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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1916

Page

6

Social News From Mobile and Around Alabama

Mrs. Trubbell notes etiquette and a Baptist Tabernacle music program with Miss Thelma Green and others. Mrs. Holbrook plans to attend the Atlantic City suffrage convention, with a long Alabama delegate list. Mobile social events include dances, visits, story hours, and a Dog River house party with fishing and outings.

the Baptist Tabernacle Thelma Norma Green Walter Medlock Miss Kennedy Dyas W. E. Lockler Lida Dickerson Mamie Mobley Holbrook Martin Holbrook Atlantic City National Board Alabama Solon Jacobs Birmingham Julian Parke Selma D. Street Guntersville Milton Humes Huntsville Felix Baldridge Evelyn Greene Pell City Fred Koenig Columbiana C. B. Prowell Tuscaloosa O. R. Handley Amelia Worthington John Ruxford, Jr Demopolis Kleavent Hobe Athens J. . Baker Myrtle Stork Harold Gup Garner Hoffman Jerry Denton Dog River Ruth’ Clemots Antoinette Burgoyne Thompson

Whistler Residents Take Trips for Visits and Returns

Mrs M A Graham and son Malcolm left Saturday for Birmingham Alabama to visit relatives. Dr and Mrs Ratcliff returned to Lucedale Mississippi after visiting Mr and Mrs Thomas H Rawls. Elizabeth Gee and daughter Maymee and granddaughter Gladys will spend ten days in Rich ton Mississippi with Mr and Mrs Leslie Tye.

M. A. Graham Malcolm Birmin Ala Waynesboro Miss Theodora Marquis New Orleans E. C. Bossi St. Stephens Road William H. Bernstein Birmingham Ronie Bowen Warren Street James Imawls St. Stephens Thomas R Ada Duse Yellow Pine J. H. Gilly L. P. Bailey Shreveport Walter Smith Maud Sumerall Mobile

What Wilt Thou Have Me To Do

A devotional plea asking Christ for guidance to help others today. The speaker seeks a word of love for the lonely and a tender action to comfort the sick and aid those in need, asking for eyes opened to find the right charitable work.

Christ

How to Lose Your Tan Freckles or Wrinkles

Reader guidance promotes mercorized wax to remove tan freckles and wrinkles. It claims the wax peels skin gradually without injury and promises noticeably clearer skin after nightly use and a weekly follow up wash. The ad also touts a tonic benefit and sells specific potion quantities for at home use.

Double Strength Dream Remedy Hits Stores Nationwide

A rousing pitch touts Double Strength and Double Fine in a bold claim for the ultimate mosquito remedy. The tainted copy alleges high demand, wide dealer approval, and universal store availability as Sweet Dreams products flood markets.

Sweet Dreams

Water as a daily health habit

A reader endorses drinking two quarts of plain water daily for clear skin and vitality. The correspondent notes older advice on water with meals is changing, citing digestion benefits and youthful appearance, and urges her sister to adopt the practice.

D. D

Moles on the Face A Reader’s Health Question

A reader asks about removing small brown facial moles. The reply suggests unverified home methods such as tying white silk around protruding moles and leaving it overnight to effect removal. The source tone reflects practical adviser guidance from a period newspaper.

Frank R Eos

Mole Treatment Advice From Old Newspaper Letter

The missive suggests salves and home remedies for moles including electricity as a cure and emphasizes medical guidance. It notes that a doctor or druggist can provide a salve and that a prescription is preferable, while acknowledging a mislaid letter and addressing Lillian R. and H. Am.

Lillian R

Magnolia Balm Advertises Beauty Cream

An old advertisement touts Magnolia Balm as a skin beauty product. It promises ease of applying beauty to the skin and offers the item for 75 cents at druggists or by mail, with a sample free. Lyon Manufacturing Company lists 42 South Fifth Street, Brooklyn, N Y as the address.

Lyon Manuf'g Co South Fifth Street Brooklyn

Seasonal social notes from Mobile area visitors and residents

Mobile society items list visits and movements including Mrs H L Wilson and Norma at Zundle s, Mrs C H Taylor and son from Irvington, Mrs B S Newman of Cincinnati, Hans and Godfrey van Aller at Magnolia with Doris Brown family, Vernon A Wood family returning to Mobile, Dr Seale Harris renting a Highland avenue home, Dr A M Haney of Chicago pausing in Mobile, Leo Harrison visiting Calvert, and S E Simms returning from Mount Vernon.

C. H. Taylor Irvington Mobile B. S. Newman Cincinnati Messrs Hans and Godfrey van Aller Magnolia Doris Brown Vernon A. Wood Sterling A. Wood Red Mountain A. M. Haney Chicago Robertsdale

Invasion of Hungary Seen Imminent by Russians and Rumanians

Paris reports a La Liberte military critic declares invasion of Hungary by Russian and Romanian forces is imminent. He notes Russian General Letechitzky controls ridges near the Bystritzas and Ratai, with Rumanians poised to envelop General Koevess's army unless he retreats. General Brussiloff is said to block von Hindenburg from the Dniester to the Stokhod.

Associated Press Paris Hungary Rousset la Liberte Letechitzky Galicia Bystritzas Ratailow Kirlibaba

528 Families Destitute in Cabin Creek Region

Reports from relief headquarters show 528 families totaling 2,433 people are destitute in the Cabin Creek flood region. They occupy 21 towns with many homes damaged or destroyed. Groceries valued at 4000 dollars have been given, but需求 remains of aid.

Associated Press Charleston W. Va Cabin Creek

Free Typhoid Vaccine Distributed to Fifteen Locals

Between 3 and 4 o'clock Monday afternoon fifteen persons received free typhoid vaccine, as stated by city health officer Dr. Charles A. Mohr. Eligible residents may obtain the vaccine at the board of health during specified hours on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with a gratis booklet on flies and disease from the U S Public Health Service for all applicants.

Charles A. Mohr Board of Health The United States Public Health Service

Uniformity in Tax Laws Urged Upon County by Howe

Indianapolis Aug 29 The National Tax Association urged broader activities including educational campaigns to cut government expenditures and home rule legislation. President Samuel T Howe condemned federal centralization and pressed for uniform tax laws nationwide with tax reform toward a more equitable revenue burden.

Associated Press Indianapolis Ind National Tax Association Samuel T. Howe Kansas National Tax Conference Washington Administration Howe

Howe calls for limits on public spending and central government power

Mr Howe urges a concerted effort to show the public the value of restricting expenditures to essential government needs and resisting centralized power. He warns that federal expansion in recent decades, aided by politically expedient laws, burdens property owners with double taxation and calls for uniform tax legislation.

Howe Hamilton Congress

Bronze bell of Chionin temple weighs a hundred tons

A 100 ton bronze bell at Kyoto’s Chionin temple resounds over a wide area. The bell has no tongue. a wooden beam end strikes its brazen body as it swings horizontally.

Kyoto Japan

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