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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1915
Page
4
A promotional plea invites readers to send name and address to receive free sealed instructions claimed to cure and prevent regrowth, promising full details of the secret at no cost beyond a two cent return stamp. It directs to address Mrs. Kathryn Jenkins in Boston and notes limited readership access.
Special notice urges women seeking removal of unwanted hair to accept the offer immediately. The ad claims the offer is sincere and genuine and asserts the donor’s standing is unquestioned.
From Savannah late Monday, the British steamer Den of Ewnie sailed to Liverpool carrying a cargo of cotton.
The highway commission will meet with Governor Henderson to discuss future plans amid questions over whether 1911’s annual appropriation remains in force. Proposals to shift funding from motor vehicle licenses were not acted on by the legislature, as the commission weighs state aid options and current operations with five members led by R. L. Spragins.
Paris dispatch notes that during peak tension between Turkey and Greece last week the Turkish minister in Sofia asked Bulgaria to allow troop passage for an assault on Greece if war broke out. Premier Radoslavoff reportedly declined, saying neither country would be allowed to transport troops across Bulgarian territory.
Five act vaudeville bill at Dreamland Theatre features the De Sylvias two top roller skaters from New Orleans to Havana and Mobile acts including The Ragtime Girl From Ragland and The King of Funmakers. Buckley and De Laish sing and dance with humor plus three reels of first run pictures.
Mystery solved at the Crown with a $10,000 prize for the solution winner. Enid Markey and Charles Ray in The Tennessee Hills two reel Kay Bee drama. World Film Corp presents As Ye Sow with Alice Brady. reviews praise staging and photography.
Empire shows fifth Runaway Lane episode by George Randolph Chester with Helen Holmes in Hazards of Helen. Holmes renowned Kalem railroad star returns for another daring feature. Ruth Roland and Robert Gray star in The Mystery of the Tea Dansant, a new Kalem girl detective tale. program also includes two-reel pictures and a comedy.
A promotional text claims Papes Diapepsin cures indigestion by digesting food in minutes. It describes symptoms from sour stomach to gas and urges buying a fifty cent large case at drug stores for quick, harmless relief.
Paris reports Colonel Marchand, famed for Fashoda, is promoted to brigadier general after retirement he rejoined service for the conflict and commanded French forces at Fashoda in the Upper Nile. His career includes actions prior to the Omdurman battle and the later anti government, anti British campaign upon return.
Ormi Hawley and Earle Metcalfe of the Lubin company appear in The Rainy Day, a two reel drama. Nicholas Dunnen stars in Some White Hope, a Vitagraph comedy. O Garry of the Royal Mounted features Edith Storey and Ned Finley in a leading Broadway Star presentation. The Conspiracy, a Frohman production, headlines with John Emerson in a separate engagement at Crescent Theatre. Marguerite Clark comes in The Crucible with notable dance acts and a Pathé feature An Eye for An Eye at the Royal. Neil O’Brien Minstrels visit Thursday with a new sketch Demon: Rum or a Dry Town. Charlies Schimpf Restaurant ad listed for oysters and meals.
A Morgan county delegation led by Judge John Eyster urged Governor Henderson to appoint Judge W. T. Lowe of Decatur as northern division chancellor to succeed the late Chancellor W. H. Simpson. Other contenders include Senator James I. Horton of Athens, Judge Oceola Kyle, W. C. Rayburn, and Paul Hodges, with Horton regarded as the leading challenger and Henderson delaying the decision for merit review.
Train timetables show departures and arrivals for multiple lines including Louisville & Nashville and Mobile & Ohio. Entries list notable services such as northbound and southbound routes, with times like 3:30 am arrival in New York area and 9:20 am Mobile connections, reflecting wartime era scheduling.
The Mobile Item lists children born on February 23 across several years and addresses. It invites each birthday honoree to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon and asks February-born boys and girls to send full names addresses and birthdates to the Children’s Editor at the Mobile Item at least two days before their birthday.
Forty European men escorted from Baghdad to Marsina by the American consul arrived at Alexandria. Their wives stayed in Baghdad under missionary protection. The group left Baghdad December 18. part of the journey was on foot. The U S consul provided funds for food.
Washington reports conflict over Japan's demands on China leaving the American government unsure of exact terms. President Wilson said he did not know the precise demands but noted officials are studying the issue carefully.
Mobile Knights of Columbus hold bid meeting as Neil O'Brien announces O'Brien Minstrels show at Lyric Theater on Thursday February 26. Local council led by Vance Gunningham plans large turnout with reception honoring O'Brien and contending members.
Governor announces Hugh Lynch of Pratt City as associate mine inspector to fill one vacancy on the board. Henderson says other appointments may wait for the legislature, with further vacancies to be filled as they arise.
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