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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Feb 02, 1916

Page

7

Ground Hog Poem and Local Club Notices

The piece blends a playful ground hog verse with a torrent of social notices. It lists afternoon musicales dance and bridge club gatherings at the St Clair Sewing Circle Mothers Club Chautauqua Circle and various women's auxiliary meetings, teas, and future hostess plans across New Orleans.

Rheumatism Advice Prompts Salts Treatment

Repeated tips urge avoiding damp ground and cold, drinking water, and taking four ounces of rad Salts daily for a week to flush uric acid. Jad Salts marketed as a cheap lithia remedy is claimed to ease rheumatic symptoms and aid kidney filtering.

Open Nostrils End A Cold Or Catarrh

An advertisement promises quick relief from head colds and nasal congestion. Ely's Cream Balm is described as an antiseptic that opens nasal passages and soothes inflamed membranes for instant relief. The copy urges readers to buy a small bottle from a druggist and use it to breathe freely again.

Ely

Pellagra Cure Claims Seven Year Illness Reversal

The letter from C D G Pate of this place reports cure of seven year pellagra after forty days on Baughn remedy. It urges others to consult American Combining Co. and requests the free Pellagra book from Jasper Alabama with refund if it fails to cure.

David G. Pate Baughn American Compounding Co Jasper Ala

New York Police Ban Exclamation Point Dance in Ballet

Scene from The Afternoon of a Faun provokes police ban after a single performance in New York. The piece, inspired by Debussy, features a faun and seven maidens with a silken garment moment that prompted censors to intervene. Leonide Massine stars as the faun.

New York Russia Ballet Russian Paris Debussy Leonide Massine Serge de Diaghileff Ballet Russe

Meeting Tuesday Afternoon Sewing Club

The Tuesday Afternoon Sewing Club enjoyed a small gathering hosted by Mrs. A Bruce on Tuesday afternoon. Guests dined amid narcissus and ferns after hours of fancy work, and the group planned to meet next week with Mrs. W. W. Walther.

Hinton Touart Bridge Club Paul Turner Seattle Wash J. D. Andrews Katherine Courtney J. %. Andrews All Saint's Church Jack Ross Margaret Blacksher Grace Drahan Kathleen Willis Katherine Hughes Irwin Fearn Hilda Loretta Mella Frazer Zemma Mastin W. H. Mastin Mell Frazer Killarney Helen Rich Bruce Division of Public Speaking Craighead Battle House Will Caffey Milhouse Robert Gordon David Edington George Gaines Paul Wilson

Social Calendar Brims With Clubs And Receptions

A dense list of social events includes bridge clubs, luncheons, and dances. Notable entries feature Miss Aleta Stoll at 3 pm, Rev Stuart E Roussela at 7 30 pm, German Lutheran Ladies’ Aid for their forty fourth anniversary, and address details for Society gatherings across city venues.

T. K. Jackson Aleta Stoll Rachel Farrow Edna Manning A. W. Brooks B. F. Settle Jefferson Street Stuart E. Roussela St. Presbyterian Church Ladies’ Aid Society German Lutheran Church Battle House Ella Packer Blacksher Marguerite Wefel Will Caffey Franklin Milhouse

Use of Drugs Diminishing at Mass General

Article notes a 50 percent ten year drop in hospital drug expenses at Massachusetts General Hospital while reporting rising demand for Vinol as a non-secret tonic. Local druggists Van Antwerp's Drug Corporation advertise Vinol as a remedy for weak conditions, chronic coughs, colds, and bronchitis, claiming a mix of iron cod liver extractives and beef peptone in a native wine.

Massachusetts General Hospital Vinci van Antwerp Drug Corporation

Confessions of a Wife Eliene Faces Her Faults

Eliene recalls her failed marriage and the secret about the twins. She laments Harry’s betrayal and weighs telling their children the truth, fearing judgment and the price paid by loved ones. Margie urges disclosure while Eliene doubts.

Pat Eliene Harry Margie Mater Jim Budge Teddy

Plain Cocoanut Oil For Hair Care Adv

Regular soaps and shampoos har​dly dry scalp and make hair brittle. Use plain cocoanut oil from drug stores. a small amount creates rich lather, cleanses thoroughly, rinses easily, and leaves hair soft, bright, and easy to manage for months.

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