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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1912
Page
8
Local forecaster Albert Ashenberger of the Weather Bureau notes river stage readings and flood potential. The bulletin emphasizes current stage levels, nearby gauges, and projected river trends for the day.
The Tombigbee river and its branches will stay near steady for five days with a slight fall at Demopolis. The Alabama river is forecast to continue to decline.
A Mobile citizen testifies to relief from kidney ills using Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad cites Mrs. H. C. Steiner of 103 Palmetto Street who says she recommended the remedy in 1908 and still commends it after improved sleep, reduced headaches, dizziness, back pain, and better appetite. Sold by dealers. 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. is sole US agent. Remember the name Doan's.
Birmingham detective Burge arrived in Mobile with warrants for Sam Klein the alleged bogus check operator arrested there and who surrendered to Pensacola authorities yesterday afternoon He then left for Pensacola to seize the diamonds and arrange for Klein’s rearrest if he escapes punishment there.
The Leyland liner Media sails today with over 8000 bales of cotton, using a newly completed channel and setting a season record for dispatch. Melford Hall was the first Leyland to use the channel, both handled by Mobile Liners Incorporated. The Median arrived Thursday noon and is cleared for voyage this afternoon. Nearby, Fort Morgan shifts to load 8000 cross ties for Colon, while the Harrison T. Reachem heads to banana trade with lumber cargo.
A press report claimed Captain Passow sighted an ice field on November 8 1912, but hydrographic files show no ice south of Newfoundland in October and November. A British steamer Putney Bridge sighted a small piece of ice on October 8 at lat 35 15 N long 55 50 W.
Advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a universal stomach aid. It claims rapid digestion of any food, relief from sour rising gas heartburn and indigestion within five minutes, and urges readers to buy a fifty cent case from a pharmacist for a quick cure.
Harbormaster Thomas P. Norville reports the new channel in Mobile Bay near Battery Gladden light is officially open replacing the dangerous curved route. K T Ward of the engineers corps notifies the chamber of commerce of completion. a tug guided the Melford Hall through earlier. Depth reaches twenty seven feet with channel ranges in place. Vessels should stay to the east side at the turn.
Clear and cold weather prevails across most of the country with no precipitation at stations except Roswell New Mexico and Eastport Maine. A high barometer dominates the eastern half and parts of the west, bringing freezing temperatures to Montgomery Alabama and cold conditions from the Mississippi westward through the nation. The forecast expects fair, cold weather to continue for Mobile tonight and Sunday.
In Cartersville Georgia Policeman Cox admitted manufacturing evidence and lying on the stand in the murder trial of W J Wooten charged with killing W H Griffin of Kingston. Cox said he helped plant a pair of knuckles and testified falsely to support the case. The interruption halted proceedings as the jury waited for verdict.
Cox was impeached on perjury charges and arrested for perjury. Burrows also faced arrest for subornation of perjury. At a night court session the jury found manslaughter and recommended mercy. Wooten’s counsel gave notice of appeal. Bond set at $10,000.
Governor Wilson failed to meet President Taft in New York as he rose late and, after breakfast, had his secretary check Taft's location and schedule. The attempt occurred within minutes of the president’s departure.
Governor Wilson made two calls before boarding the steamer Bermudian for Bermuda where he will vacation until December 16. He spoke with Col. E. M. House of Texas and a personal friend. Mrs. Wilson joined the forenoon shopping as the president-elect prepared to sail.
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