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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1915
Page
3
A reflective verse by Ella Wheeler Wilcox asserting that all events, including sorrow and punishment, serve a higher eternal plan. The speaker trusts that growth comes through suffering and that whatever occurs is for the ultimate good, to be judged from a future perspective.
James Jordan track foreman N B Jordan B R I P Co along with N Simmons and C H LaRue endorse Vitalitas for stomach ulcers back pain and general tonic use. They claim immediate relief and long term benefits with widespread cures noted and recommend Suttons Drug Store as a source.
A compilation quotes urging a serene life and steadfast virtue. It contrasts steady piety with practical thrift and self discipline while warning of money’s proliferating power and its potential consequences through generations.
A reader suggests a safe method to remove blackheads using two ounces of plain powdered neroxin sprinkled on a hot wet sponge. Rub briskly, wash, and the blackheads dissolve, leaving skin with no mark. Pinching or squeezing is discouraged as it irritates and enlarges pores.
Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railway outlines connections from Calvert and York to Meridian Tuscaloosa Birmingham and East with intermediate stations and direct links to improve regional rail service.
Mr Marx H Rosenbaum of Meridian will wed Miss Clarice Klein on April 20 at Temple Beth Israel. He was honored at a stag supper Saturday night at Hotel Meridian for the bridal party’s gentlemen friends. Covers for twenty one, center with a bridal costume banner reading I am a Suffragette. Milton Kohlman of Mobile attended.
Mrs Volney Liddell hosted an informal two table bridge party as Mrs Marion J Wise of Mobile visited Natchez Miss At the end of the games Mrs Wise was presented with a lovely bouquet of roses in Natchez News Democrat report
The Hamilton Whist Club met on Monday afternoon at 3 with Mrs. C. L. Lavretta presiding. Last week’s session was postponed due to members attending a D. A. R. card party. Winners in the three pairs of silk hose were Mrs. Joseph Hodgson Mrs. B. F. Adams and Mrs. John Wetzel. Tea and sandwiches were served after the game.
The following invitations have been prepared for a birthday dance in honor of Miss Katie Molon. Family and friends are invited to join the celebration with music and refreshments. The event details appear on the attached cards for RSVP.
Thousands with sore feet are promised fast relief using Calocide compound in a warm foot bath. Two spoonfuls soak feet for fifteen minutes then gentle rubbing removes soreness, coins, and callouses. Calocide purportedly penetrates to remove the cause. Twenty-five cent packages sold at drug stores. Prepared by Medical Formula Dayton Ohio.
A leading specialist reports pure bisulated magnesia can instantly relieve stomach pains from indigestion and acidity. One teaspoonful in water after meals neutralizes acid, soothes the stomach lining, and provides rapid relief with lasting effect.
The Home Economics group holds its annual officer election at 11 a.m. in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. A bridge party for Miss Willie Duncan is at 3 p.m. Newman Circle meets with Mrs. M White at 7 45 p.m. A luncheon and bridge party honoring Mrs. Val Taylor are scheduled for 3 30 p.m. with Mrs. A M Bright assisting.
Leaving city at 10 30 a m in autos Wednesday Bridge Club with Mrs Cc B Hayes at 10 30 a m one area are Mrs H H Duffee at 4 p m wedding Chichester Fox at home 3 30 p m wedding Wahl McKenzie at St Peters Church Fulton Road at 8 30 a m bridge party Miss Loretta Byrne to Miss Margaret Merrill at 3 p m
Thursday program items include a 2 30 p meeting at Mrs A Crooks and a 3 30 p Mothers eClub event at Settlement Home. An afternoon private view of etchings in black runs 4 to 6 o'clock Thursday at the Athelstan Club arranged by John A Wetzel.
Friday events include German Relief Hall at 8 30 p m and Elwell Bridge Club at 3 p m with Mrs D P Bestor Jr at 3, No Trump Card featuring Miss Rebecca Herndon at 1 p m, Social Club at Mrs J T Head 133 New St Francis St at 2 30, and Shakespeare Birthday celebration at Mrs J B Harvey's home at 4 p m.
Saturday events include Danse Pour Les Jeunes Gens at Columbus Hall starting 7 45 PM and a Shakespeare Club meeting with Mrs C J Torrey at 11 o clock.
Miss Katie Mae Niplan requests the honor of your presence at her birthday dance Tuesday April 20 1915 at Smith parlors 8 p m.
The executive board meeting of the Mobile Federation of Women's Clubs is convened for Wednesday at 10 30 AM in the Colonial Room of the Cawthon hotel.
A lawn party for St Vincent's school is planned for Tuesday afternoon starting at 4 o'clock. Home made cake candy and ice cream will be among the delights available at this fair.
Toulminville thrives as socials and parties fill nights while residents welcome visitors. The Ladies Eyed Society and the School Improvement Association receive much credit for community growth. The school has three teachers and a well lit building used as a social center. Beulah Richardson visited from Hickory Grove. Joe Trett injured in a motorcycle accident near Lyman Toulmin.
Friday April 23 at 3 p.m. a called meeting of the Old Shell Road School Improvement Association is announced with a large attendance requested. Also noted are a mask dance on April 30 at German Relief Hall and parish festival plans for St John’s church on April 22.
