This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1916
Page
8
A reflective verse praising children as light and grace. The speaker views them as divine beings and sources of virtue, citing Jesus's words about childlike innocence and the blessing found in youth. The piece blends religious imagery with intimate affection.
Children of Mobile enjoy a summer event with a new grandstand in Bienville Square enabling dancing under a festive city setup. Citizens anticipate carefree evenings as war and politics fade from view in a simple community celebration.
An advisory on hair care warns that soaps and prepared shampoos use excess alkali, drying the scalp and making hair brittle. It recommends using refined coconut oil with water to clean the scalp, produce rich lather, and leave hair soft and manageable. Coconut oil is described as cheap and accessible at pharmacies for family use.
An old advertisement touts Hagan's Magnolia Balm as a quick cosmetic that refreshes and beautifies while healing sunburn and tan. Sold for 75 cents at druggists or by mail from Lyon Manufacturing Co. in Brooklyn with a free sample.
Miss Frances Earnest and Miss Alexa Rapa, Dallas hosts, arrive to stay with Miss Willie Neville at Sweet Briar for several weeks. They attend a supper, then plan a dinner, a visit to Coden, a Purvis house party, and a Sea Cliff gathering later in the week.
Miss Virginia Stiggins, recently back from the University of Alabama, arrives by the John Quill with a party including Miss Katherine Farrar of Tuscaloosa. Farrar, dean’s daughter and recipient of a degree this year, will visit Miss Stiggins then attend a Lafayette house party via Mrs. McNeil’s cousin. Also notes a sewing circle year-end party with games, gifts, and refreshments at the Harris home on Dexter Avenue.
MISS FAIRFAX answers readers about romance with practical counsel. A young woman unsure after a rejected invitation is urged not to yield to pride and to communicate to resolve the rift. FRANK urges clearing up misunderstanding promptly to preserve the relationship despite distance or doubts.
Friday events include Moving Picture Party from Mrs Edward Gachet to Miss Helena Krudop at 4 pm and Spend the Day Party from Miss Etta Lard to Miss Helen Lavelle Elwell Bridge Club at 10 30 am. A 500 Party transfers Miss Daphne Roberts to Miss Lucile Baker at 10 30 am. Saturday features a Heart Party and Hosiery Shower from Mrs H L Miller to Miss Helena Krudop at 4 pm. Mobile resident Mrs M Greenhood is ill at Battle House.
At the Coliseum Chicago on June 9 the Republican convention read the peace conference report. Delegates applauded when Roosevelts name was mentioned as the most desirable candidate to unite. The Progressive conferees urged Roosevelt as the leading figure to defeat the Democratic administration and restore GOP control.
The conferees from the Progressive and Republican national conventions held a friendly session in Chicago. The joint committee proposed Theodore Roosevelt as a unifying candidate but no concrete proposal was advanced and further conference was planned. Signed by George W. Perkins Hiram W. Johnson Charles J. Bonaparte John M. Parker Horace S. Wilkinson.
Jake J. Zimmern a Mobilian now in New York City arrives in Mobile Friday and stays at the Battle House to visit his brothers Lee and Samuel Zimmern during this stay in the city.
Sailors discuss the superstition that bodies weighted for burial at sea surface briefly then sink, rising to face the ship before sinking again. Captain Proctor Hagan recalls seeing this phenomenon many times and recounts a Beri Beri case where bodies floated and spun mid water.
James Ratcliff and wife transfer to Claude Gray for $1 and other valuable considerations lots 27 and 28 in square 22 of Fisher's Tract Mobile county Alabama. Frank S. Goodwin and wife transfer to L. G. Biawais for $1 and other valuable considerations section 9 township 6 south range 2 west.
Woman delegates at the Moose defense plane auditorium in Chicago changed the Progressive platform wording. They struck the word male from the declaration stating every male citizen is charged with the duty of defending his country and replaced his with our.
A reader testimonial from Newfield New York praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as economical and beneficial for women's ailments and stomach indigestion. The notice urges using a tablespoon after meals to restore digestion and energy within days.
The City Realty Company organized with a capital stock of $2,500 and filed incorporation papers in the probate court. Officers include William J. Norville president Hammond B. Gayfer vice president Peyton Norville secretary and treasurer G Rapier James E. Duggan and Henry Stoutz directors.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.