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The Mobile News Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1925

Page

7

Time ripe for final campaign against rebels at Rif

French forces weigh an immediate offensive against Abd el Krim's Rif rebels as Marshal Petain evaluates the situation in Rabat. Front activity includes skirmishes with dissidents and allied tribes, with growing French safety as formerly hostile tribes lean toward the French cause.

Fez French Morocco Marshal Lyautey Naulin Marshal Petain Abd-el-Krim Rabat Arfi Ouergha

Girl Killed Found Under Pittsburgh Bridge

A 19 year old woman, dressed in black, was found dying on a center pier abutment of the 40th bridge over the Allegheny River at midnight. She died moments later without giving her name. Police say the girl was attacked and her body carried to the pier by boat and placed there by a ladder. The injuries included cuts bruises and a discolored throat from choking.

Pittsburgh 40Th Bridge Allegheny River

Pancho Villa Body Lays In State In Manila

The body of Pancho Villa flyweight boxing champion lies in state in Manila with a week of mourning planned until burial Saturday. Crowds greeted the steamer President Harrison arriving from California bearing the fighter’s remains.

Manila Pancho Villa President Harrison California

Capital Man Hurt in Sunday Crash Near Clanton

H B Brockett Montgomery business man and wife were seriously injured in an auto crash near Clanton Sunday. They were taken to a Clanton hospital where Mrs Brockett suffered severe internal injuries. Brockett was painfully hurt but not in serious condition. The other vehicle fled the scene.

Montgomery United Press H. B. Brockett Montgomeryusiness Clanton Brocketts

Gets-It Corn Remedy Claims Fast Pain Relief

An advertisement describes a liquid named Gets-It that allegedly ends corn pain in three seconds and loosens the corn for removal. It warns of imitators and suggests a quick, painless cure used by dancers and others seeking relief from corns.

Cleus

Woman Rather Not Miss Much Yet Never Sees a Movie

Bloomfield New Jersey August 15 A woman named Mrs Theodore Hannson explains her life choices have kept her from movies theaters or dances. She says outdoor life church work and home responsibilities provide fulfillment and that early marriage and motherhood complete a satisfying path.

Bloomfield N. J New York Theodore Hannson

Arktic Castaways Return Aboard Maude After Three Years

Captain Westing and six crewmen of the Amundsen schooner Maude reach Nome after more than three years trapped in Arctic ice. They recount near-capsizes, a dead officer buried in ice, a deserter Eskimo, dog sled rescues, and a 70 below zero cold spell as the ship drifted toward Siberia before release on August 7.

Nome Alaska Maude Arctic North Pole Pole Westing United Press Carl Hansen M. Olonkit A. Malmret Sylvesten Odah Harold Severdrop East Cape Siberia Jeanette Islands Herald Islands Bennett Islands United States Siberian Kolyma Chukotsk Peninsula Spitzbergen Hansen Dahl Curtis Charles D. Jones Standard Oil Company Bond Cal Lomen Norwa Seattle

The Funny Side of This Sad Life

Bavaria reports Dietram Shell aged 78 rises at 7 30 each day and walks four miles while Prince Joachim leads a group nearby and the ex Kaiser is seen sawing wood at Doorn Leningrad notes many jewels found in the czar tailor house Rome Mussolini acts as godfather to 260 children Worcester fugitive bandit hides as a flapper Ashburnham town suspends police after a gambler raid

Dietram Shell Bavaria von Hindenburg Joachim of Cne Esp Kaiser Doorn Leningrad Rome Mussolini Buenos Aires Prince of Wales Ole

Mother to Attempt to Swim Channel

Mlle. Gade a 26 year old mother of two plans to swim the English Channel next summer. She says motherhood is not a handicap and cites past attempts with one and two children as motivation. A native of Denmark she came to America in 1919 and works as an instructor with the naval militia.

New York International News Service Mlle. Gade Sonny Marjorie Denmark America

Hope Hampton to Welcome Daughter-in-Law in Merry News

New York reports motion picture star Hope Hampton is set to become mother in law as Yvonne Brulatour, daughter of her husband, plans marriage. The brief item notes a ten foot drop incident involving a motor truck and a broken leg but concentrates on the family announcement.

New York

Millionaire polo player guarded at New Jersey estate

New York Aug 24 A P reports Max Phillips collar manufacturer and polo player is under eight armed guards on his 700 acre Eatontown New Jersey estate amid alleged plots by three women and a man to lure him and undermine his company. Phillips says a banker instigated the scheme and notes a Mann Act racket. Detectives listened in via telephonic device and a suspended court summons shadows the drama.

