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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1925
Page
2
In Hillsboro county jail the bandit known as House says he will stand trial for the Hav A Tampa Cigar payroll robbery but will not reveal the identity of those who helped him escape. He describes his escape on March 23 and vows a quick trial while claiming others are to blame.
Aug 18 AP report says George Patterson and Ben Harke police hunt for the mail bandit and jailer Anderson. Chief believes the gang heads for the Florida Everglades. Charlie Wolfe held on $100,000 bond as associate. investigators prepare evidence for a coroner’s jury next month.
The announcement confirms Dr Straton as head of the Zionist movement in Vienna as riots erupt. Police clash with demonstrators outside the Zionist congress venue while crosses and banners signal tensions. Attendees report anti Semitic protests and public alarm as streets clear and Jewish businesses shutter.
In Alton circuit court Harry B. Matthews Jr. and Marie McKenna Matthews were divorced. Matthews accused his wife of infidelity and plotting with her stepmother to deprive him of his share of a $5 million estate. The decree made no alimony provision. The couple wed in Chicago in 1910.
J G Groves known as the negro potato king of Kansas died near Edwardsville at 65. Born a slave in Greenup Kentucky in 1859 he learned to read and write after emancipation and moved to Kansas in 1879. He owned about 1600 acres with a 528ene business and produced 72 150 bushels of white potatoes on 285 acres in one year.
City Missouri August 18 Representatives of four miners union districts in the southwest vote unanimously to lend moral and financial support to District 21 in its fight to retain the union scale in the Oklahoma coal fields. Officials say speakers violated Jacksonville contract terms by lowering the scale in McAlester coal districts. The contract provides 7.50 a day. fields are operating on five dollars, the union contends.
An old ad advises on high blood pressure for women at midlife and middle aged men. It lists symptoms like dizziness breath shortness sleeplessness and nervousness and suggests consulting Norma ls rise Alt Var itwerp s Drug Store for help.
An advertisement fragment mentions Elixin 701 as a weight gain aid. It references drugstores and a generic drug company, with unclear wording and multiple garbled phrases.
The speaker extols oranges as the finest fruits, preferring orange juice with lemon for a morning drink and orange juice with mint and cherry for afternoon refreshment. She keeps oranges in her dressing room, chooses them over candy, and argues the orange outshines the apple a day slogan for health.
In Rome Benito Mussolini told a Daily Express correspondent that liberty exists only in philosophers imaginations and that his philosophy stems from earth not sky. He praised fascism and said civilization means less personal freedom while Europe has vitality and Italy will continue to advance. He dodged debt questions and rejected Prohibition for others though he has quit drinking.
London Aug 18 Mrs H M Abrahams Olympic sprint champion of 1924 is reportedly a Liberal candidate for Parliament. Adopted for East Williamstown she joins a House of Commons with athletes including R C Bourne Viscount Blijden Hon F S Jackson and W A Cazalet, noted sports figures.
A vintage style claim praises a tonic for increasing appetite and restoring color to the cheeks. The excerpt suggests a sensory effect described as an ozone-like chill from a product named ASTELESS CHILL.
Representative F La Guardia criticized the air service tests over Fort Tilden noting only 5 of 8000 hits and 14 hits in two runs from 2000 foot altitude. He warned Fort Mil ton is no defense for New York against invasion and urged a congressional report. Brigadier Fecher declined to comment. The article also mentions a golf field for a southern California open.
Gerald Chapman the so called super crook remains in a hospital section of Weathersfield prison under tight guard. He has no work duties, improves in health, exercises secretly daily and writes notes possibly for memoirs. Officials suggest a new trial or clemency may come, while rumors tie him to wirelessly delivered messages. The Buckingham Queen ship ends war service and becomes a coal barge.
The report notes March 15 as the next briefing date with references to a Democratic chairman in Arkansas and a campaign tour through Omaha. It mentions a debt agreement expected in Washington and Abd El Krim announcing a planned marriage to the Bey of Tunis. Oslo reports cover Anglo American syndicate talks on Moroccan mines and farming interests. Navy planes deploy supplies in a MacMillan expedition, while detectives chase the fugitive Dutch Anderson near Muncie Indiana amid a suspected escape to Florida.
A violent melee saw rioters drag icemen from horses and trample them while police slashed with swords to repel the mob. Women were knocked down and trampled. A second crowd threatened Jewish districts but was kept back by guards. More trouble feared. officials weigh calling off events to prevent outbreaks.
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