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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1916
Page
8
In a late session of the British House of Commons Lord Robert Cecil responded vigorously to a speech by Colonel Arthur Lynch accusing external influence on British policy in the Balkans and Greece. The exchange touched on past friendships influencing the stance.
The article discusses rheumatism being linked to high uric acid, notes few definitive cures, and mentions sciettata and anti-kamma tablets as preferred relief. It claims anti-kamma tablets ease pain, headaches, and neuralgia and urges readers to ask for A K Tablets.
Four of the six Sing Sing inmates who escaped yesterday in an automobile truck were recaptured. Frank Lutz and Thomas Hyland were caught near Elmsford. William Tammany was arrested near Pocantico Hills on Rockefeller property. Marquis Curtis was shot and in serious condition after resisting surrender. William Anson and Alfred Steinbauer remain at large.
Lord Robert Cecil rejects discussing any statements to Greece amid the European crisis. He questions the accuser’s point and says it is impossible to debate current or future government positions under present conditions.
A parliamentary debate criticizes vague denunciations of Balkan strategy and asserts that military considerations guided Hal kans policy. It rejects any claim of external influence over government or allied councils as baseless and unworthy of this house.
Negro waiters at the Press Club walked out just before President Wilson arrived for lunch and won a fifty percent raise on the contract price after the steward intervened.
From Comblés near Chantilly on Oct 20 Associated Press reports the French army seized Sailly Saillisel in a 15 minute infantry assault. British and French artillery and air observers aided the breakthrough as German defenses in Le Transloy and Saint Pierre Vaast wood are described as tunnel-linked strongpoints.
Examination for the janitor engineer position at Mobile's new postoffice will be held under civil service board regulations on Wednesday November 8 at the postoffice. The job pays 900 dollars yearly and application blanks are provided by the local civil service board.
Willoughby Byrd filed suit in the law and equity court Thursday against S. Rodgers Lumber Company for $10,000. He alleges that while working on a dry kiln project on August 8 a heavy timber struck his body causing serious injuries.
The Standard Oil and other plants resumed operations in Bayonne New Jersey as most of the 12 000 idle workers returned to their posts after a strike that caused rioting and three deaths. Workers are promised better conditions and partial wage increases. Ad for Grove s Tasteless Chill Tonic follows.
Mrs. Anna B. Hail president of the fifth district Baldwin County Sunday School Association announces a convention of district schools at Robertsdale for Saturday. County President Ort H. Ertzinger of Bay Minette will speak.
A testimonial advertises Dr. King's New Discovery as a 47 year old remedy for coughs and colds. It claims the soothing antiseptic balms ease hacking coughs, relieve congestion, and restore vitality. Available at druggists for 6 cents per bottle.
Berlin reports in its army headquarters bulletin that three British tanks were destroyed by German artillery during the last Somme assault. The greater part of trenches between Eaucourt l Abbaye and Le Barque were retaken, while British detachments failed to advance north of Courcelette and east of Lesars.
The steamer Daphne will make a special trip from Mobile October 28 at 9 30 am to carry citizens to the carnival and barbecue in Daphne. Senator J M Bankhead and Congressman Hugh Dent are invited as principal speakers and the proposed Fort Morgan Foley military road will be discussed.
Frank Lane a white man charged with assault to murder waived examination in the recorder's court and was held under 500 dollar bond. Lane allegedly attacked John Bogue with a knife about three weeks earlier on Springhill Avenue Street a seven inch knife was produced in court. Freddie Fincher and Louis Roberts were discharged.
Panicked advice claims swollen feet and joints signal kidney trouble and uric acid poisoning. It urges immediate use of Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules, touting centuries of global use and insisting on the pure original product to avoid counterfeits.
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