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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1916
Page
7
A fashion preview notes striped wool alpaca promising success and cape collars on sport suits. Evening skirts grow wider and tiered skirts feature drooping spangles. Scarves glisten with metal decor and ness of suit-coat sleeves shows fullness at the elbow. Corsage bouquets favor moss rosebuds and pale gray frocks while white velveteen and colored fabrics wash well with simple care.
An advertisement claims Dr Kings New Life Pills purify the blood and relieve torpid liver stomach upset constipation biliousness dizziness and indigestion. It promises readers will feel fine again and offers a 25 cent price at druggists.
A humorous feature blends laundry tips with cooking notes and a Cupid's Corner advice column. It guides on washing silk, chintz, and quilts, plus soup garnishes and egg balls, then answers readers on dating etiquette and social behavior for proper conduct and popularity.
Magazine advertisement extols plain mollified cocoanut oil as a superior shampoo. It claims harsh soaps dry the scalp, while cocoanut oil cleanses effectively, rinses easily, and leaves hair silky and manageable at low cost.
Public speaking divisions at YWCA 3 p m and 10:30 a m. parish and church societies meet at various locations including McGill Institute and YWCA. Bible talks, improvement associations, mothers clubs, and guilds scheduled through Friday with noted speakers and host residences.
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy and Mrs Bushytail urge Uncle Wiggily to take a hot pie to Grandfather Goosey Gander. He meets Little Boy Blue lost under a haystack, sings his Mother Goose lullaby, and offers help as snow falls on their journey.
In a wintry tale Uncle Wiggily comforts Little Boy Blue who fears a haystack and cannot play tunes on his frozen horn. The bunny uncle warms the horn with hot apple pie, music returns, and they share pie with Grandpa Goosey Gander as they head to a warmer summer.
Opera star Geraldine Farrar and actor Lou Tellegen wed at Farrar parents’ residence in New York. The Rev Leon A Harvey officiated with witnesses including Charles A Ellis and Co G Childs. The couple plans Hawaii and Japan trips after theater seasons. Also notes two divorce suits and an advertisement for Ferriline quinine syrup.
Count fifty Your cold in head or catarrh disappears Your clogged nos trils will open the air passages of your head will clear and you can breathe freely. Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist and apply a little of this fragrant antiseptic cream in your nostrils. It penetrates through every air passage of the head soothing and healing the swollen or inflamed mucous membrane giving you instant relief. Head colds and catarrh yield like magic.
An advertisement touts daily morning drinks of hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims improved digestion clearer skin relief from headaches and bad breath after one week and notes low cost and easy use.
Mrs Lee Pistole visited Mrs Quillen Friday. Mrs Brannon was operated on in a recent week. Grace Alice and Anna Stovall visited relatives Sunday. Ella Myrtle Tully visit Rev George McRae's family in Birmingham. Mrs Tummer remains ill. Professor Lowe closed his Oakdale Baptist lectures to a successful series. Monday evening Ben Hur was shown to a record crowd.
The Federation of Adult Bible Classes schedules a Tuesday 7 30 p m meeting at the Y M C A. The Fellowship Bible Class will hold a weekly session in the Y M C A tea room Tuesday at 6 30 p m with supper served. Dr T H Frazer leaves for the annual Congress of Education Public Health and Medical Licensure returning Thursday. Jenkin Jenkins Madison county sheriff is in Mobile on business. Rebuilding creosote works Gautier Miss begins after last summer fire.
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