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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1913
Page
12
Professor James Melvin Lee of New York University and a speaker from Iowa State College emphasized the news sense as essential for writers. They praised the concise clear style of American newspapers and its value for mass comprehension and reader interest.
In Atlanta on November 28 two brothers killed and another boy wounded by shotgun fire while hunting. Char aa Bridewell 11 was killed by his brother Braiselde well 15 after a shot through bushes at close range. John Garst 14 died from a self inflicted rifle wound en route to hospital. Charles Howell 13 was shot in the hip by his brother but expected to recover.
Aboard the steamship President from Seattle to San Francisco, Fourth officer J Shane quartermaster Oswald and Seaman H Hansen drowned fifty miles off Coos Bay after plunging into a gale to rescue an unidentified steerage passenger swept overboard. The boat swamped. efforts to recover bodies failed and the ship continued southward.
Mrs. L Brackett Bishop, wife of a wealthy Chicago businessman, announced plans to adopt fifteen babies, each to embody a distinct racial type from Negro to Japanese and Irish. She aims for one year old infants, with a diverse household to illustrate cross racial harmony.
Moss Point football team fell 6 to 0 Thursday afternoon as BSA scored early on a cross-pass drive. Malone’s left tackle run set the clinching touchdown, with Hays and Shields praised for their line and defense while Moss Point’s George Laura starred for Moss Point.
Funeral services for T. M. Emmerson, late president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, were held at St. John's Church with more than 100 railroad officials in attendance. The procession carried the body to Oakland Cemetery. Many attendees departed for Washington to attend W. W. Finley’s funeral today.
Ernest Argiro, 20, of Selma and Conception streets, was arrested at police headquarters on a charge of petit larceny for allegedly stealing a coat belonging to Guy Sanders. Haley arrested Argiro per Sanders complaint. The case is set for the second misdemeanor court day this afternoon.
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