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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1915
Page
3
A poetic piece praises aged hands as beautiful and patient, honoring a mother’s toil. The speaker reflects on shared childhood memories and foresees a future where these hands guide victory beyond life. The verse contemplates memory, aging, and enduring maternal love.
A quotation on friendship by Anna Robertson extols the value of true friends. It notes praise, rebuke, silence, and understanding as signs of a great soul and stresses that being a friend costs much, second only to motherhood in life.
Mrs Edward Harmon Cabaniss of Birmingham chairs a large beauty ball committee with prominent associates to support a charitable cause. The Birmingham News highlights Mobile’s Miss Annie Moore Provost visiting Jackson Alabama as a noted guest and favorite in social circles.
Mrs Henry E Jones of Mobile, though living in Montgomery, placed an ivy wreath on the Jefferson Davis oath star at the capitol Sunday afternoon. The wreath honors the place where Davis took his oath as the nation’s leader.
The Montgomery Advertiser lists Mrs. W. K. Linscott as a member of the new Illiteracy Commission appointed by Governor Henderson. Also named are Miss May N. Moore, longtime president of Athens College, and Mr. J. B. Ellis.
A refined dinner gathering was hosted Wednesday evening by Dr Seale Harris. The event featured an elegant array of courses and notable attendees, reflecting a formal social occasion in the community.
A society matron advises that gala events rely on pre planning by women and hostess vigor. She attributes miseries of backache headaches and nervousness to deranged womanly functions and praises Dr. Pierce Favorite Prescription as a restoring tonic from herbs and glycerine. Readers may request confidential advice from Dr. Pierce at the Hotel Buffalo with a free 36 page booklet.
Dr B L Wyman hosted a compliment to General W C Gorgas at his Highland avenue residence. The dining room featured wild honeysuckle decor and custom telephone memorandum place cards with nurse sketches and national emblems. Out-of-town guest Dr Seale Harris of Mobile attended, and Mrs G Colin of Mobile returned home after visiting her brother.
New York papers celebrate Anne Goldthwaite of Alabama for winning the Emerson McMillen landscape prize with Luxemburg Gardens. Critics praise the piece as bold post impressionistic and fresh, noting her Southern roots influence her art as she returns to New York from Paris.
Hamilton Club picnic leaves the city at 10 30 a m for River Club House Spring Maids Ball Germany Relief Hall hosts at 8 30 p m Woman s Musical Club with Mrs Winston Jones at 8 p m Tuesday Afternoon Sewing Club with Mrs Frank Curtin at 2 30 p m Tuesday Auction Club with Miss Edna Manning at 3 p m Musical Tea at seen W D Stratton s from 5 to 7 p m Field Day Presentation at the Visitation Convent at 3 p m
Evening schedule shows a 8:30 p m Dance Woodmen Pickwickian Club at Moose Auditorium with S&J. Matthew's rectory hosts 11 a m Sewing Club with Miss Louise Tobler 2:30 p m Century Book Club Reciprocity Day 11 a m Wednesday Bridge in Mrs J W Hunter 3 p m THURSDAY Clara Schumann Concert at Caw
An advertisement touts mercorized wax as a quick age reversal. It claims the wax removes the faded outer skin to reveal younger-looking skin with regular use. A wash lotion with saxolite is also offered to erase wrinkles and firm the complexion.
Hotel gathering at 8 p m and matron society events at Settlement Home and Mothers' Club. RIDAY Elwell Bridge Club with J W Hunter at 3 30. Friday Bridge Club with Helen Terrill at 3 p m. Sewing Club with Miss Alice Drago at 10 30 a m. Friday Afternoon Social Club with Mrs Gantt at 3 30. The Seasons of the Year in Poetry and Music featured by Christ Church Chapter.
Meeting of Shakespeare Club with Mrs C J Torrey at 11 o clock. Annual Play Festival at Mobile Public School Kindergarten Lyons Park at 5 pm. College Day Celebration at Miss Lamberts at 4 pm. Picnic of Home Economics Club Lyons Park at 11 am.
Trinity Church holds its annual meeting Tuesday at 8 PM. Vestry elections will be held and reports from all parish organizations will be read. A large attendance is requested.
A party and entertainment to support the foreign mission of Government Street Presbyterian Church will be held at 55 Dexter Avenue on Saturday May 1.
Tuesday afternoon from 5 to 7 oclock a musical tea will be given at the home of Mrs W D Stratton to benefit the Seamen s Bethel. A good program delicious refreshments and good company are part of the attractions.
The division will meet Monday at 4 p.m. in Parlor C Battle House for a season of poetry and music. Christchurch chapter house hosts a Friday evening program on April 30 at 8 o'clock. Daily Day Entertainment features al fresco fun on March 1 at St Mary's School grounds from 4 to 7 p.m.
