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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1916

Page

7

Footwear Trends and Spring Recipes Highlight Seasonal Styles

The piece outlines spring and summer footwear for women with white lace boots and white pumps favored, plus high boots 75 percent white to suit spring skirts. It also notes white ivory soled dress shoes, palm Beach pumps, and several two tone options. The rest offers simple dessert ideas, muffins, an orange omelet, punch juice prep, baked beans, luncheon options, and a carrot soup recipe concluding with a leap year marriage proposal reflection.

Palm Beach

Scott's Emulsion Promoted As Postillness Tonic

Doctors prescribe Scott's Emulsion after sickness to restore strength and resistance. The ad claims it feeds tissues, benefits blood, and strengthens lungs and throat, marketed as pure medicinal food without alcohol or drugs by Scott & Bowne of Bloomfield New Jersey.

Scott & Bowne Bloomfield N.J Standard Oil Company New Jersey United States

Southern Belle Captivates Capital Society

One of Knoxville Tennessee’s most beautiful girls and her mother are wintering in Washington, where high society has quickly shown appreciation for her beauty.

Knoxville Tenn National Capital

Club Calendar Highlights Local Society Events

Needham Bryan Chapter meeting with Mrs. Harry T Inge at 3 pm. School Improvement Association in kindergarten room at 3 pm. Delegates to Older Girls Conference at Government Street Presbyterian Church 3 15 pm. Lecture by Miss Bettie Wilson at Battle House 3 pm. Woman's Musical Club with Mrs. Winston Jones 8 pm. As You Like It club with Mrs. J W Hunter 3 pm. W C T U meeting at First Baptist Church 3 pm. Electra Semmes Colston Chapter U D C at Cawthon Hotel 10 30 am. Chautauqua Circle with Mrs. C W Moss 4 pm.

Needham Bryan Harry T. Inge Clark School Improvement Association Government Street Presbyterian Church Bettie Wilson Battle House Woman’s Musical Club Winston Jones J. W. Hunter Baptist Church Electra Semmes Colston Cawthon Hotel Chautauqua Circle C. W. Moss

Community club and society meeting schedule

A long list of Thursday and Saturday events includes the Century Book Club in the Colonial Room at 4 p m, Polymnia Music Circle at 11 a m, YWCA events at 3 p m and 10:30 a m, and the Mobile Gesang Verein at 8 30 p m. Also noted are lectures by Rev. John W. Phillips at 7 30 p m and 11 a m, Mothers Club, and various club rooms and venues in Mobile.

Century Book Club Cawthon Hotel Polymnia Music Circle James Wade Cox Craighead Club Christ Child Society McGill Institute Mobile Gesang- Verein Frohsinn Mobile Medical Association John W. Phillips We Cock Berney Strauss C. J. Torrey Moose Auditorium Yerby Building Mamie Phelps

Fire Chief Targets Careless Auto Drivers

Armistead and Walnut streets resident T. J. Kelly was arrested after Fire Chief C. S. McCosker accused him of blocking Plum Alley during a fire, hindering fire trucks. The case goes to recorder's court Monday. The chief says reckless auto drivers routinely impede fire operations.

T. J. Kelly Armistead Walnut Streets C. S. McCosker Plum Alley Recorder’s Court McCosker Kweichow

Billie and the Fox Seek Strawberries in Winter Tale

In a playful winter outing Billie the squirrel is sent by his mother to fetch canned strawberries from Mrs Wibblewobble the duck. A hungry fox blocks his path and forces Billie to guide him to Uncle Wiggily Longears while Billie clutches the fragile can, an accident narrowly avoided when the can cracks on the fox’s nose.

Billie Billie Bushytail Jimmie Grandfather Goosey Gander Boy Duck Johnnie Uncle Wiggily Longears Hollow Tree House Uncle Mr. Longears

Cupid's Corner Advice Column Practice

Inquiries addressed to Miss Eros are printed if concise. letters remain private where noted. A 20 year old man seeks marital harmony. advise him to set firm budget limits and expect his wife to adjust. An 18 year old girl asks how to meet a nice young man and is advised to be agreeable and engaging in social settings.

Miss Eros Miss Hros Eigen Eros

The Joy of Motherhood and Lydia E. Pinkham's Medicine

A letter from Worcester Massachusetts tells how Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped a woman overcome female illness and avoid surgery, resulting in health restoration and the birth of a healthy baby boy. It claims the remedy makes women normal, healthy and strong, citing Mrs Bert Garvey as a grateful user.

Lydia E. Pinkham Worcester Mass Bert Garvey Hacker St

Fox Seeks Doctor After Nose Bleed From Strawberries

In a whimsical scene Billie and a fox improvise a joke about a nose bleed. The fox chases a doomed mystery while a cracked strawberry jar spills red juice, revealing the prank and a chase to safety with Uncle Wiggily references.

Olackski Fox Uncle Wiggily Billie Squirrel Boy

Bell's Pine Tar Honey advertised cold relief

An advertisement promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a remedy for cold symptoms sore throat and feverish throat irritation. It claims Pine Tar loosens phlegm eases breathing and reduces inflammation with general relief offered at 25 cents.

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