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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1916
Page
7
An ad promotes Beautiola Beautifier Beautiola Beauty Cream and Beautiola Complexion Powder sold by Van Antwerp Co at Fashionable Mobile corner. It claims age cannot dull looks and promises rosy cheeks clear complexion and youthful skin. It emphasizes phone or in person orders and nationwide availability.
Advertisement touts a petroleum based oil as a panacea for rheumatism neuralgia lumbago and many pains claiming relief in three minutes after ten drops on bone or flesh. It promises internal use for coughs colds croup throat diphtheria and tonsillitis with guaranteed results and refunds available at Albright Wood stores.
Marie Doro born in Duncan Pennsylvania May 25 1882 began on stage in 1901 in Aristocracy. She starred in The Morals of Marcus and later led performances in The Butterfly on the Wheel Oliver Twist and Patience. Her screen work includes The Morals of Marcus The White Pearl Diplomacy and The Wood Nymph and she recently married Elliott Dexter of Triangle.
Washington Feb 25 The Southern Railway will extend telephone dispatching 380 miles from Alexandria Virginia to Salisbury North Carolina by building two circuits between Alexandria and Monroe Virginia. W H Potter telegraph superintendent will oversee crews erecting wires and stations. Work starts once crews and materials are obtained. The Monroe Salisbury segment already uses telephone dispatching with success.
Mrs. Willie Sayre Short of Lexington died in a local hospital after taking what she believed to be headache powder at home following the Kermis festival. The 34 year old was the divorced wife of Dudley Short of Chicago.
A well known authority says indigestion is usually due to stomach acidity not lack of digestive juices. He recommends four ounces of Jad Salts in water before breakfast for a week to neutralize acidity, remove gas, and stimulate liver and kidneys for better digestion. The preparation is inexpensive and widely used with good results.
Segregation of stored cotton and the establishment of small warehouses in interior towns and on farms were proposed by insurance representatives at a conference with the Texas fire insurance commission. They urged rates cut on cotton stored in warehouses up to six hundred bales from 3.50 to 1.60 per hundred dollars and urged stricter warehouse rules.
Andrew J. Kelly who runs an oyster stand at Armistead street and Davis avenue was fined $50 in police court Thursday after a conviction for violating the prohibition law Detectives found more than 100 pints of beer in a tub of ice at his place. Notice of appeal was given.
The Sisterhood of B nat B ryth Hall hosted artist Roderick Mackenzie who spoke on India and displayed his paintings including a Delhi Durbar scene. He shared experiences from extensive travels and presented photographs of Indian life, drawing wide applause from Protestants and others.
Ad copy urges use of Dr King s New Life Pills to aid digestion relieve constipation and tone the body to keep eyes clear and skin fresh priced at 25 cents at local druggists.
Montgomery Ala Feb 25 Special W S Keller state highway engineer returned from Brewton where a Forest Highway Association meeting drew representative citizens from southeast Alabama. Two routes south of Montgomery were discussed one to Mobile via Fort Deposit Greenville Burnt Corn Monroeville and Bay Minette the other via Laverne Andalusia Brewton and Bay Minette. Counties Montgomery Mobile Baldwin Escambia Conecuh and Butler were represented. Dr P B Moss went to Bayou la Batre to study typhoid fever. The state public service commission will hear Birmingham’s complaint about Southern Bell rates in April. Herbert Thomas, white convict, escaped Farm No 4. reward offered. Governor Henderson commuted Will Jones’s death sentence to life, and the Monroe county board of commissioners abolition upheld by the supreme court.
An advertisement claims Sloan's Liniment ends rheumatic pain quickly with a few drops. A testimonials writer from San Francisco asserts three to four days of use cured chronic rheumatism and stiff neck, noting his work at a large arts department store. Adv. text promotes druggists carrying the product.
An Alexis Alabama druggist Mr I E Cothram endorses Granger Liver Regulator as superior for stomach liver and bowel troubles. He notes decades of consumer trust and recommends the sturdy 25 cent tin for family use as a reliable first aid remedy.
Travel by luxurious Mallory Line express steamers with stateroom berth and all meals included in fare. Sailings every Tuesday with stops at Tampa and Key West. Freight handling facilities and rates available from agent B F Du Bois Mobile Alabama.
In a longsuffering tale a reader receives an unfamiliar carved jade figure and a letter from Malcolm Stuart claiming to send luck from the Orient. Mrs Waverly recalls past suitors and wonders at a new found token that may restore health and happiness while concealing a secret.
In the New York Medical Record from December 18 1909 Dr John F Russell links lime starvation to the development of tuberculosis in adults. He cites Eckman’s Alternative tuberculosis as effective due to lime content and asserts it is safe since it contains no narcotics or habit forming drugs.
Weatherford Oklahoma resident Mrs C C Roberts describes a decade long face eczema relief after using Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap. She reports rapid improvement within days and full cure by one month with no recurrence. Doctors have long prescribed the Resinol treatment.
A reader ad praises Ely's Cream Balm for rapid relief from nasal congestion from a cold or catarrh. The fragrance antiseptic cream is applied in the nostrils to soothe swollen mucous membranes, clear air passages, and ease breathing.
Biloxi Mississippi February 26 Special Chief of Police Louis Staehling received a telegram from District Attorney Marsh San Diego stating extradition papers have been obtained to remove Leon Lewis Doane from this county to San Diego He is jailed in Gulfport and will likely be sent to California next Monday An officer is expected to arrive to transfer him Also a fire destroyed Orleanian's Place residence of Claude Taylor on Holley and Bradford streets Taylor and family moved from New Orleans last Sunday The United States grand jury adjourned after reporting eight indictments Judge H C Niles and court staff returned home for the weekend
In San Francisco on February 25 United States army officers endorsed a plan by D. H. Rydus to form a civilian automobile corps to move troops rapidly in wartime. A company of twenty seven touring cars, a repair truck with mechanics and four motorcycles would be commanded by a lieutenant in a runabout.
William H. Samford of Montgomery quits the race for national committeeman from Alabama opposing Borden Burr of Birmingham. He cites imperative business engagements in New York as the reason for withdrawal.
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