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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1912
Page
3
Shreveport Louisiana dispatch reports Robert Woodworth son of Civil War sailor Capt Billy Woodworth saved from a gunman by pleading on his knees. Owen Sandefur a near beer merchant aimed at Woodworth forehead but the bullet grazed his ear as he begged for life causing Sandefur to surrender.
Frank Fitzgerald faces assault and battery and malicious mischief charges after he and an accomplice sneaked into Isadore Plumer’s restaurant at Second and South streets. They covered Henry Spencer, a dishwasher, with eggs flour lard and cracker dust in a bizarre act described as making him an omelet. The incident began after the cooks spurned their advances and the pair moved toward the dining hall.
George Mohod of New York, aviation student, died in Hempstead hospital from injuries after rushing a stalled monoplane and being struck by the propeller. Eustace Salinas, Mexican army lieutenant, had landed and stopped engine. Mohod, oblivious to the propeller, rushed the machine and was hurled thirty feet. Mohod named a lawyer, made his will an hour before death. his wife was away at the Catskills and could not reach him in time.
Theodore J. Galatus married Vera in Algiers after eloping from Madisonville to Mandeville aboard a steamer. The haste and thrill drew police pursuit as Vera’s father sought to halt the union while witnesses and relatives gathered in the groom’s sister’s home.
Cincinnati Sept 11 Post office officials and mail workers are flooded with questions about mailing olive chickens rabbits eggs and other farm produce as parcels post begins operation. Postmaster Monforts says rules have not been framed yet and cannot advise on packing methods.
Elegant two story near Government Street with 55 S Bayou St address. Lower floor includes reception hall dining room two bedrooms with bath kitchen store rooms butler entry and hardwood floors. Second floor has three large bedrooms and bath. Gas and electric lighted furnace heated hot water connections for terms apply to
Classified notice lists several new and modern homes with prices from 1100 to 3900 dollars. Descriptions include seven room two story frame dwellings near Oakdale and Dauphin Way, cottages on Hast ern and Gayle streets, and a cottage with two lots at Fastern and Gayle. Also advertises City and Suburban property loans and insurance services.
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