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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1915
Page
2
The Square hosts a pond dancing event under the auspices of the Chamber of Jeé with W Savage as chair. Events are staged on St. Joseph Street near the square, Pearson's band to play, and officials aim to keep vehicles off the area.
An advertisement extolls Vitalitas as a morning tonic with curative effects unmatched by ordinary medicines. It promotes use in hot water before meals or cold water after meals for indigestion rheumatism and other ailments and urges investigation at Button's Drug Store.
Mrs J Ogden Armour wife of the Chicago millionaire recounts a night raid by two masked armed men at Michigan Avenue residence. She wrestled a revolver barrel, servants were forced at gunpoint, and jewelry valued at about 7500 dollars was looted while the thieves fled through a back doorway.
A long list of judges and prizes for the Four Years and Under and Five to Eight divisions, including merchandise, theater tickets, and savings accounts donated by local businesses. It also notes the Youngest Child Dancer and other winners, with performers and gift donors named, and closes with dance program items and a humorous remark about corsets.
A beauty tip touts plain liquid silmerine as a secret to turning straight hair into natural curls. The harmless fluid supposedly dries into pretty waves, adds lustre, and eliminates the need for heat tools.
A motorcycle collision with an empty auto truck left two men dead and another injured. Bisby, the least hurt, said he was testing the motorcycle with Cordon driving at normal speed when a passing auto forced them aside and the truck came up fast. Chenoweth and Magon in the sidecar were thrown under the rear wheels. both died. A whiskey load was confiscated and taken to the county jail. Lights on the motorcycle were disputed. the truck carried none. Chenoweth, from Citronelle, Ala., leaves parents and siblings. Mason, from Prichard, Ala., leaves a wife and three daughters plus relatives.
A Monday night crash at the Hallet and Dauphin Streets intersection involved Malcolm Partin driving one car with Mrs Partin aboard and A P Bush’s vehicle driven by Thomas Davis. Mrs Partin suffered arm injuries from flying glass, Partin was shaken, Davis faces reckless driving charges.
The funeral for Harry Sellers, longtime United Fruit banana transporter at the Southern hotel, was held at Roche Burke parlors and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with pallbearers named. George Seifert’s funeral followed at his home on Augusta Street and St John’s Episcopal Church with a large attendance and fraternal escort.
The mobile area journals report the burial and funeral details for Clyde D Rockwell 20 son of Mr and Mrs Rockwell who died in Vinegar Bend Alabama from typhoid fever. Also noted are services for Mrs Etola Dorlon Hawes and Mrs Mary Ahearn Harrison with their burial sites and surviving relatives.
At University Alabama thirty eight players work weekly to earn positions on the football team. Coach Kelly oversees conditioning including the Wahoo Dance to reduce injuries and boost endurance. Dink Hagan impresses in debut practice as Morton and Cullom compete for quarterback duties amid missing veterans.
Pat J. Lyons wins re election to a three year term on the Mobile city commission with light turnout on Labor Day. Four voters cast a second choice for the incumbent. Election officers at Fifth Ward face arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
Advertisement for Sargel weight gain claims. Encourages thin individuals to weigh themselves, take one tablet with meals for two weeks, and track gains of five to eight pounds. Explains Sargel aids digestion of fats and sugars to convert intake into body fat, promising non injurious, pleasant, efficient, inexpensive results. Sold by Van Antwerp Drug Co and other drugstores.
List of ships in port and bound for mobility including steamships Norse barks and brigs with tonnage and origin. Entries cover Crathens Progreso Barrios Moregues Lumber Co C W Mills Fruithandel Tallapoosa Pathfinder Naperian Henry Crosby Alex Lawrence Oaklands Weardale Comtesse de Flandre Zetas Igda Perceler and others with destinations like Progreso Havana Porto Rico Calais Havre and Liverpool.
Patrolman Larry Murray grows angry as Frank Poggi plays Tipperary on an Edison record all day at 558 St Louis Street. Poggi faces Recorder Edington after a colorful confession about two homes and a restless life of two worlds.
Women returning from the seaside with browned reddened or freckled complexions should use mercorized wax treatment. Apply wax before bed and rinse next morning to peel off despoiled skin revealing healthier skin. One ounce of mercorized wax suffices for clear white satiny skin with gentle action. Astringent tonic with saxolite and witch hazel is advised to prevent wrinkles.
The report notes drunken clerks at the Fifth Ward polls, including Karl Brettle Joe Martinez and Clinton Ford fined $50 and 50 days in Castle Crenshaw. Patsy Lamb convicted of disorderly conduct, bond set at $300 on appeal. A couple, Sandy Allen and Daisy Gordon, fought, each fined $10. Norman Richardson fined $5 and costs for cussing out Luda Richardson. Isaac Johnson fined $2 for an unhitched horse.
Major General George W. Goethals was honored on Goethals Day at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Thousands attended speeches by the canal builder, with a review of troops and a tree planting ceremony marking the event.
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