Charley's Christmas Wish and Holiday Notices
A fragment blends a childish poem about Santa Claus with local society briefs. It notes a Christmas wish poem then reports on a reception for a new pastor Rev J M Donnelly, a Raleigh society wedding announced in Asheville, a D A R Christmas ball in Mobile with Preparedness theme, and seating and decor details for the Battle House event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Battle House Auditorium
William K. Syson
Harris Vaughan
Berney Wood
Perrin Bestor
Benjamin F. Adams
Joseph St. George Tucker
Drago
Jack Hurlbert
Eyebrow grooming tips and holiday notices from Grand Bay
Advice on clipping stray hairs above and below the brow and at the lash line notes that manicured scissors offer a quick fix while the electric needle only for a few. Parlor reshaping creates a short lived arch. The column also lists multiple holiday visitors and arrivals from University of Alabama and various cities to Grand Bay and Mobile, with plans to spend Christmas.
Questions and Answers on Hair Removal Methods
The text says remove facial or neck hair with an electric needle for permanent effect. For underarm hair, shaving or depilatory creams are options. neither method harms you.
Elegant social notes from Mobile and Fairhope events
Graceful accomplishments return to Mobile with new steps by the Vautrot sisters and notable entertainment including Louise Perry in a Tschaikowsky waltz. Charity, veterans, lectures, and Society gatherings fill the week with reunions, Christmas fund drives, and a Shakespeare Club meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Vautrot
Beryl
Mignon
Louise Perry
Eugen Onygen
Tschaikowsky
T. K. Jackson
Charles
Shawhan
George Leftwich
James H. Patterson
J. B. Harvey
C. L. Crampton
W. DD. Randall
Mobileé
Joe Reding
D. Y. Register
Miner Cottage
Fairhope
Deputies And Police Find Liquor In Raid Busts
Deputies and policemen conducted raids with prohibitions seized as targets. Names including Willie McCoy and Buddie Malone reported beer and whiskey. Monday night raids listed Fritz Hoffmann and others at several street corners and intersections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. HH. Holcombe
Willie McCoy
Dearborn
Texas Street
Buddie Malone
Texas
Warren Streets
John Doe
Adams Street
A. Weiss
Congress
Pine Streets
Bull's Head
Tanner Street
Springhill Avenue
Lawrence
St. Louis Streets
J. A. Torrance
St. Joseph Street
St. Michael Street
Last of Massachusetts City Elections Hailed in Five Cities
Voters in Boston Fitchburg North Adams Peabody and Quincy cast ballots in the final city elections of the year. Supporters and opponents of liquor licensing intensively urged turnout as the mayoralty term remains in effect for another year.
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Associated Press
Boston
Fitchburg
North Adams
Peabody
Quincy
Georgia official vote for president totals by party
The Georgia official presidential vote shows Democrats 125,831 Progressives 20 652 Republicans 11 225 Socialists 967. Both Republicans and Progressives backed Hughes electors with no prohibition electors. Also notes that lightning sensitivity has caused fish deaths in tanks and pools.
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Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Georgia
Charles J. Hughes
Puss in Boots Jr Finds Shelter at Hotel Ark
Puss Junior and Tom Thumb arrive drenched at the Hotel Ark and are invited to dry by Mrs. Noah. The kitchen fire warms them as they dry out, while Noah plans to finish the Ark the next day and prepare to shelter all the animals and his family by noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Cohen
Ralph Halberg
Ark
Noah
Puss Junior
Tom Thumb
Tom “Thumb
Puss In Boots Junior
Mrs. Noah
Puss
Eleven Teams Tied in Twenty-Fourth Six Day Bicycle Race
In New York at Madison Square Garden eleven of fourteen teams remained tied at 7 a m on the thirty-first hour with 644 miles and 9 laps. The Spencer Carroll team dropped out at 2 47 a m and were not replaced after failing to provide partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Madison Square Garden
Spencer-Carroll
Oregon Chairman Seeks More Time Amid Seventh Division Move
Oregon chairman of the committee asks for extra time to settle affairs as the Seventh division headquarters are ordered to Pennsylvania to be mustered out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Beggars in China Taxed and Allocated District Appeals
