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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1913
Page
12
Special from The Item reports in Alabama that 75 percent of executions issued by the court of appeals yield no property. Examiner Gorman cites a 1911 to 1912 fiscal year with 1,355 cases submitted since creation. Clerk Alex Troy collected $6,485.50, and his books were found well kept.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the safest guardian of a man's health and a blessing for future generations. It cites voluntary letters claiming relief from scrofula eczema boils humors eruptions rheumatism catarrh kidney and liver troubles and loss of appetite and energy. It warns against substitutes and urges buying Hood's.
New York November 20 The Supreme Court Justice Maddox rules a man serving an indeterminate prison sentence is civilly dead and his wife may wed without divorce. The decision cites writ of mandamus forcing the marriage license bureau to grant a license to Mary Gargan a schoolteacher. Her husband John a Sing Sing inmate for second degree murder with life maximum cannot restore marital rights even if pardoned.
New Orleans November 20. John Ewing, newly appointed minister to Honduras, sailed yesterday for Colon en route to Tegucigalpa. He will cross the isthmus by steamship to Amapala and travel by automobile to the Honduran capital to assume his post.
At the Southern Medical Association meeting in Lexington Kentucky Dr W A de Arman of Long Beach Mississippi proposed pellagra is a parasite infection linked to bed bugs and fleas after experiments with animals. Dr Seale Harris of Mobile discussed digestive symptoms and said removing milk and changing environment aid recovery, disputing corn as the disease origin.
Advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest and safest remedy for indigestion. It claims quick relief from heartburn belching gas and stomach distress, urging readers to keep a fifty cent case at home for daytime or nighttime use.
Cleveland reports a blizzard hit street car service hard and may force a penny transfer fee starting January 1. The switch would raise about $7000,000 annually by selling transfers while riders with transfers stay at three cents.
Lawrence mass November 20 The Firemen's Union rejects aid or sympathy from the Industrial Workers of the World as 350 firemen strike at textile mills for eight hour day. IWW offered a sympathetic strike last night. Mills stay open but crippled in some departments.
Al Cohen an ex detective told the district attorney that a police captain and two other high officials shared in a wire tapping swindle. Cohen described arrangements to protect the operation downtown and named agents for swindlers who worked as go-betweens. He implicated Simon M. Jones in a $20,000 trap and said the captain and Cohen pocketed sums. The grand jury is expected to hear his testimony in a few days.
William B. Rice a private in Battery B Sixth Field Artillery stationed at Fort Riley Kansas was found not guilty of murder in the death of Wilfred D Duquette a fellow soldier whose body was found in the Smoky Hill River near Junction City on April 13 last The trial concluded with an acquittal and the case ends.
An aging health ad advises using Jad Salts and rad Salts with water to cleanse and stimulate kidneys, reduce urinary irritation, and prevent bladder weakness. It promotes high water intake and a daily tablespoon of the mixture before breakfast for several days.
General Bramwell Booth head of the Salvation Army arrives from Chicago with Commander Eva Booth and others. Several thousand greet at the station as Colonel Kitching says Booth hopes to meet his brother General Ballington Booth of the Volunteers of America. A consolidation report between the two organizations is mentioned.
Advertisement claims nervous headaches stem from torpid liver and constipated bowels. Pills stimulate organs to work properly and regulate liver and bowels. Priced 25 cents. available at druggists or by mail from H B Bucklen & Co Philadelphia or St Louis.
The Agriculture Department warns the public about new tricks by patent medicine vendors. Investigators find the cure-all ingredients are stockpiled proprietary drugs bought at high cost. Government cannot apply food and drug or postal laws, so readers should beware heavy advertising and letter writing schemes.
New York, Nov 20. Mayor Kline under a special ordinance named Louis F. Laroche acting park commissioner for thirty days after Stover vanished. Stover has not been heard from since October 16. Laroche is a senior officer in the parks department.
City detective James Glynn heard a crying infant on a South Rampart street car and found a negro baby in the car fender. The child was rescued unharmed but a woman in the crowd shouted and snatched the baby from the motorman before it was recovered.
In Wilmer Alabama on November 14, Dr Carl E Grote accompanied by Dr Newburn spoke at Palestine school about the Hookworm Disease and other illnesses. He praised clean well ventilated school rooms and the use of individual drinking cups and tools. Miss Campbell the teacher thanked the presenter and invited parents to attend the important subject.
An advertisement-style piece touts Ely's Cream Balm as a fast fix for stuffed noses, head colds, and catarrh. It urges readers to buy a small bottle, apply in the nostrils, and claims relief by morning with eased breathing and stopped discharge.
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