Annual Alabama Equal Suffrage Convention Set for February
Society notes note the Alabama Equal Suffrage Association calls for its fourth annual convention in Gadsden on February 9 1911. Leaders Pattie Ruffner Jacobs Bessie O'Brien Handley Ellalee Chapman Humes Marie Hale Losey Amelia Worthington Mary Winslow Partridge Myra E Koenig head the effort to advance women rights and federal action. A brief about hygiene and fashion also appears with social updates and a Pacific coast ball featuring Major William L Kneedler's daughter among dancers scheduled for January 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Equal Suffrage Association
Equal Suffrage Association
Gadsden
Alabama
Pattie Ruffner Jacobs
Bessie O’brien Handley
Ellalee Chapman Humes
Marie Hale Losey
Amelia Worthington
Mary Winslow Partridge
Myra E. Koenig
Hygiene
William L. Kneedler
Pacific Coast
Kidney trouble warning ad urges Rad Salts remedy
An old advertisement warns Americans to avoid kidney and bladder issues by limiting meat and using four ounces of Jad Salts daily. The copy blames overfeeding for uric acid buildup and promotes Jad Salts as a grape and lemon acid lithia mix that flushes kidneys and neutralizes urine irritation.
Purple fashions and fruit cake recipes from an old column
A Victorian style essay warns against wearing purple for middle aged women and offers color guidance. It then presents several old fashioned recipes for fruit cake, nut cake and maple cream, with step by step instructions and ingredients.
Club Calendar Events At Y W C A And Local Venues
A dense list of club meetings and activities scheduled Thursday through Saturday at the YWCA Burgett Memorial Protest Ant Orphan Asylum and other sites. Notable gatherings include lectures by Rev. John W. Phillips and mothers club sessions, with times ranging from 10:30 am to 7 pm and venues across Mobile area organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polymnia Music Circle
Protestant Orphan Asylum
E. L. Russell School Improvement Association
Mothers’ Club
Temple
Bethel
C. E. Vincent
Church Home Guild
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad Reveals Its Quinine Formula
An old advertisement urges readers to take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic to drive out malaria and strengthen the system. It notes the label lists the formula as quinine and iron in a tasteless form and promotes a 50 cent price.
Miss Eros Advice Column Notes Young Love and Etiquette
Readers seek guidance on age gaps and engagements in Spokane and elsewhere. Miss Eros critiques an underage relationship and cautions focus on maturity. A later item outlines rules for Spokane's first woman police recruit including height and weight standards.
Confessions of a Wife Reflections on life and heartbreak
The narrator laments modern cynicism and urges seriousness about life. She recalls heartbreak from past choices, questions whether happiness can coexist with responsibility, and hints at writing a book to mend differences between men and women while noting a hopeful possibility of joy at life’s cup.
Inferior Court Noise Involving Liquor and Vagrancy
Fred W. Peel pleaded guilty in the inferior criminal court to selling liquor at a Government street loop store and paid a $50 fine plus costs. Tim Nolan paid for a rope theft from a schooner. Edgar Randall was jailed twenty days. E Crabtree and J H Huffstetler received a continuance to February 9 on cattle killing report charges. John Reynolds Clarence Petaway Charles Allen and Son Monk were fined or jailed for gaming. Dick Shaw faced vagrancy charges. You can always tell about a gun, but when a man is loaded, he shows it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Peel
Government Street Loop
Tim Nolan
Edgar Randall
E. Crabtree
J. H. Huffstetler
John Reynolds
Clarence Petaway
Charles Allen
Son Monk
Dick Shaw
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California
Martha A. Kneedler
Croup
Vicks Oui
SALVE
PHIL
P. Cresap Co., Ltd
Orleans
Orieans
Columbia Ice Cream Company
Home
Bell Phone
Atlantic Coal CO
T. G. McGonigal
Bell
Dixie Sign CO
Dauphin St
A.m
Mobile Graded Union
Burgett
Craighead Club
Business Woman's
Leinkauf School Improvement Association
Moule
Battle House
C. J. Torrey
Moose Auditorium
Yerby Building
Mobile League For
Mamie Phelps
Committee On Welfare of Women and Children
C. S. Shawhan
Miss Eros
Eros
Tommy
Bobby
Spokane
Washn
Cop
Public Safety Department
Civil Service Commission
Eleine
Harry
Mobile
Ular
Tite
Dollar Day Specials
Royal Society
Valenciennes Hecate
Fark
Vale
Dilluu
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Johnston
Uslin
Sea Island
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