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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1916

Page

6

Mobileans visit resort and wedding news across town

Visitors from Mobile travel to Utica and Atlantic City with Miss Agnes Goldsby and Miss Isabel Goldsby leaving for Ork City. Miss Mary Ewing and Maxmilian Von Liebe plan a Trinity church wedding with guests from St Louis Pass Christian and Chicago. A memorial, trips, and engagements fill local events as Elizabeth Savage hosts a surprise party in Gadsden and other social gatherings unfold.

Liebe-Ewing Mary Ewing Maxmillian von Liebe Trinity Church Obert Ewing Miss Mrand Toulmin Robert, Jr Wilson Pass Christian Battle House Esther George Bates Michigan Avenue

Tan and Freckle Removal Through Home Wax Method

A historical notice describes altering skin appearance by applying mercorized wax or cold cream to shed tanned or freckled skin. Instructions suggest washing off and removing the surface layer, then using a solution with powder and solvent to brighten and smooth the complexion.

Inherit Ox

Proverb on Health Care and Self Medication Tradition

An aged saying suggests each person becomes a fool or physician by forty and should self care until then. The speaker notes increasing talk of self medication and recalls remedies from Wy and Pinkham’s standard products, highlighting common self care practices.

Syd Pinkham

Rubber shield aids and hinders in summer dress care

Readers learn to use a rubber perspiration shield to protect delicate fabrics from sweat odor and heat while wearing light dresses. Instructions cover pattern folding, seam placement, and lines of crosses for cutting. Advice includes daily replacement, washing, and adding a deodorizer to rinse water.

Ellen Smith

Mrs. Mark L Bristol guest at Bar Harbor amid naval family sorrow

Bar Harbor hosts Mrs. Mark L Bristol wife of Captain Bristol chief of navy aeronautics as Pensacola relatives share grief over her father Rittenhouse Moore of Mobile. Bristol recently sailed from Pensacola after orders to sea while Moore’s Mobile family story unfolds with several social notices from biloxi to Birmingham.

Mark L. Bristol Bristol Navy Aeronautics Alexander Brown Bar Harbor Maine Bristols Pensacola Rittenhouse Moore Mobile Tallulah Falls Moores Captain Bristol Pensacola News

Cabinet Silent On British Blacklist Talk

Washington July 25 Great Britain's blacklist against American firms was discussed at length in the cabinet meeting but acting Secretary Polk said there would be no immediate announcement. The president and advisers study related treaties and await replies to informal inquiries from London. They expect to take vigorous action but no definite plan was chosen.

Washington Great Britain Todaiy Polk State Department London

U S Steel Declares Extra Dividend Along With Regular

United States Steel Corporation announces an extra 1 percent dividend on common stock in addition to the 1 1/4 percent regular quarterly payout. Quarter ending June 30 earnings total 81,126,048 dollars per the report.

New York United States Steel Corporation Today

Bomb plot offered rewards for parade deaths in San Francisco

San Francisco on July 25 reported rewards totaling 13000 dollars for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a tomb explosion at the preparedness parade last Saturday, which killed six persons and injured forty two.

San Francisco

Chamberlain's Remedy Promoted For Summer Ailments

An advertisement urges families to keep Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy during hot weather. It claims the product is valuable and nearly always needed before summer ends and notes it is widely obtainable.

Local social notes list visiting nieces and guests

The column lists Miss Nina Lippert and Miss Wini Lippert of New Orleans planning a summer visit. Clara Crossland visits Biloxi with Dorothy and Mabel Vaughn. Evie D Oliv e visits Susie Smith at Magnolia Beach. Natalie McCarty visits Meridian guests Pauline and Regina Perry. Leah Gaston from Fairhope visits Thurman sisters. Mrs W T Hunter and family plan a trip to North Carolina. Mrs Ashbel Hubbard leaves to visit her mother Mrs Williams in Oxi.

Clara B. Crossland Biloxi Dorothy Mabel Vaughn Evie D'Olive Susie Smith Magnolia Beach Ashbel Hubbard Ein Mrs. Williams Oxi

Beauty on the Skin Ad for MAGNOIAA BALM

An old advertisement proclaims MAGNOIAA BALM for skin care with a claim that beauty can be applied to the skin. It offers samples free and a 75 cent price from Lyon Manufacturing Co., 42 South Fifth Street, Brooklyn, N Y.

Beatty Lyon Manuf'g Co South Fifth Street Brooklyn

Mrs Sam Kelly Returns From Winona Visit

Mrs Sam Kelly came back from Winona Mississippi where she visited her sister Mrs Rachael Gibson. Nathaniel Johnson returned from Meridian Mississippi. Rev J D Wilkes of Crichton Baptist Church will hold service at Bethany Baptist Church Wednesday night at 7 30. Mrs J Blackmon and her son Albert of Fort Worth Texas visit Mrs Wade Therrell. Mrs Frank De La Bar and children returned to Meridian.

