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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1916

Page

6

Christmas Miracles and Social News From Mobile

Deaconess Gertrude Stewart spoke in Mobile on missions in China with sixty five Hankow primary schools and images of Chinese home life. A rehearsal dinner honored Miss Mattie Hickey and Emmet MacMillan ahead of their wedding with guests in pink and white and a long list of relatives and friends from nearby towns.

Stewart Gertrude Stewart Mobile Episcopal Women Christchurch All Saints Miss Stewart New Orleans P. W. Tompkins Thomas Ivy China Women’s Bible School Hankow Stewart ‘Bays Montgomery Vineyard Mattie Hickey Emmet MacMillan Lee McMillan Gastonbury Ala Killarney

Terpsichore in Kimono Dances Stir New York

New York is set to host Michio Itow in the first Japanese character dances in the city. The article profiles Itow’s kimono clad performance and his view that dance expresses all emotions beyond romance, contrasting Eastern and Western styles and noting a claim that even a seventy year old woman can dance.

Marguerite M Michie Stow Nippon London Asquiths Lady Paget Lady Cunard Islington Benjamin Guinness Michio Itow Michie Itow Japan Mr. Stow New York

Baby Face Cleared By Cuticura Cure

Mrs J Love of Douglasville Georgia reports her baby’s pimples covering the face back and chest. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the eruption subsided in days and healed in about two weeks with just one box used. Sample by mail with Skin Book on request. Ad requests Cuticura Dept T Boston.

Oas

Spirit of Wine Dance Described as Joyful Symbol

Michi Itow explains Sho-Jyo as The Spirit of Wine a happiness symbol. The description portrays a young red-haired dancer in a revelrous rite with a wine cup raised. The celebration escalates to delirium and ends with the dancer collapsing dead.

England New York Michie Itow

Beauty Chats on Massage Health and Beauty Effects

Edna Kent Forbes extols massage as a health and cosmetic aid noting its limits with spinal curvature. Tips include back rubbing, spine-focused strokes, kneading muscles, and resting after a hot bath to refresh and brighten the eyes and face.

Reale

Question and Answer on Blood Transfusion Operation

A reader asks about a treatment for severe anemia and cost. The reply explains a harmless operation: tapping blood from a healthy person and transferring it to the anemic patient, with the donor and recipient restrained during the exchange.

One Torch of Nature Makes the Whole World Kin

Reader letters show shared benefits from Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as Ady notes the public aims to help others. People write to manufacturers asking to publish testimonials so others know what to do in similar cough and cold situations.

Ady

For All Complexion Ills Wax Reclaims Clear Skin

An advertisement claims ordinary mercorized wax cures skin ills by absorbing dead surface particles. It promises a new complexion that is clear spotless and soft with no inconvenience. It notes the wax is used with cold cream and highlights common skin problems like colorlessness sallowness muddiness redness blotches and chapping.

Oe Fey

Eczema Wash Promises Relief at Hospitals

A 1900s newspaper ad touts an eczema wash claimed to treat severe skin conditions seen in hospitals. The text describes dramatic effects and urges readers to ask for the product from VAN ANTWERP, Druggists, noting a 25 cent price and a promise of safety if the skin heats.

Schooner M. A. Achorn Libeled for Six Hundred Dollars

The schooner M. A. Achorn, with Robert Bush as master, is libeled in the U S district court for $600 on petition by Aiken Towboat and Barge Company. The libel stems from the vessel's distress during a recent hurricane with no settlement reached. The case will be heard in admiralty court.

Aiken Towboat and Barge Company M. A. Achorn Robert Bush United States District Court Aiken Company Admiralty Court

Adam Glass store offers wide home furnishings at moderate prices

The ad promotes Adam Glass store as a source for quality home furniture with broad selections. It emphasizes fair prices, Christmastide gifting, and the store’s limitless resources to simplify choosing pieces. The tone invites customers to visit and view the goods.

Adam Glass

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