A historical note records that beggars in China face taxation and are assigned specific districts for making charity appeals. The arrangement outlines fiscal and social control measures guiding aid requests within designated areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Mosely Ordered to Testify Before Senate Military Panel
Colonel George W. H. Mosely chief of staff to Major General Charles M. Clement of the Seventh provisional division is ordered to report to the Senate committee on military affairs in Washington on Friday. He wired Senator Chamberlain of El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
George W. H. Mosely
Charles M. Clement
Seventh Provisional Division
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Washington
Mosely
Chamberlain
Two youths executed early at Sing Sing for killings
Ossining N Y two young men Charles Kumrow a Buffalo resident and Stanley Millstein from Utica were put to death in the electric chair after requesting an advance date to ease relatives and inmates at Christmas. Millstein had slain Utica policeman John K E Creydon and Kumrow killed a Buffalo barge watchman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ossining
N. Y
Charles Kumrow
Buffalo
Stanley J. Millstein
Utica
Sing Sing Prison
Millstein
Kumrow
John KE. Creydon
North Carolina to Meet Yale in 1917 Football Schedule
UNC announces its 1917 football slate with a Yale game at New Haven on November 3 2 no, wait November 3 2 is listed as the Yale date. The schedule also includes Citadel in Chapel Hill October 6 and Virginia at Chapel Hill November 29 with other open dates and a Davidson game in Winston-Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill N.c
Yale
New Haven
University of North Carolina
Citadel
Chapel Hill
South Carolina
Georgia
Athens
V. M. IL
Virginia
Chapel Ifill
Peel Off Your Rough Skin With Mercorized Wax
An advertorial instructs readers to apply mercorized wax daily to peel away the outer skin revealing a softer clearer second layer. It claims the new skin will look white and young and recommends buying an ounce at a drug store and using it like cold cream.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and Pompeian Olive Oil Ad
A vintage ad lists Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets at 25 cents a box and Pompeian Olive Oil 25 cent can, with prices around 18c to 19c. The fragment reflects a mid century grocery and patent medicine promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Swift
Rumford
Roberts Brothers
California
ABC
Izumi
E. W. Grove
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Charley
Santy Claus
Santa
Santa Claus
Claus
St. Francis Street
Memphis
Semmes
Raphael Eustace Semmes
Chickasaw Guards Club
Asheville
N. C
Robert Donne
Gilmer
Waynesville
Lear
Edna Kent Forbes
Dallas Ward
Marion Little
University of Virginia
Washington, D. C
Marion
Mr. Roberts
Daniel McNeill
Detroit
Mich
Mrs. McNeill
Glennon
Robinita
Miss Grace Hutchins
Ferdinand and
Jon Beer
New Orleans
L. Hammel
Joseph Beer
W. Dale
el Dorado, Ark
B. M. Burns
A. A. Shepherd
Carrie Long
Hawkshead
A. Mountain
Grand Bay News
Lee Owen Gordon
University of Alabama
Mrs. Gordon
J. J. Peterson
Elizabeth Ayres
Elmer Reed
Adelaide Johns
W. W. Cleveland
Nancy Clark
Mildred
Chicago
George Stanard
Georgia Avenue
G. M. Rosengrant
Grand Bay
Gregory L. Smith
Montgomery
Birmingham
Edward Moore
George Sossamuan
Questions and
Com
Electra Semmes Colston
Home Economics Club
Louis Sewall
Stonewall Boulet
Mountain Creek
Alabama
Richmond
KE. W. Christian
Safford Berney
Robert E. Lee
Chrimas
New York City
Leo Reed
N. H. Reed
van Rensselaer School of Technology
Troy
Ira Keller
Shakespeare Club
Emilia
T. W. Sims
Iago
Bianca
Roderigo
Kean
Othello
Fielding
Desdemona
Woman's Auxiliary
Government Street Presbyterian Church
B. R. Burgess
Fanny Robbins
Mountain School
Tennessee
Dr. Erdman
Charles Erdman
Princeton
Government St. Presbyterian Church
Erdman
D. R. Burgess
Miss Frances Cohen
Massachusetts
RCL Muti
Tola Clyde
R.o.harris
Puss IN Boots, JR
By David Cory
Tom
North Carolina
Empire Theatre Today
Charlie Chaplin
Paula Shay
Defiance
Dover
Prince Albert
Dr. Bell's Pine
Sick King
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Foley’s
Cardus
Sloan's Liniment
Caseara
Castoria
Fletcher's
Grove
Pratt
Colgate’s
Bird Seed
Pluto Water
Putnam Dry Cleaner
Vick
Baby Elite
Catherine Sts
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