Rat Proofing Report Praises Mobile Sanitation Efforts
City Health Officer C A Mohr notes favorable progress in east district rat proofing with 52 premises inspected and 52 notices complied with. Dr S B Grubbs and Engineer R P Du Valle oversee the effort as Mobile promotes plague prevention ahead of the American Public Health Association meeting in Jacksonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Street
C. A. Mohr
Mohr
8. B. Grubbs
R. P. du Valle
Mobile
American Public Health Association
Jacksonville
Cure for Rupture Without Operation Claimed
A carpenter named Eugene M. Pullen from Manasquan New Jersey describes a rupture that was cured without surgery after years of pain. He asserts no operation or downtime and offers information to others by mail to his Marcellus Avenue address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene M. Pullen
Carpenter
Marcellus Avenue
Manasuan
N. J
Delegates Named for Alabama Good Roads Convention
Birmingham reports reveal 3 462 delegates named for the Alabama Good Roads Association eighteenth annual session in Montgomery October 21 to 23. Probate judges and various groups appoint delegates totaling 8 462. one third attendance expected. Plague prevention stats show 2 392 rats caught 2 216 examined with none infected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Good Roads Association
Montgomery
Farmers’ Union
Alabama Letter Carriers’ Association
Rotary Club
County Good Roads Association
Commercial Clubs
Senate
Alabama
Coton
J. A. Rountree
British Stand at Mons and Charleroi Battle Described by War Correspondent
A Paris war correspondent recounts the August Mons defense and four days of fighting in Belgium. He praises British endurance in retreat toward Maubeuge, cites heavy German force, and notes the Twelfth Brigade and Fifth Cavalry’s clashes with German cavalry, highlighting valor and officer leadership.
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Paris
Belgium
Charleroi
Mons
Maubeuge
Cambrai
Guards
Chetwode
Twelfth Lancers
Royal Scots Greys
Milk samples reveal watering decline and fat gains
Since June first the city analyzed 757 milk samples for butter fat and water adulteration, finding high watered milk early but reducing instances. Dairies produce about 2,000 gallons daily, with fat output rising from 3.90 to 4.98 percent by September as watering and skimming decreased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Mohr
Mobile
Armour & Co
Swiftssé& Co
J. Morrell & Co
Morris & Co
Mobile Abattoir
Inferior Court sentences for gaming affray vagrancy and more
In the inferior criminal court on Saturday prisoners were sentenced for gaming and affray with ten to fifty days hard labor or jail. Alex Goldstein received fifty days hard labor for vagrancy. Nick Stevens forfeited bond for gaming. Robert Jackson fined ten dollars or ten days hard labor for assault. Carrie Hall and Joe Maples abusive language charges were dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inferior Criminal Court
Willie Moore
Lon Mealy
Horace Thomas
Grant Allen
Will Porter
Mack Bettis
John McKay
Wylie Johnson
Alex Goldstein
Nick Stevens
Robert Jackson
Carrie Hall
Joe Maples
Gets-It Corns End Cure Described In Ad And War Snippet
An advertisement touts GETS-IT as a quick corn remedy with two drops on the corn claimed to end pain and prevent further irritation from competing treatments. The text also includes a lengthier wart and general wartime excerpt praising British soldiers and detailing battlefield humanity and anecdotes from Mons.
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George Defresne
Hires Condensed Milk. CO
Philadelphia, Pa
Reiss
America
Eee
Smart Fall Millinery
At FC
Oils
Just
Centemeri
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