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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1916
Page
2
State warrants issued for two more suspects in a blackmail scheme involving a supposed $10,000 trust deed tied to Parmly patent rights for an electric fly screen. A real estate dealer, Samuel P. Parmly, denies issuing the deed while an impostor impersonated him to collect funds from a couple who vanished.
A negro man was fined 101 dollars and 50 days hard labor in recorder's court on an assault charge. The incident occurred on October 10 when Reed was badly beaten. Walter Brown, a negro, faced the same assault-related charge.
Consumers are advised to treat skin itching with Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment. Bathe with warm water, remove crusts, soften skin, dry gently, apply a thin layer of ointment, and cover with a light bandage if needed. Repeat twice daily. relief often comes after the first treatment. Free trial offer through Resinol department in Baltimore.
An old advertisement promotes drinking hot water with limestone phosphate to flush the stomach liver and bowels. It claims cleansing purifies the internal system and improves digestion for constipated bilious people. The piece touts this method as a cheap remedy available from a pharmacist and ends with a generic Adv. note.
Advertisement touts Dr. King's New Discovery as relief for cold symptoms including stuffed-up head sore throat and chest tightness. It claims antiseptic balm soothes membranes loosens phlegm and helps you breathe easier with a 50 cent price quote and 47 years of popularity.
Local and visiting figures in Mobile include L P Mathews Southern Pacific agent praising fall winter business prospects in the South. Henry Schwarz and family relocate to Mobile amid injury. George Hillman returns from trips and buys acreage in Hale county. Charles Humphrey suffers paralysis but may recover. News of hospital transfer for Joseph Gonzales and Twitchell resignation from Apollo. Various railroad officials and residents visit Mobile as Holy Name Society plans Mass. Powell named Cottage hotel proprietor on Dauphin Island.
Almost everyone knows Sage Tea and Sulphur when faded or gray. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold in drug stores for about 50 cents. It darkens hair naturally and evenly, using a sponge or brush to apply strand by strand. It is a toilet product not a medicine or disease cure.
Yom Kippur begins at sunset and ends at sunset tomorrow with solemn observance at two temples. Evening services at Government Street Temple set for 6 30 p m Friday October 6. day services run Saturday 10 a m to 6 p m. Rabbi Alfred G. Moses will lead and lecture. memorial and Nellah services noted.
The American Press Humorists met in Nashville Tennessee for a three day event ending with a banquet at the Commercial Club. Dixon Merritt editor of the Nashville Tennessean and American was elected president. S. E. Kiser of Chicago was named vice president and James A. Waldron of New York elected secretary and treasurer.
American engineers have drafted a plan for a 250 mile canal from Kandalaska on the White Sea to Tornea near the Swedish frontier. The project would run through Russia and Finland to the Gulf of Bothnia and cost about 300 million roubles, with strong support reported in Russia.
Nearly 300 bakers in New York began marking weights on every loaf sold under a state law. The commissioner of weights and measures had delayed prosecution but will now enforce the regulation, requiring immediate compliance.
Report from Billings says two white men were shot and killed by seven negroes during a race riot near Nihill in Meagher County. A third white man was shot and severely wounded. Five negros and two whites were arrested at Cushman on riot charges.
Plattsburgh ends eleven day hike and field maneuvers of the tenth training regiment marking the close of 1916 camps. Across summer more than 12,000 men received instruction in five successive camps.
Ferdinand Esquerre was fined five dollars in the recorder's court today for violating the traffic ordinance. Evidence showed he passed a street car while passengers were alighting and traveled on the wrong side of the street with his automobile.
A long letter from Newark Ohio praises Lydia E Pinkham remedies. Mrs Thompson reports her health vastly improved by Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash, saying she can work and has had no illness since using the products. The notice invites readers to write for free confidential advice.
A Somerville boy named Loundas Brindley writes of a heavy headache and frequent vomiting, criticizing harsh tastes of castor oil and salts for children. The note reflects parental concern and a search for gentler remedies.
Mr. Ervan B. Davis of the Gulf Coast Producer Exchange says a successful Irish potato harvest is anticipated and ready for shipment after the first frost. He expects heavy domestic demand with some for export deliveries.
About twenty oyster men from Dauphin Island have sailed to the Louisiana coast to work the season. The brief item notes soldiers of the trade migrating for harvest, with a mention that conditions may affect local supplies.
A notice corrects a report that Dr Adams left Mobile for health reasons clarifying it was Dr eecen who actually left the city. The correction identifies the proper physician and notes the error originated in earlier reporting.
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