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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1915
Page
6
Poem tribute to June brides contrasts youth and aging hearts. Reports a June wedding as Marie Mahon marries George Marlette at 110 South Dearborne Street with floral decor and elegant lighting.
Advertisement notes that women face backache headaches nervousness and irritability as their workday ends. It promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made from roots and herbs as a remedy for these female-specific troubles.
Miss Annie Lou Rafield and Mr. Nicholas L Vickers wed at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile. The ceremony united two prominent Mobile families with attendants from local social circles. After a morning mass and reception at the Anfield home, the couple left for a Northward trip and will reside in Mobile.
A local supplier advertises a fine stock of Thermos bottles ready for purchase. Prices start at $1.00 with leather carrying cases available. Standard bottles include 1 and 2 pint options and smaller pints.
Miss Fannie Vaiden visits Spring Hill then heads to Newberne Alabama to live with her uncle Mr. Brown. Wicks Anfield wedding guest Joseph Norville of Memphis attends. Many families from Meridian to Bayou la Barre and New Orleans travel for visits, summers, and pre nuptial events. The piece lists numerous social arrivals engagements and gatherings with names and places including Spring Hill Mobile New York and Washington visits and a pre nuptial reception for Miss Katie White and Emanuel Soutullo.
Mrs A M La inet Mobile entertained by sister Kad Chaffee at her East La Rua street home. A breezy veranda reception featured card tables and pink floral decor with ferns daisies and pink hydrangeas. An ice course in pink followed the games.
Mobile churchgoers plan a Get Together picnic and excursion to Point Clear on Thursday. Bathing and water sports are the main activities, with Mrs James K Glennon offering use of the Point Clear Hotel and bath houses. The steamer Pleasure Bay departs at 9 30 a m from the municipal wharf and returns from Point Clear around 6 30 p m with a basket dinner encouraged.
An advertisement proclaims a simple inexpensive treatment to end all superfluous hair with no pain and permanent removal. It offers Mrs. Osgood’s Wonder from Van Antwerp Rug Co or any up-to-date druggist, with a guarantee on every package.
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