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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1913
Page
2
Relatives of Albert Smith engineer of the steamboat American seek to verify a body found Monday near the Alabama river bridge was his. J Suttle the steamer’s agent said no new information had been received from Bay Minette where the body was interred after being recovered days earlier.
Flor ence Quise stars as Mary Miranda Lamb in a musical comedy at the Lyric Theatre next Saturday with a 3 15 matinee and 8 15 night show. The plot centers on a suffragette wife who controls her husband by a long told falsehood that could be exposed to ruin their marriage and give him leverage. Seats go on sale Thursday at 10 am.
The annual College Night at the Y M C A drew more than double prior attendance with over forty young men bound for college. Speakers included Dr. T H Frazer, J W McLeod, J F Hogan, BD Edington, and F W Evans. Attendees listed include students from MIT, Alabama, Penn, Cincinnati, Vanderbilt and others.
Misses Gertrude and Helena Mat zenger leave for Citronelle Ala. A F Yost of Dayton Ohio stays at Battle House on business. M Wood and wife of Birmingham visit, registered at Battle House. B E Faith and George E Harris return from Panama Canal trip. D Walker and wife of Evergreen visit. Rev Father John W Dunne returns from Brooklyn Long Island and New Jersey trips improved. Taillard Burden operated on for appendicitis at Southern Infirmary. R Lee Edwards of New Orleans Daily States at Cawthon Hotel for ten days nearby. S S Walker wife and two children of Pascagoula Miss visit Mobile. Mattie Carroll visits Battles home at Battles Ala en route to Avondale Birmingham. S D Armisted and wife of Robertsdale in Mobile at St Andrew for several days. J K Fleming and wife of Choctaw Bluff in Mobile at Bienville. J P Buckman and wife of Covington Ind registered at St Andrew. F W Hermann inferior criminal court returns to duties after New Orleans trip. Representative Mann cited regarding Diggs. Chicago Record Herald.
The Lyon Stock Company again pleased a good audience at the Orpheum last night. They change the play tomorrow afternoon, presenting the three act comedy My Uncle From India.
Letter from Mrs Mary Wasson of Philadelphia praises Eckman’s Alterative for stopping night sweats fever and weakness after four years of cough and consumption diagnosis She reports lasting improvement within three weeks and twelve years of good health since treatment. The ad notes the remedy aids severe lung conditions Bronchitis and asthma and is sold by Braswell’s Drug Store with Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia offering more evidence.
Home Economics Club to register private lodgings for visitors to the Southern Commercial Congress in Mobile. Mobilé architects will assist decorations. two large welcome arches planned at city railroad stations with a $6,000 decoration budget. A public and private decorations committee forms a general body. architects from local firms join to manage details. state arches to Birmingham Montgomery and Selma are planned. Three city proclamation days will close the fundraising canvass. Panama model exhibit car expected to boost interest.
A euchre party is planned tonight on the old site of St Matthew's Church in Oakdale to benefit the new church fund. A later soiree will follow the game. John Armistead was arrested Wednesday morning by Deputy Sheriff Washington for trespassing on Johnson Williams lands. Marriage licenses issued Wednesday and Tuesday afternoon to several couples listed. Bethel Auxiliary holds its regular monthly meeting Friday morning. Salvation Army Captain Price warns Mobile residents that solicitors for funds must wear army uniforms or face reporting.
Mrs. E. S. Gilmore of Pensacola and her four children were found in Mobile by police and then seemingly left for Pensacola. E. S. Gilmore arrived in Mobile, visited the chief of police, and believes his wife has returned home. He plans to pursue reunion for the sake of the children.
Old Standard tonic advertised to stimulate appetite aid digestion and build up the system. Promoted as a general tonic that arouses the liver and drives out malaria. 60 cents presented as a remedy for nervous low mood and low spirits with claims of strengthening health.
A customer letter from Roanoke Texas lauds Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy noting relief from heart trouble neuralgia and gall stones after five treatments. The promotion urges trying one dose, claims mucus buildup in the intestinal tract causes stomach ailments, and directs readers to buy locally in Mobile through Bienville Pharmacy.
President John Craft announces the Alabama Good Roads Association moves the Mobile convention dates from December 2 8 4 to November 20 21 22 because Vice President Thomas B Marshall may attend. Officials sent notices to J A Rountree Craft Bankhead Unnerwood Clayton and Blackmon who invited Marshall to Mobile for the December meeting. Marshall says he cannot attend on those dates and suggests an earlier time. Craft is later invited to luncheon with Marshall.
Advertising claims Electric Bitters provide prompt relief from weak kidneys and pain, with testimonials from Mrs Dowling of San Francisco. The remedy is described as good for the liver and indigestion. Available at Van Antwerp Drug Co. for 50 cents or $1.00.
Mrs Maria M Kuhl widow of Charles Kuhl died September 2 1913 at 8 15 p m Friends are asked to attend from her son in law Charles Schimpf 5 North Royal street tomorrow Thursday afternoon at 8 oclock and at 3 30 from the German Lutheran Church Interment Magnolia Cemetery
An automobile owned by Dr. L. W. Roe was almost destroyed when hit by an east bound Southern Railway train at Water and Beauregard streets. Roe, driving north on Water, failed to see the train due to a southbound track obstruction and jumped to safety as his car was crushed between the train and a telephone post.
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