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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1915
Page
3
The text expresses a view that with each day comes guidance from a wiser hand guiding paths through hills and hollows. It emphasizes using gifts from the hours with simple, heartfelt pleasure rather than seeking praise.
The Gulf Coast Show and Mobile Chamber of Commerce promote a Better Babies contest for all Mobile County children under four. Entries must be classified by age, examined by doctors, and mothers notified of examination days. Prizes from local merchants await the most perfect babies in Deewil. call Bell 2602 or Home 715 to register.
The piece highlights Mobile women as politically capable and involved in civic groups. It notes the Craighead Parliamentary Law Club led by Mrs. Erwin Craighead and Mrs. W. K. Linscott, the Mothers Club under the Council of Jewish Women, Dr Seale Harris speaking on efficiency, and a social gathering with music and dancing in New York.
The entry notes an iL A. 4 event on a Sunday with Rist and references a Vice President at 2520-38, likely cataloging a periodical snippet or notice without clear context.
The article details a corduroy coat design using plain materials and box plaits for flattering lines. It notes home sewers can join plaited sections to a yoke for ease and suggests belt options in material or leather. sizing and yardage for 12 year olds are provided, with pattern 8338 available by mail for ten cents.
Helen and Warren share envy and excitement as they bid farewell on a wharf to a liner bound for the south of Europe. Mrs. Dalton shows gifts from friends while the couple imagines their own future trip and the sadness of goodbyes lingers in the scene.
Fragmented OCR shows a spoofed legislative scene with mock bills. Speaker and Mr. Thompson ridicule laws and proposals from Alabama’s legislature. Witty resolutions demand a Greenville steam roller and a soup house for lawmakers, with no filibuster.
The note outlines various fabric options for a dainty dress including white ba aa, Dresden dimity, cotton voile, and trimming ideas. It suggests easy variations by dresser demand and provides fabric yardage guidance for a size, mentioning a high waist and a finished linen servoir.
City court prepares for a busy term with trials scheduled from February 22 to March 26. Cases include murder in the first degree, burglary, grand larceny, assault to murder, and liquor offenses, with numerous defendants named and multiple dates across February and March.
Norfolk Va Feb 20 The coast guard cutter Onondaga Captain B M Chiswell reported to have progressed toward the steamer Santa Marta after sending warning by wireless this morning. The Santa Marta, reportedly rudderless and adrift near 85.5 north 75.18 west, lies about forty three miles from the Onondaga near Cape Hatteras with a heavy sea and twenty mile winds.
A one story frame dwelling at 656 Street owned by C. S. Par was damaged in a fire early Friday morning. The blaze caused smoke and minor structure damage with no injuries reported.
Rev Lawrence is scheduled to address the St Francis Missionary group during the sabbat service. The congregation vows a large turnout as plans emphasize community outreach and spiritual renewal.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a liquor theft investigation with mention of a Tuesday incident. No clear names, locations, or outcomes are readable from the fragment. Further readable details are required to form a complete dated item.
New York dispatch notes a National Association of Manufacturers bulletin on war effects in the West Indies and European possessions in America. Santo Domingo faces fiscal turmoil amid political instability, Haiti suffers from revolutions, and Puerto Rico sees trade shifts with reduced coffee prices offset by sugar gains.
The piece notes the 1915 baseball season opening soon with training debates. It lists spring training sites for American League teams in Florida and the South, and National League camps in various states and Cuba, amid rule-avoidance chatter about training before March 1.
A reader describes facial pimples growing larger and festering. After using a cream for three weeks the pimples dried and relief was reported. The ad promotes free samples by mail and requests post cards for order.
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