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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1916
Page
6
The item lists social department phone numbers and quotes a poem about brides. It notes no groom photos, while bridesmaids appear in ads with veils pearls and plumes. The poem ends with Mina Irving as the newly married man.
A short verse urges doing good without knowing who benefits. The lines compare life to a lighthouse shedding a steady glow guiding ships, with travelers pausing at fountains and moving on. Canon Wilton is credited.
Miss Harry Belle Durant joins a list of ten Birmingham nurses to depart at any moment as Washington orders two divisions of Red Cross nurses to the Mexican border. Miss Bertha Thompson leads the first division with other Mobile and Birmingham staff joining the effort amid social notes of local visits and weddings.
Repeated testing shows Resinol Ointment, aided by Resinol Soap, quickly stops itching and often clears eczema. Doctors commonly prescribe this gentle treatment. Available at druggists. trial free offer from Dept. 27 R, Resmol, Baltimore, Md.
Local notes list Mrs. Arthur Brown returning to Walnut Hill Florida after visiting relatives in Mobile. Many residents and guests are mentioned visiting Immobile and nearby towns with brief updates on their travel plans and hosts.
Samuel Burkett of Dothan was appointed probate judge of Houston County by Governor Henderson to succeed the late A C Crawford. Burkett will assume office immediately in Montgomery Alabama.
An advertisement promotes Magnolia Balm as an easy beauty cream for the skin. It claims the product makes skin look beautiful and offers mail order or local purchase for 75 cents through Lyon Manufacturing Co at 42 South Fifth Street Brooklyn New York. Sample free.
Alabama health authorities said the state reports contagious diseases promptly and has 69 infantile paralysis cases since July 1. They argued comparisons with other states are misleading due to reporting differences and stressed there is no epidemic.
In Memphis Tennessee on August 20 union ice wagon drivers and helpers struck for higher wages and shorter hours. About 200 workers followed the order, leaving consumers to haul ice from factories or distribution stations or go without. Managers planned police protected resumption of service with no violence reported.
James Thomas, charged with burglary, was held to the next term of the city court under a $500 bond after the recorder's court proceeding. He reportedly robbed Grant Christian's Cedar and Manassas home Sunday and was seized in the act by Officer Ike Kruse. Sixty-nine other cases were disposed of, eighteen for gaming, including S. M. Durette fined for vagrancy.
In New York on August 21, a leading hotel announced it will shrink menu cards starting September 1 due to paper scarcity and high costs. Other hotels are expected to follow. Guests needing writing paper and envelopes must request them at the desk.
Reports from the Massachusetts Department of Health say the spread of infantile paralysis has been checked after several weeks of gradual development. Only ten new cases were found in the last forty eight hours as officials consider further preventive regulations.
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