Alarm Clock Called One of the Most Disagreeable Bosses
A humorous list labels an alarm clock as one of the most disagreeable bosses, highlighting its relentless wake up call and insistence on punctuality as a daily tyrant.
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1914
Page
9
A humorous list labels an alarm clock as one of the most disagreeable bosses, highlighting its relentless wake up call and insistence on punctuality as a daily tyrant.
Judge Safford Berney upholds the Leinkauf Banking Company equity ruling as to solicitors' compensation of 4000 dollars and stenographer and clerk fees. The matter is referred to the ex officio register for further special register compensation. In a separate action, Katie McKinstry is granted a divorce from George McKinstry.
Willie Prior pleaded guilty in the inferior criminal court to hunting game without a license and was fined $10 plus costs after being arrested by Federal Game Warden A Z Oberhaus for shooting ducks in violation of federal law. Norman H Meyer received a $10 fine and costs for possessing a game bird. R T Twiggs remained jailed on a license violation and was served with an additional warrant for hunting on another's lands without permission.
L S Jackman of the Dauphin Island Trading Company and vice president of Tidewater Securities visits from Henderson Kentucky with J M Dewberry to arrange moving his family to Mobile. They toured Dauphin Island where Jackman reports rapid progress on island improvements.
Night Sergeant Luke Murray of the police department will soon leave the city service. Chief Crenshaw said Murray told him he planned to quit police work and enter other business ventures.
Henry Coleman a laborer filed a bankruptcy petition in the U S district court on Wednesday afternoon listing liabilities of 105 dollars and assets of nothing indicating a total insolvency and no property.
S Broadus of Crichton was arrested Wednesday morning by the police on charges of violating the local license ordinance as a vegetable peddler.
Charles Prince, veteran comedian, returns to the stage in The Midnight Girl at the Lyric theatre with a lively musical comedy style. Mobile audiences await David Warfield revival and Gardner and Lawson at the Dreamland with Confusion and Dr Cartwright in a week of laughs.
Frances K. Brewer four months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Brewer, died Wednesday morning at a local infirmary after a brief illness. Burial arrangements were made by Ber enson & Sands and the family home at Leakesville Mississippi. Pensacola resident Mrs. Thomas F. Wrighton died after a stroke, survived by husband and four children in Pensacola. Funeral plans unclear. native of Mobile, long resident of the city. Local obituaries.
The remains of Augusta Schwarz were laid to rest in the Jewish cemetery on Tuesday afternoon. Rabbi Alfred G. Moses officiated at the home and graveside as mourners and friends gathered from nearby towns. Pallbearers named include Louis Klein and Laz Schwarz.
Funeral conducted Tuesday at 4 PM from 62 North Ann Street with Rev. W. P. Hines officiating. Mobile Lodge No. 8 I C O F led the procession to Magnolia Cemetery for Odd Fellows rites. Captain Erb, member of Peerless Lodge No. 19 in St. John’s Canada, is survived by pallbearers A Gluckstein J J Russell FP A Hawle G W Carpenter T C Thompson Stephen B Forbes John H Jones Alex Hancock.
Parrie Nicholas of Laurel Mississippi credits Baughn's Pellagra Remedy with a dramatic weight gain and relief from pellagra symptoms. The letter urges sufferers to consult the American Compounding Company for a free book and the remedy, claiming success in the pellagra belt of Alabama.
The Mobile County Democratic Executive Committee voted 6 to 5 to keep roughly $800 from past primaries as an emergency fund. The surplus will fund meals for election officers and extra pay for the November 8 general election. Chairman D B Dobbs led the meeting with committee members present.
In Birmingham, Joe Grace, Lloyd Evang, and Jim Burnett, arrested Monday night as suspicious characters, were discharged and ordered to leave town when their cases were called in the recorder's court on Tuesday afternoon.
An old advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a fast remedy for stuffed noses and head colds. It claims immediate opening of air passages and a cure by morning, urging readers to buy a small bottle at any drug store. The copy emphasizes fragrance, heat activation, and soothing relief.
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