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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1917
Page
6
A devotional meditation seeks divine aid for daily work and endurance. It requests moral vigor to greet each dawn refreshed, patience amid life’s cares, and a gentle, steady spirit to avoid anger and confusion while performing duties.
The Suffrage Association meets at the Cawthon room in the Illinois Club Thursday at 7 30 p m to hear Judge Kings of Illinois deliver an address. The session includes routine business and will adjourn after the speech. Eden celebrates with a party is mentioned among social notes.
The column urges neck massages and neck stretching to stay youthful, arguing a high collar worsens aging by stiffening the neck. It recommends five minutes of neck exercises, an ice rub after massage, and cautious use of a rubber bag for gum removal. Other reader notes mention teeth cleaning and hair removal by electric needle.
A Mobile page highlights birthday celebrations at the Eden and Boutwell homes with parties and prizes. It also notes a Flag Day sale in Whistler by the Electra Semmes Colston Chapter U.D. C. to aid veterans, plus various club meetings and civic notes including Arbor Day planning and Home Economics Club business.
New York researchers Professors Rose and Fisk launched a three week trial with twelve police rookies to prove a balanced diet can be maintained on 25 cents per day. The plan seeks optimal weight by age using meat and eggs sparingly and evaluates alcohol consumption’s fuel value.
The report surveys recent club activities in Mobile including magazine drives for the county poor house, use of Bienville Square for a Christmas tree, a Household Bacteriology demonstration by Dr Reeves, and a continued subscription to the National Child Welfare Organization. It notes new members, upcoming Hadassah meetings, and social club gatherings with prize-winning bridge and card games, along with entertainment by the Mobile Gesang Frohsinn and Hadassah affiliates.
An old advertisement promises rapid easing of eczema blotches ringworm and similar conditions with Zemo a penetrating liquid. Priced at 25 cents or one dollar it claims to banish skin afflictions and leave skin soft and smooth from E B Rose Co Cleveland.
Old time remedy Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound advertised to darken gray hair. Describes application with a comb and brush and claims natural color return after one or two uses. Appears as a beauty advertisement from a vintage newspaper.
Mrs JA Y Harvey and her daughter Miss Elizabeth leave today for Hat tiesburg to be guests of Mrs Will H Martin of Mobile. Mrs Will H Martin visits sister Mrs William Wright on Eighth. Miss Helen Brady returns to Tuscaloosa after two week visit with Kodane Draper. Captain William D Bogart of Fernandina Fla. spent yesterday in Mobile en route to Jackson Ala. Friends of Mrs John Houston King hear of her illness at rec Infirmary. Pauline Kaufman named as treasurer among Mobile Infirmary officers at Elks Hall card party
A plain solvent method promises to dissolve dandruff with four ounces of liquid argon rubbed into the scalp at night. By morning most dandruff is gone and three or four more applications dissolve remaining signs. Itching stops and hair becomes fluffy lustrous glossy soft and healthier looking.
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