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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1913
Page
5
A positive outlook suggests good fortune after change with new friendships forming and old friends proving reliable. It notes births today bring strong maturity and likely success in December while warning against overdoing things and lack of consideration for others.
The Mobile social scene shows a full slate of meetings and parties. Miss Clara Cary receptions Mrs. Akers from Atlanta at 3 PM. Various clubs meet at 11 AM and 2 PM. The D A R chapter discusses its January 27 28 theatre social Almanac under Mobile auspices drawing broad interest.
A Winnenago Nebraska man claims Foley's Honey and Tar Compound cured his children's cough, saving a doctor's bill. The ad warns against neglecting bronchitis or pneumonia and promotes the medicine as non opiate, from Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
Patrons including the Crown and Mobile citizens back a Society Almanac staged by the D A R to establish a perpetual scholarship for a Barton Academy graduate. Rosa Coates leads Mobile talent. Mrs C S Shawhan presides. D A R social plans and January 13 event notices are detailed alongside a rheumatism remedy advertisement and pharmacist names.
Mrs. Kearsley Carter hosted the Finesse Club meeting yesterday at 3 p m. Substitutes included Mrs. Matthew Brewster Mrs. Ernest Ladd and Mrs. W P Pope while Mrs Lynn Cameron won a prize of silk hose. A salad course tea and wafers followed the game.
The jolly crew of the Cricket enjoyed an evening of feast and fun hosted by Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Foes. Agnes Foes, their debutante daughter, inspired the gathering with roses adorning the feast table while guests included Misses Margaret Webb Mary Antoinette McIntosh Tremlet Molzhorn Imogen Little and Lucile Boyles.
Mrs. C A Garland hosted the Progressive Club with four tables of bridge and rewards for top players Mrs F Clements, Mrs M C LeBeau, and Mrs Dawson. After play, guests enjoyed a salad course. Announced events include a Studio Musical on January 9 at 68 Rapier avenue Mobile featuring Evelyn Harvey and S S Tam with a piano recital by Miss Porter Pope and Nadine Hunter on violin.
The Wednesday Bridge Club met at 3 pm with Mrs. F. T. Parker hosting and a guest table of four added. Prizes were a Shhofield bonbon dish. winners were Mrs. Palmer Pillans and Mrs. Russell Hollinger. Guests included Miss Ethelyn Sigler and others. social notes mention travel plans of Mrs. Charles Hervey and Mrs. S. R. Prince.
An advertisement extols Stuart's Buchy and Juniper Compound from Van Antwerp Drug Corp Mobile as a remedy for weak kidneys and bladder. It lists symptoms like scalding pain frequent urination and swelling and promises rapid relief and cures where other remedies fail.
A Mobile society page recalls residents and visitors from the area after holidays. Bruce and Mrs Millar honeymooning in Palm Beach with plans to visit Washington and Aberdeen. Friends and relatives in Mobile and nearby cities welcome several travelers and note upcoming visits and trips to New Orleans Opelika Birmingham and Memphis with various family ties and social engagements.
The Chronicle reports discovery of John Wesley manuscripts in Wesleyan headquarters archives and a diary covering the last years of Wesley's life, written in short form.
Democratic members will vote in caucus on enacting an alien land law to bar Japanese from buying land in California. A late-night caucus adjourned without resolution, with plans to resume discussions. Exposition officials floated letting voters in one district decide the issue.
Pierpont Morgan sails from New York for his annual trip aboard the Adriatic with Nelson W. Aldrich. Mrs. Morgan and Aldrich disembark at Alexandria while Morgan travels up the Nile for a winter amid Egypt exploration scenes.
Beauty column advises nightly use of mercolized wax a thin layer over the face to peel away old skin. It claims the wax absorbs filmy surface skin revealing new, younger looking skin beneath and recommends buying mercolized wax at drug stores and using one ounce.
Friends of Pranie L Chance expect him to sign a contract to manage the New York American League club tonight. He meets owner Farrell to renew negotiations amid reports of an 18000 to 25000 dollar salary plus six percent of club profits and possible shareholding.
An old note warns that roasted coffee goes stale after age and packaging cannot prevent it. It stresses freshness, noting a three week roast is inferior to a fresh thirty cent coffee and advises buyers to ask when the coffee was roasted.
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