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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1916
Page
6
The piece discusses makeup as a neutral topic, offering advice on natural-looking rouge, application tips, and when to apply color. It mentions hair dye questions, social events, and a mobile social scene with guests and Bunco entertaining, concluding with an ad for Hagan Magnolia Lotion.
The verse warns that skeetahs bite as summer arrives and urges vigilance. It humorously contrasts sleep, meals, and fights with the onset of skeetah activity. The speaker notes the danger of the creature and the difficulty of hiding, fighting, or sleeping as it nears.
The piece notes Confederate women in the South receiving state support in homes for old age. Fayetteville North Carolina hosts a new state funded home costing over 16000 dollars, with Texas and Mississippi also operating similar facilities. It frames these homes as moral, patriotic acts to aid aging women who aided the Confederacy.
The note asks for safe DIY beauty items due to distance from shops. Suggestions include cucumber infusions, lemon juice for blemishes, yogurt masks, oats for exfoliation, honey for moisture, and basic plant-based toners. Emphasize patch tests and simple, nonirritating recipes using common kitchen ingredients.
Mary asks about dyeing gray forehead hair to match dark brown hair. The reply warns against dyes this year due to a shortage of reliable dye stuffs affecting many trades. Suggests using massage and hair tonics to revive gray hair and wait at least a year before trying more artificial methods.
Mrs Alice Tew trains a group for a September concert at Odd Fellows Hall to aid Mechanics Lodge No 69. A Duncan Reading Room movie night drew low attendance. Altruistic Club plans weekly showings Wednesdays at 8 o'clock with 5 and 10 cent tickets. Social Dramatic Club performs The Man From Maine at Crichton Baptist church for church support. July payroll checks to be distributed. paymaster to cash red checks. some shops closed to repair storm damage. William M Cato visited Mobile.
The U S Geological Survey will supply a topographical map of Mobile and Baldwin counties as funds allow. The Chamber of Commerce announced the move after local efforts to obtain the map. Director George Otis Smith said the department recognizes the community’s need and will begin preparations soon.
Summer residents on Padre Island were removed to the mainland by the Brazos Island coast guard. Barometers fell to 29.60 as the tropical hurricane nears the Rio Grande mouth. The Weather Bureau says inland camps will feel little impact while the lower coast is shielded by Padre and Mustang islands.
Secretary Daniels reported that the battleship Virginia led Atlantic fleet individual practice for 1915 and 1916 with 71.54 percent, while Texas led division practice at 73.56 percent. Nebraska and Michigan followed in individual practice, with Utah, Delaware and South Carolina leading division results. Publication of the underlying data was deemed not in the public interest.
Returned and regular Sabbath services at Government Street Temple were announced by Dr. A G Moses on his return from the North. Evening service at 8 o clock this evening and morning service at 10 o clock Saturday were scheduled.
Yesterday in probate court jurors were called for duty. Miss Ida May Wooten of Mobile visits Miss Peterson. John Carson returns to Pensacola after visiting friends here. Mrs Zanie Goleman and children return from a two weeks visit to Chicora Mississippi.
Skin must breathe and perspire to stay healthy. many creams and powders clog pores. Use ordinary mercorized wax, which absorbs odors and unclogs pores, allowing the skin to breathe and reveal a fresh complexion. Apply nightly for a week or two and wash off in the morning. A wash lotion from saxolite and hazel dissolves to remove wrinkles.
Professor Angelo Suffich, director of the First Regiment A N G band, is in Mobile on a ten day furlough and praised for raising the band’s standard by Montgomery musicians. Captain A C Danner, retired businessman, returns from northern summer resorts including Lake Chautauqua. G B Harris, Wabash travelling agent, Birmingham, is in Mobile on business and given an ovation by railroad circles. Zack L Nabors of Birmingham visits Mobile on business and stays at the Battle House. T J Hughes of Electric Mills Mississippi visits Mobile and stays at the Cawthon.
Rev Father Cassidy led the funeral for Jacob Schaffer Thursday afternoon from the family home at 457 St Emanuel street and from St Vincents Catholic church. Large crowd attended with a Mechanics Relief Association delegation present. Burial followed at Catholic cemetery with flowers on the grave. pallbearers included Joseph Heller C Baratge John R Gale B O McNellage P J Pearson and Frank Martin.
After a long illness Martha Brady a lifelong Mobile county resident died Thursday at 3 45 pm at her Pine Grove home She was fifty and survived by four children three brothers two sisters and other relatives Funeral services were held Friday and burial followed at Woolf Ridge cemetery.
Mr. Joseph Case age 64, native of Ireland, resident of Mobile for 62 years, died Friday morning at his Conti Street home after a long illness. He is survived by one brother John Case and a nephew Duncan Case of San Antonio, Texas, plus other relatives.
Albert R. Dickson a British subject and mine owner from Washington mines near Huepac Sonora was shot and killed in an ambush after meeting three Mexican cowboys near Arizpe. Jim Parke an American was killed. Norton Hand escaped and was later detained and released. Dickson’s brother plans to transport the body to California for burial.
A Alabama druggist Mr Cothram testifies after years of use that Granger Liver Regulator is the best liver remedy he has sold and used in his family. The product is described as a non-alcoholic vegetable tonic kept in airtight tin boxes and endorsed by pharmacists nationwide.
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