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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
7
Mr and Mrs C S Shuford and daughter Italyne plan a holiday trip to North Carolina to visit relatives in Brevard and Asheville. Christmas Market at German Relief Hall opens today with parish society serving. dances, bridge clubs, and a debutante ball fill the evening schedule.
The ad touts Cascarets as a night time remedy to cleanse the stomach, remove sour undigested food, and flush out bile and waste. It claims relief by morning, promotes regularity, and notes children enjoy the taste without causing sickness.
An old ad explains making a Sage Tea and Sulphur mixture to darken gray hair, stop dandruff, and reduce scalp itching. It suggests buying Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy at drug stores for about fifty cents a bottle and applying with a sponge to restore a youthful look.
Advertises a medicine called Texas Wonder by Dr. E. W. Hall claiming to cure kidney and bladder troubles for men women and children. States mail order availability for $1 with a two month supply per bottle and promises Alabama testimonials. mentions St Louis Missouri address and druggist sales.
Secretary Garrison announced Major General Leonard Wood will cease to be chief of staff of the United States Army on April 22 as his four year detail ends. He will not extend the term despite war or emergency provisions. Garrison defended choosing his successor and rejected outside influence.
The War Office awards a year long national newspaper advertising contract to recruit 40000 men for British regiments. Ads promise food clothing housing pocket money at 2.50 weekly medical care and a pension starting at age thirty five if enlistment age is under eighteen.
The Business Women's club plans an outing for Mobile county school teachers during Christmas week at their Fairhope clubhouse. A spring event will honor Chamber of Commerce officers and members. President Mollie M. Parker says a house warming is set for the club's second birthday on May 31.
The British steamer Bantu from New York and the German steamer Hochfeld from Marseilles collided in Montevideo yesterday. Both ships were badly damaged.
A testimonial from Mrs. Albert Sterner of Creekdale Pa praises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney and bladder relief after a sample bottle. The letter urges readers to request a sample and mentions booklet information and drug store sales of full bottles.
Washington reports officials find no nationwide cold storage trust in eggs though some city combinations exist. Department aims to trace interstate lines to apply the Sherman act and reduce living costs. Hen shortages blamed for rising prices as cold storage stocks run low. At Lyric Theatre screenings of The Argyle Case with Robert Hilliard draw heavy advance sales. Fine Feathers with Edeson and Lackaye slated for December 17 by Lyric Theatre company.
Judge Baldwin completed a three month term with 98 percent of divorce cases heard. Decrees were signed in over 900 cases, reportedly a record for dispatch of divorce litigation.
The German navy operates a salvage vessel specifically built to recover sunken submarines. The craft is designed to locate, lift, and secure wrecks, enabling forensic investigation and equipment removal. It represents a specialized capability within naval mine and underwater salvage operations.
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