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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1914
Page
8
Disturber IV owned by James A. Pugh of Chicago won the opening race for the American championship. Black Demon III owned by the Johnson Brothers of Terre Haute Indiana finished second. A second race was scheduled for today.
Vanderbilt overwhelmed Central of Kentucky 59 to 0 as Putnam and Car man excelled for the victors. Fullback Coleman of the visitors suffered a severe brain concussion and was listed in serious condition.
A Manufacturers' Record essay argues the United States produces over 40 billion annually with factories and farms, exports under 6 percent, and can boost domestic production while diversifying trade to Latin America, warning against overreliance on Europe during wartime. It urges building new export lines and recapturing self sufficiency.
Delegates to the Alabama Good Roads Association convention arrive from across the state for a three day session in Montgomery. The opening session at the courthouse features welcome remarks by Governor O Neal and Mayor Gunter with plans for committee appointments and county reports.
An advertisement denounces calomel as dangerous, claiming it harms the liver and bones and causes nausea. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable alternative guaranteed to restore liver function and cleanse the bowels, promising relief and a refund if not effective.
Auburn eyes a hard clash with the Mississippi A and M Aggies in Birmingham after a solid showing against Clemson. The two teams, closely matched, exchange questions of form and depth as Auburn seeks to gauge its real strength and push for a narrow victory.
Alabama shocked expectations by defeating Georgia Tech with a decisive early touchdown and a revived forward pass game. Capt. Tubby Long praised the improved interference and star performers Vandegraaf Joplin Love and Song contributed to the win.
Henry Williams, an African American inmate, attempted to pray himself out of jail after being bound over for trying to sell a stolen cow to its owner. Fellow prisoners doubted the prayer, and Williams ended the session at supper with no deliverance. Cries of sympathy from supporters in Rickwood Field contrasted with prison skepticism.
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