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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
6
In memoriam verses honor Riley with a hopeful revival in children as Cherished, a tale of life beyond death. Miss Nelda Humphrey signs with the Opera Company for touring, praised for talent by officials and the Birmingham Ledger. Social events include bridge games, ante nuptial parties, Petticoat and church notices, and multiple visits and entertainments across Mobile and nearby towns.
Miss Edna Manning departs by noon train for a eastward trip visiting Montgomery, Maryland, and Lake Forest, with plans to join her father in August then New York. Numerous social visits unfold across Daphne, Mobile, Selma, Bay St. Louis, Warrenton, and Birmingham as friends and relatives exchange greetings and host travelers.
The article discusses improving the nose's shape through persistent, gentle molding with fingers and light pinching, plus skincare like hot water cleansing and soap to smooth skin. It cautions against extremes and notes personal frustration with skin bumps and ridges.
A reader thanks for prior guidance on rehabilitation and asks for further tips to restore finger dexterity after stumping. The note shows appreciation for prompt replies and requests additional actionable guidance.
A fragmented note offers unsafe improvised remedies and vague care tips. The text mentions rubbing vaseline on edges and polishing with a buffer, using crude terms, and appears as a stray, nonsensical medical guidance excerpt.
An advertisement touts A Clear Skin as part of beauty with Hagan's Magnolia Balm liquid powder. It claims immediate freshness and healing of sunburn and tan. Priced 75 cents at druggists or by mail. sample free. Lyon Manufacturing, 342 South Fifth Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Attempts to restart Bronx streetcar service halted by a strike led to disorder and arrests. Stones were piled on tracks amid clashes with strikers and carmen. Yonkers Mount Vernon and New Rochelle reported no service but no violence.
Mrs. G H Mathis of Gadsden an acclaimed agricultural expert aims for a spot on the new Federal Farm Loan Bank Board. Four members will serve at 10600 dollars a year each, with region banks later chosen. Mathis travels to Washington to discuss the post with Alabama lawmakers.
The English press notes German forces pressing on the Somme front while assessments say an Entente Central powers clash is not imminent. Saloniki attack seems unlikely as Austro Germans and Bulgars show limited troop strength and lack capacity for a major assault on the Macedonian stronghold.
Petrograd reports General Sakharoff widening the push from Lutsk toward Brody and threatening the Brody Lemberg line. The Slonevka forded and Russians sit about 10 miles from Brody with Radziviloff forces. Cossacks engage rear guards in the Carpathians as Turks retreat after Erzingan fell.
German forces report they are pinned the Somme region by French and British advances on three fronts. Berlin cites continued use of the war’s most powerful artillery along a widening front as evidence of strength.
An intense bombardment from Pozieres to Hardecourt indicated a renewed Allied main effort on the Somme. A British division led a strong attack near Longueval and Guillemont, gaining a foothold but retaken. General Foch supported a south of Somme push, advancing a few hundred metres near Estrees and Soyécourt before losing ground.
London July 27 British official statement rejects Turkish claim that British cavalry around the Suez canal were dispersed. The denial asserts British forces still occupy Katia Romani and Oghratina with complete superiority, and that the enemy has not pressed forward.
Berlin reports German forces claim grenade attacks repelled as they press west of the Somme in July. Reports from Berlin via London describe fighting near Posteres as German lines hold against Allied pressure.
Mrs. Janie Seals returns to Gulfport after visiting Mrs. Baumhauer and Mrs. Dodds of Bestor. Douglas Hayes Johnson visits grandmother Mrs. Charles Johnson and other relatives. John Mason and Price Williams return from Gulfcrest. Several locals depart for a fishing trip on Chickasabogue. Grace Sutton from Fasigmoula Miss and Ira Sutton of Jackson join Miss Petersons guests. The Wednesday Sewing Circle entertained by the Misses Peterson with a large guest list and a pleasant evening.
Interior rivers except the Santee and Wateree are below flood stage and receding. Santee and Wateree remain high with Rimini at 23.9 feet and St Stephens at 19.8 feet. Damaged bridges and highways are being repaired rapidly, with transportation facilities expected to improve soon.
Reports from eastern North Carolina indicate rivers and streams that rose after heavy central rains are subsiding. Damage is mainly to highway bridges roads and crops with limited overall losses anticipated.
In Baton Rouge on July 27 Dr Estis D Robbins a noted specialist and local leader was arrested on charges filed by Alma Black twelve year old daughter of Cole C Black a planter and politician. The affidavit was sworn by Mr Black and Robbins denies the charges. Sheriff Day placed him in parish jail amid safety concerns.
Washington report details 2,445,664 motor vehicles registered in 1915 with 18,245,713 in fees paid. Public Roads notes 90 percent of fees, or 16,213,387, went to road building and maintenance. The year shows an increase of 734,325 vehicles and 5,863,760 in fees from 1914.
Army headquarters says French attacks south of the Somme and northeast of Bar leux failed. In Verdun Froide Terre and Fleury saw several strong French assaults repulsed, with fighting continuing at some points.
Berlin reports the Russian forces last night made a futile assault on German lines along the Schutschara river northwest of Baranovichi and were repulsed west of Berestechks, according to the German general staff.
Berlin July 27 report says Austro-Hungarian forces withdrew north of Brody in northeastern Galicia under superior Russian pressure after July 26 actions.
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