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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1912

Page

4

Prof Fisher Urges Health Standards Over Wealth in Marriages

Yale professor Irving Fisher advocates a national health department to elevate health as a civic priority and promote health based marriages. He argues heredity should include physical and moral stamina, warns against matings for wealth, and predicts fewer divorces as health becomes marriages criterion. An ad for Foley's Honey and Tar follows.

New Haven Conn Irving Fisher Yale University International News Service Department of National Health Congress Committee of 100 On National Health Department Professor Fisher

New York Women Fight Fashion Trust in Dress Reform

New York suffragists declare a world wide campaign to adopt comfortable rational dress. Carrie Chapman Catt urges following Chinese women in dress and condemns Parisian dictation as the fashion trust must be fought to emancipate fashion slaves.

New York Carrie Chapman Catt Mrs. Catt

Mobile and Ohio official visits Mobile by rail line official

W W G Harding general livestock agent of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company with headquarters in St Louis spent yesterday in Mobile on business. Mr and Mrs E G Straus prominent Richmond residents are in the city on a several day visit and stay at the Battle House. Mr and Mrs D S Landen of Cairo Illinois are in the city visiting friends. R M Leland and wife of Ensley Alabama met yesterday in the city on a visit.

W.W. G. Harding Mobile and Ohio Railroad Compmunny St. Louis Mobile E. G. Straus Richmond, Va City Battle House Mrs. D. S. Landen Cairo, Il R. M. Leland Ensley, Ala Green Mountain Taft Don Champ Don Geordio Perkerino Don Taftio Saul Pinchot Bourne Clark Thomas F. Ryan

Reading room in Fidelia Building opens daily hours

Christian Science reading room located at the Fidelia Building corner Government and Conception streets is open daily from 11 am to 4 pm except Sundays.

Christian Science Fidelia Building Government and Conception Streets

Gridiron Club Dinner Reenacts Armageddon Political Farce

Washington, Dec. 1 The Gridiron Club dinner staged The Battle of Armageddon with Taft as victor and a parade of political satire. Notables present included Taft Clarke McCombs Hilles Dixon Bryce Mulvane McKinley and Wilson guests. The performance featured a waiters strike and a terrapin feast despite food concerns.

Washington Willard Schriever Garthe Solmonly Taft Clarke McCombs Hilles Joe Cannon Cy Holloway Murray Crane Nick Longworth Mr. Taft Utah Vermont Ute

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