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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1912
Page
7
Funeral notice for Lela Dumas Trimby wife of Walter H Trimby who died October 10 1912 at 7 55 PM aged 45 46 requested attendees to the funeral from the home of her uncle O Dumas 54 Michigan Avenue Saturday October 12 1912 at 10 AM interment Magnolia Cemetery also includes a medicine advertisement for Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claiming to drive out malaria and build up the system for all ages
Greenville church women begin a seven day prayer observance to support state missions. A daily program has been arranged, with prayers offered each day starting Monday.
A North Carolina father credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with saving his 14 year old son's leg after an ulcer from a bruise resisted all remedies. He reports cures for burns boils and skin eruptions and notes the product cost 25 cents at druggists.
John T. Cochrane of the Mobile Chamber and Business League urges support for a city wide white way lighting project. He cites Bienville square lights and Government Street beauty, invites all citizens to a 6:30 PM meeting at the Chamber offices to discuss plans and proposals for illumination.
A low barometer area centered over Missouri extends to the upper Lakes and Rio Grande valleys with scattered rain and warm southerly winds in the west Gulf and lower Mississippi valleys. A high barometer covers the Pacific coast and Rockies with freezing temperatures into southern Nevada. A high over the Atlantic and east Gulf states brings fair weather and moderate temperatures. The low will bring rain at Mobile tonight or Saturday.
An advertisement extols calomel as a powerful mercurial drug and promotes Jacobs Liver Salt as a natural quick remedy for constipation biliousness indigestion and hepatic ailments. It claims Jacobs Liver Salt acts by stimulation not force dissolves uric acid flushes the tract and supports digestion. It notes availability at 25 cents and by mail option through Jacobs Pharmacy Atlanta and G Van Artwerp Drug Corp.
Recorder Hadington opened the recorder's court at 8:46 instead of 9 to let night patrolmen reach home sooner. A Mobile Electric lineman named J A Carley was badly shocked while on a pole near the Turner Hartwell docks, fell onto lumber, and suffered a head gash and bruises before being treated by Dr. Marion Inge and sent home.
A one story frame dwelling at 506 South Broad Street was slightly damaged by fire yesterday caused by a defective flue. Fire companies Nos. 7 and 10 responded with No. 7 extinguishing the blaze without chemicals. The occupant is J. C. Courtright and the owner Mary Smith.
A public dance hall on Bloodgood Street three east of Jackson Street, run by Julia Littlejohn, was ordered closed by Mayor Laz Schwarz after a petition from nearby white residents. Littlejohn surrendered her license after admitting patrons obtained liquor from a licensed saloon, not a blind tiger. The mayor argues halting gatherings will reduce affrays and drunken disorder.
John V. Mc Donald killed his 8-year-old son then shot his wife and sister. Mrs McDonald believed fatally injured, sister in serious condition. Mc Donald was arrested hours after the shooting as police searched the area.
Several visitors arrive in Mobile for short stays and land talks. B M and Ellis Lewis McNamara plan to explore land propositions while in town. Walter W. Lewis and wife from Luce Dale Miss. shop in Mobile. R A Wheeler couple from San Juan Porto Rico tour en route to New Orleans. Charles Dew and wife from Birmingham stay several days. J W Mills and Ada Mills of Stonewall Miss. visit friends. J C Armstrong wife from Red Bank N J. W McConnell with wife from Chicago and G W Patterson with wife from Chicopee Falls Mass. register at local hotels. Robert Katz for House of Kuppenheimer showcases spring styles at L H Meyer & Bons on Dauphin Street.
N A Brettel appointed signal phone operator at the police station succeeding George Smith the night operator who returns to patrolman duties Brettel is a well known Mobilian.
Parkis identified painter and looked over pictures of Ad Wolgast in action at the Lyric Theatre. He admitted knowledge gaps about boxing, while a boy nearby clarified the fighter’s color and identity, warning Parkis not to say otherwise to Wolgast.
Columbus Day observance leads to no court session in Mobile Saturday as banks and public buildings close. A bankrupt harness stock sold in front of the county jail drew a 100 strong crowd. sixty eight packages brought good prices. Bohemian shuckers pass through Mobile on a Louisville and Nashville train. Police officers reassigned near Bienville Square. An armadillo captured on Jackson street attracts attention at Higgins market while a claimant is sought.
An old advertisement claims Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes rheumatism and irregularities in men and women. It promises bladder relief for children and offers mail order if not sold by a local druggist. One bottle lasts two months and is said to nearly always cure. Testimonials available from Dr. E W Hall St Louis MO.
Tonight at Armory Hall a free dance and grand prize drill will be held. The event recognizes Mobile Tent No. 10 of the Knights of the Mac cabees as winner of the drill.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad with headquarters in Birmingham is in the city today. George D. Williams former Mobile and Ohio auditor left last night for Montgomery on a business trip. Col. H. M. Hood general auditor of the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad Company left last night for New York City on a business trip.
The Seamen's Bethel held its first winter Thursday entertainment with a large Mobile audience. The program featured Chinese phonographic records from the Tinhow crew in port and sea songs by Mobile ladies and sailors from visiting ships, pleasing Chaplain R A Pierce.
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