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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1913
Page
7
Thomas A. Edison aged 41 at his West Orange home has been told by his physician to avoid further vacations and stay out of his laboratory for two more weeks to recover from a fortnight in New England. Doctors say he is more tired now than after twenty hours days of work and that his condition has improved but requires rest.
Louisa L. Lavretta, mortgagee, under power of sale, will publicly auction for cash the Mobile Alabama lot description tied to Martha C Andrews mortgage dated November 23 1910. The sale occurs Wednesday October 1 1913 at 12 noon in front of Mobile county courthouse.
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst faces U S immigration scrutiny over alleged moral turpitude from actions in England. Byron H Uhl says detention at Ellis Island possible if guilty, otherwise she will not be detained, and notes Congress must decide on housing needs for new arrivals.
A. B. Garretson testified before an arbitration panel that a railroad employee dies in the United States every hour and seven minutes, with another death every nine minutes due to injuries. The figure references the year ended June 30, 1912, from the Interstate Commerce Commission. debate centers on dead-head crews and work hours amid a dispute among forty-two Eastern railroads and conductors over pay and hours.
Postmaster General Burleson weighs abandoning forwarding magazines by fast freight. A treasury comptroller ruling allows a return to mail train handling of periodicals. Burleson said no conclusion or timeline has been set.
A dramatic testimonial promotes Dr King's New Discovery for coughs colds throat and lung troubles with claims a patient from Malichite California survived two years after doctors gave up. The ad offers a money back guarantee and lists price as 50 cents and 1.00 from Van Antwerp Drug Co.
In Geneva Switzerland on September 13 monks using Saint Bernard dogs rescued a young American, G. Dawson, from a ravine after he fell while attempting to cross a pass without a guide. He suffered a sprained ankle and shock but no serious injuries.
Walter E. Sweeting, actuary for Manufacturers' Appraisal Co, left Mobile after calling on business men about the assessment. A special Chamber of Commerce ways and means committee was formed with J Leslie Taylor as chairman to study adopting a new system. County attorney George J Sullivan says no legal obstacle and funds can be secured. Sweeting found at the courthouse a plan that could greatly cut installation costs.
London Sept 13 The appeal by Marl Loveburn former lord high chancellor for cross party talks to resolve the Irish question by consent faces strong opposition. Liberals deem it too late to abandon the home rule bill while Unionists demand the government drop the bill first, a condition seen as impossible. John Dillon for the Nationalists says a conference needs a home rule principle first.
An unknown Black man robbed Jessie Blackney, a strike breaker, of 17 dollars on Earl street near St Joseph Friday night about seven oclock. Officer Walter Burch pursued the assailant for several blocks. The suspect wore a high shirt dark trousers and had a stocky build with a moustache.
The changeable weather of early fall brings bronchitis and a harsh cough that strains the system. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is recommended to soothe the inflamed mucus and ease the throat. It contains no opiates and helps relieve the cold without dangerous substitutes.
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