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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1915
Page
2
A reflection on perseverance and effort, noting that success comes in the final push when others falter. The passage cites labor, pride of endeavor, and timing as crucial to winning before the finish line. John Trotwood Moore is referenced as the voice behind these lines.
Fragmentary quotation chamber with romantic lines about doors fate storms and destiny. Obscure archaic phrasing hints at guidance and perseverance across trials. Includes attributions to Schiller like phrases about patience and reward.
Ida Mae Clark celebrated her sixth birthday on a Saturday with her mother L. B. Clark. Guests included Lucille Clark, Leslie Bullen, Pauline Scott, Bessie Bullen, Fidelis Scott, Evelyn n, Emma Lavinghouser, Julia elden, Catherine Lavinghouser, Rey Collier, Lucille Snowden, Dorsey Hancock, Hallie Snowden, and Mrs. W Snowden assisted. The party featured pink and white decor and a central white cake with six pink candles.
Mrs Rae Sore Arents and Miss Solomon attend a small gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs Hu Powell on Friday evening at their home. A few friends were invited for the informal event.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a temperance remedy for indigestion. It claims the tonic cleanses blood, strengthens nerves, improves complexion, and aids digestion by aiding gastric mixing with food. It promises clearer skin and overall healthier arteries with no alcohol in the product. It also notes the medical adviser book offer with free pamphlet upon payment of postage.
A Peterman home hosted Miss Ola Solomon of Camden Alabama as a guest. The evening featured dancing and games with Victrola music and refreshments. Attendees included the Misses Buford Eddins Parker Marty Eva Rickard and Messrs Buford H R Shirley Ba Bhillen McMillan and Mrs L W Rickard.
The first rehearsal for the young women's chorus will be held next Friday at 4 p m. Mrs Goldman is chairman of the committees In charge with Mrs Frank Davis chorus director and Mrs John Moulton accompanist. A full attendance is desired at this meeting.
A dense schedule of society engagements across Monday to Saturday includes dances balls weddings and receptions at venues such as German Relief Hall Battle House Auditorium Dauphin Way Baptist Church and Armory Hall. Notable names include Arnold Overall Mr. and Mrs. Randall Mrs. Winston Jones Mrs. Rhett Goode and Mrs. Maury with events ranging from Easter balls to bridal party luncheons and charity gatherings.
Despite Saturday’s cold a lively party spent the day at Fort Morgan. Chaperones Miss Daphne Roberts Miss Langston and Miss Baker of Montgomery, with Emma Mc Alpine Jessie Moore Ellen Dukes Virginia Hogg and Jack Ed Roberts and Conrad Armbrecht joining the excursion.
Tuesday evening in the Parish House of Trinity church Mr Roderick Mc Kenzie will give an illustrated lecture on Banares the Sacred City of the Hindus. The talk describes the ancient city with its traditions and wealth of historical information and includes views taken by the speaker.
A Mobile excursion for Alabama legislators included a Friday oyster roast at Coden and a detailed Rolston Hotel dinner menu before they returned to the city. The party featured Misses Mabel Hartwell Alba Gower Gabriella Barret Annie Provost and many gentlemen including C W Harrington Carl Holzborn A M Tunstall T B Bush C G Ollinger R R Brindley C B Yarbrough L B Haley M C Davis J A Luck J C Milner Ira B Thompson A V Lee D C Blackwell B B Chamberlain and Mr Mrs Harry Hartwell Judge Mrs Weakley and George G Card. They left for Birmingham on Saturday.
Rehearsal for clown drill and Japanese drill for the Japanese Fete is called for Monday afternoon April 5 at 3 30. Boys in the clown drill and girls in the Japanese drill should meet at Trinity parish house. Further rehearsals will be announced later.
The Clara Schumann Club holds its regular monthly meeting Monday at 11 a.m. at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. The Ladies of Charity convene Monday at 4 p.m. at the Conti street asylum. The Female Benevolent Society meets Monday morning at 11 o clock at the Benevolent Home.
The Ladies Memorial Association will meet Monday at 3 30 PM at the Y M C A to discuss upcoming observances and plans. Members are urged to attend and participate in organizing tribute events.
A piano and orchestra rehearsal for the ninth symphony will be held at Smith's Piano House on Monday at 7 o'clock. Singers are invited. A full rehearsal follows Tuesday at the same time and place.
Mrs. John S. Arnold returns home after two months in Cedar Rapids Iowa visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Louis M Nock. Mr and Mrs W E Norville return to Nashville with Mrs Owen and Miss Nannie Owen visiting her mother and sister in Nashville. Miss Edna Ingalls leaves for Montgomery to visit her brother Mr C B Ingalls and family. Mrs Thad Partridge of Demopolis visits Miss Clara Crossland. Miss Demaris Smith returns to Ward Belmont College after Easter holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Harry Smith.
The Ladies Aid Society of Prichard hosts Dauphin Way Methodist tonight at the Prichard church. Mrs. J D Anderson of Mobile will speak to the Prichard Helping Hand Society Wednesday at 3 PM. Epworth League enjoyed by Miss Holley Friday. School Improvements Association meets Wednesday. Mrs. Monroe Chapman and daughter Adelle to visit Mrs. Richardson next week. Miss Bessie Lee Spicer of Whistler visited Frankie Baxter Saturday. Marcus Anderson of Toomsuba, Miss., visiting Prichard friends.
