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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1916
Page
7
Breton inspired Riviera fashion features boleros with silver buttons and Breton embroidery. Set includes midnight blue taffeta suit with braided hem, red waist, and bell sleeves. Also notes very large spring straw hats with plaid braids and rolled brims.
An authority advises using four ounces of Salts from a pharmacy to flush and cleanse sluggish kidneys. The method involves a tablespoonful in water before breakfast for several days to neutralize uric acid from meat and ease bladder irritation. Jad Salts, described as inexpensive and safe, is suggested as a refreshing lithia-water drink.
A fashion note urges updating wardrobes with a plain high neck blouse paired with scarlet emerald green or plaid sport skirts. The Georgette crepe blouse features hemstitching on the yoke, waist front, and cuffs, approved by the Fashion Art League of America.
A fragment notes decorative options featuring a tiny wreath of silken multicolored flowers and new plumed pompons with curled ostrich-like tips, suggesting evolving floral accents.
An advertisement extols making Pinex cough syrup at home using 2½ ounces of Pinex in a pint sugar syrup for quick relief of coughs bronchitis and throat irritations with a money back guarantee. The piece also lists a week of club events from Tuesday to Saturday at various venues including YWCA B nai B rith hall and the Council of Jewish Women, plus notes about strong constitutions and patent medicines.
Inquiries to Miss Eros print if brief. A 16 year old seeks help to attract a boy she loves. Miss Eros advises focusing on schooling and time, not chasing love, and letting him come to you. A 17 year old asks how to overcome bashfulness and curb a suitor. advice emphasizes selflessness, politeness, and maintaining friendships.
Betty Brown notes a military air in a pale blue broadcloth topcoat lined with gold silk. The design, seen at Mme Marguerite's Fashion Art League of America studio, exudes a refined, martial charm admired by the fashion set.
The 4th annual Alabama Equal Suffrage Association convention met in Gadsden on the 10th to 12th led by President Mrs Pattie Ruffner Jacobs. Delegates numbered 75 to 78 with 16 of 20 Alabama appointees attending and paying travel to Washington. Officers elected included Mrs J E Parke of Selma as president and Miss Annie Joe Coats of Gadsden as treasurer. resolutions urged voter participation, equal pay, and a national suffrage amendment.
Clipping reports the will of the late John C. Selwin distributing one and a half million dollars to charities and former employees. Richard Waverly and Charles Annin are named executors and receive 100000 and 50000 respectively. Waverly becomes president and manager of the Selwin book concern.
A patient underwent a third operation after breaking her leg two weeks ago. Surgeons inserted a silver plate to stabilize the bone, a method common in oblique fractures. Doctors report the patient now has no further trouble.
Washington Feb 14 Captain Bulard president of the court of inquiry investigating the H-2 submarine explosion in the New York navy yard that killed five men and wounded nine reported the court had completed its work and would submit its report. Officials expect conclusions to align with the special board which blamed battery trouble as the chief cause. Two men die from cold in New York as a cold wave drops to 2 degrees above zero following a two day snowstorm. Four inches of snow disrupts street and elevated traffic.
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