The Helping Hand Society of the Baptist church will assemble at Miss Olivia Clancy’s residence in Mobile on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Box supper planned by the School Improvement Association at Phillips Hall on April 20. Several local social updates note visits and returns among Prichard and nearby towns.
Mobile social circle buzzes over the Blackfriars arrival as local talents host a matinee and evening performance of A Bachelor's Romance at the Lyric Theatre. The Gulf City audience anticipates a prominent Mobile girl in the cast.
A surprise birthday gathering was held Friday night at Tom Ben Willison’s home on Clinton Avenue hosted by the girls’ baseball club. Guests included Bessie and John Stone, Douglas and Margaret Thomason, Dorothy, Frances and Eugene Dodge, Agnes Cooper, Helen Barton, Sumner Greer, Dot Ransom, Eugenie Hinton, Charles, Earl and Waring Willison, Amy, Dora and Edith Cole. Refreshments were served by Hattie Willison and Agnes Cooper. The Little Girls Sewing Club will meet Wednesday at Dorothy Dodge’s home, who is club president. Rev. D Y Register and his bride will attend a reception Friday night at Mr. and Mrs. Willison’s Clinton Avenue home. All Methodist church members over 14 are invited.
Mechanics Lodge No. 69 I O O F will meet at 7 30 this Tuesday at the hall. All degree team members are urged to attend as Captain James W Tucker has work for them. A box party will be held tonight at Mrs Allie Stewarts residence Eight Mile station. public invited. Mr Paul Cazalas and family visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Charles.
Residents and visitors populate the town with family visits, young travelers, and a few relocations. Mary Louise James and family enjoy a Sunday with P W Kelly. Miss Daly of Syracuse visits friends here. Ethrie Rice leaves for Okolona to start a new accounting clerk post. Augustus Rayford serves jury duty in Mobile this week. A committee gathers evergreens for Good Fellows Club hall decorations.
Oakdale reports Mr and Mrs Johnnie Gunter of Toulminville have relocated to Balti more and Marine streets. F D Nelson of Barnwell Ala visits Mobile. The Young People's Branch of the W C T A plans a meeting Tuesday at 8 30. Clifford Smith of 58 Magnolia Street improves after an accidental shot to his left arm. Buck Taylor Monro e Park manager leaves for New Orleans to arrange moving pictures for the new season opening Sunday May 2, and will be away several days.
Salitpa residents Mrs. N. T. Beverly and daughters Misses Mattie Mae and Hattie Pet and son Chris of Union Chapel visited relatives over the weekend. Stewart and Gunn of Frankville called on friends, Jesse Lamberth traveled to Jackson on business, Mabel Robinson Mary Turner and C T McCorquodale shopped in Mobile, Nathalie Morton and her mother visited Grove Hill, and several Coffeeville residents passed through en route to Jackson and Mobile. Alma Robinson and Katie White departed Monday.
In southeast Alabama Dothan and Taylor residents visit relatives across the region. Coffeeville guests Mrs. W. Robinson and Mr. W. J. Lamberth travel to Atmore. Grace Davis of St Stephens visits grandparents I J Pitman. Rev Lt B Gilmer from Coffeeville preaches here. Joe McCorquodale visits Womack Hill. Mrs J P White and Alma Robinson visit Campbell area. C C May visits Jackson Span day. Hudson and a companion visit Union Chapel. Miss Lou White of Coffeeville visits Mrs C L Dix. Dennie May visits West Bend.
Montgomery figures W H Bailey and Mrs B E May join Mrs N Marshall and others at the Cawthon Hotel for several days. Orrville and Blodgett visitors stay at the Cawthon. Distant guests include Mrs S G Blackwell of Pittsburgh and Mrs Edward F Clements of New York at the Cawthon. Battle House lists Chichester and others. Blenville hosts Hall and Weaver. St Andrew hosts Powell Everett Roach McCleary. Windsor hosts Carter Joullan Sanders Smith and Evans.
River Ridge Alabama resident Hunter McDuffee will be a guest at Battle House in Mobile on Monday for several days.
Marvin Johnson of Southwest Elmira Delaware was arrested by Officers Kennedy Mabry for assault with a stick. Complainant Hi Rice. Marriage licenses issued to Louis Wilkinson and Fox and to Spencer and Jamie Thomas. Will Jordan charged with assault with a knife. W. T. Dick fined ten dollars and costs and six months at labor. Joseph Barrett of Toulminville injured in a motorcycle fall on Conceptions Road and died after weeks in the hospital.
Jackson Redd and O B Gambreh were jailed after police charged them with operating a blind tiger in a Prichard area. Sheriffs Delchamps and Lynch booked them, later lodging bonds for their criminal court appearance. Officers found a small quantity of liquor at the scene on Saturday night.
The Chicora Drug Co of Chicora Mississippi faces closure after a Monday morning attachment action. W E B Aut of Chicora operates the store, with first attachment by Ard Drug Co of Meridian and second by Arthur H. son of Chicora. The business had been open a little over three years. amount of indebtedness not stated.
Sir Thomas Clouston died yesterday at age 76 born in 1840. He married Storer of New Haven Connecticut.
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