys

A health notice cites a famed authority claiming meat harms kidneys and raises uric acid levels. It advises daily use of a four ounce rad Salts mixture with lemon lithia to flush kidneys, promising quicker relief from back ache and cloudy urine.

Sulzer Faces Campaign Attacks as Indicted Candidate

William Sulzer, now a Progressive candidate for the state assembly, is attacked as a suborner of perjury amid threats and alleged upstate impeachment testimony. James D. McClelland says evidence will be presented to Albany county DA about Duncan W. Peck’s testimony. Sulzer seeks protection from Mayor Kline, Police Commissioner Waldo, and the district attorney as gunmen and ballot box operatives target his district.

New York William Sulzer State Assembly Sulzer Efort Howard HB. McCall Tammany John Purroy Mitchel Mitchel Sulwer High Court of James D. McClelland Albany County Duncan W. Peck

Valley lighted by burning oil wells in Monteri district

Bucharest reports a fire spreading from a large oil well in the Monteri petroleum district. Over twenty five wells are burning fiercely, the valley and hillsides a mass of flames. A loss estimated at five million dollars results from the explosion and ensuing fires. Fighting remains difficult as wells erupt continuously.

Associated Press Bucharest Monteri

Forest Rangers and Their Work at National Conservation Congress

Washington expects a miniature exhibit at the Fifth National Conservation Congress November 18 to 20. Foresters will ride trails fight fires and explain forest management with realistic rain storms. Ranges show trail building fire fighting wild game protection and grazing of tens of thousands of sheep and cattle on government lands. A miniature looker-out will demonstrate how rangers detect fires from great distances.

Washington National Conservation Congress

Runaway Steers Trigger City Chaos in New York

In a West Side stock pen escape, sixteen steers ran loose prompting a police gunfight. One man Georgia Beattie was killed and Walter Wangenheim wounded by stray bullets. A steer struck a truck and another injured a policeman. one was shot dead near Cardinal Farley’s home.

New York West Side Georgia ‘Beattie Walter Wangenheim Madison Avenue Cardinal Farley

Cheney's Expectorant Cures Whooping Cough Ad

An advertisement promotes Cheney's Expectorant, claiming it cures whooping cough and croup, relieves nasal discharge and sore throat, and offers a mild laxative effect. Marketed as a fifty year old remedy priced 260 at drug stores, aimed at children.

DeeRee Cheney Cheney

Opening of San Fernando aqueduct marks water milestone

Los Angeles will celebrate the opening of the San Fernando aqueduct with a two day event to mark the flood gate release into the San Fernando reservoir. The project costing over 26 million dollars provides about 260 million gallons daily and taps the Owens River in Inyo county delivering water through Haiwee reservoir and tunnels across deserts and mountains.

Los Angeles Cal San Fernando Reservoir Sierras Inyo County Owens River Haiweo Reservoir Great Mojave Desert Coast Range

Government Street Methodist to Add New Entrance

Remodeling at Government Street Methodist church costs several thousand dollars. Services continue in the new Sunday School room while a new entrance on Government street and improvements to the auditorium are constructed. Captain A C Danner chairs the building committee.

Government Street

Father of Twenty One Commits Suicide in Police Cell

In Stee Dunkirk New York on November 3 John Olenjoniak aged 563, father of twenty one children, hanged himself in a police station cell while under arrest for drunkenness and abusing his children.

Stee Dunkirk N.Y John Olenjoniak

August and Luise Rule Brunswick in Imperial Entry

A somber crowd attended the state entry of Ernest August of Cumberland and Princess Luise of Prussia into Brunswick Germany. The procession moved by coach with eight horses from rail to palace as cavalry dashed by. At the throne steps the duke spoke to cabinet members and deputies, reaffirming his stance amid the empire.

Brunswick Germany Brun Ernest August of Cumberland Luise Prussia

Newsboy Fatally Hurt After Football Scrimmage

In Lawrence Massachusetts a 15 year old Navy Newsboy, William McCartney, died after a football scrimmage incident. Medical staff say he was kicked in the head during the game and collapsed later, not expected to recover.

Newsboy Lawrence Mass Navy Willian McCartney I the General Hospital

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Barge Line Ainsworth Maxwell Chapman Mrs. Maxwell Chapman Scranton Scranton Equal Suffrage League Edmund P. Jermyn T. M. O'Malley Pennsylvania Anti-Woman Suffrage Association C. W. Rex Wells Road Forest Rangers Government Methodist van Antwerp & Bon Asda Bank of Mobile Panama Auction Company Cawthon Hotel Euroe
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