Sam Kelly Winona Miss Rachael Gibson Nathaniel Johnson Meridian J. D. Wilkes Crichton Baptist Church Bethany Baptist Church J. Blackmon Albert Fort Worth Tex Wade Therrell Frank de la Bar

Report on Goldberg Case Expected This Week

In Montgomery Alabama Brigadier General Bricken reports Colonels Maddox and Graves will finish their inquiry into Private Harry Goldberg's alleged binding and abuse for cursing the flag and President Wilson. The article also notes health, recruitment, and band activities across the Alabama National Guard camps and units.

Montgomery Ala FF. M. Maddox FE. H. Graves Charles R. Bricken Harry Goldberg Wilson Alabama Brigade National Guard Maddox Mobile Graves Gollberg Birmingham Bricken Texas War Department George A. O'Connell O'Connell Alabama

Doctor Shot by FELLOW'S LINKED FATAL SHOOTING IN BOSTON

The death of Dr. Wilfred Harris, shot by Dr. Aldridge D. Atwood, is expected to be declared. Atwood says Harris blocked his marriage to Cecelia P. Adams, leading to Adams's death by her own hand. Police consider the possibility that Miss Adams was murdered.

Boston Wilfred Harris Aldridge D. Atwood Cecelia P. Adams Atwood Harris Miss Adams Pada

Flood aid resolutions proposed for five states

Resolutions were introduced in the house authorizing federal aid for flood sufferers in North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alabama and Mississippi. They call for 700 000 in appropriations and authorize the war department to supply tents quartermasters and medical supplies.

Washington North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alabama Mississippi House Committee On Military Affairs War Department

Cossacks Across Frontier Cause Panic in Hungarian Towns

A July 14 Cossack detachment crossed into Hungary causing panic in frontier towns and a mass refugee exodus. Russians withdrew after brief advances as gendarmes fought them. Refugees struggle for food and shelter, blocking roads and delaying military transport.

London Hungary Morning Post Bukovina Montenegro Albania

Child Labor Bill Caucus Date Set

Democratic senators will hold a caucus tonight to consider President Wilson’s request to include the child labor bill in the legislative program before adjournment. President Wilson stated he will insist on adoption of the child labor and federal employees compensation bills during the current session as reported, with a favorable senate committee report on the compensation bill that has passed the house.

Washington Wilson Congress Senate House

No tax refund on solvent credits in Alabama ruling

Alabama state officials hold no authority to refund solvent tax payments from 1910 to 1914. The legislature abandoned the tax but did not provide refunds. Mandamus action may be pursued. Also governor paroles J. O. Turner after lunacy finding. Turner to hospital then possible sentence. Justice John C. Anderson travels to Talladega Springs for summer vacation.

Montgomery Ala Alabama M. C. Allgood Lawrence E. Brown Brown John C. Anderson Alabama Supreme Court Talladega Springs Justice Anderson Decatur Alabama State Bar Association

Strayed and Lost Notices From Purity Springs and Georgia

A medium sized sorrel horse strayed from Purity Springs at Spring Hill with a reward offered for its return. A white and black setter bitch about 10 months old, named May, is listed as lost near 105 S Georgia Avenue with reward offered.

Purity Springs Spring Hill Purity Springs Bottling Co S. Commerce Ree H. V. Bachelder Georgia Avenue

Hoosier Poet James Whitcomb Riley Laid to Rest

James Whitcomb Riley was laid to rest at Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis in a home funeral attended by relatives and close friends. The body was placed in a vault awaiting final disposition after services led by Rev Joseph A Milburn and Rev Frederick E Taylor with flowers Riley favored.

Indianapolis Ind James Whitcomb Riley Crown Hill Joseph A. Milburn Sewanee, Tenn Second Presbyterian Church Frederick E. Taylor First Baptist Church

Deal for Danish West Indies by U S is Assured

Washington reports that negotiations are nearly complete for the United States to purchase the Danish West Indies from Denmark for 25 million dollars. A treaty closing the transaction may be signed today and sent to the Senate. The islands St Croix St Thomas and St John lie west of Porto Rico and hold strategic naval value.

Washington White House Danish West Indies United States Denmark Senate Washington Administration Congress St. Croix St. Thomas St. John Porto Rico Europe Panamia Canal

Competing Nations Rivet Attention on Caribbean Islands

Naval officers warn the Danish West Indies are strategically vital to deter rival European powers from seizing them. They stressed their proximity to Guantanamo and the risk to crucial sea routes linking the Caribbean and American coast cities.

Danish West Indies United States Guantanamo Key West Mona Caribbean Sea

Court Notices in Chancery Division

Chancery Court procedures listed with multiple cases including pro confesso judgments and motions. Receivership motion set for 29th. testimony ordered. demurrer to amended bill. motions to dismiss or show cause pending in cases such as Thomas v Thomas and Porter v Porter.

