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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1912
Page
5
Horoscope note warns accident threats and health attention. It predicts prosperity in money matters and career progress for employed individuals. Born today are quick, active, respected, and well liked, and will learn the road to success through experience.
Crowded Christ mas markets and sales fill the city as shoppers swarm German Relief hall for Christchurch Parish Society’s Christmas market. Notables help run the luncheon and market maids assist guests, while Miss Wheeler’s luncheon honors Miss Ella Wheeler and her Baltimore fiancé Tyree.
Marie E Patterson Marinello Shop offers scalp treatments hair dyeing and bleaching facial massage electrolysis manicuring and chiropody at 57 St Joseph Street Bell 2937 switches made from combings featured in the advertisement.
Warren and Helen argue over sending trousers and a heavy coat to the tailor while managing chores and family obligations. Their tension spills into remarks about their unhappy marriage as the mother remains unseen but present in the home.
Bridge circles meet at 3 p m at Mrs John Cochrane's home with substitutes Mrs Luce Buck and prizes awarded to Luce Buck and Barry Lyons for towels as trophies. Shakespeare Club meets with Mrs Torrey at 11 a m. Heart Party and Supper honors debutante Agnes Fowlkes at 8 p m. Children's story hour at 4 p m at the Y M C A features Maud Kimball Lovie McKinstry and Grace Moore with stereopticon views of Christmas in Every Land and gifts for less fortunate children.
The Dalton Club announces its scheduled meeting is postponed until next Friday. Members are advised to note the new date and plan accordingly.
One of the week’s pleasant social events in Manassas hosted an informal gathering that inaugurated a new approach to the club’s hospitality. A fine evening featured welcoming hosts and engaging conversations.
The program began with the Rowley Orchestra as the first feature of note. A buffet supper in well known Manassas style followed, then Drago’s Orchestra played and dancing made the third number of the memorable evening.
Charitable affairs including a Christmas market at German Bellet Hall under the Parish Society of Christ Church, a holiday sale at 117 Dauphin Street for the poor, a Yuletide sale at Yeend & Potter’s stand in December, and a gift book sale by Ladies' Aid at the Baptist Tabernacle. Santa Claus appears daily, gifts to Y M C A, Salvation Army dinner donations, and a D A R committee meeting at the Colonial Room to discuss year’s program led by Mrs. E L Mumma.
The New York appellate division unanimously upheld the 1911 conviction of Daniel O'Reilly, former assistant district attorney, for receiving stolen property. He was sentenced to eight months in prison after serving about six weeks, with evidence showing he acted as an agent for thieves who stole 60,000 in securities from Aaron Bancroft, a veteran stock broker, in March 1911. The robbers jostled Bancroft and swapped envelopes, feigning a mistake while the real envelope contained newspapers.
In Alma Missouri on December 14 the Presbyterian Methodist Baptist and Christian Church members decided to form a single non sectarian congregation. A shared governing board will represent all denominations and sectarian teachings will be avoided. Members may choose procedures including baptism immersion for Baptists or alternative ceremonies for others.
A bottle found near Sheboygan Wis carries the last message from the schooner Rouse Simmons and its seventeen crew. Captain Schuenemann signs the note as the ship sank in Lake Michigan a fortnight earlier. The vessel, laden with Christmas trees, washed ashore many in the wake of the wreck.
Minnesota supreme court upholds a record personal injury award. Mrs. B A Blakely of Minneapolis receives 33 616 26 for injuries after a street car collision on November 20 1908. Her husband Prank D Blakely gets 16 026 12 in damages.
Washington regulations outline what perishable items may travel by parcels post for short or local distances with proper packing. Eggs may be locally delivered if well packed. salted meats travel any distance. fresh meat only in first zone. Fragile items must be marked fragile. prohibited items include intoxicants poisons live animals and weapons.
A committee of railroad officials petitioned the house post office committee for a rearrangement of weighing and transportation of mails. They stated contracts did not cover carrying parcels over four pounds and that they were not obliged to accept such packages under existing terms.
Officials from the Louisiana State Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals arrived and ordered crates of chickens shipped to Greenwood Mississippi Wichita Falls Texas, Alexandria Louisiana and other points. The move followed Watkins refusal to remove several alleged disorderly women from a house.
A masked group abducted John Watkins in Dalton Georgia and subjected him to a severe whipping with hickory switches before ordering him to leave town, marking a revival of Klan activity reported December 14.
The ad touts Dr Kings New Discovery as a remedy for coughs colds and bronchial issues. It claims pneumonia prevention and relief with a guarantee and trial bottle offer. A testimonial from Mrs George W Place of Rawsonville Virginia highlights its effectiveness.
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