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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1913
Page
8
On a Boston area farm lives a grizzled veteran with a white mustache, once the two fisted great John L Sullivan. The piece recalls his rise, heavy drinking, near ruin after 1892, a late comeback after 1897, and his steadfast sobriety since then on his farm.
Harvard completed an undefeated season by routing Yale 15 to 5 in Cambridge. The Crimson’s machine like coaching and flawless team play overwhelmed the Blue, while Yale lacked Harvard’s precision, strategic range, and execution under the modern game.
Seeberg Steamship Line lists mobile departures from Mobile Alabama to Leeward and Windward Islands. sailings include S. Alm on November 19 to Guadeloupe Martinique Barbados and Trinidad. Crathens departs December 1 to Grand Cayman Kingston Jamaica and other Jamaican ports. Hilding December 1 to Port au Prince Guadeloupe Martinique Barbados and Trinidad. Crathens December 15 to Grand Cayman Kingston and northern southern Jamaican ports. Honoreva December 17 to multiple Haitian ports and Caribbean destinations. Crathens on December 18 to Christo Panama. Ships may adjust schedules or substitute calls. lines warn of changes.
Jefferson College from Convent La travels to Spring Hill for a Turkey Day game against Spring Hill College. The Jefferson squad, said to be the best in years, aims to upset the Mobile team after previously beating Tulane's first string.
The piece notes the Yale Harvard clash as the main event while Army and Navy prep for their annual championship in New York. Navy beat New York University and Army defeated Springfield training school, with Syracuse’s 35 to 27 loss to Carlisle standing out as a surprising late-season result.
Harvard’s football team beat Yale but left the field with two players hurt Bradlee the star defensive back with a broken rib was taken out at the end of the second period Hardwick has a severe arm strain and wore a sling He kept the injury quiet until Harvard led Strong hopes remain that Crimson wins will continue as only three starters Storer Hitchcock and O’Brien leave after graduation while the back field Brickley Mahan and Logan remain.
A vintage ad-style claim urges thousands to avoid suffering and try Foley Kidney Pills. It asserts immediate action on kidneys and bladder to ease rheumatism and other pains, describing the product as causing relief from the first dose.
Attention turns to the South’s Thanksgiving games as Auburn clinches the SIAA title with a win over Georgia. Sewanee meets Vanderbilt in a likely close Dudley Field clash, Clemson faces Georgia Tech in Atlanta, and Virginia battles North Carolina in a high-stakes southern slate.
In Birmingham on Thanksgiving, Alabama faces Mississippi A. and M. College in Starkville. Coach Graves and Chadwick anticipate a hard fought wind‑up game with both teams improving, VandeGraff sidelined by a punctured ear, and strong campus support predicting a close contest.
Starksville Nov 24 Special. Work is the order of the Aggies as they push toward a busy schedule. Players drill intensely to sharpen offense and defense for upcoming games.
Atlanta manager Billy Smith returns with news from baseball and beyond. He cites Ambrose McConnell signed to back up second base, a called off Covington deal, Welch as field captain, and praise for Flanagan while noting Hilderbrand trade not yet made. He also reports Joe Agier and Charlie Starr losing savings in bank collapses and other player movements.
The Philadelphia postmaster ordered 90,230,000 stamps worth 1,696,000 dollars to cover Christmas mail. This largest single stamp order surpasses Chicago's 71,800,000 stamps and 1,538,000 dollars from July 1912, which had held the prior record.
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