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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1916
Page
6
A companionable creed appears in verse and local notices praising community ties. The page highlights poems about living near the road and civic clubs in Chautauqua New York. It also catalogs social events in Mobile Alabama including club plans, lectures, weddings, and parties with names of residents and venues.
Mrs. C. Turner and others attend a rehearsal supper hosted by Mr. and Mrs. William R. Thurman for the Luhring Thurman wedding party. Green and white decor set the scene and out of town guests include the groom Paul Luhring and Ehner Luhring from Evansville Indiana and Miss Jane Kendall of Chicago.
Mrs Eugenia Wren and her son Harold return home to Mobile after visiting Mr and Mrs Thomas B Allman. Mr and Mrs W B Nicol also return to Mobile after a visit here. Norman Scholz and Miss Leah Gaston of Fairhope, visiting the Misses Thurman, were mentioned in the same note.
Advertisement for Magnolia Balm claiming to beautify the skin. Offered for 75 cents at local druggists or by mail from Lyon Manufacturing Co. 42 South Fifth Street Brooklyn New York. Free sample available.
Edna Kent Forbes recounts matinee chatter about a leading actress. The piece contrasts backstage rituals with public praise of complexion, noting cold cream, minimal water, and milk use. It includes Q A on gray complexions and anemia remedies, recommending sleep, milk, fruit, salads, water, and daily baths.
Fannie asks to publish a cold cream recipe but replies to advise against steaming the face more than once or twice weekly. She requests a self addressed stamped envelope to receive the recipe.
The column lists Josephine and Walter Linscott traveling unaccompanied from Mobile to Fulton Kansas to visit grandmother Mrs S K Linscott. It notes Mrs Miss Shelley Lee and Molite Taylor returning from Uniontown Alabama and plans for Kushla visits. Other items mention Norma Boulet’s trip to Gadsden, Dr. Malcolm Burke’s trip to New York, Grey Gibson’s move toward Columbia University, Rev Ernest Johnson in New York, Dr Slosson’s northern trip, Mrs Dan Reilly hosting Mrs Arthur White in Pensacola, Muriel Bromberg’s Birmingham departure, Frank Barry Sr and Loretta Elizabeth visiting Battles Wharf, G H Fincher in Mobile, Lillian Seifert’s Meridian and Bessemer stays, and Grace St Clair’s appendicitis recovery.
King Victor Emmanuel entered Gorizia today amid heavy Austrian artillery fire crossing Lucinio bridge. He visited the city hall to review civil restoration efforts as girls nearby cheered and a crowd demonstrated during his motor tour.
Paris dispatch says the French gained ground north of the Somme river near Clery and captured trenches near Estrees and Soyecourt south of the river. Artillery remained active along much of the front, with additional field guns taken at Guillemont and several trench portions occupied southwest of Estrees and east of Soyecourt, and prisoners were taken.
In Chattanooga Tennessee on August 22 Associated Press reports a failed street car strike ended with a quiet city today. Demonstrators previously thronged main streets and car lines urging a strike, but by morning the cars ran on schedule with conductors and motormen largely loyal to the company.
A last night demonstration remained largely peaceful with few violent acts. Police arrested thirty seven people many were bystanders drenched by water discharged from streams directed by officials to disperse the crowd.
In Chicago on Aug 22 the National Association of Dancing Masters declared the tango must go. The convention promotes the waltz one step and fox trot as the fashionable dances of the season.
London Aug 22 Furness Withy and Company Limited has secured a preponderating interest in the Prince Line steamers of Prince Line Limited Newcastle on Tyne. The fleet consists of more than forty vessels ranging from 2 000 to 6 000 tons operating in various global trades.
A guide to reviving sun and wind damaged skin using mercorized wax as a gentle peel and a simple night routine. It recommends applying mercorized wax before bed and washing off in the morning, plus a saxolite and witch hazel wash to tighten and firm the skin.
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