Personal mentions from the Selma Journal and Times-Picayune note Miss Mary Danner visiting Birmingham hosted by Mrs William Mudd and Miss Annie Moore Provost as guest of Mrs John W Oliver in Jackson Alabama. Other items include Mrs Milton Bacharach visiting her parents and plans to be joined later by Mr Bacharach.
A rain area extends from the Dakotas to the west Gulf Coast with a central low over Nebraska. Heavy rains persist in Texas with about fifteen inches at Taylor and ten inches at San Antonio over eight days. High pressure brings sunny weather and warm highs in the East with 94 in Washington and 88 in Toledo, Louisville, and New York. Shippers forecast moderate temperatures for thirty six hours across the nation. Tombigbee and Alabama river levels show little expected change. Albert Aschenberger, Local Forecaster.
Mobile native John W. Luter announced he would run in the Los Angeles May 4 primary for city attorney. Luter, born and raised in Mobile, moved to Los Angeles about six years ago and is the article’s focal figure.
Some forms of rheumatism are described as acute chronic rheumatic headaches sciatic rheumatism and lumbago. The ad promotes Sloan's Liniment offering instant relief and claims it penetrates to the seat of trouble and soothes the affected part. A 25 cent bottle is advertised with emergency use suggested.
Secretary of State John Purifoy returned to Mobile after a week on the western shore of Mobile Bay studying the oyster industry now under state control. The chief inspector George W. Sprinkles will handle licenses and beds under a new law, with books to be turned over to Purifoy before full implementation.
Whistler Knights of Pythias meet at 4:30 PM at VA O F hall. Third District Sunday School Convention and various county school reports, honors, and promotions detailed. Thieves fatally butcher a cow. picnic at Meyers Landing. Growlers Club fishing trip. local society notices and travels.
Irene Weston presents a dialogue about insight and human nature. A man likens understanding people to reading an iceberg, noting most of a person lies beneath visible actions and words. He urges considering unseen parts to gauge character, then quips about symmetry and varied likenesses.
ADA PATTERSON profiles a man who rose from newsboy to vice president at a major express company. He urged young workers to seek promotion, explaining how persistent study and initiative led him to create currency exchange tables later used by banks and merchants nationwide.
William R Hearst and a party including his wife and John Temple Graves traveled through the city Monday morning on their return from California. Hearst plans a Monday afternoon stay to view the Atlanta Georgian, edited by him, before continuing home.
President W H Reynolds of the Gulf Coast Horticultural Society chartered the steamer Charles E. Cessna for a moonlight hop Tuesday night with delegates to the society's annual convention aboard. Drago's orchestra will provide music for dancing while the 8 to 11 voyage sails from Dauphin street to Jackson Alabama and back.
An advertisement promotes Q Ban Hair Color Restorer claiming it darkens gray hair quickly and evenly with a harmless, non sticky formula. It touts improved hair health, reduced dandruff and itching, and a youthful look with a money back guarantee. Available 50c for a large bottle at Van Antwerp Drug, Mobile.
Firefighters extinguished a small roof fire at 10 Center Street owned by Joseph Walton with slight damage from flying sparks. Convicts William Hare Mabel Foster and Ed Williams were returned to the county jail and placed in the hospital. A Mobile Gun Club shoot is set for Monday at the Government Street loop with refreshments provided by Secretary Vincent. Walter Mayes surrendered to police for passing a car discharging passengers. W G Jones remains ill at home on Dauphin Way. Salvation Army War Cry to feature a city page and views of Mobile.
An advertisement claims anti headache relief with Anti kamma Tablets marketed as a remedy for sick headache sufferers. It urges purchase at drug stores in various small amounts and presents a promise of satisfying results.
Patrolman Galle and Detective Leeds Ludlow faced suspensions as Chief Crenshaw investigated arrest actions on Francis Brown and a sailor arrest incident. A sailor was fined five dollars for drunkenness. another case against a woman ended with a twenty dollar fine.
Savannah Georgia April 26 Jordan Graham assistant attorney general of the United States was principal speaker at the unveiling of the monument at Midway cemetery Liberty County Georgia in memory of Generals Screven and Steward Congress appropriated 10000 dollars for the monument years ago
The Weather Bureau reports an unprecedented April heat wave across the East and North. Temperatures surge beyond normal for the season from cities including Cincinnati Louisville Detroit Grand Rapids Harrisburg Washington Columbus and Buffalo.
A health advisory promotes Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Peppermint as a mild laxative for children to ease digestion. It claims to be free of opiates and gentle, suitable for kids, and notes free trial bottles by writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwell in Monticello, Tennessee.
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