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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1914
Page
2
Dispatches from London describe Przemyśl gradually breaking under bombardment as Austrian relief efforts fail and Russian artillery and fire strike the fortress. Meanwhile Eastern front reports claim mixed Austrian and Russian advances in Southern Poland and around Cracow with heavy losses on both sides.
The Russian staff denies German success at Augustowo and Ki and notes a hasty retreat by German forces to Memel and the East Prussian frontier. It also dismisses reports of renewed fighting in Russian Afghanis tan and Eastern Persia and signs of revolution in Russia.
An ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a harmless stomach regulator that relieves stomach distress in five minutes. It claims to stop belching gas sour undigested food and dizziness and promises a money back guarantee.
Fragmentary notes describe stomach disorders and a patient in Roseville Ohio noting relief after remedies. The text mentions headaches and references a period of treatment days with a tied number of remedies aiding recovery.
A coroner's jury in Whistler ruled death by self inflicted gunshot for Orleans P. Ingersoll aged 49 found dead in his room. Sheriff Palmer investigates the missing weapon as his health had been poor and authorities note possible mental derangement. He was Missouri born who moved to Mobile area three years ago and then to Whistler last November. Funeral held Thursday at 4 pm in Whistler Cemetery.
War dispatches report Antwerp held by forts despite German pressure. Refugees stream from Putte toward the Belgian Dutch frontier as German units, possibly 125000 strong, push near the Nethe and Scheldt. German infantry suffer heavy losses but press the assault with fresh troops from Brussels.
Berlin reports the Lokal Anzeiger expert notes a breach in Antwerp outer forts allows bombardment of the inner forts. German forces brace for a Belgian sortie as General Von Besseler directs operations after years on the retirement list.
London reports focus on Antwerp where Allied defense improves as refugees stream toward England and Holland. German siege guns and bombardment intensify while garrison reinforcements reach the city. Battles flare along the Scheldt and Nethe as western fronts shift.
Cotton exports continue to rise with 74,438 bales shipped from Galveston 16,060 from Savannah 6,789 from New Orleans and smaller amounts from other ports. The destinations include Europe Japan Mexico and eastern Africa as announced by Secretary McAdoo.
John BE Emmons was appointed a notary public by Governor O Nea l and filed the required bond in the probate court on Wednesday afternoon.
Marriage licenses were issued Thursday by the probate court to E. Buchannan and Susan Viola Crawford of Grand Bay.
Mobile oyster market overstocked as ten schooners docked with little demand. Belgian front lines at Schoonaerde endure heavy shellfire with shrapnel casualties. Defenders hold trenches despite constant bombardment. Berlaere reports show officers under extreme exposure protected by sandbags.
Tom Lowell a white man arrested Saturday night at Prichard by Deputy Sheriffs Kinnamon and Dixon on assault charges was discharged in inferior criminal court Thursday by Judge Henry Chamberlain. The judge said the severe beating by Deputy Kinnamon was sufficient punishment. Kinnamon alleges Lowell cursed him and forced him to fight.
Advertisements claim Zemo stops itching from scratching and eczema fast. A 25 cent bottle provides immediate relief, with a free trial offer by mail from BE W Rose Co Laboratories, Dept 30, St Louis Missouri, including letters of cured users.
An important general reunion committee meeting will be held Thursday night in the Colonial room of the Cawthon hotel chaired by General Chairman C. B. Hervey. The finance committee will report and a resolution may urge the ladies who led the 1910 Flag Day exercises to repeat the performance on October 17 for the reunion. Reports from Birmingham, Montgomery, Anniston and other cities say large crowds are gathering with the old soldiers for perhaps the last state reunion.
Edward Ryder was acquitted of selling liquor under the prohibition law after the state failed to prove the charge. Other defendants faced fines or jail terms for public drunkenness fighting in public and assault and battery. Sallie Branscombe testified as principal witness in Ryder’s case.
Minnie M Wilkinson aged 72 and one of Mobile county's oldest residents died Thursday at 5 am at her Hall's Mill road home after a brief illness. She was the widow of J O Wilkinson and is survived by two daughters Mrs Kate Busby and Mrs May Busby, two sons N W Wilkinson and B W Wilkinson, a sister Miss Kate Lloyd, three brothers Thomas Louis and Jack Lloyd, and other relatives.
The Workingmen's Timber and Cotton Benevolent Association invites members' families to a complimentary ball at Baymen's Benevolent Hall on the evening of October 20. The event aims to honor members and provide a social gathering in a community venue.
A city youth reports a dramatic insect anecdote after applying Vitalitas and urges internal use as a tonic and cleanser. The handout extols Vitalitas as nature's gift, claiming it heals stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, and blood with a teaspoonful three times daily. A daily display runs at Sutton's Drug Store in St Francis and Royal.
A mixed listing of local businesses including creameries candy makers dry goods drug stores furniture laundries framing and framing shops grocers and retailers along with businesses in carriage lumber and other services. It notes addresses phone numbers and home numbers for firms such as CREAMERIES ROSEDale DAIRY HOWELLS CANDY KITCHEN HAWES CANDY CO and Mobile Business College among others.
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