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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1912
Page
3
An 10 cent Cascarets box promises rapid relief from stomach sourness and foul gases. It claims to cleanse undigested food, reduce bile, and remove waste from bowels, leaving head clear and liver and bowels in good condition for months. Includes a note to consider children.
Nine young men from Philadelphia died when a touring car carrying joy riders crashed through an iron railing on the Thirty third street boulevard near Master street and fell 75 feet into a coal yard. The victims included Robert A. Boyd Gordon H. Miller William M. Lawrence Edgar M. Shaw and others aged 18 to 27.
Lieutenant John H Towers of the navy aviation corps flew a Curtis hydro airplane for 6 hours 10 minutes 35 seconds, covering about 389 miles. The attempt, arranged by the American Aero Club, started 6 50 AM and ended after 1 PM with a nearly empty tank. The record is unofficial since the course was not measured.
An advertisement promotes Stuart’s Bucha and Juniper Compound as a cure for diabetes and kidney trouble. It claims rapid relief from excessive urination and sugar in urine, urges avoiding sugar and starches, and sells the remedy for $1 per tile from Van Antwerp Drug Corp in Mobile Alabama with express shipping available.
Washington Oct 6 four hundred wireless ships and nearly 100 commercial stations plus many college and amateur links will fall under new Radio act rules starting Dec 13. Licensing across state lines and ship communications will be enforced by inspectors in multiple cities with nine districts. Women eligible as operators. coast station licenses issued by inspectors. exams at navy yards and academies. amateur wavelengths limited to 200 meters unless special application.
A woman urged her husband to use Dr King s New Discovery for a dangerous cough and claims the remedy cured him quickly. The ad touts the medicine as safe for throat and lung troubles including grip bronchitis whooping cough and tonsillitis with 50 cent and one dollar sizes guaranteed by druggists.
Four strike breakers were dragged from a trolley car near North Augusta by sympathizers and flogged. One man was shot in the hip, three others were taken to the city hospital. Strikers blocked efforts to move the car back to the city as the two week old dispute between employees and company officials shows no settlement.
Aviation week at Johannisthal ends with two more deaths among European aviators. A monoplane piloted by Ernst Alig with a mechanician aboard broke up from 600 feet after a wing failure. The mechanician was thrown clear and died on impact. Alig fell to his death instantly. The accident drew a large crowd. Alig became an aviator in May.
In New Orleans on October 7, fight members of the Bruno and Di Magio families became ill after eating spaghetti flavored with impure tomato paste. The paste came from Mrs Brumo's grocery. Steve Bruno, 17, is in critical condition while the others named are not believed to be in danger. The sick include Mrs Annee Bruno and Bazille Bruno with Di and his wife and child.
The University of Alabama reports a record opening rush with about 300 new students. Nine fraternities initiated 73 members and sororities added many new sisters including Kappa Delta, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Pi Delta Sigma. The Glee Club also announced its 1912-13 roster of 26 members after a month of auditions.
An advertisement claims Fulton s Rena Compound can correct chronic Bright s Disease and nephritis by lowering albumen and renal casts. It promotes a test formula to prove effectiveness in offices, notes mild infusion with minimal alcohol, and lists distributors and endorsers across multiple cities.
Robert Holt alias Claxton surrendered to Oakland police and confessed to stealing 75,000 dollars from the Australian government while a clerk with the Royal Australian Artillery in Sydney. He claimed 25,000 came from a safe and 50,000 from a cashed draft after a street encounter with a woman in San Francisco who threatened to inform authorities.
Fire trapped Nellie Gilman and Adelaide Preston on the third floor of Dennett's restaurant on Park Row. Both died from smoke inhalation while two companions were seriously hurt. a fifth woman escaped with injuries as the blaze caused about $10,000 in damage.
A vintage advertisement touts Stearns Electric Paste as a reliable remedy for rats mice cockroaches and waterbugs. It claims pests cause extensive damage and disease and urges purchase from druggists with a money back guarantee and two price scales 25 cents and one dollar.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's ointment as effective for lame back soreness of muscles sprains and rheumatic pains and notes it is sold by all dealers.
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