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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1916

Page

8

Hair Tinting All the Rage in Beauty Ads and Meetings

An old page blends hair dye marketing with social club notices. An advertisement touts Brownatone hair tinting promising washproof color free of dangerous dyes. The rest covers concerts by Gade and Lassen, Miss Menke's piano recital, bridge club prizes, Clark School entertainment, and a Century Club talk by Mrs. Johnstone.

Mower Gabriella Barrett Hallie Cooper Agnes Fowlkes Ernest Ladd Richard Moore Elizabeth Mé¢Alpine Elliot Johnstone Century Club JH. T. Inge

Fairy Country Dreams in a Twilight Ballad

A lyrical exploration invites readers to descend to a fairy country found through love, song, and belief. The poem passages memory, childhood innocence, and distant glades where lilies ease the mind as hearts sing and dreams drift toward tranquil realms.

Entertainment At Shell Road School Improvement Association

A Shell Road School Improvement Association entertainment event is announced for Friday evening with Mrs. in charge. Refreshments will be sold to support improvement projects. Auction prizes include a love picture frame won by Miss Ilda Drahan and a smaller prize won by Miss Laicile Brown. The Polymnia Circle held a regular meeting with a valued member, Mrs. Duke Goodman, hosting a large attendance and an excellent program.

Chicago Highlands Liebe Dich Grieg Lavretta Mower Brown the Little Bird Solderberg Miss Dunlap Clark School The Improvement Association Ava John Mahon Martha Gusman Auburn Club Battle House Shell Road School Shell ‘Road School T Association Mru. A Polymnia Circle Duke Goodman A & Federation J. F. Hooper Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs Henderson American Civil Association Washington, D. C Hoover J. J. Hooper Washington Selma Journal. Com Daisy 500 James Haley Harry Turner Cramer Edley Crabtree Fenevieve Fowler Joseph Espalla, Jr Harry Fowler Edgar Discher Jack Joseph Emile Brettel Paul Smith A. Cramer George Rhodes Nettie Cirlot Gregory Finch C. P. Dodge Ed Crabtree E. F. Magee

See Yourself Before You Step Out In Public

A column urges women to inspect their appearance from every angle before leaving home. It stresses neat hair, clean gloves and shoes, snug waist, even skirt length, and erect posture as essential. It also notes depilatories as common hair removal options and cautions against dyeing hair given market unreliability.

Daily Mail

Free to Asthma Sufferers New Home Cure Offer

A promotional notice claims a new at home asthma cure available at no cost. It promises relief for mild to severe asthma regardless of age or climate, and targets hopeless cases after failed inhalers and other remedies. The ad urges readers to mail a coupon and start the method immediately without payment.

Puss in Boots Jr Leads Fire Rescue at Little Red School

Puss Junior and Tom Thumb dash to a village fire at the little red school house. The engine crew and firemen respond quickly as the school house is reduced to ashes and Mary’s lamb is saved.

Onnier Tom Puss Tom Thumb Puss Junior Little Red School House Little Red Thomb

Advice to Lovers A Great Risk

A nineteen year old American woman has an offer of marriage from her thirty three year old foreign born employer who is divorced with three children. She does not love him yet believes she could grow to love him, drawn by his wealth and generosity. The advisor says mercenary motives prevent happiness and questions the age and social gap, urging her to examine her true feelings before marrying.

Miss Fairfax A. B Happines

Suitor Recommendation to Persuade Parents

A young woman urges SELMAN to consider a long term romance with a man of six years, noting affection and his recent unemployment. She asks her counterpart to persuade her parents to grant him time, contending if he is sincere and competent he can improve, while warning against relying on him if he loafs for low pay.

Tor Selman

Fairfax Love Letters Prohibit Marriage Soon

A 24 year old man writes of long love with an 18 year old freshman, and asks if he should propose while both are not ready for marriage. An editor replies that neither is ready and proposes delaying until they can commit.

Miss Fairfax Bassee Tos

No More Potatoes for German Bread Says Director

The Berlin Sbookel Anzeiger quotes Stegerwald, a war feeding board director, declaring that from January 1 potatoes will no longer be used in bread. Potatoes will be replaced by more thorough grain grinding and higher output costs.

Associated Press Amsterdam London Berlin Sbookel Anzeiger Stegerwald War Feeding Board Recklinghausen

Cherniavsky Trio concert reservations in Mobile

The Cherniavsky Trio will perform next Wednesday under Mobile Music Lovers Association. Tickets on sale at Smith Piano Company until Tuesday morning, then at Lyric Theatre. Season tickets offer four dollars and include one two dollar seat to each of remaining concerts with Ossip Gabrilowitsch and the Russian Symphony Orchestra.

Cherniavsky Mobile Music Lovers’ Association Smith Piano Company Lyric Theatre Cherniavskys Music Lovers’ Association Ossip Gabrilowitsch Russian Symphony Orchestra H. H. Brickell Kate Hagan

Local society notes and departures in Mobile area

Friends of Mr and Mrs C L Daniels announce their departure for Ravenswood Louisiana to establish a new home. Mrs J Julian Bartee visited Mobile from Daphne. Lavine Bauer recently underwent surgery and is slowly recovering. Mrs L Bickel from Moberly Missouri and her niece Miss Marie Walsh attended Tene O Rorke's funeral. Mr and Mrs Emmett O Rorke and their daughters Marcelle and Helen left this Tuesday.

Arthur Bailey Elizabeth Dallas Texas Mr. Bailey Caroline Anne McNamara Mobile J. T. McNamara R. H. McAlpin Lobdell Rosedale Delta Roscoe Bailey Meridian Charles Scott C. L. Daniels Ravenswood Mr. Lavine Bauer L. Bickel Moberly, Mo Marie Walsh Tene O'Rorke Emmett O’rorke Misses Marcelle Helen O’rorke

Whistler Lodge Officers Named At Regular Meeting

Fraternal Aid Union Whistler Lodge No. 147 announced officers for the current term including T. L. Crabtree president and R. Ebib Rhodes vice president. Members reported on attendances and local social notes as well as obituaries and travel plans surrounding Christmas.

Whistler Lodge No. 147 Fraternal Aid Union T. L. Crabtree R. Ebib Rhodes Henry Thebury Mat Laws, Jr Jane J. F. Hanley L. J. Kerch Willie Mott Jessie “Roberts Sentinel M. Laws J. F. Hanley L. J. Kercher Felder McComb Miss Margaret Dodds A. Sieh Kelley Wilbur Brownlee Gulfport Maggie Johnson Alfreda Norfolk Johnson Annie Balentine Dr. Gaines Whistler

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