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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1916
Page
8
An unreadable OCR fragment references the Rio Grande and a character called Pate tree. It mentions a film trooper in Company A and phrases about greasers and killing gringo. Context and coherence are severely limited by garbled text.
A list of Rotarians including President L. D Shawhan Mr J W Hunter and others prepare to attend a morning meeting in Cincinnati. The committee features General Hub cken Col Wm ves Colonel Mad Tullis and John H among its members.
Society pages recount a private dining room gathering with named hostesses and guests, notes on decorations and absences, followed by announcements of church circle postponement, YWCA board meeting, and moves of residents. Additional items include a Pensacola residence plan, a baby born to the Laxton family, and upcoming weddings and visits in Alabama and Mississippi.
The piece urges careful upbringing of girls from ages thirteen to eighteen to safeguard future beauty and health. It warns against overwork, favors balanced nutrition, notes digestion and complexion considerations, and mentions seeking beauty experts and Dr Muller’s exercises. It also includes fragmented Q and A about hair loss and scalp issues.
A string of brief items lists Mr and Mrs J Lindsay, Mr and Mrs H E Buster, Miss Nannie Brown, and Sgt H W Ahern among others in a storm casualty and travel narrative. Other notes mention Mrs Henry Pearson detained en route to Galena, T G Bush in New York, T H Wright traveling to Biloxi Mobile and New Orleans, and various Birmingham and Mobile residents visiting or returning from Point Clear Grove Park and other locales.
Social hour at Whistler featured Mrs Nathaniel B Gay Mrs Robie Lucas Mrs George J Lambert Mrs Jerre Stephen co Miesier and Mrs Stephen McCarty. Next meeting with the Misses Peterson. A stray dog incident on Whistler street caused bites before it was killed by Glen Bur ett. Visitors include Mrs John W Shields visiting from Belize and Miss Alice McWhorter from Washington DC. Local travels mention Mark De La Bar visiting Meridian and Mrs Kittie Spicer with daughter Bessie Lee returning from Georgetown. An advertisement for Hagan’s Magnolia Balm promotes skin beauty and sunburn relief with samples.
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