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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1915
Page
4
A vintage advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a remedy for a listless sick child with sour stomach and digestion issues. It urges mothers to buy the genuine 50 cent bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company, warning of counterfeits and claiming quick cleansing of the bowels.
The quiet Sunday ceremony at St Vincent rectory united Miss Mable Riley Reinhardt and Eugene D Parden. Rev Father Brady officiated. bride attended by cousin Miss Marie Lamas of Biloxi. Ed Parden best man. They will reside with the bride’s parents at 107 Palmetto street.
A Sunday afternoon Easter egg hunt hosted by Mrs. Walter La Fargue celebrated her daughter Dorothy. Children searched shrubs for eggs and Roy Gillmore won a white rabbit prize. guests enjoyed ice cream cake candy and nuts while Beatrice Elberta McCreary Roy Otis Gillmore Earle Eulalie Gillmore Alice Harry Sutton Edna Charles Wesley Bailey Cecilay Hyland Lillian Pierce Audrey McCreary and Sadie Hyland received candy eggs as keepsakes.
The wedding of Miss Carrie M Lengfield of New Orleans and Dr Isadore Loeb of Columbia Missouri will be held at the Longfield home in Mobile this evening. Dr Loeb, dean of law at the University of Missouri, is a prominent West figure. Relatives from St Louis Colorado Springs Rich Hill Wichita Falls and other locales have traveled to attend.
On Easter day at 5 p m the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick Taggert was christened at St John’s Church with Rev G C Tucker officiating. Sponsors include two aunts Miss Nellie Taggert and Mrs Annie Taggert and her father.
Mr and Mrs G H Randall entertained Monday after the wedding rehearsal of the Arnold Overall bridal party with a bouffet supper at Government street. The bride Miss Lucille Overall is their niece and will soon move from Mobile to Virginia. Guests included the bridal party and Mr and Mrs M Brewster.
April is the birth month for sisters Mary Johanna and Margaret Hatcher. They celebrated with a family gathering, sharing cake and gifts in a cheerful home event.
A Tuesday calendar lists auctions, lectures, luncheons, dances, a series of weddings including Arnold-Overall and Perry-Dickens, and multiple club meetings at Trinity Parish House German Relief Hall and Dauphin Way Baptist Church. Easter Ball events and a children’s birthday party on Government Street conclude the day’s social schedule.
Mrs Stephens Quigley entertained midweek on the beautiful Quigley lawn for an Easter egg hunt honoring her nieces and nephews. Sixty children attended with Marion Douglas winning for eggs found and a papier mache rabbit prize. Gilbert Ladd took the boy’s prize, a candy rabbit. Mark Libby Jr found the golden eye.
Personal items from multiple papers report Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Soper of Jackson leaving Mobile for Pace Florida to reside, Dr. T F Robinson of Mobile attending a niece marriage, Mrs. Robert Mimms of Mobile visiting Meridian, Asa Rountree hosting John McAlpine and Robert Harrison, and Mrs. E P Fearn of Birmingham visiting Mobile parents and Mrs. Lake.
A wireless message indicates the Royal Dutch West Indies Line steamer Prins Maurits sank Saturday afternoon. The Arethusa, a U S navy supply ship, found no trace at the reported location near Frying Pan Shoals and continued to Charleston after Captain Kennedy’s crew arrived.
The Cawthon Vineyard hosted evening dances drawing many lovers of terpsichore. Performers Dixie the Cave Girl and her partner delivered exhibitions praised as some of the most exquisite in a long time. Dancers displayed rhythmic, intricate movements, executed with ease despite apparent hazards.
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce committee met at noon Tuesday with President J. M. Walsh and directors including A. P. Bush L. C. Irvine Aubrey Boyles B S Cowan Dunlap and George A. Maloney. No action was taken and the meeting finalized the finances for the diversification drive in Mobile county.
Police investigate J. W. Robinson who says he was beaten and robbed Monday night around 7 near Palmetto and Royal streets. He claims the assailant, a 35 year old man, was drinking with him and they had enjoyed the afternoon. He says $18 vanished in the alleged attack.
The Hamilton Whist Club held its first meeting since tent on Monday afternoon with Mrs. J. W. Hunter presiding. Substitutes included Mrs. John Wetzel Mrs. Nease of Philadelphia and Mrs. Lester Campbell. Mrs. Hodgson and Mrs. Campbell had the high scores and were awarded silk hose. Tea and sandwiches were served after the games.
Mr Roderick McKenzie will deliver an interesting lecture this evening at 8 o clock in the parish house of Trinity church with views of Banares. Mrs Oscar Sims will sell home made ice cream on Van Rensselaer street facing Lyons Park Saturday at 4 o clock to benefit the Dauphin Way Baptist Sunday school primary department.
Many friends are glad to hear Miss Anna Boullet is convalescing and able to sit up. The doctor expects she can be moved to her home within a few days.
O Dells place at third base for the Mobile Gulls is vacant as he heads to the San Antonio club. Manager Schmidt will test George Tepe and Baumgardner for the spot while Otto Bluhm may get a chance. Townsend may sign this week as Mobile trims roster to fifteen under new salary limits.
In New York on April 6 boxing circles debated who can force Jess Willard to defend his title next. Billy Gibson offered 15 000 for a May Madison Square Garden ten round bout with Jim Coffey, signaling strong push for a Willard fight. Bob Fitzsimmons praised Willard’s victory and said Willard may hold the title for a long time as the best of the white hope contenders.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a harmless candy tast ing stomach remedy that digests undigested food, relieves sour stomach, gas, heartburn, and dyspepsia within five minutes. It claims quick relief, appetite return, and avoidance of laxatives, urging readers to purchase now.
Harvey B. Jones announces an improved schedule for the Mobile and Bay Shore division effective April 4 adding an extra Sunday train at 7:00 a m to Bayou La Batre and intermediate points. Daily trains run at 9:10 a m and 8:30 p m from Mobile with three Sunday departures.
The snippet notes two departure times. It lists 7 and 9 10 a m followed by 4 p m. No additional context or entities are provided to establish purpose or destination.
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