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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1913

Page

5

Arachne Club Hosts Charming Mobile Visitors in Troy

The Arachne Club of Troy Alabama entertained guests including Mrs F E Kersh and Mrs Oscar Stallings at the home of Mrs E G Chaffin on South Tree Notch street. Attendees enjoyed Shasta daisies ferns and palms with salads ices and punch as special music and a Mothers Club address were planned for next week.

Mabilian Minerva Arachne Club of Troy Ala Mothers’ Club J. T. Dumas Birmingham D. R. Reed Jeter

Testimonial of Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy Help

Texas woman recounts four years of painful menstrual cramps and related symptoms. After using seven boxes of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and two bottles of Sanative Wash she reports full recovery and weight gain from 96 to 126 pounds.

Adrian Texas Lydia E. Pinkham Jessie Marsu

Confederate Heroine Dead in New York City

Mary Bradford Johns, famed as a heroine at Nashville on December 15, 1864, died in New York City while visiting her son Edward Johns. A lifelong Nashville resident, she urged Confederate troops to reform during the Civil War battle as shells flew.

Associated Press Nashville Tenn New York City Mary Bradford Johns Edward Johns

Museum Night Sparks Debate Over Cubist Art

Helen and Warren attend an art show featuring Cubist and Futurist works. Their reactions clash with critics as crowds debate meaning, with misread figures and puzzling titles provoking indignant and amused responses.

Two Men Injured In Collision With Car

Thomas Bressler and Percy Simmons were severely injured when their motorcycle collided with Louisville and Nashville streetcar No 46 at the corner of Claiborne and Esla va streets about 2 PM. Bressler sustained a broken leg and multiple cuts. Simmons was badly bruised. Both were taken to their homes.

Thomas Bressler Percy Simmons Wilkinson Claiborne Eslava Louisville Nashville Bressler Simmons

City Brevities and Local Notes

Sykes Tucker, son of Joseph St. George Tucker, was brought here from Vredenburg Alabama with a badly lacerated left foot after a fall against a saw in the Vrendeburg Lumber Company mill. During Judge Henry Chamberlain’s vacation on the eastern shore next week, Attorney Moses Kohn will preside over the inferior civil and criminal courts.

Sykes Tucker Joseph St. George Tucker Vredenburg Ala Vrendeburg Lumber Company Henry Chamberlain Moses Kohn

Male Teachers Preferable Opposed to Married Women in Schools

Associated Press reports Dr. Charles W. Eliot Harvard president emeritus writes to Abraham Stern that married women should not teach in public schools stating that male teachers are preferable for pupils teachers and community. He argues women should work no more than five years and suggests increasing the share of male teachers.

Associated Press New York Charles W. Eliot Harvard University Abraham Stern Eliot

O Keefe Resigns as Frisco Railway Joint Receiver

John D. O Keefe of New Orleans resigns as joint receiver of the Beaumont Sour Lake and Western Railway and the Orange and Northwestern Railway, subsidiaries of the Frisco system. Frisco receivership duties to be split with Frank Andrews continuing as sole receiver for south Texas lines. O Keefe will serve in a fire capacity for the New Orleans Texas and Mexico in Louisiana.

Associated Press Houston Texas John D. O'Keefe New Orleans Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway Orange and Northwestern Railway Frisco United States Barnes Frank Andrews O'Keefe Mexico Louisiana

Walter Page Praises English Common Law at London Dinner

United States ambassador Walter H. Page told a Hardwiciety dinner in London that the aims of Britain and the United States align. He said adopting English common law marked a great epoch for the U S and that the country owes a profound debt to it.

Associated Press London Walter H. Page United States Great Britain Lord Halsbury Page

Health certificate required for marriage in Wisconsin

Madison July 26 Wisconsin Legislature passes a bill requiring a health certificate from both parties before a marriage license can be granted The measure also envisions sterilization of the feeble minded optic and criminal insane in state and county institutions

Associated Press Madison Wis Wisconsin

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