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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1913
Page
9
A fragment notes a display titled Walking as Punishment for the Idle Scholars at the Panama California Exposition. The text references exhibits from the exhibit’s history and timeline, indicating a theme linking discipline to social behavior and education within the exposition context.
Patent attorneys Davis and Davis report Alabama citizens received several grants this week. Names include Robert D Dugger and N Dugger of Ensley for a rail joint, and John F Fox of Birmingham for a running attachment for motorcycles.
Mrs. Julia Williams of East Camden killed a large hen hawk in her yard after a struggle. The hawk had captured a chicken and begun to pluck feathers when Williams struck it with a clothes pole, ending the attack and saving the chicken.
Mrs Ada Debman filed a second complaint against her husband Walter K Debman in a Durham divorce case. The action alleges major faults by the husband and seeks court action. The filing follows earlier pleadings in the contested marriage.
In Lubbock Texas county voters backed a county commission plan to exterminate jackrabbits, defeating the rabbits by a 6 to 1 majority. The drive aims at the largest rabbit extermination effort in the West with rabbits forced to relocate or be removed.
County School Superintendent Paul Johnson says Francis Weir, teacher in district 61 in the far north, has the country’s biggest snap. He began with four pupils but now has two remaining who cannot attend. Weir keeps the school open all day and draws his salary.
A new approach to selling cocaine in Paris is reported, aimed at meeting a growing demand in Montmartre. A young man was arrested by the police after attempting to conceal the contraband in a bunches arrangement.
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