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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1913
Page
12
Real estate transfers reported for the week ending September 13 show numerous lot sales in North Mobile and surrounding neighborhoods. Transactions include properties in North Mobile, Mobile Heights, Dauphin Heights, and other areas with prices ranging from $1 to about $2,000 and many parcels described by block and lot numbers.
A fragmentary medical note states morphine will guarantee a cure with one dollar paid until cure is effected. It mentions relief of typical fat symptoms and absence of extreme nervous or limb issues, though the text is incomplete.
International News Service reports that sixteen jewelers in Paris, all unmarried and with little capital, have retired from business and left France in eighteen months. Detectives deem the exodus suspicious and linked to an international jewel thieves trust seeking distant markets to sell loot. Police note a rise in jewel traffic in several East Indian and South American cities.
Harry K. Thaw gains a writ of habeas corpus in federal court staving off extradition and setting a hearing for next Tuesday in Littleton. Judge Aldrich orders injunctions to prevent interference with the writ and serves copies on Sheriff Drew, Attorney General Tuttle and William Travers Jerome.
Berlin dispatch reports Munich hotel keepers and tradesmen facing a sharp drop in American tourist traffic in August. Protests by some Americans against traveler exploitation are blamed for higher prices driving visitors to Berlin and other northern German cities, harming local business.
A series of land conveyances records sales from various companies to individuals, with prices from $1 to $3,500. Property descriptions include blocks, sections, townships and ranges in Mobile area tracts such as Dawes, Dubroca, Grass Island, and Mississippi Sound. Names include Rosa Stark, Mary Walsh, W. J. Lloyd, Benjamin S. Cowan, A. P. Smith, Julia Irvine, Joseph Driver, T. J. Granade, J. Wright, and George Collins.
London reports Empress Eugenie, 87, will leave Farnborough this autumn for a continental visit. Once famed for influence in royal matchmaking, she remains frail yet refuses to acknowledge decline. Her views on Princess Margaret Battenberg’s married life hint at royal tensions.
Dispatch from Chihuahua City reports General Francisco Villa defeated in a battle at Bustillo's west of Chihuahua. Governor Mercado notes federal force under Sranoain Cataees secured the victory.
A damaged OCR fragment contains unclear phrases and impossible-to-parse names. no definite event, date, or organization is identifiable from the readable text.
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