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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1913

Page

7

Mary Jobe Returns From Bold Canadian Trek

Miss Mary Jobe, a Normal College teacher, arrived home at 50 Morningside Drive after a 1000 mile journey through British Columbia and Alaska. She traveled in men’s clothes with a Scotch guide, visiting six Indian villages and sleeping on the ground. Her longest day covered forty miles as she chronicled her adventures for a future book.

Telegraph Creek British Columbia Alaska Canada Jobe Morningside Drive Civilization Prince Rupert Bears Miss Jobe Totem Pole

Freckle Remedy Promoted With Money Back Guarantee

A physician's prescription for removing freckles is marketed by Van Antwerp Drug Co with an absolute money back guarantee. The ad claims rapid improvements from initial applications and urges readers to ask for the double strength ethine to ensure results.

van Antwerp Drug Co

Porter Charlton's Bid For Freedom Echoes Thaw Case

Porter Charlton confessed to murdering his wife Mary Castle Chariton in Naples during a quarrel and packing her body in a trunk to dump in Lake Como. He fled to New York, was tracked by Captain Scott, arrested in Hoboken, and faces insanity questions as in the Thaw affair.

Porter Charlton Castle Chariton Porter Chariton New York Charlitons Mary Scott Castle Wilmington Delhey Europe Charlon Scott Captain Scott Hoboken Princess Irene Olice Porter Charlton Naples Lake Como Mrs. Chariton

McGill Institute to Resume Studies on October First

Notice states studies at the McGill Institute will resume Wednesday October 1 at 9 o'clock. The Rector will be at the institute daily from 9 to 12 to examine new students, except on Saturdays and Sundays.

McGill Institute

Extradition Fight Over Italian Murder Case Reaches Supreme Court

Judge Chariton and supporters battled to block Charlton’s extradition after a Hoboken arrest over the death of his wife. The case invoked the 1868 U S Italy treaty as it moved through courts up to the United States Supreme Court seeking relief from extradition.

Charlton Hoboken Italy Paul Chariton United States Court Porto Rico Taft United States Supreme Court United States

Negro mail driver pleads guilty to robbing the mails

Ed Beverly a Negro mail wagon driver pleaded guilty at a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner Richard Jones Jr to robbing the United States mails. He admitted taking a gold watch sent by parcel post from Kansas City to a Baldwin county point and a torn bundle of shirts found under the wagon seat was cited as evidence. Beverly was arrested by city authorities.

Ed Beverly United States Richard Jones, Jr Beverly Kansas City Baldwin County

Texas Wonder Kidney and Bladder Cure Ad

An old advertisement extols Texas Wonder as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues, diabetes, rheumatism, and general weakness. It claims to cure both men and women with a small bottle offering two treatments and a money refund option upon request to a listed address.

Texas Wonder Jamie W. Hall Gruggista v

Chariton faces trial and possible insanity verdict in Italy

The article discusses Porter Chariton facing trial in Italy where capital punishment is absent and life imprisonment is the harshest sentence. It notes solitary confinement leading to decline and suggests two outcomes: acquittal or a finding of insanity leading to confinement, comparing the difficulty of convincing a jury about dementia adolesence to a famous American case.

Chariton Italy Porter Chariton Palmieri

Governors' Girls Hold Convention at Governors' Conference

Four daughters of governors gathered in Colorado Springs during the governors conference and debated youth fashion and dances. Olivia O Neal defended the tango while opposing the extreme slit skirt. Ammons favored the slit skirt but opposed sensual gowns. Aileen and Mona Dunn showed split views on modern attire and dances.

Miss Ammons Ammons Colorado Aileen Dunne Mona Dunne Governor Dunne Illinois Aileen Mona Dunn

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