New York A.P Max Phillips Eatontown N. J Phillips Phillips-Jones Company van Heusen E Mploy New England Frank H. Berg, Jr Berg Margaret Campbell

Newspaper Woman Narrowly Escapes Camp Raid At Spiritualist Rally

Miss Virginia Swain of the Newspaper Enterprise Association faced danger during a raid at Camp Chesterfield Indiana where 35th annual spiritualist gathering drew police. Police released 14 prisoners after a plea by cult leader Myrin Post, and Swain fled eight miles to Anderson.

Chesterfield Ind United Press Virginia Swain Newspaper Enterprise Association Miss Swain Anderson Myrin Post

No Change Seen in Coal Strike Outlook

Philadelphia August 24 A P says with six days left before the anthracite working agreement expires August 31 the outlook remains the same as August 4 negotiations for renewal stalled by wage and check off disputes. Operators blame miners for delaying and miners demand acknowledged leaders be sent to talks while both sides test public opinion through secret conferences.

Philadelphia A.P

Fire Destroys Southland Lake Steamer Near Orleans

In Lake Pontchartrain the lake steamer Southland burned to the water's edge after a cigarette believed to start the blaze. About sixty people aboard were rescued including women and children. seven were slightly injured. An inquiry by federal Vessel Inspector C. M. Dean will determine cause. The vessel, operated by Lake Transit Co., faced a $75,000 lawsuit.

New Orleans Southland Lake Pontchartrain C. M. Dean Tenth District E¢ Lake Transit Comp West Mandeville

Simplicity marks funeral of Victor Lawson in Chicago

Victor F. Lawson, longtime publisher of the Chicago Daily News, is laid to rest in a simple service at New England Congregational Church. President Coolidge, Charles G. Dawes, Mayor Dever, and city leaders attend, with close friends and relatives in attendance for a modest funeral honoring a patriotic journalist.

Chicago A.P Victor iFremont Lawson Chicago Daily News World New Gland Congregational Church Lawson Ozora Stearns Davis Emeete Theological Seminary Victor F. Lawson Aii Mnes Coolidge Charles G. Dawes William R. Dawes Chicago Association of Commerce William E. Dever Chicago City Council Union League Club

Ford Seeks Mechanical Cow In Synthetic Milk Quest

Henry Ford says dairy cows are inefficient and predicts synthetic milk will outpace real milk. He argues farms waste time milking cows and caring for livestock and foresees larger, more systematic farms with small farmers phased out. The interview appears in Farm and Fireside.

Raw Press Henry Ford Farm and Fireside Ford

Demonstration At Camp Grant Injures Sixteen Spectators

A chemical warfare demonstration at Camp Grant Rockford Illinois injured sixteen spectators as crowds surged into the line of fire. Col. H D Orr said none of the injuries would prove fatal. A platoon of noncommissioned officers fired smoke grenades as spectators moved onto the show field creating the accident.

Rockford Ill Camp Grant Here H. D. Orr Field Hospital

Tanker Halsey to Undergo Repairs After Grounding

A survey of the tanker Halsey, which arrived in Mobile after grounding, was completed at Todd Drydock and Shipbuilding. Bids for repairs will be opened tomorrow at 10 o'clock, promising a substantial job for the yard and its contract prospects.

Mobile Todd Drydock and Shipbuilding Company

Fair Weather Expected Across Coming Week

Washington reports a generally fair week with no material temperature change for the next 36 hours. Local showers probable in Florida. Northwest and east winds along the south Atlantic coast and easterly winds over the gulf.

Washington International News Service Florida South Atlantic Gulf

Missing Boy Seen in Jersey Town

New York August reports another missing boy scare as authorities search Jersey Town for a juvenile case. Local residents urged caution while police review sightings and tips.

Jersey Town New York East Side Isadore Idelberg Newark Iadore

Classified OCR Billing Rates For Typesetting

The notice outlines size type word rates: 3 cents per word for a single insertion, 8 cents per word for three or more insertions, and 12 cents per word for consecutive insertions of copy. It explains charging by word and repetition, with emphasis on unit costs.

Advertisement Rates and Insertion Terms Notice

Public notice outlines advertising rates including one cent per word and four cents per word for three insertions. It specifies consecutive insertions at seven cents a word and requires cancellations in writing. Minimum ten words.

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