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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1913
Page
8
Testimony in Mobile reveals disputes over through bills of lading and cotton export rates. LeBlanc contends better insurance in Mobile and argues rail lines like Louisville Nashville aid rate manipulation. Upton wraps up Cha mber witnesses as railroads prepare rebuttals and conclude hearings expected Tuesday.
A mother describes her infant’s severe skin condition. After ineffective salves, she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, receiving a sample and then full supplies. Within a night the rash improved and in two days the sores vanished.
Soldiers wounded after a Mobile and Ohio troop train plunged off a trestle at Rube Burrows Creek. Injured men from several units were treated in Mobile hospitals. many with cuts, bruises, and fractures.
A detailed roster of injured men from 170th and 39th enlistments treated at Inge Bondurant infirmaries. Items include broken clavicles, fractured ribs, facial cuts, eye lid lacerations, ankle and knee injuries, femur fractures, lung tubes, and multiple contusions and sprains.
A lon gstanding skin remedy, D D D prescription, is advertised as effective against blemishes. The notice claims the plan cures skin problems quickly when directions are followed.
Corporals Fred Kohler and Frank T. Chewelski of New Orleans were killed when a troop train crashed through a Mobile & Ohio trestle at State Line Mississippi. Kohler married two years ago and a baby girl Helen was born last month. Mrs Kohler resides at 934 Vaiette Street Algiers. Kohler leaves wife, daughter, parents and three sisters. Agnes in Germany.
Sent to New Orleans for burial, the bodies of both men have been recovered and are awaiting funeral arrangements.
More than 1500 city residents visited the Roche Burke Undertaking Company parlors to view the bodies of seventeen soldiers killed in a troop train wreck. The remains lay on cots veiled under sheets as mourners expressed deep grief in a hushed, somber scene.
Seventeen soldiers are listed as dead with multiple wounds and injuries described in detail. Wounds include lacerations to the face and limbs, skull fractures, and brain concussion. Regional units cited include the 39th 8th and 170th, with individual names such as Perry Cablement Milstead Sloane Fisher Ayers and Whitesides. A memorial service at Roche and Burke parlors with wreaths from Christ Church Parish Fraternity accompanied by a message of sympathy.
City Commission adopts ordinance to bar drays and freight vehicles from using the wharf sheds as a driveway and sets rules for near dock access. Commissioners approve dismissal of Officers Darnell and Galle for intoxication and suspend Officer Kinnamon fifteen days. Routine business and account payments fill the session.
Alphonse Cramer confidential man for J Pollock and Co died in St Louis Missouri Monday afternoon after an operation. He had long Mobile ties and relatives there. Remains will arrive in Mobile on Wednesday. The note ends with a puzzling line about drinking with one’s eyes, followed by a remark that they never drink.
A home cough remedy using granulated sugar, warm water, and Pinex mixed to create a pint syrup. The formula promises rapid relief for coughs including whooping cough, bronchial symptoms, and hoarseness, with customer satisfaction guaranteed and druggists able to supply Pinex.
Sheriff T. T. Palmer learned Tuesday the trial of Budd Russell, a deputy sheriff in Houston, found him not guilty for the death of Owen Sherry, a 19 year old with a Mobile police record who was shot after attempting to flee a railroad train at the Grand Central depot in Houston. Russell had been jailed over a month awaiting trial. Sherry said he wanted to see his mother.
A period style note endorses mercolized wax as a time saving cosmetic that replaces multiple products. Daily thin applications remove discolorations and freckles, yielding a clearer softer skin in about a week. A facial bath with saxolite and hazel tones and tightens saggy skin.
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