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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1912

Page

8

Roosevelt Back in Western Haunts on Campaign Trail

Moorston Minnesota September 6 Colonel Roosevelt travels from Minnesota toward North Dakota and Montana. He plans five speeches tomorrow and aims to explain Progressive principles while noting Woodrow Wilson's support from reactionaries and bosses. He seeks direct campaigning with personal contact.

Moorston Minn North Dakota Col. Roosevelt Dakota Roose Montana Peeches Minnesota Iowa Woodrow Wilson

The Trials of a Traveler Ends with a New Life Pill Remedy

A Vermont traveling salesman B B Youngs says constipation indigestion disappeared after using Dr King s New Life Pills improved stomach liver and kidney health. The ad claims the remedy is unequaled and priced at 26 cents at all druggists.

B. B. Youngs Berkshire Dr. King

Government advances in Nicaragua and naval control

Washington reports government victories across Nicaragua with American marines and the cruiser Colorado securing Corinto rail links. Minister Weitzel cites defeats of Zelaya loyalists at La Paz and Tipatapa, captures of officers, and large extortion efforts by Generals Mena and Zeledon near Masaya.

Washington Nicaragua Butler Corinto Navy Department Southerland Matagalpa California Leon Colorado Weitzel Solorzano Diaz Narciso Berrios la Paz Moises Berrios Zelaya Abel Samarriba Tipatapa Arsenio Cruz Vlar Samuel Cecillos Cecillos Tamarinda Lake Managua Alfonso Irias Julian Irias Granada Mena Zeledon

West Virginia Militia Recalled to Kanawha Coalfields

Charleston reports Governor Glasscock widening martial law as eight militia companies are recalled, bringing strike-duty troops to 1,200. The martial boundary spans about twenty miles and is expected to extend. Private detective W Y Tucker of Jonesville Va was sentenced to one year for carrying a gun without a license and impersonating an officer.

Charleston W. Va West Virginia Kanawaha Glasscock W. Y. Tucker Jonesville Miltary Commission Troubel

Attempted death by laudanum by Willie Battiste

Willie Battiste thirty three attempted to end his life by drinking laudanum yesterday afternoon at 209 South Wilkinson Street. Police and city ambulance rushed to the scene and a stomach pump was used. He is expected to recover. family troubles are blamed for the act.

Willie Battiste Wilkinson Street Battiste

Electrolysis Causes Alarm In Montgomery Water System

Electrolysis damaged a four inch water pipe near the pump house and threatened the twenty inch main, potentially cutting off water for firefighting. The city engineering department will inspect the area around the pump house where previous damaged pipes were found.

Montgomery Montgomery Advertiser North Court Street City Engineering Department Gunter

West Virginians Execute Suspect in Mercer County Lynch

Walter Johnston a negro accused of assaulting a four year old white girl in Princeton Mercer County was lynched after being taken from custody. The mob hanged him and then shot his body amid a violence that followed delays in identification and state troop concerns. Spectators gathered as authorities sought control and a swift trial was debated by Judge Maynard and District Attorney Pendleton.

Bluefield W. Va Walter Johnston Princeton W- Va Johnston Mercer County Nita White White House Lashmoor Criminal Court J. F. Maynard Pendleton Maynard White Preen Bearing & Company Charleston Benya Eee

O'Neal to Return Sunday from Maine trip

Governor Emmet O'Neal will return to Montgomery next Sunday after a trip to Maine to support Woodrow Wilson's presidential candidacy. A Telegram received at the state capitol confirms his plan and notes his presence at the Supreme Court events upon return.

O'Neal Montgomery Ala Emmet. O'Neal State Capitol O’neal Maine Woodrow V Erhe Eaknaes Supreme Court

Alleged Liquor Thieves Caught In McPhillips Store Heist

Police arrested Ed Brown and Eugene Williams after a series of robberies at the James McPhillips wholesale grocery and liquor establishment. Officers observed two men in an alley, found wine bottles hidden near the store, and traced the thefts to liquor lifted through a transom. An employee testified in court as investigators sought additional witnesses.

Ed Brown Eugene Williams James McPhillips McPhillips Helton, M Islands Brown Williams Recorder’s Court

Marines En Route to Managua From Philadelphia

Corinto Nic Sept 6 Delayed in Transmission All the American marines from Philadelphia now aboard the California have left for Managua Some will be used as the revolution appears to be losing ground. Galveston Strike Averted in Texas dock labor dispute ended with workers from several organizations agreeing to equal white and negro labor and a wage scale of 12 1 2 cents per bale for hand stowed cotton and 3 cents for screw addition.

Corinto Nic Philadelphia California Managua Galveston Texas

Officer gambled away munitions of warships

St Peters burg dispatch says Italian shells used at Tripoli were paid from the Russian treasury. Baltic fleet troops ashore in Naples gambled away shells and powder, selling them through a Neapolitan Jew to the Italian government just before Italy and Turkey clashed.

ST. Petersburg Tripoli Togo Italy Turkey

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