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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1915
Page
9
Testimony reveals defendants plotted to aid German warships by using supercargo letters to bribe captains. Evidence shows vessels sailed to Buenos Ayres La Guaira Cadiz Monrovia delivering supplies to warships. Defense counsel William Rand opened by noting incomplete facts.
The city commission fixed the annual tax rate on city, real and personal property at 1.10 per hundred, with 0.75 for municipal and 0.35 for special. October bills totaling 11,718.37 were approved for payment, and the ordinance fixing the tax rates was introduced by Mayor Lyons and adopted unanimously.
Richard D. Wrigley testified he chartered the Lorenzo and Berwind on August 8, 1914 for the Hamburg American line. John H Gans acted for the line, with indemnity guarantees totaling 610,125 to cover full vessel values if not returned, due to lack of war insurance at the time.
The item invites boys and girls born in November to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon. Tickets mailed. Obvious names appear with addresses and birthdates for Freddie E. Burch Jr Leo H. Flynn and Janie C. Chapman. Children must send full name address and birthdate to Children’s dutcr mobile item two days before their birth day.
Columbus Ga Nov 23 State ments say life loss is heavier than seven bodies recovered from the Con T Kennedy Carnival train wreck near Columbus. The 42 hospitalized are expected to recover. Train from Atlanta to Phoenix City collided head on with Central of Georgia No 2. Twelve flat cars and sleepers formed the wreckage and fire. Known dead include Mr and Mrs Fred S Kempy of Kansas City and showman A Kennedy known as Whitey.
Since mercorized wax was found to absorb and remove discoloration it has become a popular substitute for bleaching creams. It cleanses and preserves the complexion, with many women using it nightly with cold cream and washing off in the morning. The saxolite lotion for wrinkles and contour, made from axolte and witch hazel, is also widely used to improve facial appearance.
A nostalgic column wryly recounts a capricious forecast and unseasonable showers in Mobile. It notes a fair Tuesday conflicting with reality, describes muddy streets, hat losses, and a fire tragedy, then closes with a humorous tale of a man missing nine months of life spent waiting for a streetcar.
Engineers E B Wade and Charles J Hardy from Ford, Bacon & Davis survey Mobile harbor and draft port improvement plans. They traveled Tuesday from Three Mile Creek to Choctaw Point and will study southern river front areas and Arlington property on Wednesday.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ills and claims it helps restore health for women deemed unfit for marriage. It asserts the product promotes a healthier, more intelligent future family through natural roots and herbs.
R. E. McGrane was arrested in Selma by Deputies Stanfield and Aycock on charges of killing Samuel Grant the white chauffeur at Greenville. He was taken to Montgomery for further investigation.
The bar of Mobile requests mob ile lawyers to confer with City Attorney R. H. Smith. G L Smith. Thomas M Leigh. Brooks & Crawford. Bestor & Younss. Ervin & McAleer on legality of bills. Date for the conference not set.
Amsterdam dispatch reports the sische Zeitung in Berlin announcing the first consignment of cereals from the Balkans. Regular shipments of grain to Germany and Austria for the Balkans will start tomorrow.
The ad asserts four ounces of plain ligation applied at night dissolves dandruff entirely. With nightly use, most or all dandruff vanishes and several applications dissolve any remaining signs. Hair is described as lustrous and silky after treatment using liquid Arvon, sold inexpensively.
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