This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1915
Page
3
A dramatic poem by George W. Cutter contrasts human power with an iron force that overthrows limits. It envisions vast industrial and military prowess reshaping earth and sea, then shifts to a wartime appeal praising resilience and self help. The piece ends with a call to harness this power despite restraint.
The April Woman's Home Companion argues economy is not hoarding and cites Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish criticizing unnecessary curtailment. It says prosperity suffers when those with means cut consumption and notes retrenchment should target real needs, not all expenditures. A popover recipe from The Mother's Magazine accompanies.
The Grahams discuss repainting parts of their home in water color instead of wallpaper. Ellen favors yellow and blues for sunlit rooms while Bobby pushes red. mother proposes cream walls with red accents to please him.
New York April 9. Jessie Hardy Stubbs urges women as guardians of the future to end social evils. She argues marriage is a partnership with economic equality and calls for female independence at home and focus on producing healthy, productive children.
In a Women’s World piece from April a sister proposes a bold home project mixing the reddest red walls with a greenish tan for balance. She sketches a wild geese border from a stencil catalog while a brother-influenced design discussion unfolds.
A meeting of the Old Shell Road School Improvement Association is set for this Friday evening at o'clock at the schoolhouse.
Friday activities include bridge at 3 p m with Miss Marie Clifton and a social with Mrs H H Wilson. Fifth Anniversary Dance by Phi Psi Chi at Delta Sigma Battle House Auditorium at 8 p m. Drawing Room Cotillon at Mrs Nina Boykin's. birthday party for Gaillard Burden 4 to 6 p m. Camp Fire meeting at Armory hall 8 p m. Saturday features Discards with Miss Mabel Houstis at 3 p m. Shakespeare Club with Mrs C J Torrey at 11 a m. Alpha Beta Lambda Sigma monthly meeting at Burton Academy 10:30 a m. Ladies of Charity hold urgent meeting Friday 5 p m at Conti street asylum. Drawing Room Cotillon Friday April 9 at 7:30 p m at 201 St Louis street by Under Five Flags Chapter D A R. Lienkauf School Improvement Association meets Friday 3:30 p m at the school.
The Colonial Minstrels perform matinee and night shows on Saturday April 196 at the Lyric theatre under the Mobile Business Women's Club. Matinee at 3 pm directed by Mrs Rowley to aid the Magnolia Beach Fairhope home building debt. Apron sale April 12 at the Orphan Asylum corner Conti and Franklin streets 4 to 8 pm with aprons candy and refreshments for children.
Berlin dispatch reports the American embassy informed Berlin that Lieutenant Von Schierstaedt and Lieutenant Count Strachwitz, prisoners in French hands, are to be treated as prisoners of war not criminals. The German press had urged reprisals, and earlier word said they were sentenced to deportation for alleged pillaging.
The Mother's Club met Thursday afternoon at the Settlement Home. Miss Jeter led a lesson on Matthew six teen verses including Let your light so shine. Eighteen mothers and seven children attended. coffee and doughnuts followed. Ww. C. T. U. notes add that state officers tour Mobile in spring. next night meeting set two weeks hence at North Side Baptist church with contests. A Bethel April 15 literary event is planned for soldiers and sailors with no refreshments. speakers should notify Mrs. Anna B. Hail.
Bob Lamb of Barker Cotton Mill district dies at City Hospital and is buried at Wolf's Ridge. Mrs Holley breaks a limb but is reported to be recovering. Dewey Kimball sustains a broken collar bone but is doing well. Apr 20 box supper planned at Phillips Hall to fund a school library. Theatre crowds travel from Prichard to the city. Williard Andrus and Tiliana Portevent wed in Mobile. Virginia Cato arrives from Knoxville to visit son H A Cato.
August Buerger files in law and equity court against Mobile Light and Railroad for 1000 damages after his automobile was struck by a street car on April 9 1914 at Broad street Savannah.
The club re elected Mrs. James Hagan as president and named officers including Mrs. H C Hanson vice president Mrs N A Yuille corresponding secretary Mrs J J Bartee treasurer Mrs John Ramsey auditor Mrs S B Shuford state federation director Mrs S S Murphy district federation director and Mrs A W Metcalf as chairman with Mrs Ramsey recording secretary The meeting covered Woman's Share and reports on Women Admission to Professional Life and Women as Lawyers Journalists Doctors and Preachers.
The report notes that every Democrat present and Republican senators voted on a measure amid a decisive display. Democratic Leader Wagner made a determined stand against the bill as it passed the assembly.
One thousand women in New York aim to raise 1 million dollars by April 26 through a combined benefit for the unemployed in New York the destitute in Belgium and non combatants of the war zone. Notable participants include John Jacob Astor Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt Mrs John R Drexel Douglas Robinson Cardinal Otto H Kahn and Mortimer Schiff.
When a baby is cross and fretful the bowel condition is likely deranged. A mild laxative helps. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is pleasant and gentle. Drug gists sell bottles of fifty cents and one dollar. Free trial bottle offered by Dr W B Caldwell at Monticello Tic.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.