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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1925
Page
9
A ceremony in Detroit marked the laying of the cornerstone for the new Lion Tamgers club facility. W Jackson led the event with remarks praising evolution and community growth, inviting local residents to future gatherings.
Edinburgh reports the World’s Woman's Christian Temperance Union adopts a sevenfold three year program and seven resolutions on opium control abstinence women’s citizenship and world peace. A commission for opium study is urged and League of Nations cooperation requested.
Herbert C. Brown was named president elect of the Mobile Lions Club and urged a bigger and better club to aid Mobile and the state. Robert Hulen was elected secretary, with Robert L. Marshall as first vice president and William Heller as second vice president on the fifth ballot. Douglas C. Harris won third vice president on the sixth ballot, George E. Stone and A. P. Dorgan Jr were elected directors, Shelby Welch to a term. Dorgan chosen to represent the club at the International Lions convention in Cedar Point, Ohio, June 29 to July 2 with Brown as alternate. Treasurer, lion tamer and tail twister elections postponed due to lack of time.
A vintage advertisement urges Purification of the system as foundation of health. It promotes Calotabs as the greatest purifier with a family package and trial size, pricing 35 cents and 10 cents respectively, available at any drug store.
Vice President Dawes argues that without effective cloture the Senate will pass more laws. The brief dispatch notes other international and domestic items including a Moroccan policy vote, a Norwegian king’s reception, an Arctic expedition steamer arrival, and a noted murder case divorce.
Thirty five members of a sociability tour party of the Pershing Highway Association of Arkansas and Louisiana, led by Governor Tom J Terral, prepared to depart Eldorado for Ruston and New Orleans. The governors Terral and Fuqua will participate in highway enthusiast exercises at Ruston later today. the group left Little Rock on Sunday.
Funeral services held for Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Gates at her Sligo Street residence with burial in Pine Crest cemetery. Horace Davenport, Confederate veteran, funeral conducted by Rev V C McMasters with Daughters of the Confederacy and United Confederate Veterans present. pallbearers listed. James Ashbee funeral from Walter Lord residence Semmes and Crawford chapel with Oakdale Methodist rites. interment at church cemetery. pallbearers named.
Funeral services for John E Pitman were held Wednesday at 10 o'clock at his home 1120 Spring Hill Avenue. Rev Thomas R Bridges of All Saints Episcopal Church conducted the service. He was buried in Magnolia Cemetery with pallbearers E A Campbell Henry French Theo Ackridge Fred Drain H G McAllister and R C Vance.
William Taylor of Citronelle Alabama died Wednesday morning at 2 o clock at his home. He is survived by a daughter Mrs Flora Porter at whose home he died and a son John Taylor plus other relatives. The body was sent to Rosette Mississippi for burial.
London June 24 American girls and English debutantes faced concern as a 60 degree cold snap hit England ahead of court presentations to King George and Queen Mary. Thousands of dollars in summer gowns will be worn with fur wraps during the two hour wait outside the palace. American attendees include Mrs. Charlies B. Moore of Richmond Virginia, wife of the embassy attache.
Refugees and foreign civilians flee Canton as anti foreign rioting spreads from Shameen to nearby ports. British and French marines open fire while U S and Japanese ships rush to evacuate whites amid increasing tensions in Canton Amoy Peking and Hong Kong.
Rufus Hicks, a fugitive convict and alleged axe murderer, was captured near Greenville, Georgia, ending a 13 day chase and jailed in Fulton County. He faces action in Muscogee County while denying the Walker killing, claiming another inmate named Tom did it. Four accomplices escaped. one killed in a posse clash and three recaptured. Deputies received help from citizens and hounds throughout the pursuit.
In Columbia Tennessee June 24 supporters of the State Bar Association consider a resolution urging Judge Raulston to limit the Scopes trial to a brief hearing on whether he taught the theory in violation of state law. Leroy H Hammond spokesman for Maury county said the jury should not hear expert witnesses and the judge should end the case with the charge.
Bayonne junior lightweight Mike Ballinero fought Babe Ruth at the Phillies park in Philadelphia before 10,000 fans. The ten-round bout ended in a draw, with Ruth taking four of the first five rounds and seven of the ten, hurting Ballinero in the seventh.
A Monday night boxing and wrestling stag under the American Legion Athletic Association at the municipal wharf features Robbie Hughes of Shreveport and Prankie Demaree of New Orleans in a ten round main event. Abe Simon of Mobile versus Young Delaney appears in the eight round semi final. two local wrestlers open the program with two preliminaries.
A Cairo fire in Abu Hammad kills eighteen people and leaves two severely burned, destroying about 350 native dwellings in the Egyptian town.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a gentle, vegetable liver and bowel cleanser that avoids calomel's dangers. It promises morning vitality, headache relief, and regular bowels, with a money back guarantee and suitability for children.
J Albert Cassedy of Baltimore was unanimously chosen supreme dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose at its international convention in session. Norman Hoyd moves to supreme vice dictator with E M Stafford replacing him. Eleven supreme officers and trustees elected, with a parade and boat trip as events near completion. 40,000 expected in the parade.
An old advertisement from Pensacola promotes Anti-Phymin gas as a cure all for fever stomach and bowel disorders and kidney bladder issues caused by impure blood. The copy emphasizes its healing properties and names the Pensacola address for purchase.
A testimonial letter from a Florida customer extols Taylor's Blood Medicine for curing skin issues heartburn and digestive trouble. It claims renewed appetite weight gain clearer complexion and improved health after one bottle. The Tampa company cites numerous similar letters and urges readers to ask a druggist for the tonic.
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