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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1913
Page
14
Kansas City Missouri on November 22 reports Rev J M Dunlavy was appointed welfare officer after a tense contest with anti prohibition and other interests. Dunlavy had priorly served as preacher policeman with commissioners before being discharged two months earlier when his employment was ruled improper.
An old advertisement touts GETS-IT as a painless two day treatment for corns. It claims no bandages salves plasters or razors, and that the corn vanishes without flesh irritation or fuss. The copy emphasizes ease of use and quick results.
John A. Hughes, Paterson police motorcycle squad member and brother of U S senator William Hughes, sails for Manila to become chief of police in the Philippines. The Paterson board grants him a leave of absence. he is described as a tall, strong, fearless rider with a record of service in the city force and a history of combat with strikers.
Civil Service Commission reports difficulty securing male stenographers for special lines of work. Despite vacancies paying 840 to 900 dollars yearly, women have appeared to push male competitors from the field. The commission seeks remedies as the situation draws attention.
Portland reports that a statewide minimum wage for adult women clerks faces immediate effect restrictions if the Oregon Supreme Court does not validate the act within a week. The rule sets 9 50 weekly pay, 8 hours 20 minutes daily, 50 hours weekly, and 6 p m end times, eliminating Saturday shopping.
In Dalton Georgia on November a veteran of the Mexican War aged eighty nine sang several songs to the court during his divorce from his sixth wife. Knox claimed good conduct as a husband while his wife accused him of driving her from their home. Judge Fite proposed reconciliation but Knox refused. He refused to say if he would take a seventh wife but noted home needs a woman.
Chicago reports County Agent Joseph Meyer launches a campaign with social workers to jail husbands who desert families. He seeks funds to bring deserters back from other states to be punished, citing 1,805 deserted families and 6,318 children this year. He notes many desertions linked to hardship and cites cases of repeated abandonments and limited blame on liquor or housekeeping.
Floyd L. Scott of Battle Creek received news on his twenty-fifth birthday that if he marries within three years a wealthy Eastern relative will pay him 10000 dollars. The note also offered 500 dollars and noted he is nephew of the late Gen. George D. McClellan. He is a shy rug maker with no bad habits. He hopes to find an ideal wife among good prospects and may take a Panama Pacific trip as part of a potential honeymoon.
In Minneapolis on November 22, Luger and W D Luger, farmers near Osseo, report $9,000 in bank from twenty acres of red and yellow globe onions, harvesting about 600000 pounds and selling at Osseo station for $1.50 per hundred. J B Thompson of Osseo State Bank bought and shipped eighteen carloads to Chicago. The pair credit a perfect season and heavy labor, cautioning that such a yield is unlikely to repeat soon.
Parsons Kansas Miss Thirza Mosher a noted Kansas chautauqua vocalist who studied with New York teachers will travel to Europe as guest of Mrs May Farrar Wingart of Brookton Me They will stay at a Naples villa where Carlo Sebastiana will direct her voice training The Radium question ends the article with a $5200000000 per pound price reference.
H D Ely of Bantam Ohio suffered a four year ulcer on his foot. Doctors urged amputation but he refused and reluctantly used Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a last resort. He reported his foot healed and the ulcer vanished.
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