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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1915

Page

8

Suffrage Meeting notes and library items in Mobile

Mobile suffrage meeting at the Cawthon Hotel featured Mrs. Martin Holbrook and a change of views on suffrage. Miss Helen M. Holbrook was elected official reader for the association. A catalog of popular Mobile Library books by Miss Jeanette Boudousquie was announced. Marriage licenses issued include White-Roscoe Lane Funk and Mary Jane Gilbert. Charles Vann Lennepve Marshall and Margaret Aggie Murphy. Raymond Pringle and Irene Robinson. Alfred H. Williams and Ruby Rebecca-Lott.

Mobile , Suffrage Association Cawthon Martin Holbrook Holbrook Captein Eests Seckane Albn Mobile Associati Rhett Goode Alabama Alabama Equal Suffrage Appvetation Virginia Clay Glapton Helen M. Holbrook Columbia Oes Bae Association Boudousquie Roscoe Lane Funk Mary Jane Gilbert Chinchula Ala Charles Vann Lennepve Marshall Margaret Aggie Murphy Raymond Pringle Irene Robinson Alfred H. Williams Ruby Rebecca - Lott

Birthday party invites from Mobile Item with July births

The Mobile Item lists children born in July with names and addresses and invites them to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon. Tickets mailed. It also asks readers to send full names addresses and birthdates to the Children’s Editor two days before their birthday. Then a fiction piece follows about Flappy and Flippy the swan boys making a boat and adventures with friends at a lake.

Thelma D. Puckett S. Scott St Betty D. Muscat S. Hamilton St Rose Brady Spring Hill Ave Marguerite L. Sutherlin Estava St Alexander W. McDonald Fulton Rd Claude C. Bullock Dearborn St the Item Empire Theatre Wditor Flippy Longneck Flappy Flippy Jimmie Wibblewobble Duck Boy Papa Mamma Grandpa Blackfoot Grandma Bigwing Jimmie Crow Boy Sammie Littletail Rabbit Boy Jackie Pettie Bow Wow Neddie Stubtail Bear Grandpa Goosey Uncle Wiggily Mary Sarah Janet Ticklefeather Swan Boy Rabbit Aunt Flippity-Flop Crow Flippity Swanboy Crow Lady Ker Rabbit Gentleman Flapp Aunt Flppity

Sure Way to Kill Rats Exposed in Simple at Home Method

Warning on rat control promises a simple nightly method using Stearns Electric Paste. Claims state a two ounce box costs twenty five cents and that the product exterminates rats mice and cockroaches with directions in fifteen languages. Government use is cited to bolster effectiveness.

Stearns Electric Petia Stearns Electric Paste

Cantaloupes From Eastern Shore Plentiful and Cheap

Canteloupes from the Eastern Shore are plentiful as imports rise. The best melons sell for 50 cents a crate with second grade at 40 cents. Pleasure Bay brought 100 crates from Point Clear and Magnolia’s Magnolia Springs launch sent 175 crates.

Pleasure Bay Point Clear Magnolia Magnolia Springs

Boy and Sweetheart Charged With Murder of the Girl's Mother

In Noblesville Indiana two teens Frany Taylor 19 and Imez Burk 16 were charged with murder in the death of Mrs Arthur McClain. The pair, who are romance linked to the girl, disappeared Sunday before arrest warrants were issued yesterday.

Noblesville Ind Frany. Taylor Imez Burk Arthur McClain Taylor Miss Burk

Vanderbilt yachts win Steeeny regatta by narrow margin

New York July 7 Cornelius Vanderbilt leads the ae yacht Vanitie to defeat the Resolute in a 30 race Steeeny regatta by a margin of four minutes and eleven seconds. Charles Francis Adams sailed in the victorious Vanitie.

New York Cornelius Vanderbilt Vanitie Resolute

Raphael Semmes Parliamentary Law Club Meets Tuesday

The Ra phal Semmes Parliamentary Law Club held its first weekly meeting at 5 pm Tuesday at Mrs. Charles R Hall's home 28 Spring Hill avenue. New members Mrs Carl Meyer and Mrs L D Dix joined. Mrs C S Shawhan missed, replaced by director Elliott Johnstone. The meeting planned weekly summer sessions and discussed City Beautiful street improvements and local organizations. Prudence Neff to Birmingham after representing the South at a national music study clubs convention in Los Angeles. she earned an engagement contract with Oklahoma City for next season.

Raphael Semmes Parliamentary Law Club Charles R. Hall Spring Hill Avenue Hall C. S. Shawhan Shawhan Belliott Johnstone Carl Meyer L. D. Dix Raphael Semmes School Improvement Association North M Street J. M. Shackelford

US-German Dye Shortage Faces Unbreakable Deadlock

Washington reports deadlock in efforts to secure German dye stuffs for American manufacturers. State department continues negotiations but Germany unlikely to permit exports without access to American cotton. Erwin W. Thompson to prepare a Berlin report on current stocks, near-term availability, and price policies.

Washington United States Germany State Department Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Erwin W. Thompson Berlin Hague

Local Ladies Praise Vegetable Compound in Illinois Ads

In All Our Neighborhood Princeton Illinois readers share testimonials about Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helping with health issues. Mrs J F Johnson and Mrs Bonsee Merwin endorse the remedy and encourage others to seek guidance from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.

Princeton, Ill E. Pinkham J. F. Johnson R. No Box Princeton Illinois Bonsee Merwin Poland Hess Kimer Co

Calendar notices detail society gatherings this week

Miss Madeline Johnson hosts a 3 year shower at 4 30 for 33 ces on Wednesday. Misses Marie and Irene Huet plan a spend the day party for Miss Anna Drahan on Thursday. The Mothers Club of the Settlement Home meets at 3 30 p m. The Craighead Parliamentary Law Club convenes at 6 p m. Addie Fitzgerald hosts a hosiery shower for Anna Druhan at 4 p m on Friday.

Madeline Johnson Marie Irene Huet Anna Drahan Mothers’ Club of the Craighead Parliame Law Club Cawthon Assembly Addie Fitzgerald Anna Druhan

Tuesday Mobile Library Draws Many Young Readers

The mobile library's Tuesday sessions draw children, mothers, and nurses eager to hear stories. Miss Hattie Neubik headlines with Why the Fox Has a White Tip on His Tail and a Maeterlinck Blue Bird resume. Nellie Hess and Hope Kimball also read, pleasing the audience.

Hattie Neubiik Maeterlinck Nellie Hess Misa Hope Kimball

Unclear 19th Century Afternoon Musical Notices

Fragmentary notice describes afternoon pleasures with story readings and Victrola music. Little Marion Brannan selects records and operates the machine, continuing through the summer at the usual hour.

Bila Martin Victrola Marion Brannan

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MISS Anna Boulet Suffrage Association Jmolds Union & Trust Co Lebanon Cumberland Sanitarium J. Sanders Mogr Tera Neff’s Bell Phone S. Royal ST Howard R. Garis The McClure Newspaper Syndicate Savings Bank City Bank A National Bank For Savings Southern Railroad Louisville and Nashville Atlantic Coast Southern Wa Larchmont Raphael Semmes Parliamentary Law Club Reed Avenue U. S Lydia E. Pinkham Chichester Library Horlick Mathers Joe Stoneuilding Pedastics Dauphin S&t Ree Syarth Bell Ocawthon Hotel Taxi Service W. H. Ransom Mgr Cawthon Hotel Lobby Mobile Fant Gulf Coast Bay 81 City Ticket Office Royal Street Mobile Electric CO
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