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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1914

Page

3

Father Eaton Returns From War Toured Europe and Ireland

Father Thomas J. Eaton of St Marys Catholic Church wed in Mobile after a European tour halted by war. He and fellow priests sailed from Liverpool aboard the Adriatic, escorted by British cruisers, with 2200 passengers aboard. Eaton recounted attending Lourdes before hostilities and noted England’s three year struggle ahead. He visited Foxford in Mayo and saw his ailing mother. prior, he briefed in Washington at the Catholic University of America.

Father Thomas J. Eaton St. Mary’s Catholic Church Mobile Madrid Father Eaton Ireland Livrpool Atlantic Adriatic Fr. Eaton T. Savage Montgomery Patrick Turner Birmingham New York Lourdes France Father Savage Father Turner Mme Spain England Eaton Foxford County Mayo Europe Washington Catholic University of America

General Zelman Killed in Action

Berlin reports Major General Augustus Zelman commander of the Second Bavarian field artillery was killed in action on September 26, according to Associated Press dispatches from the front.

Zelman Associated Press Berlin Augustus Zelman Second Bavarian Field Artillery

Jad Salts Kidney Tonic Warns Against Meat Overload

A long advisory claims backache and kidney discomfort come from eating meat. It promotes Jad Salts, a grape acid and lemon juice lithia mixture, as a remedy to cleanse sluggish kidneys, relieve urinary irritation, and prevent bladder weakness.

Telegraph Operator Walter H Loving Dies After Illness

Walter Herbert Loving former chief operator at the Postal Telegraph Company in Mobile died Thursday at 6 am after a long illness. He left Mobile for Bladon Springs for health reasons and returned unable to recover. Born in Milan Tennessee he was in his fortieth year and survived by his father and two sisters E R Naylor Mobile and P C Pyne Pine Hill.

Postal Telegraph Company Mobile Bladon Springs Ala Loving Western Union Mr. Loving Milan Tenn Haywood W Hattie Herbert Loving Blacon Springs E. R. Naylor Spring Hill Avepue P. C. Pyne Pine Hill

Remedy In the Whole Peruna praised by Mrs Elin Malmgren

Mrs Elin Malmgren of 133 Frederick St West Manchester New Hampshire says she suffered catarrh in throat and nose with hoarseness for eleven years but found great benefit from Peruna. She keeps it at home and recommends it to friends and Swedish Americans in Boston as an excellent family medicine for colds and strength.

Elin Malmgren Frederick St West Manchester N. H Boston

Bold sulphur cream claims to treat eczema quickly

An expert dermatologist praises common bold sulphur cream for eczema and skin eruptions. He says a cold cream like sulphur soothes irritated skin, stops itching on first use, and after two or three applications the eruption may disappear. The remedy is described as parasiticidal antipruritic antiseptic and healing for inflammatory skin conditions.

Lavish Cabiria to Open at Lyric Theatre Thursday

The lavish Cabiria, by Ga briele D Annunzio, opens at the Lyric for four days starting Thursday October 15. Itala Film Company Turin produced the spectacle under Louis Werba and Mark Luescher. The film cost about 250000 with royalties and aims to showcase a new function of the camera and motion tableaux to reach worldwide audiences.

Cabiria Gabriele D’annunzio Italy Lyric Theatre Itala Film Company Turin Louis F. Werba Mark A. Luescher Oberammergau Jean d’Arc Maude Adams Cambridge Stadium Fourton Lyric

Hanan’s Sister Seeks Divorce Over Convicted Thief Duke

Eliza beth Frances de Majo Durazzo files suit in White Plains to annul her marriage to Duke Don Arturo de Majo Durazzo of Italy. The duchess 47 accuses the duke of being a convicted thief sought by the French government. They wed in New York after meeting in 1912 and an engagement announced last January.

Associated Press White Plains N. Y Elizabeth Frances de Majo Durazzo John H. Hanan Don Arturo de Majo Durazzo Italy Rouse Duchess Durazzo Miss Hanan Mediterranean New York City Francesco Durazzo

Court actions recap from Law and Equity court docket

Thursday sessions show Bennett Brothers vs Spotswood, damages $133.15. McGowin vs Duke, $138. Palmer vs Prendergast, $292.71. American Glue Co. vs Dill & Horton, $202. Moore vs Sullivan & Son, dismissed for want of prosecution. Courtright vs French, pleas A overruled and B sustained. Equity side notes Pearl B Matthews vs Edward Matthews, testimony ordered published.

American Glue Company Dill & Horton T. L. Moore Sullivan & Son J. R. Courtright H.W. French

Mobile Port of Call For Frisco Steamship Line

The Turner Hartwell Docks Company announced that Sudden and Christenson Steamship Company of San Francisco will make Mobile a port of call starting this month. The Peter H. Crowell, 2423 tons, is en route to Mobile as the first visiting vessel.

