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The Mobile News Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1920

Page

3

Government Officials Consider Coal Export Embargo as Last Resort

June 16 report says Department of Justice and Interstate Commerce Commission weigh coal export embargo to ease rail congestion and wartime shortages. Railroads report improved car supply with 125,606 cars idle in the week ending June, down from 159,606, after a peak of 290,000 tied up.

Sishington Departt of Justice Interstate Come Commission Cwth Marine Tabor Atey Er al. Palmer Interstate Frce Commission Timeel Commission

Make Your Skin White With Popular Beauty Ointment

An advertisement touts BL and WHITH Ointment promising soft clear skin and a “Lovely Tint of Youth.” It urges readers to visit a drug store, order by mail from White Box 913, Memphis, and receive literature and a Dream Book free upon payment.

Broken Doses and Muddled Tales Across Cities

Fragmented OCR notes mention a Cleveland patrolman and a matador scene, Warren Harding and Coolidge tied to a prize guess, a Bluffton lawn incident, rainfall widening a lettuce field, Chicago civil service concerns, and a Virginia spaghetti shipment order. The text blends disparate items with no clear single event.

Young Mother Wins Highest Honors at Northwestern U

Chicago June 1 The highest honors were awarded as 876 persons graduated today from Northwestern University Mrs Howard Van B Tracy of Bradster led the class with a Bachelor of Arts degree she completed the four year course in three years and brought her baby daughter to college The baby was born four months after she entered in the fall of 19

Chicago Amivee Northwestern’ University Howard van Tracy of Bradster Tracy Eee

Colby to Deliver UNC Commencement Address

Secretary of State Colby will deliver the commencement address at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He arrived with Secretary Daniels to witness the graduation of his son Worth Daniels. Governor Bickett will confer diplomas on 165 graduates.

Chapel Hill N.C Colby University of North Carolina Daniels Worth Daniels Bickett

Obey Laws of Oral Hygiene Dental Science Warns

A dental science notice asserts germs infect most adults and cause enamel erosion, cavities, pyorrhea, and throat infections. It promotes Stenchline mouth wash for sterilizing the mouth and preventing disease, claiming tobacco breath deodorization and protection. a large bottle costs about fifty cents.

Permiite Guley van Sga

Birney One Man Safety Cars to Boost Dauphin Street Service

The Mobile Light and Railroad Company will spend about 140000 more on property and acquire ten Birney One-Man Safety Cars for the Dauphin Street line. The lighter cars use air controlled brakes and doors, stop if the operator is unconscious, and require closed doors to start. Headways drop to five minutes in peak periods, increasing seats per day from 6916 to 11296, with five thousand one-man cars already in use in the region.

Mobile Light and Railroad Company Dauphin Street Saale Mahon The Car Union Birmingham Montgomery

Britain’s Ireland policy framed as strategic move

A statement argues that Ireland’s location gives Great Britain mastery of northern Europe and sea routes, affecting empire reach and naval power. It links Ireland to Britain’s world influence and justifies past and future European intervention, while noting unrest in Duluth.

Fe Atte Northumberland Arden Ireland Great Britain Europe North Atlantic France Holland Germany Scandinavia Russia Duluth

Mob Seizes Duluth Streets After Lynching of Three

In Duluth Minnesota a 5000 strong mob swept police from power last night to lynch three Black men in connection with an attack on a 17 year old white girl. National guardsmen arrived and set up temporary camps to patrol streets if needed amid widespread damage to the police station and debris.

Duluth Minn Minnesota National Guardsmen Rhinow Aries Minnesota Eirl Idaho

Lewiston Idaho Democrats Back 18th Amendment Stand

In Lewiston Idaho on June 16 the state convention instructed its delegates to the national convention to stand unambiguously for a clear positive declaration in the national platform approving the 18th amendment and pledging not to countenance repeal. The convention selected 16 delegates to San Francisco, each with one half a vote.

Lewiston Idaho San Francisco

Carrie Nation tactics prompt clean up in Pana Oklahoma

Mrs T H Sturgeon Oklahoma's first health inspector used Carrie Nation tactics in Pana as she campaigned against insanitary conditions. She destroyed about 600 cracked dishes burned twenty four mattresses and fifty bed comforts and removed roller towels and public drinking cups. Four hotels used by trainmen were given forty eight hours to clean up or close.

Pana Okla Carrie Nation T. H. , Sturgeon Oklahoma

Wrangle's Bolshevik Army Gains Terrain

London dispatch reports anti Bolshevik forces under General Wrangle occupying 10 000 square miles north of Crimea in southern Russia. The Exchange Telegraph from Constantinople says Wrangle's army has captured 800 more prisoners.

London Russia Genev Wrangle Crimea Constantinople

Escape of Negro Death-Sentence Prisoner Triggers Nationwide Search

Armed posses sweep Easton and surrounding areas as Isaiah Fountain, a Black man sentenced to death for the assault of a 13 year old white girl, remains at large after escaping from the jail death cell. Authorities intensify the manhunt across Maryland and beyond.

Lipton Fleet Off For Tuning Up Spot

New York June 16. Sir Thomas Lipton leads the steam yacht Victoria with two Shamrocks a house boat and several tugs from City Island to Sandy Hook for the first tuning up race against Lipton’s racing mate weather permitting the event tomorrow.

New York Victoria Sir Thomas Lipton City Island Sandy Hook

The Easiest Way To End Dandruff

An old remedy claims dissolving dandruff with four ounces of liquid arvon rubbed into the scalp at night stops itching and removes dandruff by morning. Three to four applications allegedly destroy all signs, leaving hair fluffy and glossy. Liquid arvon is sold at drug stores as an inexpensive simple solution.

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Department of Justice and _ interstate Commerce Cleveland Kulawaki William Bat— Fecha Candi- Warren Harding Marion Ohio Daily News Coolidge Bluffton Ind Sam Warren A Aates Sacavoce Northwestern Nce Birney U. S Duke of Northumberland England Erin Her Wrangle Lipton Mobile’s St. Emanuel Street
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