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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1913
Page
2
SI RG October 27 reports New Orleans and foreign-eleven tow boats departing Cincinnati with a large tow carrying tons of coal steel and dal for Cincinnati. The convoy includes scores of barges coal boats and flats. This marks the first such shipment since last May with heavy loads departing downstream.
Carlisle Pa Oct 27 Coach Mayarnar announced Bracklin the Indian right half back is back for the game with Penn and scored the touchdown against the University of Pennsylvania in their annual football game Saturday.
Col. William Nelson, longtime editor of the Salt Lake Tribune for 35 years, died at his home in Salt Lake City at age 74 from a cerebral hemorrhage. He came to Utah in 1876 as a U.S. marshal and became a prominent figure in Western journalism.
Mobile greets Woodrow Wilson with the largest reception in city history as delegates from Montgomery Birmingham and Tampa join crowds numbering in the thousands. Special trains steam in while decorations and hotel overflow mark Panama Canal Celebration events.
A 35 member Tampa delegation led by Dickie the marine statistician and Port Commission members Bowyer and Shore arrives in Mobile for the congress. They plan to observe South Florida port preparations for Panama trade and may address the program to compare harbors before touring riverfront and bay areas.
By orders of Postmaster P. D. Barker the local Postoffice closed from 10 80 to 12 30 Monday morning to honor the president and witness the parade.
Miss Belle Kearney renowned Southern suffragist will address the Southern Commercial Congress and Alabama Equal Suffrage Association on woman’s ballot rights. Born in Mississippi and widely traveled, she will lecture Thursday night in the Harte auditorium.
An unsolicited testimonial from W. G. Mattison of Sherman Street Hornellsville New York says Chamberlains Tablets cured years of chronic dyspepsia. The ad notes the tablets are for sale by local druggists Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
John Temple Graves, New York author and journalist, arrives with President Wil sons party in Mobile and will deliver an address on John T. Morgan at Temple Shaarai Shomayim Tuesday at noon. Graves makes headquarters at the Battle House with the president's party.
Promote healthy hair with Parisian Sage sold at drug or tele counters. Cleanses hair and scalp, reduces dandruff and itch, and revives thinning or stringy hair. Large 50 cent bottle offered with money back guarantee. available from Antwerp & Son and druggists.
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