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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1912
Page
2
A column by Dr. Lewis Baker offers general health remedies and tonics for a range of complaints. Readers submit symptoms and Baker prescribes compound mixtures, tinctures, and tablets, claiming cures for fatigue, nervousness, digestive issues, weight, bed wetting, catarrh, hair loss, and liver or kidney troubles.
John T. Cochrane fired seventy eight members of the organization while condemning knockers and urging a true Mobile spirit. He attacked inertia and lack of enthusiasm, recounting scant turnout and the absence of a welcoming committee at the State Land Congress. Dr. Harry T. Inge blamed innate laziness for Mobile’s inaction as the meeting moved toward resolutions endorsing a school.
A narrator claims they can out-argue a statistic spouting opponent, arguing that number sharing is not a drawback. The remark emphasizes confidence in numerical evidence in debate dynamics.
City Attorney L. Boykin Boone said suits would be filed within days to recover about 15000 in delinquent taxes owed by the Battle House Company. The claim covers taxes from 1908 to present, excluding upcoming December 1 city and special taxes.
Aaron Hilliard was sentenced to twenty days hard labor after pleading guilty to stealing a box of cigars from the Ogburn-Griffin Grocery Company where he had worked for three years. He claimed selling cigars to Nicholas McGinnis, who was charged with receiving stolen property but discharged after McGinnis denied the accusation.
In Tecumseh a local letter lauds Cardui, the woman’s tonic, recounting improved health after using Cardus. The report notes testimonials are common and urges readers to request the Chattanooga Medicine Co. home treatment book. The piece then shifts to civic matters in Mobile, including library funding, license abolition on wagon sales, and a Panama Trade Conference.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a remedy to stop hair loss and kill dandruff germs with a money back guarantee. It claims a 60 cent bottle and features a girl with auburn hair on the carton while urging readers to ask for Parisian Sage from Van Antwerp Drug Co. The text blends product copy with local civic discussion on manufacturing and economic efforts in Mobile, noting figures like M. T. Judge and L. C. Irvine and referencing a Chamber of Commerce bulletin and factory subsidies.
A critic laments lack of a great leader in Mobile and warns that any ambitious public figure will face backstabbing and envy. The speaker urges the Chamber of Commerce to press city commissioners for action, noting the need to advance the city's interests.
The advertisement touts a blood focused tonic claimed to purify enrich and revitalize blood and thereby strengthen the entire system. Available in liquid form or as Sarsatabs chocolate coated tablets and encourages immediate purchase.
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