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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
5
Unofficial reports say Cuba may call a second extraordinary Congress session next Monday but Liberal opponents seek to block a quorum. They argue the call is illegal and oppose a new loan, preferring retrenchment. The president’s message urges immediate authorization of a new loan and armed forces reorganization ahead of the November 2 regular session.
The Notre Dame of Lembeck church near Brussels reports a theft of a Borremans reredos from the fifteenth century. Thieves gained entry with false keys, left no trace, and escaped Wednesday night.
Boston police arrest Samuel Goldman alleged fugitive from El Paso Texas on Mann act violation. Bail set at 5000 dollars, he remains jailed awaiting hearing October 16.
Twenty bands played Die Wacht Am Rhein as twenty thousand German American marchers and nearly two hundred thousand spectators filled St Louis for a week long centennial celebration of the war of liberation from Napoleon. Torchlight parade featured autos, military groups, turnvereins, singing societies, lodges and national boards with floats depicting historical scenes and German progress.
The Castoria makers have spent hundreds of thousands to educate the public on Chas. H. Fletcher signature due to pirates forging the Castoria trademark. The notice urges buyers to ensure the bottle bears Fletcher’s signature to protect children’s health and notes his supervision for over thirty years.
L M Reeves testified the American Trust Company overstated resources by more than a quarter million dollars in reports to the state comptroller and a rating organization. Odle and Helton denied involvement. Melton described stock swap plans and a brief director role before the bank's collapse.
Foreigners in Mexico City fear grows as troops are dispatched to Torreon to retake the city. Blanquet’s veterans guard the palace while the old guard joins the army. Reports of a Torreon massacre are unsubstantiated. several Spaniards reportedly killed in Saltillo, with hundreds arriving from Torreon at Monterey.
A federal grand jury indicted Mrs. Margaret A. Carter of Elyria on four counts of using the mails to further a fraud scheme. She allegedly sent a letter demanding 3000 to Miss Lillian Huntington heiress and daughter of W R Huntington threatening loss of her sweetheart unless paid.
An old advertisement extols Croxone as a cure for backache and kidney related symptoms. It claims to reach the kidneys, dissolve uric acid, and purify the blood, promising relief in days with a money back guarantee if no results.
Kenosha Wis Oct 10 Mike Gibbons of St Paul and Spike Kelly of Chicago fought ten rounds in an even welterweight bout. Gibbons showed better ring generalship while Kelly kept him moving throughout the contest.
An uninscribed testimonial claims Chamberlain's Tablets cured years of chronic dyspepsia. W. G. Mattison of 7 Sherman St New York praises the medicine as more effective than any others. Sold by all dealers. May.
Lino Gonzales an 18 year old testified to a jury that captured with other ammunition smugglers he and companions were en route to Mexico to support the Partido Liberal Mexicans, which he said was the Mexican Industrial Workers of the World. Captain J M Rangel led the group. Jose Serato has been convicted and sentenced to twenty five years.
An employee of the Radfontein mine named Cunningham suddenly killed his wife and sister in law at home. He bicycled to a nearby school and shot his three children before killing himself, in Johannesburg.
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