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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1915
Page
10
A column mixes a Christmas meditation with social events in Mobile. Messages quote devotional lines about mankind, the Christ Child, and charity. The page lists multiple social gatherings, weddings, showers, club meetings, and holiday visits with numerous Mobile residents and visiting guests.
A health advertisement urges drinking a glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate on rising to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and intestines. It claims this internal bath cleanses the alimentary canal and improves headaches biliousness and digestion, likening it to familiar outside bathing.
Effective December 19 morning, northbound passenger train departs Terminal Station at 6 15 and reaches York Ala at 1 53 with connections in Meridian, Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. Return from York after Meridian at 3 20 P M. The railway urges travelers to note the new timetable and plan accordingly.
Dr John F Russell states lime starvation precedes active tuberculosis in adults and argues salts are vital to cell uptake. He links Eckmans Alterative’s lime content to positive results, noting its combination aids cellular use and may influence outcomes.
Elwell Bridge Club hosts with Mrs Rivers Rush at 3 p m Friday. Friday Bridge Club with Miss Helen Terrill at 3 p m. Friday Evening 500 Club with Mrs Harry Fowler at 8 p m. Athelstan Club annual reception and dance at 9 p m. Bridge Party hosted by Miss Myrtle Murray for Miss Marie Bridewell at 11 a m. Rose bush free with each dollar purchase till Christmas. Griffing Brothers Nurseries in Savage Building Mobile Alabama. Griffing Brothers phone 2180 home 1645. Nurseries at Grand
An advertisement urges readers to buy Ely's Cream Balm from a druggist to clear nasal passages and relieve hawking snuffles headaches and nighttime breathing issues. A small bottle is applied in the nostrils for rapid soothing of inflamed membranes.
The Belgian relief committee steamer Levenpool, 4844 tons, 376 feet, built 1911 and owned in West Hartlepool, struck a mine off the English east coast and lies beached in a sinking condition. She sailed from New York November 24, reached Falmouth December 11, and was bound for Rotterdam.
Fulton Alabama residents Mr and Mrs Harrigan visit Mobile at the Battle House. Dr Edward Hatch of New Orleans is in Mobile on business. R L Bowyer of Savannah Georgia and C L Johnson of St Louis Missouri are in Mobile. Charles Rudolph of Mobile and Ohio Rail Road visits with his wife. The Mobile and Ohio Railroad civil and construction engineers hold their annual banquet at the Battle House Saturday night at 8 30. W L Erwin of Southern Railway says the 7 30 am train will depart 6 30 am from Sunday, December 19, and the 6 45 pm arrival becomes 6 30 pm. Vincent F Kilborn and William E Campbell named notaries public by Governor Henderson file bonds in probate court. George Wagoner buys Manhattan Cafe on North Royal street and will run a first class restaurant with business lunch and dinner at reasonable prices.
Davis and Davis patent attorneys of Washington DC announce patent grants to Alabama citizens including Wiley Ballard for curtain drier and stretcher in Birmingham Lorremer Davis for trolley Mary R K Fowlkes for window cleaner American Compound Company Jas per trade mark for pellagra August F Hilleke for ammonia saturator Ansley for sulfate of ammonia Julia A Sunday for envelope Allen Richardson for horse boot Louis F Tate for lens mounting Henry M Taylor for wheel spoke H N Hobbie Grocery Company Montgomery for mixed feed with molasses and alfalfa
The probate court issued marriage licenses late Thursday afternoon. White Hamilton Green Duffie and Jessie Alva Goodloe. George W. Can trell and Nora Matthews. Shaler F. Roberts and Minnie F. Rawls. Negroes Abel Washington and Eliza beth Estella Clemmons. James Rivers and Corinne Lynch. George Bivens Jr. and Gertrude Cook.
Santa Claus matinee held at the Columbia Saturday afternoon with elaborate toys distributed to all children.
Ed Doss was arrested Thursday night by deputy sheriffs on the charge of vagrancy by abandonment of family. His wife is the complainant in the case.
Residents arriving in Battles Friday recount a forest fire that swept close to homes on Thursday. Robert Gould’s house narrowly escaped destruction as bucket brigades and squads with pine branches saved the area. The last flare was quelled near 11 p.m. after hours of effort by vigilant citizens.
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