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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1913
Page
5
A community page lists a bridge party, Shakespeare Club meeting, heart party, children's story hour, a Dr Planck talk with illustrations, and a Rainbow fete at Trinity lawn. Also All Saints’ lawn party, carnival booths, and a memorial note recalling Civil War battlefields with Mobile cemetery services and veterans procession.
The Trinity Workers sponsor a postponed lawn party and rainbow fete on the State Street church lawn this afternoon from 3 to 7. Rainbow booths will feature decorations and a rainbow drill by children as part of the event.
Readers from Auburn New York and St Cloud Minnesota report long standing nervous disorders and weakness eased after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs William H Gil and Mrs Bertha M Quickshapt describe dramatic improvements and recommend the remedy for female ill health.
Crowded houses at the Royal Theatre mark a successful Boys' Union benefit. Mrs. Matthew Brewster and Mrs. Francis Inge organized broad support to aid the cause. Proceeds will fund a rest room and dormitory for working boys downtown with further improvements planned.
A Government Street lawn party by All Saints Sunday school invites both children and adults for a fairy tale themed afternoon from 5 p.m. The event features Miss Black and Mrs. Little guiding tairy tableaux with music and refreshments while guests enjoy a magical elf land atmosphere. Also notes of social visits and upcoming home events in Montgomery, including Mrs. R V Taylor and Mrs. James Lloyd Abbot traveling to Norfolk to meet Lt. Abbott, and invitations for Mrs. John Bradford Davis’s Friday event.
The New Bridge Club enjoyed an afternoon at Mrs. M. C. Le Beau's home at 3 o clock with three regular tables and a guest group of Mrs. J. M. Lavelle Mrs. W. A. Bly Mrs. Sydney Dorgan and Mrs. J. A. Reaves. Dor gan won first prize a hand painted fan and Mrs. Thomson second a embroidered apron. After scores, iced cakes and candies were served. Additional items note visitors in Stockton Alabama and Mobile. William L Harper Birthday Party referenced with continuation.
Mobile residents publicly reaffirm Doan's Kidney Pills as a trusted remedy for kidney weakness. Mrs A J Leibert of Mobile recalls recommending them in 1908 and notes continued family benefit. The product is sold by dealers at 50 cents, with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents.
Eva Chandler, famed Gibson Girl and popular London stage beauty, married Jack Southwell Russell the twenty fifth Baron De Clifford. The wedding ties a leading theatre idol to a noble title in a union noted for its high society spotlight.
Warren plans a lavish Thursday dinner to win Grif f en's backing for a West-coast deal while Helen frets over caviar costs and perfect service. She maps the menu, shops, and a demanding home clean with mounting stress, fearing failure despite Warren's push for elegance.
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