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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1916
Page
7
A collection of verse and practical coffee stain removal methods, fabric care, evening gown preservation tips, and a variety of sandwich recipes including Egg Celery Raisin Nuts Date Meat Chicken and Salmon variants. The piece blends moral reflections with homemaking guidance and menu ideas.
Inquiries on love affairs addressed to Miss Eros may be printed if concise. Names will not be printed and personal letters will not be answered. Write on one side of paper and use ink. Dear Miss Eros I like to read Cupid's Corner. Now that it is leap year.
An old advertisement promotes Sloan's Liniment as fast acting relief for sciatic nerve pain and muscular aches. It claims deep penetration without rubbing and lists uses for rheumatism lumbago sore throat chest pain sprains bruises neuralgia and headache with a 25 cent price at druggists.
Betty Brown reports on a wedding bell shaped hat for Leap Year girls designed by Mme Esther Wright. The velvet and satin blue hat features a bridal bouquet of roses violets and cornflowers and is touted as an advance hat for next spring by the Fashion Art League of America.
Readers request guidance on proposing when to go out with a loved one and whether a 16 year old should attend movies or parties. Hazel cautions against pressuring rules and follows era standards, while Rose argues for cautious parental boundaries and youth independence with trust.
A delegation of Mobile automobile dealers led by L. G. Adams visits Montgomery to aid in organizing a dealers association with state wide scope. Also present are Dr. W. H. Kemp and P. D. Beville representing local merchants.
The trial of J E Johnson of Coffeeville Alabama resumed in the United States district court before Judge Toulmin. He faces charges of using the mails with a scheme to defraud. The M C Kiser Company of Atlanta Georgia is the complaining witness. It is expected the case will go to the jury before night.
A detailed timetable of meetings across multiple groups in Mobile. Events include City Federation committees at Cawthon Hotel and Colonial Room, Registered Nurses at Cawthon, Old Shell Road School group, Southern Alabama Woman's Methodist Conference at Ladies Parlour, Woman's Musical Club, As You Like It Club, Newman Circle, Fannie Woodcock Missionary Society, Mobile Art Club, and other divisions. Activities run Thursday through Saturday with venues at YWCA, Cawthon Hotel, Battle House, Masonic Temple, and Moose Auditorium.
Uncle Wiggily Longears greets his old friend Mr. Twinkle the city rabbit at the Littletail underground house. They discuss city life, carrots stored in country cellars, and snowy weather as they plan tea together.
Mr Twinkle reluctantly leaves the city after a tense night with Uncle Wiggily and Mrs Littletail. They share tea in a cozy underground home while sounds from icicles to owls disturb him. He decides to return to his city residence, despite enjoying country life.
In Winsted Connecticut on January 24 former selectman John R. Judd and Gilbert Vincent fell into a grave after a plank broke while six pallbearers carried a coffin from the hearse to the box. Judd suffered a broken thumb and bruises. Vincent and Millard Zoule were injured.
Rome dispatches report Emperor Francis Joseph's bronchitis has become acute with him bedbound. All court receptions are halted and he is not meeting military authorities. Archduchess Zitan, wife of the heir, tends him. A stray line about a remedy appears in the clipping.
The Young People's Jewish Association held a well attended meeting Sunday afternoon at B'nai B'rith Hall. Debaters argued that reading of books develops the mind more than observation, with Miss Rose Bodziner and Moses Schwarz winning the negative. Miss Naomi Levinsohn and Mendel Goldstein led the affirmative, Dr. Alfred G. Moses spoke briefly, and musical numbers by Max Lavelle and Nadine Hunter accompanied by Pearl Schwarz completed the program.
A Patoka Illinois woman credits Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound with overcoming female troubles and helping her conceive a healthy baby girl after years of infertility. The testimonial claims the product strengthens the female system through herbs and roots, aiding displacement, irregularities, backache, and nervous prostration.
Announcement for Hill's Milk Depot listing new address at Bell 3738 and home contact 1695 with government and broad real milk services.
Mrs Littletail tells Uncle Wiggily that his guest did not stay long, and the old rabbit agrees it was not stylish enough for him. The pair conclude they are better off where they are, as change proves difficult for an old rabbit.
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