Chancery Court Smith Phil Thomas Addie Thomas H. W. Slaughter E. C. Hall Lee E. Sutton Frank E. White C. H. McBroom Theresa McBroom Walter Porter Elnora Porter Carrie Taylor Henrietta Franklin Blanche Herman Geo. X. Herman, Jr

American Publisher Detained in Liverpool Released

London July 25 S. S. MacLure the American publisher was detained aboard the American liner Philadelphia on arrival at Liverpool yesterday. He was released this afternoon after representations by the American embassy to British authorities.

London S. S. MacLure Philadelphia Liverpool

Progressives to Convene Leaders Ahead of Aug 5 Chicago Meet

New York officials said a conference of Progressive leaders from across the country would be held in an eastern city later this week to determine action for the national meeting in Chicago on August 5. Walter A. Johnson announced he would call a state leaders conference for later this week to decide a course of action.

United States Army Regular Army National Guard Oscar Harrison Oxford Company Hunter McDuffie Monroeville Graves New York Progressive Party Chicago Walter A. Johnson Progressive State Committee Mr. Johnson Syracuse

Progressive leaders plan petition supporting Hughes in New York

Bainbridge Colby said anti Perkins Progressive leaders will meet in Chicago and consult with other states before. Officials announced that anti endorsement leaders failed at Syracuse plan would circulate a petition endorsing Hughes to enrolled Progressives across New York state.

Bainbridge Colby Hughes Syracuse Chicago New York State

Negro Troopers Revolt At Slars In San Antonio

Rioting by members of the Eighth Illinois infantry and alleged shirking by units of the First Illinois brigade on a practice march sparked comment. Negro guardsmen said slurs by whites led to the attack on Herbert Henne, who fled his auto to a saloon where he defended himself until provost guards arrived and fired, wounding three militiamen. The incident was to be resolved by trial of the culprits.

San Antonio Tex Eighth Illinois Infantry First Illinois Brigade Herbert Henne Henne Bell Funston Massachusetts el Paso

Sumner Returns from Gulf Refugee Operation

The United States army transport Sumner arrived in Newport News after a month abroad. It had escorted refugees from the Gulf crisis, landing some in Porto Rico and others at Galveston and Tampa. The ship will tie up at the port.

Newport News United States Army Sumner Gulf Ports Mexico Porto Rico Galveston Tex Tampa Fla

Also Mentioned on This Page

News OF Mobile Social Department HOME R. P.M. Bell Utauqua Agnes 3 Isabel Goldsby Ork City Gordon Eleanor Burgett Katherine Maer Mbus Marion Maer Katherine Atlantic City Wichita Falls J. A. Foppe Cawthon Hey Mr. Foppe The Cincinnati Hmnquirer Louisville Y. M. B. A. Hall Palm Grove No. 7 Woodman's Circle Regnar Jeee M. Yukers Louis T. Yukers Alfred Percy England Washington, D. C H. H. Patterson Atmore Record Alexander de Salskowska St. Stephens’ Episcopal Church Progressive Circle J. C. Bunderland Marine Street Elizabeth Savage Gadsden J. Savage Palmetto Street Perdue Hill Emma Tam Beulah Myrtle Hobart Emily Woodruff May Dolly Gerald Agnes Ethel Wilson Virginia Discher Howard Fon Vic Hubbard Ames Gordon Radcliff Burgoyne Edward McGuire Scotty Beck John Gerald Robert Lutz Albert Lutz Springer Tam Edna Kent Forbes Emma Clara White Ellinor Madison Margaret Jones Margaret Gould Ivy Warsap Dan Smith Ernest Smith Herbert Finkbohner Randgill Laffre M. E. Savage Grand Bay W. C. Griffin Monroe Park Mrs. Rittenhouse Robert Smith Margaret Mobile Infirmary Wi. T. Kelly Greensboro N. C Max Boykin Florida Price Williams J. C. Wigbart Charles Hybart Estelle Hybart S&s Sue Rainer Misses Cunnningham Mary Knight Rush Elba Bruiner Lamar Fred Jernigan Troy J. T. Mahoney Juliet Adelaide Robert Harrison Dar Iphin Way Chiattanooga Hunter Lyon Hunter Clark E. L. Hawkins Norfolk, Va Miss R. Gaillard Dauphin Way L. W. Savage Helen Bashinsky Julia Brock Frank Milhous J. C. Hobart Daphne Selma Rose Lawhorn Springhill C. D. Willoughby Cabinet Britain U. S. Steel Company Nina Winifred Lippert New Orleans Natalie McCarty Pauline Regina Perry Leah Gaston Fairhope Willie Edna Grace Thurman Whistler Goldberg Col. Graves Child Labor Bill Whatley Case Lee Whatley Calhoun County State Board of Pardons Henderson Whatley J. O. Turner Tuscaloosa County Tuscaloosa Turner State Court of Appeals Hoosier U.S Islands MOOSE East Hughes Wrecking Crew Chase Gulf Lear Mitchell’s Stock A. A. Richards, Auctioneer
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