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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1915

Page

10

Catholic Young Men of St. Joseph's Meet Spiritual Director

About one hundred young men gathered Monday night at St. Joseph's Hall Bayou St Louis Street for the new spiritual director Rev. Thomas Slevin S J. The meeting, the most enthusiastic yet, added twenty new members to the roll. Father P G Salen pastor of St. Joseph's spoke, as did J D Burns Hervey Charest A Murphy Charles Calametti and Ashenberger. Rev. Thomas Slevin S J. delivered an address that was warmly received and the group pledged support to their director.

St. Joseph's Hfe Association Bayou St. Louis Thomas Slevin P. G. Salen Hervey Charest A.] Murphy Charles Calametti Ashenberger

Feast of the Assumption Observances Begin at St. Matthew’s

A public novena started yesterday at St. Matthew's Church for the Feast of the Assumption. Masses are held each morning after the mass, with children representing absent parents. Mass begins promptly at 7 a.m.

Virgin Mary St. Matthew's Church

What to Use and Avoid on Faces That Perspire

A 19th century style health notice advocates skin care for perspiring faces. It warns that creams and powders clog pores and hinder elimination and breathing, especially in older periods. It promotes melted wax as a healthy complexion solution and provides a recipe for wax wash and a clarifying lotion.

Uncle Wiggily Learns Wood Tennis With Hoptoad Inside Ball

Uncle Wiggily, a rabbit gentleman, tries wood tennis with Johnnie and Billie Bushytail and Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow. He enlists Hippy the hoptoad to ride inside a tennis ball, bouncing it over a net to win against the squirrels and puppies.

Wiggily Longears Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy Uncle Wiggily Rabbit Johnnie Billie Bushytail Squirrel Boys Jackie Peetie Bow Wow Johnnie Bushytail Uncle Hippy Uncle Wregily Uncle Wiggly Uncle Wiszgily Hippie Peetie Billie Biie Wiggily

Mobile Grocers Form New Trade Association in Mobile

Local retail grocers and firm representatives organized the Grocers and Merchants Association of Mobile at the Y M C A hall. Albert J Roh is president with W T Goubil as VP, Robert M Weinacker treasurer, and T J Duggan secretary who helped organize the group. The body aims to influence legislation and promote business and social welfare for members. A 11-member board will be elected next meeting to finalize the organization. The group adopted its constitution and by laws and a Mobile product luncheon and cigars followed the session.

National Grocerymen's Association Y. M. B.A. Hall Grocers’ and Merchans’ Association of Mobile Albert J. Roh A. J. Roh Grocery Company W. T. Goubil Duggan

Diamond From the Sky and Hazards of Helen At Empire

The program features The Diamond From the Sky with Lottie Pickford and Irving Cummings, plus Helen Holmes in The Substitute Fireman. Hearst- Selig News Pictorial shows war scenes and fashions. The seven reel The Rosary with Kathryn Williams plays Wednesday in Mobile, admission 20 cents adults 20 cents children 10 cents.

the Empire Lottie Pickford Irving Cummings Helen Holmes Miss Holmes Hearst- Selig Hearst- Selig News Pictorial

Illinois Athletic Club cancels river marathon swim

The Eastland disaster has prompted the Illinois Athletic Club to cancel its annual river marathon swimming race planned for August 21 in Chicago. The tragedy turned the Chicago River into a graveyard and forced the postponement.

Eastland Chicago Illinois Athletic Club

Bible class program marks fine Sunday school service

Crichton Baptist church in Crichton Alabama held a Sunday school program led by teacher W H Walker with sung items and readings by Mrs H E Charleston Mr J R Ward and others. Several local residents were noted visiting relatives or traveling to Montgomery New York and Gulfport with typhoid fever cases mentioned.

H. E. Charleston Whistler Quartette New York Mrs Imogene Bernieng

Monroe Park Movies Stages Diverse Program

A Tuesday program at Monroe Park features Selig drama Mr Jarr Visits His Home Town, Vitagraph comedy The Raboon Hose Company, and Lubin comic cartoon. The slate showcases a mix of drama humor and animated short subjects for park patrons.

Selig Mr. Jarr Vitagraph Raboon Hose Company Lubin

Spay The Crab Sister-2-Reel Biograph Special

Lubin comedy feature titled Kate Bruce Matilda's Legacy screens as a quirky reel with silent era humor. The fragment note hints at a Biograph release paired with Lubin production using early film stars in a lighthearted domestic scenario.

Kate Bruce Matilda Lubin

Sargol Promises Weight Gain Through Targeted Use

testimonial heavy ad claims Sargol increases weight and flesh with one tablet per meal. It asserts hundreds of people report gains from 10 to 35 pounds, promising a 60 day guarantee or refund if weight does not rise.

What You Should Weigh Guide on Normal Heights

The article explains how life insurers tighten physical requirements and considers weight below normal as a risk. It presents a table of normal weights for men and women by height to help applicants determine conformity to average standards.

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