Leaf of Renewal in a Child’s Lesson
A teacher notes a pupil begging for a new leaf after ruining the old one. The teacher replaces it, the child smiles with relief, and the ritual echoes a solemn year ending in household memory.
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1915
Page
3
A teacher notes a pupil begging for a new leaf after ruining the old one. The teacher replaces it, the child smiles with relief, and the ritual echoes a solemn year ending in household memory.
Dr. J J Caldwell warns of a detressing disease not shortening life or curable. Sufferers face periodic attacks with relief only from palliative measures and diet. Two ti kamnia tablets at first symptoms and one every two hours during an attack reportedly shorten pain and bring rest. Anti kamnia tablets are sold by druggists under AK name.
Poetic vignette celebrating spring mood with lines about bloom time tune time and dancing March toward April and May. It evokes happiness love birds treetops and cheerful renewal with no time for sighing and a call to laughter and song.
The Red Cross Christmas seals raised about forty million dollars nationwide during the 1913 holiday season. Since 1908 the drive has generated nearly two million dollars in gross receipts, funding the fight against tuberculosis and enabling thousands to seek treatment and recovery.
The Congressional Record exposes alleged gambling by Mrs William Ritt formerly Katherine Elkins. Representative Isaac R Sherwood reads a Los Angeles despatch noting Beadleston won the polo round robin and that Hitt bid in Beadleston at an auction pool for 35 dollars and won a 700 dollar pot.
The Red Cross Society relies on Christmas seals beyond sales and the author praises Miss Emily P. Bissell for her humanitarian impact. She is portrayed as a mother to the world, preferring anonymity and recognition of the cause over personal glory.
The article traces the evolution of the women's club from literary study to civic and statewide federation. It argues that federated cooperation among clubs benefits individual members and advances state wide improvements led by women. It notes the federation welcomes unfederated clubs and highlights shared gains from membership.
Richmond Pennsylvania resident Mrs Frank Clark describes severe fatigue nervousness and headaches improving after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound The testimonial praises the years long use and recommends the product to other women and urges trying the remedy from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
The speaker extols federation as a path to tangible gains in literature, district and state meetings, and the uplift of the country. She notes club strength grows with larger bodies and urges every Georgian woman to join, becoming her brother's keeper and expanding service beyond local limits.
The Panama Pacific Exposition selects three leading American women: Mrs Zekia Nuttall of Corcoran Mexico for archaeology, Miss Katherine Davis of New York for prison reform, and Miss Jane Addams of Chicago for social settlement work. The article also covers a Newman Circle meeting at Miss Katie Hurley's home with musical performances and papers on Easter themed topics.
Oakdale residents report weekend visits with relatives and small moves. Juanita Crawford fractured her collarbone in an accident. Wesley Figerow anticipated to return from Mexico. Families gathered at Alabama Port and aboard the City of St. Joseph steamer route. Grace Chapel Girls Social and Sewing Club hosted a lawn party with strong turnout. St Matthew's Church held Easter egg hunt at Mrs. O'Neal's home with games music and refreshments.
William Morris was thrown from his motorcycle on the chert road between Kushla and Paynes, suffering injuries to his knee and wrist. The incident occurred last Friday, with no serious complications reported as yet.
An advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery as a cure for colds urging readers to have faith in the medicine. It claims the remedy penetrates throat linings, kills germs, and aids natural healing rather than superficial treatment.
The Mobile Equal Suffrage Association will hold a meeting at the Cawthon hotel Thursday afternoon at four o clock. Several authorities will give talks on the movement.
The Ladies of Charity will hold a called meeting Friday at 5 PM at the Conti street asylum. Members are urged to attend as matters of importance will be discussed.
A drawing room dance hosted by the Under Five Flags Chapter of the DAR will be held at Mrs. N. H. Boykin's home, 201 St. Louis Street, Friday April 9 at 7 30 p.m. The program includes feature dancing followed by general dancing.
The Prichard School Improvement Association calls a 7 30 p m meeting at the school to discuss pressing matters. Dauphin Way and Prichard Methodists held a quarterly conference and the Prichard Ladies Aid served refreshments afterward.
Delegates from Greenville and surrounding country represent the county's Sunday schools at the State Sunday School Convention in Dothan.
An advertisement claims feverish scalp irritation causes hair loss as roots shrink and hair loosens. It promotes Danderine a 25 cent bottle to rub into the scalp to remove dandruff and stop hair loss after a few applications.
The Colonial Minstrels will perform at the Lyric theatre on Saturday April 10. The event is led by Thds' Business Women's Club with Mrs. Hardee Senter-Rowley at the helm and features colonial lasses and lads including Cathryn Amrock and Genevieve Sherman among many others.
The Dawes Bible School Lincoln Easter program drew large attendance and strong praise. Guests included Mr and Mrs A B Parks and two children visiting Cottage Hill for a week. Visitors from Mobile and Chicago were noted among locals in Dawes.
The text notes the Congressional Record as a familiar reference for citizens while stressing that welfare of the nation matters more than casual reading of the record. It frames the record as a household journal tool for informed public discourse and governance.
Woman’s health depends on careful regulation of a temperate approach to digestion. The text notes that harsh purgatives harm the system and promotes a mild laxative with simulative herbs and pepsin sold as Wells’s Syrup Pepsin. Readers are urged to obtain a free trial by writing to Dr Caldwell, 452 Washington’s Monticello, His.
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