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 28, 1913
Page
10
Advertises Faust Spaghetti as a nutritious meat substitute costing only one tenth the price. A 10c package supposedly contains nutrition equal to 4 lbs of beef, with claims from doctors. Describes durum wheat origins, digestibility, and meal versatility. Offers free recipe book and 5c 10c package sales.
The Roman Catholic ceremony united Miss Carr Sweeney and Mr. J. L. Reinschmidt in Pensacola with Rev Father Fullerton officiating. The reception at the Sweeney home featured generous gifts from family and friends, including a dining set from Reinschmidt Cooperage and a solid silver case, as they depart for a honeymoon stop in New Orleans.
At the Saturday afternoon session of congress week pages paid honor to retiring DAR president general Mrs. Matthew T. Scott. A silver vase was presented with an inscription listing their names, including Mobile page Miss Gertrude Smith, presented by Mrs. Edwin Gregory, committee chair.
A cordial invitation is extended by the D A R women s clubs and the Council of Jewish Women to attend the May Feast of Music, scheduled for Thursday at 3 30.
Crichton Alabama Rev J H Frazer preached at Crichton Methodist Church as a large crowd attended. Rev J B Trotter plans a May revival with Rev W R Bickerstaff of Jackson assisting. A tacky party at the Scholtes home featured Phillypa Krebs and James McManus winning prizes. several residents visited family in nearby towns.
Clara Schuman Club presents a spring concert at the Scottish Rite Cathedral with piano selections by Mrs. J. B. Harvey and Mrs. Julius Goldstein, soloists Miss Mamie Palmer and Miss Louise Buck, and readings linked to spring from composers including Bach Grieg and Weber. The Newman Reading Circle meets Tuesday at 7:45 at Mrs. H. L. Miller’s home.
Modern recall of Dr Kine's New Life Pills claim to cure sick headaches sour stomach indigestion biliousness and restore vigor by purifying the blood. Each pill helps every box guaranteed and priced at 25 cents as recommended by Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
Army officers from West Point and Fort Ethan Allen compete in the annual Rough Riding meet at Fort Myer starting today and running through Wednesday. Captains Hazard Holcombe Blaine and Lieutenants Winfree Duel Lewis lead eliminations with steeplechase and flat races in the open course outside the riding hall. Civilian horse lovers also enter, making it a society event with a large attendance expected.
Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland the featherweight champion and Johnny Dundee of New York completed training for their twenty round bout at Vernon arena. Both fought seven rounds before large crowds in preface to the title match with Kilbane the favorite and some backers betting at 2 to 1.
Social notes reveal Miss Sally Fitzgerald wed Mr Charles von Remportell in Mobile after a visit with her sister Mrs Charles Spicer. Minnie Williams to marry Harry Crabtree on April 30 at the Williams home. Local anecdotes mention visits, moves, home firings and reflections on childhood.
London reports the wife of the first lord of the admiralty was annoyed by publicity over Winston Churchill's Riviera misadventure. Churchill won 2500 dollars at Cannes, then was robbed of his winnings and a wallet with diplomatic information after a young woman spoke with him.
London April 28. Hyde Park hosted a suffragette meeting that drew a riot as youths tried to drag a wagonette to the Serpentine. Mounted and foot police intervened and escorted the suffragettes away amid jeers and thrown turf. A separate fire destroyed Perthshire cricket pavilion and photographic relics, with suspected suffragette involvement.
In Van Buren county twenty miles back in the mountains a quarrel over wool led to two deaths. Carroll Seals of Bledsoe county killed W. D. Parsons, and Tom Carrish killed Seals. Seals' shot in falling discharged into Parsons.
In Columbia a woman reports chronic illness eased by Cardui the woman's tonic. After two months swelling subsided and she regained ability to do housework. She urges others with similar symptoms to try Cardui and requests the Chattanooga Medicine Co. mail information.
Delegates to the second Southern Sociological Congress held Friday night in Atlanta engaged in multiple sessions. Chairmen included Dr. W. S. Ranglin public health from Raleigh and John H. DeWitt on courts and prisoners from Nashville, with Dillard, McKelway, Logan, Rice among others. A general session is slated Sunday afternoon to hear a message from President Wilson.
A cautious note suggests that while possible, it is unlikely that someone could produce a wildly successful English language pop song. The idea remains speculative and not guaranteed to yield a hit.
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.