Prominent society women nationwide report success using a simple home formula of Saxolite and witch hazel. The lotion, made by dissolving one ounce Saxolite in half a pint hazel, is applied daily with immediate refreshing feel and reduction of wrinkles. No confirmed harm found by users.
Whistler Alabama special report lists Magnolia Camp No 110 W O W meeting at 7 o clock. Local obituaries note Mrs Asa McKenzie death at 28 in Whistler and funeral details. Baseball game score Mo Cobos 9 Whistler 7 after ten innings.
In St. Louis on April 5 Carrie B. Lewis wife of steamboat man Captain William J. Lewis faced testimony about a disrobing scene involving Sinclair Lieber and another man following a hotel champagne party. A separate hotel room confrontation and a later incident on the steamer Alton were described along with alleged kisses at the Lewis home.
Delegates at the Independent Labour party annual meeting in Norwich adopt resolutions urging immediate peace. The text accuses foreign policies of balancing power, says understanding with France and Russia worsens Russia power and strains Germany relations, and criticizes Foreign Secretary Grey’s assurances before Parliament. The party pledges to secure peace with best conditions to restore amicable European worker relations.
Madrid via Paris April 5 Spain sends cruiser Catalina and gunboat Laya to Las Palmas to prevent another neutrality breach following the escape of the Hamburg American steamer Macedonia. Dr Alfonso Costa former premier and opposition leader has suddenly left the country per Lisbon dispatch carried by Espana Nueva.
Joseph Norton of Merchants Bank and catcher for Crown team was knocked out yesterday at the league park and rushed to Mobile Infirmary. He was unconscious for about two hours and is reported to be improving. Doctors plan to discharge him to his home this afternoon.
Fourteen players entered the national tournament in Boston for the singles championship. Jay Gould of Lakewood, New Jersey, the current champion, is expected to defend his title as the event opens.
Moderate temperatures for next 36 hours support north east and west shipments. Tombigbee river levels expected to fall over the next two days while Alabama weather shows little change. Coastal gulf area remains dominated by a high barometer system with frost in east gulf and south Atlantic as far as Tampa. A low pressure is over the lake region driving southerly winds and rising temperatures in Texas and the middle Mississippi Valley.
The University of Alabama opens its tennis tournament on April 5 with 34 players. Freshmen and returning stars push for top singles and doubles spots, with entries from Howard College Southern University Marion and the Selma Y M C A. Alabama eyes central Alabama and Selma tournaments and hopes to defend cups led by Blevins Dunklin and Littleton in singles and doubles.
A Boston man Edward F McCullough says his entire body including eyelids was covered in blisters with severe itching. He credits Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap with immediate relief and gradual cure after trying eight other remedies. He urges others to try the products and mentions free trial requests.
The March 1915 report to Mayor Pillans from Harbormaster Thomas P. Norville lists vessel movements including steamships foreign bound at 332,6799, coastwise steamers at 14,007, and square rigged vessels at 44,879, with garbled figures likely misrendered for MHROOMETS and related totals.
The Tarpon, a coastwise steamer of the St. Andrews & Gulf Steamship Co., arrived Monday morning and will be shifted to dry docks Monday afternoon for repairs. The ship has just completed a voyage and will receive many necessary repairs.
A Hamilton Ohio reader endorses Pine-Tar-Honey as an immediate relief remedy for colds and throat discomfort. The ad claims the product penetrates throat linings and provides fast comfort for the whole family, including babies.
Sheriff Holcombe orders deputies to crack down on speed law violations in the county. Motorcyclists and drivers who offend face fines and court costs, with penalties rising on a second offense in county courts.
The Y M C A gymnasium hosts a Friday evening athletic exhibition with over 150 participants in calisthenics gymnastics horse relay races tug of war wrestling boxing basketball and various athletic events. The show starts at 8 15 pm with free admission and tickets available at the association or from participating gymnasium members.
Alba beats Mobile Coca Colas 15 to 10 in the first baseball game of the season played Sunday afternoon. Lineups list Coca Colas J Wilcox F Slants T Soutoullo M Gonzales M Soutoullo R Martin E Steber R Soutoullo H Croxdale R Dixmond F Willson and Albas E Smee O Riva L Bosarge G Riva Johnson G Bosarge L Smee L Cain J Person P Bosarge Goleman.
Telegraph reports to the Department of Agriculture show 35 percent to 80 percent damage in southern and central Texas peach areas including Jacksonville Athens Marshall and Lindale with northern points less affected. 1913 shipments ranged five to 150 carloads while 1914 crops were a practical failure yet shipments may reach fifty to 400 cars.
Refugees from Constantinople confirm the German rebuilt cruiser Goeben, now Turkish, was badly damaged by a Bosphorus mine and towed to dock with a seventeen foot hole. German workmen reportedly cannot repair the hull. Guns are not dismantled, according to the refugees.
A large crowd left Vinegar Bend for Deer Park for Mrs. J. B. Lucas funeral. Local residents made visits and travels to Escatawpa Mobile Hattiesburg and New Orleans. Lectures by Rev. German at First Baptist Church ran five days from Sunday to Thursday night.
A flag will be presented to the Mobile Turn Verein Vorwarts at their hall on Charles Street Monday night at 8 o clock. After the presentation a dance and banquet will follow and the invitation event promises a pleasant time for attendees. The occasion is distressingly formal in tone and is expected to draw a sizable local crowd.
An optimistic advertisement urges readers to trust Dr King’s New Discovery for colds. It claims the remedy penetrates throat linings to kill germs and aid natural healing, insisting superficial treatment won’t reach the cause and urging purchase today.
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