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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1916
Page
6
Mobile readers follow a roundup of social moves including the Clingermans leaving for Tacoma with remarks on Mr. Clingerman’s Mobile Electric Company service and a farewell supper. The area hosts anniversary balls, bridge club gatherings, memorials, a grand Austrian wedding, and local society notices across Meridian Dispatch and Birmingham News.
Francis asks for a salve to stop a monthly finger swelling around the nail that ends with nail loss and an imperfect hair on the finger. The reply references a skin cream and then suggests a colon flush, strict meals, avoiding sweets, a hot bath, and a cleansing cream to clear skin in two weeks.
Several families and visitors are listed with movements and visits. Mr Otto Arp and family joined by Adolph Arp and daughters Lilly and Ella, with Ella returning to Meridian soon. Robert Ewing and family, summering at Pass Christian, attended the Von Liebe Ewing wedding and returned home. Frances Reynolds visits Fairhope with cousins Elaine and Josephine Brown. Mrs L Rousseau visits Palestine, Texas, and Eugenia Rosson of Mobile visits Nettie Beall in Birmingham. Misses Gisla and Olivia Immler visit Caldwell sisters. Iola Laurendine returns from Missouri and Illinois. Jennie Montgomery visits Toulminville. Esther Reynolds visits Jackson, Alabama. Mrs Ernest Britton of Birmingham visits Reed Ave family. Katherne McKinstry well at Southern Infirmary. Andrew Hague to spend tomorrow in Pensacola. Mr and Mrs Frank B Clark of Birmingham guests in the city. C Blount moves to Detroit. Red Tag Sale advertised for ladies apparel on second floor.
London reports that women police, employed in munition factories to search workers for contraband, patrol trains, inspect passports, and oversee yards, earn 10 dollars weekly plus fares. Sergeants receive 11 and inspectors 12. The chief officer says teachers are sought for their calm temper and tact.
In Sing Sing on July 26, Dr. Arthur Warren Waite awaiting execution for murder of his father-in-law John E. Peck bled from a chest wound shaped like a cross. He used a fragment of broken glass hidden in his cell and was moved to the prison hospital. The injury is not serious.
Edward Selander, arrested in a federal raid on alleged drug dens in New Orleans, was killed last night by a locomotive. He had been released on a $5,000 bond after being charged with illegal drug traffic under the Harrison Act. authorities note uncertainty whether the death was suicide or accidental.
Whistler hosts the Social Dramatic Club Friday night July 28 at the Odd Fellows Hall with The Man From Maine. Mrs Cyril Pooley and Jim mie Tate introduce special ties. Local talent performs followed by dancing after the show with guests in town.
The Brotherhoods of Railroad Engineers Firemen Conductors and Trainmen vote today on striking for an eight hour day and time and a half overtime pay. Official counts begin August 1 and run to August 5 with officers of the four unions meeting in New York State. Officials expect an overwhelming vote to authorize a strike if demands are not met.
Yonkers New York July 26 strike spreads to the Bronx with all trolley cars from the Bronx to Yonkers and Mount Vernon idle. Union Railway Company workers join in sympathy with Yonkers trolley men demanding higher wages.
New York July 26 The infantile paralysis epidemic advanced with 35 more deaths and 162 new cases reported across the five boroughs in the 24 hours ending at 10 am.
Washington July 26 All national guard units composed of college students will be mustered out of federal service in time for the fall term. Guard units that have not gone to the border by August 1 will be sent forward and border units will be withdrawn on September 1 for mustering out.
The store touts biggest bargains on record with a Red Tag Sale on ladies apparel. Come quick for deep cuts and limited selections.
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