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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1914
Page
9
Lee V Richardson a Mobile trunk maker was taken to Montgomery on Monday for Pasteur treatment after a dog bite judged rabid. The serious wound prompted swift medical action and danger of rabies was suspected.
An old kitchen ad touts Faust Macaroni as a nutritious family meal with bread and butter. It highlights easy preparation, tomato cheese serving ideas, and big savings on meat costs. The copy promotes 5c and 10c Faust Macaroni packs and a free recipe book from Maull Bros in St. Louis Missouri.
Captain J. C. Callaway, master of the three masted schooner Helen C., based in Mobile, has become grandfather for the twenty-fifth time with the birth of a son to his daughter Mrs. Edward G. Dietz. He is 61, father of ten, with twenty-five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
The Wilmer Alabama depot on the N O M C railway was broken into Sunday night and robbed of several express packages and about 75 cents in pennies. Dan Spike is the local agent.
Mrs Arma Lee describes her baby’s severe eczema beginning with itching and rashes that covered the head face and body. After trying two treatments without success she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, reporting relief within days and full cure after about six months. A sample offer and address are provided.
The Peter H. Crowell, first Sudden & Christenson vessel to dock in Mobile, sailed toward the Pacific via the Panama Canal after loading 2,200 tons of freight. Alabama coal was tested against Baltimore coal to judge price and efficiency. Captain A L Kent praised Mobile facilities. Horace Turner announced the Henry T. Scott would sail in January with cargo and bunker coal.
City Commissioner Pat J. Lyons, who runs the fire department, appointed Martin Emmerson as supernumerary to the regular roll along with R. E. Merrill and M. D. McGuire. The action was approved by the city commission. Night Turnkey William Nugent was suspended fifteen days by Commissioner Laz Schwarz for violating police department rules.
Monday afternoon in the inferior criminal court James Parker Ed Dinkins Sylvester Durette Mose Champion Gus Champion Mohawk Smith Luke Smith were fined one dollar or ten days for gaming. John Herse Joe Franklin Jordan Gambell and Joe Guddy were fined five dollars and costs for vagrancy. Robert Jones paid twenty five dollars and costs for vagrancy. Nick McGinnis was fined ten dollars and costs for beating Joella Forbes's young son.
Captain O. J. Aronson of the bark Dora Rio appeared before Recorder Edington and the case was continued to November 17. He had been docketed by Officer Drago of the health department for violating the rat proofing ordinance when the vessel was found alongside the wharf instead of eight feet away.
Health claims tout Quaker Extract and Balm as cures for rheumatism stomach kidney and other ailments. James Hamill and Mary Harrison are cited as recovered after using the remedies, with prices listed and store location given as Braswell's Drug Store on Dauphin and Claiborne streets.
The Mobile board of school commissioners awarded contracts for 625 No 1 Andrews desks at 2.35 and 100 No 8 at 3.19 from Seifert & Gower, plus 1 000 Peabody sanitary desks from Adam Glass Furniture with 775 in natural and cherry tops and 225 rear seats. A Thanksgiving holiday was set for November 26 and 27 with the board to reconvene Wednesday.
A large Mobile community meeting at the Public Library launched the Red Cross seal campaign for a tuberculosis camp in Mobile County. Miss Zena Burkholder and Field Secretary Dixon Van Blarcom spoke on tuberculosis education and fresh air prevention. Local groups pledged support, with volunteers named for seal sales in Wilmer, Citronelle, Fort Morgan and other areas.
Charlies McCoy was sentenced to sixty days hard labor after being found guilty of stealing a pair of shoes from Phillip Sandera. Officers Gerhardt and Malone arrested the suspect in a case heard in the recorder's court on Monday.
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