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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1916
Page
9
A miscellany of cultural notes and society items outlines a California voter case about a woman who married and discovered she was a British subject, followed by Alabama history contest details, fashion guidance on negligees, and letters to Miss Eros. The column blends social mores with fashion, manners, and public notices.
Laie Miss February reports Henry Wirth formerly of New Orleans plans thirty acres for pecans and Satsuma oranges this spring. He will plant a large crop of early potatoes. Land prep and winter gardens show well as warmth earlier in the season has stressed fruit trees.
Friday schedule lists events across divisions at the Y W C A including Main Division at 2 pm and Business Woman's Division at 7 pm, plus Lein kauf School Improvement Association at 3 30 pm. Saturday features Shakespeare Club at YWCA gym and Mobile League for Hard of Hearing at 2 30 pm with other welfare and suffrage meetings.
When a cold settles in the bronchial tubes a weakening cough and short breath occur. Scott's Emulsion is urged to drive out the cold aid healing of membranes and relieve bronchitis symptoms. It claims forty years of relief. Free from alcohol or drugs. Scott & Bowne Bloomfield NJ reminder.
Older readers recall a famous remedy for gray hair using sage and sulphur sold at drug stores as Weyth's Sage and Sulphur Compound. The product promises natural color restoration with a dampened brush application overnight.
Fairhope notes a Ladies Club gathering at the P P K clubhouse with cards dancing and refreshments. Visitors include A H Foster and Helen Foster from Geneva Ohio and A H Marshall and James Nelson from Des Moines Iowa and Minneapolis Minnesota. A mass meeting is planned in Robertsdale to discuss Baldwin county matters. An old resident, Mammy Harris, died at 114. A fly mosquito prevention drive is proposed at the School of Organic Education.
Irvinton Alabama small notices recount visits by Mr and Mrs Kincaid of Hiawatha Kansas. Sickness keeps many students from school this week. Mrs J W Brown has grippe. Irvington Ladies Library Association met at the school house. Mr Parker is reported very low at home. Miss Lillian Maxwell and Warren Maxwell motored to Mobile. Welton, brother of Mrs Buell, is visiting from out of town.
Rotary Club members introduced themselves with names initials vocations and nicknames prompting much merriment. Rotarian Bryant presented a five minute talk on the History Code of Ethics. The group approved February 17 for the first ladies meeting with Mrs. Palmer Pillans chairing arrangements. A committee report endorsed the Stevens bill before Congress to protect trademarks and maintain standard prices of manufactured articles.
A silver tea will be held at the schoolhouse a week from Friday. C. J. Littlegreen, his wife, and Mr. Climbe drove to Bayou la Barre and Coden last Friday. A light freeze visited the area Wednesday night but caused no damage to fruit trees.
A Rotary meeting approved a recommendation by a close vote. Chair announced Rotarian DuBois as chair of the stop over delegation committee with co-members Clingerman Clemens Burke and Bellingrath. Rotarian Wright proposed motto Friendship Truth and Progress for stationery, but no action ensued. Guests included B M Meadow and K Ekdahl of Birmingham, introduced by Rotarian Christian.
The Mobile Carnival Association contracted for 25 000 Mardi Gras stickers to be distributed to Mobile merchants. The stickers, ready by February 10, advertise the 1916 carnival with its date and attractions. A Friday meeting at the Cawthon Hotel was led by Chairman C. B. Hervey.
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