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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1914
Page
6
The article argues for increasing fruit in children’s diets while cautioning against an all fruit and vegetable plan. It praises fruit’s nutritive value and sensory pleasure but warns meat is needed for growing children and raw fruit aids digestion and appetite.
The article extols fruit and juices for digestion and overall health in children. It covers how acids, salts, and vitamins aid the gut, blood, and organs, notes the superiority of ripe or cooked fruits for weak stomachs, and lists specific fruits with their benefits and cautions for unripe or excessive intake. It also highlights pineapple, citrus, dates, figs, grapes, and apples, detailing absorbed nutrients, digestive effects, and medicinal uses.
A century ago churches boasted tall spires and bells but modern constraints change the practice. High wages and dangerous construction, better materials, wind and lightning risk, higher insurance rates, and fire-fighting challenges have led many congregations to remove bells and spires. Timekeeping is now handled differently and funeral tolling fades away as bells vanish.
A hotel guest Raymond Tomlinson confesses ruin after bank losses and offers his mistress Phyllis a plan to secure funds by marrying another woman. Phyllis resists, declaring she would rather die than be part of the scheme. He admits no money remains and faces ruin.
In a tense scene, Ray and Phyllis plan a double suicide with prussic acid to end their misery rather than face workhouse life. A witness hides, Phyllis pretends to fear a mouse, and Ray feigns death, while Phyllis later steals valuables before the ruse collapses. The pair vanish. months later Phyllis dies at sea, and Ray disappears.
A discussion on how play drives development in young animals and its effect on taming. It notes varied play behaviors across species from monkeys to elephants, with dogs and cats generally tamable, while some like Tasmanian devils and certain bears show limited or no play and taming suitability.
A plan by Hugues and Helene to forge a love letter from Vicq backfires as Aimee believes the romance is true. Vicq proclaims his love at dinner, while Hugues watches in disbelief as the aunt seems set to marry him, causing shock among the Hult siblings.
In a comic ruse Vicq hears Aunt Aimee and Captain Hult discuss a planned engagement. Aunt Aimee gleams with approval as Vicq, hidden in the Summer house, hears every word and pursues a match that promises to change the family. Hugues and Helene are left puzzled by the unfolding romance.
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