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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1916
Page
5
City Inspector John A. Hughes reported weights and measures for October to the city commission. Of 36 coal loads weighed, 24 were overweight, 9 underweight, 3 correct. Overweights range 5 to 95 pounds. underweights 5 to 27 pounds.
The second day of the Scottish Rite Masons annual reunion met at St Francis Street Cathedral. Degrees from eight through eleven were conferred in the forenoon with later sessions to honor the remaining degrees through thirty two. The reunion began Monday with a class of twenty five and continues through Friday.
The record shows 3,316.10 in police fines for October, 511 prisoners arrested with 195 white, places of business visited, 160 ice deliveries reweighed, 378 packages delivered reweighed, 19 complaints investigated, 36 coal loads in transit reweighed, one warrant for shortweight not served, and 17.50 in dues collected. Labor days performed not stated.
Christ Episcopal Church in Mobile hosted a large funeral service for Judge Harry T. Toulmin attended by the Mobile Bar Association and prominent guests. Confederate veterans and relatives joined mourners, burial followed at Magnolia Cemetery, and several city offices observed a funeral hour closure.
A discussion on marriage and trust argues that women should verify a husband before marriage but must trust after it. It dismisses constant probing as foolish and warns that a wife’s only path is implicit faith, noting men’s supposed transparency and the futility of uncovering faults once married.
In America many suffer from catarrh and head noises and are urged to try a home remedy from England. The recipe uses Parmint with hot water and sugar, taken four times daily, claimed to ease Eustachian tube inflammation and middle ear secretions, restoring hearing and reducing pressure.
Spot cotton in Mobile rose to 19.37 a bale from 19.25 with 50 bales sold today. January futures in New York closed at 19.87, up from 19.75, reflecting gains in the market.
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce are called to meet tonight at 7 in the directors' room of the new Cotton Exchange building. Important matters are planned for consideration and a large attendance is expected.
The probate court issued licenses Tuesday. White man FE Johnson and Carrie Lena Martin applied and were licensed. Colored couple Joseph Turner and Maggie Nettles also secured a marriage license.
A columnist counsels that suspicious or fault finding wives gain heartache. The only sane plan is to ignore flaws and praise the husband, mirroring a famed wife who blames herself for his supposed wrongs.
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