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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1914
Page
3
Ill paced list of 1972 February social happenings including Dansant at Vineyard Cavaret evening event and Battle House dinner dance, McGill Institute rehearsal, Shakespeare Club with Mrs. Hopper, Valentine parties, D A R meetings, Scottish Rite Cathedral gathering, First Christian church bake sale, Tango class at German Relief Hall with Ligon and Shaffer guiding.
The article details a festive Mobile social scene for Valentine’s Day with parties at Rubira residence honoring Miss Caldwell and Miss Margaret Horn, a 4:30 to 6:30 dansant at the Vineyard, and a cabaret dansant with reserved tables. The Battle House hosts Diner Dan Sant for Saturday night revelry.
A Valentine themed party celebrated Miss Italyn Shuford turning eleven with Cupid motifs and red decor. Leslie Carrol won the highlight contest, hitting the big red heart to earn a silver pencil while Juliet Boyd placed second.
The Panama Canal Zone under Col Goethals seeks to become a large safe haven for game and fowl while remaining a trade gateway. Museum researchers accompany the policy with plans to study Gatun Lake's abundant bird life and increasing animal populations despite past gun restrictions.
In an event marked by playful competition accuracy prize went to second place silver picture frame while Marie Murphy claimed the consolation prize. Edna Thursman led merry Valentine music as young and old adopted new dances. Red décor and heart shaped cake and ices graced feast tables with red rose bon-bons as souvenirs. Attendees included Mrs Acree Mrs Ramsey Mrs Carrol Mrs Drago Mrs Burkett and Mrs Robert.
Readers share genuine unsolicited letters praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for stopping two years of nervous spells and kidney issues. Mrs Waters of Camden New Jersey and Mrs Mary Ayn Happoes of Utica Oklahoma describe improved health after use and urge others to try it. The piece questions why women continue to suffer without trying the remedy.
The piece argues the Mobile Fair will boost tenant stability in Mobile’s business district by increasing trade and population. It frames the fair as an investment offering six percent stock dividends, asset growth, and lasting economic benefits through better farming, equipment, and regional prosperity for workers and families.
Horn lent kindly presence to the little folks feast. Mrs. Shuford was assisted in entertaining the young folk by Miss Helen Womack of Los Angeles and Miss Mary Kron. Those who helped little Italyne celebrate her birthday include Marie Murphy Mattie May Marechal Dorothy Ramsey Carolyn Acree Mater Carrol Marcelle Crutcher Ernestine McGowin Dorothy West Juliet Boyd Helen Kraus Amelia Kron Katherine Wintersmith Irma Newell Gladys Wilde Thelma Ellis Willie Mae Ellis Katherine Angelica McKay Nannie Sewell Kendrick Frances Locke Elizabeth Ramsey Harriet George Acree Hermione Roe Jack Ramsey W. T. Oliver McGowin Jesse Acree Lester Carrol Grover Durant and Cray Cross Schofield.
Eight participants gathered at the New Bridge Club yesterday with Mrs Roy E Albright as hostess. Mrs T Thompson won the main prize and Mrs H M Taylor took the consolation trophy as the group enjoyed jonquils and a salad course. Mardi Gras visitors arrived in Mobile as Frank Nagel and Marie Bierbaum join guests at the Battle House.
Informal talks on terminal services by carriers to shippers with private sidings ended before Commissioner Harlan. No conclusion yet. review aims to shape a plan for full investigations. Brandeis warned free services burden carriers and unfairly discriminate against small shippers.
Traveling Passenger Agent Evans Prosser of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad based in Louisville Ky visited Mobile on Friday with his son Robert. Western Freight Agent John A Boak of the Canadian government Railways based in Chicago visited Mobile with his wife at the Cawthon hotel for the carnival. Boak predicts Mobile will see record lumber business with Nova Scotia.
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as rapid relief for indigestion gas and stomach misery. It claims five minute regulation of weak stomachs and urges readers to buy a fifty cent case from any drug store.
St Louis dated Feb 14 describes James C Ghio a Kentucky born Confederate and papal nobility member. His will filed at Clayton Missouri outlines an estate near one million dollars placed in trust for his widow and, after her death, for his four children.
Chicago club president Charles W. Murphy returns from New York and says his attorney will sue Ban Johnson for slander and conspiracy. Murphy insists the Cubs are not for sale and vows to spend 200000 dollars to punish those who attacked him.
Chicago report says Mur fy prepares to file a slander and conspiracy suit against Johnson. Murphy alleges Johnson conspired to oust him from baseball after John Evers was dismissed as Cubs manager. The feud traces back to the 1908 World Series between the Cubs and Tigers.
The document notes that changes are needed beyond the tariff, including an item described as a foot tall. The statement implies broader revisions to the policy or guidance.
New York report from February 14 states Count Otto Salm Hoogstraeten, a leading Austrian lawn tennis figure, fell in the third round of the National Indoor Championship to G. C. Shafer. Count Alexander Salm Hoogstraeten also won, defeating Dr. H. R. Mimcell.
Advertised as safe for babies or grownups with a druggist’s assurance of satisfaction. Testimonials from W. Nessrhith of Statesboro Georgia and Bob Ferguson of Green Bay Wisconsin praise its effectiveness for coughs. Van Antwerp Drug Corp. is named in the ad.
Mike Donnally or Young Beal Western champion will wrestle Dr Roller next Wednesday night at the Lyric Theatre. Announcement made Friday night promises a notable match with each wrestler bringing past reputation and public interest is high.
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