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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
5
If this is your birthday, a pleasant journey lies ahead and changes for the better are indicated. Those employed may face temporary discouragement, then form valuable friendships. Birthdays today suggest strong intellect but a risk of excess pleasure before progress.
A Christmas bride party and linen shower was held at the McDermott home for Miss Irene Viva LeBeau as she nears December nuptials. Hostess Mrs M J McDermott wore white charmeuse while guests included Mrs C C Mechem and many others who attended bridge and gift displays amid festive decorations.
Mrs. Walter W. Vickers hosted a Minessee Club gathering at 3 p m with eggnog and bridge. Guests included Mrs F J Gower Mrs Con Little Mrs Henry Tonsmeire and Mrs T J Hughes. Fortune to Mrs Sydney Robbins earned a prize leading to a rule delaying repeat wins after three meetings.
Mrs D P Bestor Jr hosted yesterday’s Discards gathering with an agreeable assemblage. Prizes of quaint slipper trees went to Mrs Barry Lyons Mrs Will Monk Mrs E C Hughes and Miss Mattie Cary for their good scores. Tea and sandwiches were served in the afternoon.
Mrs T R Jackson hosted the Wednesday Club gathering with an evening program and social time. Members shared refreshments and discussed upcoming plans for the group's activities.
A vintage ad extols Syrup of Figs as a gentle cleanser for children with stomach and bowel issues. It promises quick relief from constipation and related symptoms, credits figs and senna, and urges asking for the California Fig Syrup Co. product. The copy touts safety, pleasant taste, and full dosing directions on the package.
Mr. Walter W. Vickers of Selma married Miss Nellie Bly Ryster at the bride’s home on North Joachim street in a simple, flower rich ceremony. The couple will visit Montgomery before returning to Selma as guests showered them with hundreds of presents and music filled the reception.
Auctioneers Mrs A M Bright hosted a pleasant club gathering with players present. Miss Katherine McDonald showed skill and won a prize of silk hose. Tea was served with wafers at the close of the games.
Miss Mary Cartin was honored yesterday at a four o clock shower hosted by Abs. Sam St. John in We tumpka. The event featured rose decorations and guests sent gifts in a rose decked box. She will attend an afternoon tea today and a box party Saturday night as she prepares to wed Dr. Joseph Marion Weldon.
Mrs. Dr. Wilkins Mrs. G G Stewart and Mrs. Hartwell Tarver have left Selma for Mobile their permanent home for Mrs Wilkins and Mrs Tarver plans to spend holidays in Mobile and then join husbands in Albany Ga Mrs Stewart also will reside in Mobile Friends in Selma regret the move The Soodwin home on Furniss Avenue remains a notable feature of Selma life
Amusements section notes The Frolics of 1912 with Kitty Francis and Rube Welch at the Mobile Theatre. The production promises strong principals and a notable chorus with fashionable costumes. Seats go on sale today. Coburns Greater Minstrels at Moblie Theatre features W H Reynolds and a top lineup. Lyric hosts four shows with school audience free health pictures and vaudeville acts before evening performances.
In Chicago on December 12, Jack Johnson asked U.S. district court to remove his lawyers W. B. Anderson and E. H. Wright, two Black attorneys, citing disapproval of his marriage to Lucile Cameron. They previously led him in white slave case matters, while Johnson faced assault and battery charges from a photographer in municipal court. the hearing was postponed.
Philadelphia authorities report the Housekeepers League sold 150000 dozen eggs at 24 cents a dozen at forty city stations on the campaign's first day to crack an alleged corner. Eggs price range previously ran 2 to 49 cents. demand forced extended hours and extra staff to supply shoppers. Wholesale prices for crates of thirty dozen rose to 9.30 dollars.
Editorial notes that vengeance comes with a high cost, making punishment a luxury beyond the means of many poor individuals while basic sweetness remains accessible to them. It contrasts the burden of retaliation with the affordability of simple sustenance.
The fragment presents a gendered remark about a woman arriving by cab, implying suspicion but lacking sufficient context or identifiable events, people, or places to form a complete news item.
Readers ask for remedies for stomach disorders nervousness obesity and bed wetting through tonics and syrups. Answers advocate triopeptine and other tonics and provide recipes or ingredient lists claiming rapid relief and cures for kidney liver catarrh and coughs with directions to mix and take before meals or after to treat various ailments.
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