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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1914
Page
5
Amid trumpet flare and joyful shouts the 1914 carnival closes Tuesday with Mardi Gras marking the happiest day. From 11 a.m. to midnight masking is in order as children and adults spread joy in the last great pageant of the season. Ringing bells and shrill whistles echo through the merrymaking to end the carnival.
The piece extols California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children, warning against counterfeit syrups and urging a 50 cent bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company. It then shifts to vivid carnival coverage in Mobile with Knights of Revelry floats, the Order of Myths parade themes Insects and Flowers and elaborate float artwork across multiple designs including butterflies roses grasshoppers and a dragonfly, plus a dramatic Folly and Death emblem.
A drug advertisement argues many products fail because they do not fulfill promises. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder issues and offers a sample bottle by parcel post with ten cents to Dr Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton NC and notes the Mobile Daily Item.
The fireboat Independent from Bisso Towboat Company rushed to a lumber barge near Hunter, Benn & Co. wharf and extinguished a blaze with minimal loss. Nine other fires reported that morning were all described as light damage due to sparks across multiple addresses on Adams, Manassas, Kennedy, Congress, Hamilton, and Lawre streets, with ownership listed for several properties.
The Mobile Carnival Association crowned its queen on Mardi Gras eve before about eight thousand spectators at the municipal steel sheds. The coronation featured elaborate costumes, a bejeweled emperor Felix, a Notre Auburn band, and a parade plan with multiple bands and marshals, ending with a dignified coronation scene.
A beauty note touts a hair removal method mixing water with powdered delatone and applying a paste to the skin. After 2 to 3 minutes the paste is removed and the skin washed to remove residue. The article claims the skin becomes hairless and velvet smooth.
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