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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1916
Page
7
The excerpt blends a reflective poem about friendship with Harriet Earhart Monroe and a fashion note from The Fashions section. It discusses lifelike support from a friend, then shifts to patterns for waists, foundation garments, and decorative trims with ideas for contrasting color vests and lace embroidery.
A New Castle resident recounts long term monthly pains from age eleven to seventeen eased by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The testimonial cites improved health and regularity, and invites readers to seek confidential advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
An advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use tonic costing about 50 cents a bottle. It claims to darken gray faded hair naturally and evenly while stopping dandruff and helping hair stay glossy and strong with repeated applications.
A city and country feature showcases simple confections and kitchen tips. Corn Crisps mold, stuffed dates with candied cherry, plain white candy flavors, and quick chocolate icing are described with basic steps and measurements.
Raphael Semmes Parliamentary Law Club meets at 3 p m in the school building. Century Book Club gathers at 11 in the Cawthon hotel reception room. Polymnia Music Circle at 11 with Mrs James Wade Cox. Various clubs including Public Speaking Division at Craig head Club 3 p m and Sisterhood at B'nai B'rith Hall 3 30 p m. Extra rehearsal at Cawthon 8 p m. Older Girls Conference 3 15 p m Burgett Memorial. Mothers' Club 3 30 p m in B'nai B'rith Hall. Electra Semmes Colston Chapter 3 30 p m in colonial room Cawthon. Thursday events include Craighead Club 10 30 a m, Gradeq Union 3 45 p m Burgett Memorial. New Chautauqua Circle 10 30 a m with Mrs Alvin Levy. Government Street Methodist Woman's Missionary Society 11 a m. Old Shell Road School Improvement postponed to 8 p m. Ladies' Aid 11 a m First Baptist Bush auditorium. Main Division Craighead Club 3 30 p m. Meathe and Business Woman's Division 7 p m 23 WOCAL. Shakespeare Club 11 a m with Mrs C J Torrey. YWCA gym class 10 30 a m Moose auditorium. League of Hard of Hearing meets 3 p m Mobile Library.
Readers write in with questions about love and relationships. The column offers cautious guidance on waiting for a clingy suitor and urges young women to enjoy their youth, avoid rushing to marriage, and not fear remaining single.
The Home Economics Club met Tuesday in the Cawthon Hotel with Mrs. James Hagah presiding. Reports covered a proposed nurse registration bureau at the YWCA, child labor law advocacy, and the Smith Lever program for home economics and rural life. Members discussed Arbor Day, headquarters at the YMC A, and health and safety initiatives, with adjournment after remarks by Lydia Cummings of the Fairhope corporation.
John Shields manager of the Orr Laubenheimer Steamship Company at Belize B H arrived in the city Tuesday morning at 11 45 with his wife and child. He completed the trip aboard the Norwegian steamship Dictator of the company.
The February term grand jury for the city court was drawn by Judge C. J. Semmes. The panel includes John J. Skally, Warren M. Davis, Richard V. Alvarez, Michael P. Mc Donald, Andrew J. Krassin, James C. Tachoir, Alexander Hancock, Eugene A. Dolive, Hammon B. Gayfer, Herbert H. Lyons, Robins P. Aldridge, Frederick O. Rhen, Charles M. Wim berly, Charles H. Rabby, Frank M. Dooley, Gilbert M. Van Liew Jr., John W. Phillips, John H. Weinand, Hiram C. Bowling, Benjamin E. Taylor, Robert L. Padgett, Herndon Pringle, Thomas J. Lightner, Frank H. Morton Jr., Wyatt Morgan, Emmett L. Gentry, Hinton A. Touart, Deas J. Frazier, Curry M. McLeod, Robert M. Weinacker, Robert Windham, A. Bruce Stewart, city, Robin Nickles, John T. Evans, John FF. Pierson, William L. Ward, Jim Merriwether, Wilmer, Alexander Leland, Delchamps, Rufus Byrd, Walker W. Mills, George Madson, Citronelle, George March, Charles Willard, Theodore, Earl Bryan, Clem M. Deakle, Bayou La Batre, John M. Snow, Mann Station, Wilber Cato, Whistler, Walter Williams, Gulfcrest, James O. Strickland, Coden.
Advertisement urges use of Scott's Emulsion cod liver oil as a remedy for sore throats swollen glands and lung trouble. It claims germ resistance, healing glycerine benefits, and preventative strength against tubercular germs with no alcohol or harmful drugs. Encourages families to obtain a bottle and follow physician guidance.
Golfers embrace indoor practice to correct stance and swing with the driver during cold months. Spalding offers wool and rubber indoor balls mounted on a tee, designed to be safe even when hit at a window. Women reportedly struggle more than men with ball contact, so indoor sessions help maintain form until outdoor play resumes.
A narrator recalls sending anonymous aid to Eleanor Fairlow, while Dick and Jim Edie discuss Eleanor’s ambitions and morality. Dialogues reveal motives, social expectations, and notions of justice, with reflections on what women seek and how secrets shape relationships.
Colds cause throat and chest inflammation and potential trouble if ignored. Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey loosens phlegm and destroys germs in the throat or nose. Pine antiseptic, honey soothing. both combine to fight cold germs. 25c, all druggists.
Mrs Florence Austin Chase promotes Calumet Baking Powder to housewives, touting its reliability and leavening strength. She cites wholesomeness approved by boards and physicians, urges testing with a money back guarantee, and claims Calumet yields light, healthful bakings for millions of users.
Washington reports customs figures show chemical, drug and dye imports into the United States in 1915 dropped to about half of 1914 in quantity while values stayed near the 1914 total. Prices rose with lower import volumes, and dye wood imports nearly doubled despite Jamaica and British embargo effects.
An advertisement promotes Home Doctor formulas and home remedies for rheumatic conditions coughs colds frost bites corns and sore feet. It touts Toris com and syrup of sarsaparilla with whisky as a neutralizer of blood toxins and Pine Compound for coughs, urging readers to buy genuine Globe Pine and Calocide from drug stores and noting Dayton Ohio publishers.
An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as quick relief for colds and nasal congestion. It promises open air passages, reduced mucus, and soothing healing when applied in the nostrils, urging readers to ask their druggist for a bottle.
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