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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1913
Page
6
A shipment of gold from New York to Canada neared 11 million dollars as of yesterday amid causes cited including Canada’s new airing law boosting reserve requirements, bank financing moves for Europe, and looming Canadian stock issues. The drain influenced call money rates, rising 0.5 percent.
Mrs. Bessie Shackford of Freedom New Hampshire waived trial and confessed to killing her husband Edwin A. Shackford. She received a life sentence after admitting two masked robbers bound her and used chloroform to render her unconscious during the September 30 shooting. The report notes the case as a local court matter with the Associated Press filing from Ossipee New Hampshire.
Rabbi A. G. Moses delivers a Thanksgi ving sermon at Temple Shaaral Shom ayim praising America as land of liberty and democracy. He warns against demagogues and emphasizes moral ideals, prosperity tempered by virtue, and national resilience in 1913.
Gifford Pinchot, former U S Forester and ally of Theodore Roosevelt, is tipped to oppose Boise Penrose for reelection in Pennsylvania. The piece argues for individual liberty, warns against monopolies, and defends American founding principles while outlining past national struggles and ideals.
James P. Kelly also known as Samuel Williams profiled as Oakland Sammy, a famed safeblower who robbed Marion Alabama post office and escaped Montgomery jail in 1902. He was paroled by Governor Cole Blease of South Carolina and to be turned over to Alabama to face federal indictment.
A religious communal reflection extols divine blessing on America, praising constitutional foundations and the influx of immigrants while praying for protection of the land, guidance away from false prophets, and continued rain and harvest. The text calls for gratitude, national pride, and praise to the Almighty, ending with a Thanksgiving tone.
New York authorities enforce a speed limit for funeral processions heightening traffic enforcement concerns. Law officers report patrols stopping vehicles for excessive speeds during ceremonies.
Dora Murff, on trial for murder in the death of J. M. Delhaye on October 15, remains jailed in Crowley. The defense hints at Delhaye’s dying words heard by Murff, as court resumes tomorrow with her potential testimony. Delhaye’s relatives are also charged in the case.
Representative Clayton of the judiciary committee returns to Washington from Alabama and will begin immediate work on a plan for antitrust legislation. He plans to confer with President Wilson in a few days and the judiciary committee is to meet early in December.
Advertising copy claims Ely's Cream Balm instantly relieves clogged air passages in the nose head and throat. It promises quick breathing relief. by morning catarrh cold in head and sore throat vanish with a small bottle from any drug store.
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