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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1915
Page
7
A mixed era song fragment and daily reflection piece. It includes a chorus about Alabama self-sufficiency in crops and a satirical verse about cotton farming and social notes. The piece closes with “Thoughts for the Day” urging optimism and resilience and a note of selection.
A testimonial style notice promotes Eckman’s Alterative as effective for lung ailments including tuberculosis. It quotes Arthur Webb and a patient who claims recovery after typhoid pneumonia and TB, urging readers to seek the remedy from Braswell's drug store in Mobile and Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
Instructions for Bran Baking Powder Bread mix dry ingredients add milk or water then bake slowly. Date and Nut Pudding combines walnuts dates sugar eggs flour baking powder and hot oven bake twenty minutes and serve with whipped cream. Garnish ideas from The Mothers Magazine included.
The D A R Continental Congress in Washington on April 19 considers establishing a southern school for descendants of patriots. Georgia backs the effort with support from Mrs T C Parker and Hannah Clarke chapter in Quitman. Over $1,000 is held as nucleus by Mrs Joseph S Ransdell. The St Marys location gains endorsement at the state conference in Atlanta. Also notes gardening tips on transplanting tomatoes and early okra growth.
Grandmother’s old remedy sulphur cream of tartar and molasses is recast as Sulpherb Tablets a sugar coated tonic advertised as a blood purifier and system cleanser. The ad claims quick relief for constipation pimples boils ulcers and sluggishness offering a money back guarantee and a free trial from Prescription Products Company Dayton Ohio.
Readers are advised a method to speed up fruiting by transplanting plants into large pots and greenhouses, even after fruiting begins. A separate letter explains a home washing method for white corduroy, outlining steps from warm soapy wash to drip drying and blueing, claiming lasting results after repeated washes.
The notice lists events in Birmingham including a 2:45 p.m. weekly meeting of the Russell School Improvement Association, an illustrated talk on Benares by Roderick MacKenzie at Trinity Parish House, and a charity card party. Also featured are a D A R dance, a Colonial Minstrels show by the Mobile Business Women's Club, and remarks honoring Mrs. C M Tardy for her D A R and C A R work.
The Clara Schumann Club met Monday morning at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Mrs. James Hagan presided and the group set April 29 for a public rehearsal at the Battle House. Delegates were chosen for the District Federation to meet May 12, with Mrs. Howard Walker and Miss Janie Summersell. The club endorsed the city Federation health committee work and read a moving note from Mrs. Eugene Wehrmann Schaffner, a New Orleans native. Her Austrian husband died in the war, leaving two children.
Mrs Anna Millison of Beallsville Ohio testifies Vinci helped her after years of weakness and insomnia. She says she could eat normally and sleep well again, noting substantial health improvement and vitality. The ad assures Vinci as a remedy for run down and debilitated women.
Probate Judge J B Smith presided over forty cases in Bay Minette Alabama with many minor offenses. docket included hunting without license, assault and battery, prohibition violations, vagrancy, petit larceny, selling mortgaged property, and abandonment of family. A charity concert at Lyric Theatre was planned for May to fund Judson College scholarships and a Mrs Schaffner fund.
In a hot afternoon at the hotel lobby Helen prepares to pack while Warren plans a steamer trip. She discovers a letter from Ruth Black hidden in his pocket, hinting at a covert task and mysteries around Warren. Helen hides concern but reading reveals no romance, leaving questions about Warren’s dealings unresolved.
The Mobile Equal Suffrage Association will hold a meeting Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Cawthon Hotel. Several authorities will speak on topics of interest to the movement.
Octagon House Chapter of Daughters of 1812 meets Monday at Parlor C of the Battle House with Mrs. Shawhan presiding. Mrs. Rivers Rush reads on officer elections to be held at the Waldorf Astoria New York in late April and discusses a Park City excursion in May on Dolly Madison’s birthday.
In 1861 A J McNeill, then a Nashville salesman, joined the 14th Tennessee Regiment G Company under General Lee and later lost hearing from heavy cannon fire at Petersburg. He reports long-standing catarrh but credit Vitalitas for renewed strength and health. Sutton's Drug Store sells it.
In Lamison Alabama on March 31 a marriage was held at the Methodist church for Frank Daniel and Luella Agee both of Lamison. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. Mr. Edford of Pine Hill.
A large assembly of friends and relatives filled the church for a wedding. Out of town guests included Dr Chisem of Selma and Mr Walter Adams arriving from Catherine. Others visiting family in the area were Mrs S E Rains and son Brevard, Mrs Oscar Deran, Miss Ella Dumas, and Misses Zadie and Senior Moore, with local hosts Mrs Claude Skinner and Mrs Laurence Raines attending events in Selma and Gannon Bend.
The Easter party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Summers in Allen Alabama drew many local families including C. L. Dumas J. L. Lawrence Floyd Lawrence and the Mathews family. Dancing ran from 8 to 12:30 with supper hosted for Mary Alma Duke Lorena Fleming and others. A cold wave added seasonal worry for planters as Preston Offa Wiggins and Perry Wiggins attended.
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