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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1916
Page
6
Local notes celebrate home life and motherhood with quotes on kindness and duty. A Mobile visit list includes Mrs. Pope and Mrs. Hooks. Mrs. Blacksher plans a Government Street home. Fairhope hostesses gather for games. Rosa Coates enjoys Vermont camp life. lectures on child study and motherhood travel from Fairhope to Greenwich and beyond.
A column urges healthy eyes as beauty, arguing glasses harm appearance and eye strain worsens vision. It explains light refraction, rubbing harms the eyeball, and rest helps tired eyes, noting practical tips like clean linen and avoiding use of strained eyes. A Louisiana reader asks about a seventeen year old with eye issues.
Thursday Greenville wedding features Elizabeth in a white lace frock and georgette crepe gown with duchess satin trim. The couple plan a Pacific coast bridal tour with stops at Puget Sound Yellowstone Park and Lexington before settling in Lowndesboro mid September. social notices include Missionary Society meeting at 5 PM and a Lawn Party for a good cause at 314 St Emanuel Street.
An old column advises removing sun damage by applying ordinary mercorized wax to the face at bedtime. The wax is said to absorb surface skin, yielding a smoother complexion with minimal inconvenience, then washed off with warm water.
Enclosed note requests sending less developed directions to Katharine P. The reply notes the envelope was not enclosed and promises to mail the directions. The message mentions a daughter who suffers from a constant condition.
An advertisement touts Magnolia Balm as an easy skin beauty product. It claims many ladies are beautiful except for their skin and offers the remedy for 75 cents. Available at druggists or by mail from Sample Free Iyon Manufacturing Co. in Brooklyn New York.
Mrs Henry D Clayton of Montgomery visits Georgetown Kentucky with her mother Mrs Davis after returning from Panama where Judge Clayton served on the U S court. Mrs Carl Seals of Birmingham stays in Montgomery near her husband Major Seals stationed at the mobilization camp. Miss Annie Kern of Mobile visits Willa Inmans in Pensacola and has many local friends. The Sibleys of Montrose plan a move to Mobile as do Mr and Mrs Edgar Stapleton and family. Ernest Ladd and family who summered at Burgess house plan a North to stay until cooler weather. Helen Turner spends Monday in Mobile. Mrs B Gaston ill with rheumatism. Miss Leah also mentioned.
Whistler residents travel to Frierson Cot ton Valley and Bryan Alabama for visits lasting weeks. Families return from Alabama Georgia North Carolina and New Orleans trips. A transformer outage left Whistler homes and businesses without power Sunday and Monday night.
The three month old son of Mr and Mrs Lee Courtright died. Funeral service was conducted by Rev Father Daniel Brady at the family home 503 Charleston street. Burial followed at Magnolia cemetery with many floral offerings. Mrs Emma B Greer aged 67 died at 314 St Joseph street after brief illness. She was a native of Marengo county Alabama and had lived in Mobile 36 years. She is survived by son J A Greer two sisters and other relatives. Burial set for Wednesday.
The piece argues against wholesale denunciation of proprietary medicines and contrasts it with distrust of the medical profession. It cites Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy aiding women’s health and ills peculiar to their sex.
Birmingham church leaders met behind closed doors at the YMCA to map a campaign against Sunday movie showings. Dr. N A Barrett declined to reveal petition details or numbers signed. A follow up meeting is planned next Monday as signatures neared one thousand.
Birmingham Alabama August 8 Ten thousand invitations are being mailed to Alabama merchants for the Alabama Merchants Association convention to be held in Birmingham September 5 6 and 7 as officials anticipate the largest gathering yet with a busy program and novel features to entertain and profit the participants. The acting general manager of the Chamber of Commerce leads the preparations and cooperates with Mr Everett to ensure a record turnout and smooth proceedings.
Quotations posted today by the Standard Oil Company reduced Louisiana light oil ten cents a barrel. It is the fourth cut since July 25. Caddo is quoted at 1.15 dollars and De Soto at 1.05. Red River and Caddo heavy remain at 0.65.
The probate court issued marriage licenses Tuesday to Walter Rieley Bilbo and Agatha V. Williams, Earl Household er and Florine T. Scott, Ollie Hubbard and Lillie Swinson.
Mrs. Anna Kadin of Pencerport, N Y, says Chamberlain's Tablets gave her positive lasting relief from frequent indigestion and constipation after trying prior remedies. The advertisement notes the medicine is obtainable nationwide.
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