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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1913
Page
5
A playful, rhymed set of lines caress summer themes. It contrasts cures and tools with fruit and farming, then shifts to a summer girl praising a father while lightheartedly noting a diver daughter's presence and duties. The couplets evoke airy, humorous domestic verse.
Mrs Oscar Arnstein and her attractive daughter Aleta return from Fairhope and announce they will move this week to Chicago to live with a wealthy relative. They will also visit Mrs Arnstein's sister in Detroit.
The Marietta with Captain Fd Merkel Carl MacMahon and James Gray as officers began a ten days cruise across Mobile waters. Sunday found the crew anchored off Cohen and guests were hosted at the Barrett residence by Miss Gabriella Garret and visitors Miss Kate Alley of Montgomery and Miss Margharita Ligon.
The article praises Point Clear as a child friendly paradise with clear green waters and a crescent beach. It notes families staying at Point Clear Hotel including Masters James and Howara Mahomer, grandsons of Major and Mrs. James K. Glennon, plus various young guests and children of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Taylor arriving from China for a Southern summer visit.
A passage describes numerous youngsters including Master Billy Lott and Master Clisby Keplinger of New Orleans among about a hundred beneficiaries. They are said to return home by summer's end brown as berries and skilled like mermen and mermaids in Mobile bay waters.
The Dortch family announces improved health after a severe attack last week. Mrs. Dortch, from the Pogues Alabama lineage, belongs to the Mobile D A R chapter and works for church and charity causes. Miss Mildred Dortch, a charming Point Clear summer resident, is at home with Mrs. Dortch.
Miss Ethel Kimball daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Kimball of Dauphin Way sails from New Orleans on the Mallory liner Alamo to visit her cousin Mrs Zoval Bradley in Syracuse New York. After landing in New York City she plans several days with relatives then travels up the Hudson to Albany before reaching Syracuse for a several month stay possibly until Christmas.
Mobile residents disperse for summer breaks with several groups heading to North Carolina. Mrs. Pat Byrne and son stay in Connelly Springs until mid October. Mrs. Harry Hargrove and two children join Hendersonville party. Myrtle and Eleanor Cleveland with Mrs. Walace Cleveland depart for North Carolina Wednesday. Ernest Planck family group joins, Mr Planck to return soon while his relatives remain.
Construction began Tuesday morning on a four story brick structure at 15 17 South Water Street by Jett Brothers Contracting Company for Mobile Drug Company. The fireproof building will house the wholesale drug firm with piling driven due to wet ground near the riverfront.
A blaze at the Bondurant Sanitarium Monday night at 9 58 was due to faulty wiring. An alarm from Box 41 sent but fire companies were not needed. Earlier Monday afternoon a fire damaged a Montgomery street dwelling owned by Mrs Call and occupied by Mrs Bailey, due to a defective chimney.
A cloudburst washed gravel and boulders onto the Southern Pacific tracks at Thishire Nevada nineteen miles east of Sparks burying 1000 feet of right of way. The Salt Lake division travel was delayed twelve hours or more as reported by the Associated Press from San Francisco.
An ad asserts constipation causes many ailments and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to keep bowels regular and prevent disease with sale through ail dealers.
Edward Crawford a millionaire oil operator at Emlenton Pa was instantly killed when his car veered off a road and plunged over a thirty foot embankment His wife Mrs Crawford and three women friends were injured in the same accident reported yesterday at Emlenton Pa
Mrs R B K Mims hosted a Five Hundred gathering at 302 State Street with guests from Jackson Mississippi Meridian and Mobile. Prizes included a handkerchief and confectionery. several attendees plan upcoming travels and health holds.
In London on August 5 Lord Decies challenged overcharging by builders for Sefton Park reconstruction tied to his American wife. The court ordered the builders to refund 66 028 dollars, affirming value received as the standard for outstanding bills.
In a tense domestic scene Alice packs to return home after a heated confrontation with Warren and Helen. Tense dialogue shows Alice's anger and determination to leave, while Warren, Helen, and Aunt Emma grapple with controlling the situation and the implications of her departure.
An inexact advertisement claims Wilson's Freckle Cream will remove freckles or fade them, with a money back guarantee if complexions are not restored. It promises tan removal, offers pricing and mail orders, and lists Albmicht Wood and Van Antwerp Drug Corporation as sellers.
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