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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1913
Page
4
A special train carrying the king of Saxony wrecked when a baggage car derailed near Kieritzsch junction close to Leipzig. The king was uninjured and boarded a second train at the station.
Pittsburg weather bureau said higher river stages would reach flood mark by noon Saturday as the Monongahela Allegheny and Ohio rivers are expected to rise to about 23 feet after a thaw melts recent blizzard snow.
A household laxative tonic advice promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as mild and effective for constipation common in families. The ad cites Mrs M F Smith of San Antonio endorsing the product and offers a free sample by mail from Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
The Tuscaloosa News editor and his wife, on a wedding tour, held a Florida Coast train for half an hour at Key West after a Havana to Key West voyage. The captain wired to delay the northbound train for possible capture of a suspected thief aboard the Olivette, sparing them customs and a ride to Jacksonville.
Cecil Bowen a car repairer of Whistler filed a voluntary petition in U S bankruptcy court listing liabilities of 826 650 and assets of 817 exempt. He was adjudicated bankrupt and the case referred to R T Ervin referee in bankruptcy in Mobile for proceedings.
A commentator notes archery as a premier sport and questions why more people do not take it up. The remark emphasizes the sport's skill, discipline, and appeal to enthusiasts.
At Constitutionalist HQ in Nogales Sonora an air of cheerfulness prevailed as Carranza followers anticipated US policy shifts. They expect an arms embargo lift and view talks between William Bayard Hale and Carranza as promising though specifics were not released.
William F. McCombs chairman of the Democratic national committee returned from Europe with his bride Dorothy Williams of Washington. He stated he has no taste for public service and does not expect to take public office, when asked about serving as ambassador to France.
After a sixteen hour jury deliberation a mistrial was entered in the law and equity court in the case of L Tapia versus Mr and Mrs G Speigte. The jury failed to reach a verdict over a horse sale.
An old advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as fast relief for clogged nostrils, headaches, and catarrh. It promises immediate soothing through nasal application, claiming the balm dissolves inflamed membranes and clears air passages.
Count George von Huelsen-Haeseler, director of the Prussian royal theatres, opened a libel case in Berlin courts against editors Steinthal and Wilde of Montags Zeitung. He insisted on public trial to end six years of circulating rumors and testified under oath that he harbors no improper thoughts.
Detective M J Coyle of New Orleans arrived in Mobile to fetch Robert M Anthony, the youth arrested by Detectives Boltz and W Berge. He says Manuel Zamora and Stephen Morales, convicted of grand larceny in the city court, were members of a New Orleans Mexican crime gang. Zamora claims Morales named the detective. Zamora says he has a newborn son 17 days old in New Orleans. Sentencing for Zamora remains undetermined. Photographs of the pair will be sent to Washington for identification.
Boston November 14 President Emeritus Charles W Eliot of Harvard University told a craftsmen's meeting that profit sharing offers the only relief from intolerable industrial strife. He said democracy plus the wage system created a hostile capitalism and labor dynamic and urged profit sharing to align motives and boost efficiency.
Early morning lines formed at the Lyric Theatre box office for Rose Stahl in Maggie Pepper next Monday night. Manager BE OConnor ordered limits to prevent one buyer from hoarding seats amid expected rush and potential ticket speculation.
They promise a joyful feeling from the purgative effect and healthy condition of body and mind. Sold by Van Antwerp.
The German Life Saving Society awarded a $2,000 premium to the life boat crews of the liners Grosser Kurfuerst and Seydlitz for rescuing Volturno passengers and crew. Gold medals were given to the captains and first officers, with gold and silver medals to thirteen other officers and men.
In Ridgefield Connecticut on November 14 a lodge group’s wagon overturned after horses ran wild. One man was killed four fatally hurt and five others seriously injured as ten men returned from a lodge meeting.
Great success its attending the revival meeting at Mt Pleasant Baptist Church on St Emanuel between Delaware and Texas streets. On the first Sunday in November twelve persons were baptized and sixty two became members. On the first Sunday in December more than sixteen are to be baptized. Order of services includes prayer meeting at 6 a.m. Sunday school at 6 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m.
An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a solution for dandruff and itchy scalp. It claims one application doubles hair beauty, dissolves dandruff, and prevents hair loss, urging buyers to purchase a 25 cent bottle.
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