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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1912
Page
11
A worn Londoner of forty trudges toward the Embankment seeking rest. He recalls meager joys as night pools and ghosts of the drowned beckon, culminating in a final plunge into the river and a fatal, ghostly danse macabre beneath the water.
A Paris flat on Rue Montmartre hides a baffling murder of Rosa Delacourt. She was stabbed through the heart in a locked room with no signs of forced entry or a weapon found, defying magnets, hinges, and possible exits. The case inspired wild theories, including a chimney monkey, but no solution emerged.
Mayor James H. Petragrove of Frankfort faced Patrick Haley who drew a revolver and fired. The mayor tackled Haley, knocked him down twice, and subdued him before arrest. A bullet struck the mayor in the leg while another pierced his hat. Haley had represented Haley's wife in a divorce case.
A 1900 era advertisement touts a Sage Tea based hair remedy by Wyeth and Sulphur Hair Remedy. It promises to restore youthful color, reduce gray hairs, and improve hair growth while claiming to cure dandruff and itchy scalp. The ad urges buying a fifty cent bottle and notes a money back guarantee. Sold by druggists at the Royal and Wauphin streets corner.
Medical authors explain stomach function and the role of pepsin and acid in digestion. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are described as a scientific digestive aid, not a medicine, promising quick relief from indigestion when meals are large or eaten hastily. Prominent men reportedly carry the tablets in vest pockets at banquets.
One and two story brick and frame stores and flats listed with addresses on Dauphin St. Conti to Government and surrounding streets. Rates range from 120 to 6380 dollars for yearly rents with multiple 4 room flats and 6 room residences. Complete rent list now ready for distribution.
A catalog of two story and cottage style homes along Church Warren Charleston Jefferson and Palmetto streets. Listings include varying numbers of rooms kitchens baths electric lights reception halls back galleries and prices ranging from twelve to fifty dollars.
Auction note offers a 2 HP 230 volt General Electric DC motor with 1900 RPM and associated shop items. Includes about 25 feet of 1 3 16 inch shafting six pillar block bearings several pulleys small to large counter shaft with hangers and 50 to 60 feet of 2 1 2 inch leather belting. All in good repair. Apply at Item Office.
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