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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1916

Page

6

Meeting of the Women's Auxiliary at Government Street

The Women’s Auxiliary of Government Street Presbyterian met for a session in the Burgett Memorial. Officers include Mrs D B Dobbs president and Mrs James S Shawhan vice president. Guests from South Orchard and Interdenominational Union attended and heard reports on personal work and charity activities.

Govmentee Church Burgett D. B. Dobbs James S. Shawhan South Orchard J. Julian Bartee Rhett Goode Home Missions W. S. Broyles Foreign Missions J. T. Wright Robert Southerland Camille D'Olive The King's Daughters J. B. Vergho C. 8. Shawhan

To Free Your Skin of Hair or Fuzz in Boudoir Secrets

An advertisement describes using delatone to remove hair or fuzz from the skin. Mix with water to form a paste, apply to the hairs, leave about two minutes, rub, wash, and expect smooth skin free of blemish. It warns to purchase genuine delatone.

J. B. Dickerson Brookhaven Miss Cuticura Dept. T

June Fashion Gown by Mme Reichert Featured

A June style from the Calendar of Fashion showcases a voile and linen gown in coat like lines by designer Mme Reichert, presented by the Fashion Art League of America as an authentic spring style. The piece appears in old blue and white with a coat like waist and linen shoulder straps, adaptable to silk or voile and silk in other shades. James Wilson Haig records a birth: a ten pound boy named James Wilson born to Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Haig.

Mme. Reichert Fashion Art League of America Reichert

Festive Social Scene Highlights Mobile Club Life

Social news from Meridian Star covering Misses Lora and Lucille Hand entertaining Mrs. C. L. Malone of Mobile with punch and dance music by the Metropolitan orchestra. Forty three guests attended as Busy Workers, Rotary, and other local groups held meetings and events in Mobile with teas, bridge, and skating parties continuing into the week.

Lora Lucille Hand C. L. Malone Mobile Ala Metropolitan Orchestra Meridian Star Rotary Club Cawthon Hotel Rotary CLARK Clark School Improvement Association Clark School Cupid and the Fairy Herbert Hartley Mary Elizabeth McAleer Little Flower Girls Ora Lee McMillan E. C. Harris Marie Fayard Helena Krudop Rachael McGaughey Finch My Sweet Adair Tom Brown de Bull Joel Chandler Harris Thorne S. Winter George P. Huard Doris Brown P. J. M. Acker E. C. Hughes Rhett Goode Meta Huger Virginia Thomas S.ki Taylor Mabel Goode Ruth Huger Ethel Burgess Stephen Quigley Acker W. S. Keyser Pensacola Portia Wagner Washington, D.C

You Can't Brush Or Wash Out Dandruff Ad Claim

An advertisement claims four ounces of ordinary liquid argon dissolves dandruff quickly. It promises painless night application to moisten and rub into the scalp, with three or four treatments claimed to destroy all signs of dandruff and stop itching. Squidarvon is advertised as the product.

Social Calendar Highlights Neighborhood Gatherings and Events

Thursday and Friday schedules show numerous social activities including Neighborhood Sewing Circles hosted by Mrs. M W Lindsey and Mrs J O Acree, a Liszt piano recital at Mrs J R Hagans, an Oriental Tea for St Marys Building Fund, 500 and No Trump clubs, skating parties, Seamen's Bethel event, and multiple teas and bridge gatherings featuring local hosts and families across Ashland Place and Chicago connections.

John Glennon St. Mary's Church M. W. Lindsey J. O. Acree Liszt Pianoforte School J. R. Hagan St. Mary’s Building Fund Doris Bessie McMahon Edgar Diecher Rebekah Herndon M. A. Lindsey Ernest Ladd A. N. Maumenee Seamen's Bethel John F. Glennon Alba Gower John Hazel Lynch Chicago

February births celebrated by Mobile children at birthday party

The Mobile Item notes five children with February birthdays, listing names and ages: Helen Maxwell 5, Elizabeth Kruempel 8, Frank M Tindall 10, Carol C Wright 14, Robert Fowler 14. It invites them to a birthday picture party at the Empire and asks others born in February to send full details to the Children’s Editor.

Helen Maxwell N. Warren St Elizabeth Kruempel Marine St Frank M. Tindall N. Ann St Carol C. Wright Roper St Robert Fowler Dauphin St Empire Vnantes

Two Ships Held Up by British Seizures At Kirkwall

The Norwegian steamer Rosegg from Mobile to Horsens and the Danish steamer Maersk from Savannah to Aalborg were taken into Kirkwall. The Alm from New Orleans to Aarhus, also with cotton seed cake, was seized at Kirkwall. Rosegg loaded by Van Heyningen Brokerage and sailed Mobile late January. Alm has previously sailed from Mobile under charter by Munson line.

London Rosegs Horsens Kirkwall Alm New Orleans Aarhuus Maersk Savannah Aalborg van Heynigen Mobile Munson Line

Wanted to Identify Collector of Old Grocery Debt

Notice seeks the name of the person collecting an old grocery account alleged to be for the wife while the husband was away in Oregon. No other details provided.

Oregon

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