Turner-Hartwell Docks Company Sudden and Christenson Steamship Company San Francisco Mobile Atlantic Pacific Panama Canal Peter H. Crowell Sudden & Christenson Co Turner-Hartwell A. J. Parsons Chamber of Commerce South Orient North Alabama

Feagin to Start FGnT Early for New School Laws

Feagin urges county superintendents to file annual reports promptly to help the state push for major education reform in the coming legislature. The department plans two key measures local school taxes and compulsory education, with support from the education office.

Feagin Alabama William F. Feagin S. 8. Murphy Department of Education

Barret Manufacturing GM Stanley Woodward Visits Mobile

Stanley Woodward general manager of Barret Manufacturing Company based in Birmingham is in Mobile on a trade visit and is seen at the Battle House hotel.

Stanley Woodward Barret Manufacturing Company Birmingham Battle House Moble

Deaths and Funerals Mrs Lizzie Henley

Mrs Lizzie Henley aged fifty four a native of Clark county Alabama and resident of this city for six years died Thursday morning at 130 at her Blair avenue home after several weeks illness. She is survived by relatives in this city. Roche Burke Undertaking Company took charge and sent the body to Grove Hill for interment.

Lizzie Henley Clark County Ala Blair Avenue Catherine Street Roche & Burke Undertaking Company Grove Hill

Railroads Push Nationwide Cotton Goods Sale

The Mobile and Ohio and Southern Railway urge local dry goods and department stores in Mobile to promote a week long national sale of cotton goods from October 5. A Washington Cotton Fashion Show runs October 7 and 8 with railroads aiding displays and exhibitions of cotton products.

Mobile and Ohio Railroad Southern Railway Mobile Haiden Miller W. E. England Mobile and Ohio Simlar St. Louis Chicago New Orleans Birmingham Kansas City Memphis New York Jacksonville Montgomery Minneapolis Cairo Pittsburgh Atlanta Meridian Jackson Tenn United States Washington Southern Railway Company Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company Southern Milla

Fine horse breaks leg and is killed

A horse owned by grocer Mike Franelich frightened itself at 6:30 Thursday morning and dashed into the Jackson on Poe streets city stables. It slipped and broke a leg, and Humane Officer Ducorneau shot the animal. The horse was valued at 200 dollars.

Mike Franelich Jackson Poe Streets Ducorneau

Eruption on Baby’s Ears and Face

A mother recalls treating her two week old and eight month old with red irritated skin behind the ears and on the face. After trying many remedies, they used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, washing and drying several times daily. Within ten days the ears and face healed with no scars. The ad promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a free Skin Book offer.

Duke, N. C Lena Lee

Personal notices from Mobile social column

Traveling agent F G Bush of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad and Birmingham headquarters is in Mobile on business. John Allen Campbell of Chicago is in Mobile and invested in Mobile and Baldwin lands. H C Geron of Louisville & Nashville has returned to Mobile after Foley trip. W N Ludlow, ex Mobile resident now in New Orleans, visits briefly. Rt Rev John W Shaw, former Mobillan and bishop of San Antonio, visits relatives in Mobile. R W Dodgen holds marble contract for the new post office at St Joseph and Bt H K Tyrrell of the Southern Rail.

F. G. Bush Agen T Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Co Birmingham Mobile John Allen Campbell Chicago, Ill Baldwin County Battle House H. C. Geron Louisville & Nashville Foley Ala W. N. Ludlow New Orleans John W. Shaw Mobillan San Antonio Tex R. W. Dodgen St. Joseph Bt. H. K. Tyrrell Southern Rail

Mobile visitor tied to Southern railway officials

Assistant General Passenger A James Freeman of the Southern railway, with headquarters at Mobile, is in Spartanburg on a visit and staying at the Cawthon Hotel. The report notes ongoing business and headquarters locations.

Spartanburg D. C James Freeman The Southern Way Mobile

Vanderbilt Grid Team Leaves for Michigan Clash

Vanderbilt's football squad departs Nashville for Ann Arbor to face the University of Michigan on Saturday. Eighteen players travel in uniform. coach McGugin had not yet finalized the lineup at departure.

Associated Press Nashville Bilt Ann Arbor Mich Michigan McGugin

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St. Mary’s Walter H. Loving Postal Walter Herbert Loving D'Annunzio Hanan Duke Law and Equity Court Safford Berney Matthews Edward B. Matthews Frisco Steamship Line Parsons Christenson Fine Horse Outicura Dept. T Way Mobile On Business Washington, D Vanderbilt 4ERN Brass CO S. Walnut St Satsuma Ee Frank Bryan City Bank Merchants Bank Oldurgati Braswell Tex-A-Tine Remedy CO Laure Freeman Ave Cincinnati, Ohio
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