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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1912
Page
3
Chicago on November 29 reports thieves struck a Michigan Boulevard store twice in a week. They hurled a newspaper wrapped horseshoe through the window and disappeared with $1,500 in furs from a car. The prior week a similar gang took $2,500 in gems after breaking a window with a horseshoe.
Bombay November 29 report that three super dreadnoughts and nine first class armored cruisers will be offered to the British government by independent Indian rulers princes and notables. The plan envisions placing the ships in the Red Sea the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean after funds are collected.
A reflective line on virtue and fear, noting that a good man need not dread exposure or disgrace. The quotation underscores integrity and the rare peace of a clear conscience.
Dr William Waugh Smith chancellor of the Randolph Macon college system and president of Randolph Macon Woman's College at Lynchburg died after a lingering illness. A Confederate veteran born in Warrenton on March 12, 1845 he was a key figure in Southern education and a friend of President-elect Woodrow Wilson.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov 29. Robert Lee Sloan of Roswell and Miss Chloe Austin were arrested at the latter’s home in connection with the murder of William Franklin, a recluse killed here days ago and his cottage robbed. Franklin was believed to have a small fortune hidden. Sloan, a middle aged man, is said to be engaged to Miss Austin. Both held on suspicion.
In Indianapolis J. T. Brush funeral draws major baseball figures. Honorary pallbearer John J. McGraw leads attendees from National and American Leagues. Attendance includes presidents Lynch Johnson Barrows, Comiskey, Hermann, Hobbets and Heydler among others as mourners.
Voters in Bristol and Big Stone Gap, Virginia, received $10 bank notes with campaign literature by mail before the election and shipments of whiskey on election eve. The special grand jury, led by Judge Skeen, did not return indictments because it could not identify who mailed the money, but plans for further investigation into mail sent funds to voters were announced.
Asheville authorities intensify search for arsonists as forest fires rage across the region. Justice Department dispatches investigators to the area with large rewards for information or capture. State law imposes up to a 2000 dollar fine or five years imprisonment for starting a fire.
Justine Mason weighing 750 pounds and reputedly the world’s largest woman died in Montreal. Placed in the assistance publique after going insane, she caused disturbances in an institution, with strength feats that strained its walls and led to a round house being built outside the main building.
Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher and naval officers attended a luncheon in New Orleans today given by local business leaders. About 3,500 blue jackets and marines will parade the streets tomorrow escorted by National Guard units.
Johnson City Tenn Nov 28 The plant of the Johnson City staff an afternoon daily was destroyed by fire last night causing an estimated loss of 20000 The first floor of the Staff building was occupied by Muse Printing Company which lost heavily Both losses are well covered by insurance
The Mobile Item promotes a Bible edition that combines top typography and self pronouncing features with hundreds of original illustrations. It claims the 600 illustrations, from original paintings and drawings, create a high art production not found in rival editions. Clip the page certificate to read The Item's distribution plan.
James Brown, charged in the Deputy Sheriff Hart murder, was found near Renick Station Kentucky after bullet wounds from a Sunday night clash with a posse. He hid in a cornfield since the shooting and says he had nothing to eat. He denies firing but admits being in the crowd. He is under strong guard.
A columnist muses that many world secrets remain elusive and that occasional clarity arrives in surprising moments. The note frames curiosity and the limits of what can be learned through reporting.
Mobile policeman J H Davis describes long standing indigestion dizziness headaches and poor circulation. He touts Stummatone as soothing the stomach and acting as a tonic with Laexit as a companion laxative to establish regularity. Suttons Bros. sells Stummatone in Mobile with Laxit as a child friendly added remedy.
James J. Smith, publisher of the Birmingham Ledger and former Birmingham school board member, argues that issuing bonds is the right way to improve Mobile and Birmingham schools. He cites Birmingham’s need for another central high school and additions to existing schools, urging timely action to fund rapid educational improvements.
Praise This Remedy For Long Trouble is a collection of voluntary testimonials for Eckman's Alterative, touted as effective for coughs, colds, bronchial and lung troubles. The letter from Sister Marie of St Francis in ONeill Nebraska claims recovery from tuberculosis after using the remedy. The ad notes bronchitis, asthma, hay fever, throat and lung issues improve, with no poisons or habit forming drugs. Sold by Braswell's drug store, with a request for a further evidence booklet from Eckman Laboratory.
Superior passenger and freight steam from New Orleans weekly to Colon and Bocas del Toro and Panama with connections to Pacific coast ports. Also Mobile Alabama to Boccas del Toro and Puerto Cortes weekly. Honduran ceiba and tela routes. Local manager T. D. Nettles in Mobile. J. Kelleher and J. F. A. in New Orleans.
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