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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
2
Mrs J D Lisle 206 St Hines street credited with saving life after doctors despaired. At 6 o clock Friday morning she regained consciousness following pulmotor treatment at Mobile Electric Company plant. Six attending physicians praise the machine as a first Mobile life saved by pulmotor usage.
A vintage advertisement touts Cheney’s Expectorant as a cure for croup and whooping cough and cold symptoms. It urges buyers to stick with the familiar remedy, claiming decades on the market and a price of 26 cents.
Mrs Lisle regained consciousness after a three hour use of a palmotor and two partially used oxygen tanks. Thomas Jackson and Robert Bension of Mobile Electric operated the device under doctors from the hospital. Officials note Byllesby Company pulmotors have saved over fifty lives nationwide and are valued in cases needing artificial breathing.
Mrs Lisle suffered a heart attack after midnight on Thursday. Doctors fought to revive her with artificial stimulants and respiration. By Friday dawn she had no breath for several minutes at a time, lacking a pulse and turning cold before a Pulmotor was finally considered.
An old home remedy to darken hair uses Sage Tea and Sulphur. A ready made Wyeth Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy is sold in drug stores for about 50 cents. It reportedly darkens gray hair naturally over a few applications.
The executive committee of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Children met at Judge Safford Berney’s office to discuss a draft ordinance. Veterinaries and livery stable men attended to address over checking of horses and mules in Mobile. Judge Berney and F K Bromberg were named to draft the ordinance for executive committee review.
Slogan heavy ad touts Q Ban hair color restorer as a simple non dye formula that restores gray hair to natural color. Claims it fades years of aging and adds color to each hair without damaging the scalp.
J. D. Byrne, a San Francisco businessman and former president of the California Fig Products Co, asserts a physician friend recovered from Bright's Disease after taking Fulton’s Renal Compound, bought at a drugstore and supplied covertly by Byrne. He claims others were deceived into taking it and cites pamphlets and a company inquiry as backing.
The new mayor Pat J. Lyons started his first day by granting a free street peddler permit to J W Capp to sell vegetables, citing affordability. Lyons noted the city has no convict labor contract and that such matters are state decisions, not city business.
For the thirty second year Dreaper and Burns wins the Mobile police uniform contract at 16.59 per winter suit and 2.00 per cap. A split with Hammer Drygols if allowed, the old city emblem will be revived on buttons. Auditor Inge recovered the seal. uniforms to be delivered before November 1.
The Loyal Moose of the World plan a visit by Supreme Dictator Walter E Dorn of San Francisco on Friday October 17 in Mobile. Dorn, elected head at a Cincinnati convention, will be the first supreme dictator to visit the local lodge. Dr F W Metcalfe, the local dictator, has called a special meeting for that night.
An Associated Press report from Columbus Ohio details that Big Four train No. 41, heading west, derailed after colliding with a handcar. The incident left passengers shaken and two train men likely fatally injured. A steel horse car beside the locomotive likely prevented greater derailment.
A 100 member Mobile Council No. 5 J O U A M departs Friday 7 pm in special cars for Whistler to visit Council No. 20. Dr H J Krudop leads the group and fireworks will be discharged en route. Rooms for Southern Commercial Congress visitors are being canvassed under L H Putnam. Round trip Mobile fare plus 25 cents may extend to a Panama trip with added delay.
The Chamber of Commerce will move next Monday to the sixth floor of the City Bank annex. The new quarters include a reception room seating 200, a directors' room, and six private offices. The Battle House quarters will host the Southern Commercial Congress headquarters.
S. C. Jones a seaman on the Norwegian bark Glitre must stay in jail until the vessel is ready to sail. An objection to leaving sparked a disturbance leading to his arrest and remand by the United States commissioner. Notary M. M. Parker filed bond in probate court.
Congressman B. P. Harrison of the Mississippi Coast district spent Thursday in Mobile conferring with Captain R. T. Ward to secure a dredge to be permanently located at Gulfport.
Thin men and women are urged to gain 5 to 8 pounds in 14 days by taking Sargel with each meal for two weeks. The ad claims Sargel converts eaten fats sugars and starches into fat forming nourishment while reducing waste, promising safe pleasant and inexpensive results with a money back guarantee. Van Antwerp Drug Co. and other druggists sell packages of forty tablets.
Captain Ward discussed a plan to clear Leaf river from its mouth to Hattiesburg. Mr. Harrison hopes to secure the improvement. Charles Williamson of 256 Eslava street remains injured from an accident while helping to straighten the tug boat Overton at the A. G. Barnes ways. A jack slipped and struck him in the head. he expects to be out soon.
President John T. Bauer and Commissioners Green Hagan and Gaillard visited the county poor asylum Friday afternoon to inspect proposed brick building plans. The board has decided to erect a new structure and details will be announced at Monday's meeting.
A renowned American stage actress promotes liver health as essential to beauty and youthfulness. She endorses Dodson's Liver Tone as a gentle, effective alternative to calomel and claims druggists back the product with a 50 cent refund if unsatisfied.
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