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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
3
An article extols Dr Kilmer’s Kidney Liver Bladder Remedy noting free trial samples offered by mail from Binghamton New York. It cites physician prescription status and thousands of donor letters from former sufferers praising health gains. Regular bottle prices are fifty cents and one dollar at druggists.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for quick relief from corns bunions and blisters from new or tight shoes. It claims instant comfort and notes a 25 cent price with a free sample offer addressed to Alten 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A baby alligator about 18 inches long arrived at the executive cottage in Sea Girt New Jersey amid a political stunt. The box label read feed it on stand-out Republicans and connected to Pensacola Florida where the animal was reportedly entrusted to a Democratic nominee.
Mrs Louise B Owens sues Rev Dr Oscar Lee pastor of Temple Baptist Church Baltimore for separation and alimony. Court hears writ of habeas corpus to secure the couple’s child, claimed not seen for over a year. Adjourment granted for two weeks to allow counsel fees and alimony questions. The complaint says the marriage occurred in Rochester and cites cruelty and violence by the husband.
Advert says Pape's Diapepsin quickly digests food and relieves indigestion heartburn and stomach discomfort within minutes. Claims over a million sufferers in US UK Canada benefit, with a fifty cent case widely available at drug stores.
Washington report from Sept 4 states Dr W J McGee of the Inland Waterways Commission died at 59 from cancerous growth. A noted anthropologist geologist hydrologist and author he served as USGS geologist ten years ethnologist for the Bureau of American Ethnology and chief of anthropology at the St Louis Exposition. He was born in Dubuque Iowa.
In Marie Kentucky Lee Perkins testifies in the Wood Gordon arson trial he admits involvement in setting tobacco warehouse fires. He says Bolin Wright and Gordon contracted him to torch the warehouses and that he guarded the blaze with oil. Perkins also says he burned his own home to fulfill the pact while Gordon threatened him. Gordon is a former city councilman and the trio face grand jury on charges of burning five warehouses storing about fifty thousand dollars of tobacco for shipment.
Mrs Woodall of Mortons Gap Kentucky testifies she suffered two years with female disorders and backache before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports lasting relief for over two years and praises the medicine to neighbors.
Sealed bids are requested until noon September 23 1912 for 190 009 dollars in Mobile sewer bonds at five percent interest for thirty years to fund the city sewer system. Each bid must include a one percent certified check and bids may be rejected. Also bids are invited for dredging fronting the mobile wharves to reach 27 feet government channel depth with plans available at the city engineer’s office.
The article praises mercorized wax for its absorbing and emollient powers as a top complexion beautifier. It advises washing with warm water, applying the wax to face and neck without rubbing, and leaving it on overnight before rinsing in the morning. It notes Saxolite solution helps reduce wrinkles and flabbiness with hazel, with quick beneficial results.
The Gulf Coast fair committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Business League met to set permanent changes and enlarge committees. Directors will be named at a meeting Monday at 1 30 p.m. for fair handling.
In Chicago on September 4, P D Gold Jr president of the American Life convention said life insurance men favor the idea of health certificates before marriage and expect endorsement of Dean Sumner of Chicago. The plan aims to require health certificates prior to marriage ceremonies.
Charles W. Morse, freed after a presidential commutation, rents a small suite at 43 Exchange Place New York in the financial district signaling a return to business. He has regained much of his former health and plans to be active again shortly.
Norfolk discipline notes report that John F. Marsh of Newark New Jersey and Oscar S Woody of Washington were honored in resolutions at the United States Railway Mail Service Mutual Benefit Association convention. The session focused on annual reports with Secretary Canning noting only two railway accident deaths in the past two years.
In Philadelphia a contest over the care of ten month old Mildred McManus unfolds as many women compete for guardianship. The child's father, James McManus, killed the mother and then died by suicide. the coroner's inquest returned a verdict of murder followed by self-destruction, with the tragedy’s survivors laid to rest together.
Washington reports a new trial granted for W. C. Nichols an American citizen sentenced eight years for killing Cevallos. The case moves from Tampico to the Mexican court of appeals at Victoria Tamaulipas after a state department push citing trial violations and a confessed killing by a Mexican who testified at Nichols’ trial.
Norfolk Va September 4. Firing tests by Atlantic fleet battleships on a hull mask of the old San Marcos show that basket masts on ships could not withstand actual warfare raking fire. The basket mast had been claimed to be practically indestructible and
In Budapest on September 4 a military airship breakaway during maneuvers killed three soldiers. The craft rose amid a strong wind as soldiers held it down before a gust sent it aloft. The men released ropes but perished one by one after exhaustion.
An old advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It claims the product cleanses stomachs and bowels, relieves feverishness and discomfort, and improves health within hours. The copy emphasizes natural fig ingredients and cautions against other preparations.
News from Malabar near Tampa reports Mrs. Frank Werstendorf and her two young daughters died from an explosion while refilling a gasoline stove. Railroad workers nearby saved the building as the husband was away. The Werstendorfs had moved to Florida from Teutopolis, Illinois several months ago.
Carrie Quarters, a suffrage worker, applied for a conductor job with Cincinnati Traction Company for herself and other women. At Vine Street car barns applicants are examined only on Monday afternoons. She notes the new challenge of women entering and adapting to varied urban roles.
Fragmentary report cites Pe-ru-na and Ka-tat-fie as chronic catarrh remedies. It mentions a revision and directs readers to drug stores and The Co. Columbus Ohio for address and purchase details.
Community newsletter highlights weekly building themes and ideas for local residents. Suggestions target current owners and contemporaries, inviting participation and discussion.
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