20 Nov 1914
Page 13
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1914
Page
13
Two fires threatened J. J. Chadick’s home at Bayou and New Jersey streets on Thursday and Friday. The first damaged the dining room roof and interior furnishings, and the second set the roof alight. The fire department responded both times.
An advertisement warns against calomel for bilious symptoms and endorses Dodson's Liver Tone as a plant based remedy. It promises quick relief from sluggish liver and constipation with a pleasant taste and a money back guarantee. The copy targets families and children, claiming no salivation or harm.
Mrs Joseph Fels widow of the Philadelphia soap magnate and Fairhope supporter will outline civic and charitable aims at a Sunday 3 30 p m meeting in the Cawthon hotel assembly room. She seeks contact with Mobile charity workers and to aid a statewide Belgian relief movement presenting permanent relief methods. She continues her late husband’s philanthropic work and invites the public to attend.
A reflective thought cautions against harsh self judgment inviting empathy toward those perceived as unusual. It suggests others may view your mood and choices as eccentric while urging tolerance and self awareness.
W L Bennett 58 a Columbus Ohio man long known in business was arrested by Chief Crenshaw on a charge of stealing Globe valves from Cunningham Hardware. Valves and 600 hacksaws found in his box marked The Warrant Warehouse Company Columbus Ohio. He claimed ownership of the tools and said they were bought in Atlanta. Bond not made.
Berlin dispatch reports General Von Hindenburg expressing to the Neue Freie Presse that Russian numerical superiority is not decisive in the war. He cites Tannenberg as an Austrian German victory, notes Russian discipline versus German command, and predicts hardships for Russians when ground freezes in winter.
Ollie Joe Lartigue was arrested on Friday by Deputy Sheriff Jack Lee on the charge of assault and battery. S. Brunson swore out the affidavit alleging Lartigue assaulted Sellers Monday and A. Fisker with a gun.
W C Kaemerle sued the Donavan Turpentine Company in the law and equity court for 125 dollars claiming trespass on his lands. Officer Jamies McGinnis rearrested William Brown and John Hoffman, two white hoboes who had escaped from the cemetery where they were serving time, on Friday morning and charged them as escapes.
Washington November 20 The quarantine on cattle shipments from Canada to the United States due to foot and mouth disease was lifted by the Department of Agriculture. Officials said the move shows the epidemic is under control and aims to prevent infected cattle cars from returning to the United States.
Deputy Sheriff Jack Lee arrested Louis Coleman on burglary charges after suspicions he entered the home of Robert Huggins at 105 Calhoun Street. Coleman is jailed in the county facility awaiting further proceedings.
A wry note on Kansas City boasting both the finest and most ill performing union stations in the known world and its southern reaches.
An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as quick relief for blocked nostrils and head, promising instant opening of air passages, reduced headache, and drying of catarrhal discharge. It urges readers to buy a small bottle at any drug store and claims the cold or catarrh will disappear by morning.
A local physician promotes Quaker Herb Remedies with testimonials from Mobile residents. Mrs. H T Hieronymus reports relief from fainting spells and breathlessness after using one and a half bottles and recommends it to friends. Her husband, previously foot injury troubled him with rheumatic pains, now shows improvement. The dealer claims cures for rheumatism catarrh indigestion and other ailments though not a universal cure-all.
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