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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1915

Page

2

Mobile Tourists Flock to California Exposition

In June Mobile residents plan trips to San Francisco for the Exposition as newlyweds join group tours. Miss Nona Duffee leads travelers who formed an Elliott Tours party with stops planned along the way. Local social interest centers on hospitality in Mobile before departure.

Dog River San Francisco Exposition Golden West San Francisco Mobile Nona Duffee Miss St. Vincent Select School Nellie Crolich Leah Midgett Nell Kennedy Margaret Inex Phelan Cashin Lacy Mitchell Evadna Johnson Neil Kennedy Dorine Lillian McEvoy Mary Agnes McGlynn Johnson Arn Stiller Joan Leah Bell Pensacola Fla Estella Malone Elma Treachey Theresa Geary Lilian Alberta Brown Nellie Crouch Inez Phelan Katie Murray Nellie Kennedy

Wonderful saxolite facial remedy promises wrinkle removal

An advertisement touts powdered saxolite mixed with hazel as a simple dissolving lotion to erase wrinkles and creases. It claims rapid, harmless action and a visibly younger look, urging readers to ask their druggist for saxolite powder for a refreshing, soothing facial treatment.

Social news from Mobile scene and Elliott Tour notes

Amazeu Moore at San Diego and glowing accounts of the Elliott Tour of June are summarized. Eight Mobile area members plan a later return, with others joining for a twenty six day trip. The piece also details the wed ding of Miss Bessie Cox and Mr James Westbrook with ceremony at Government Street Methodist church and a reception. gues ts at Point Clear and social clubs are noted.

H. 8. Jones Helen Young Mary Harris Grace Harris Henry Jones Thornwald Tollefson Thomas Young Denver Miss Duffee Nona Duffee Miss Cox Westbrook Bessie Louise Cox B B. Cox James Irvin Westbrook Government Street Methodist Church Mobile Lodge No. 67 Knights of Pythias Cox Edwin Lyles Taylor Lohengrin Mendelssohn Tom Hallett Grieg Viola Gaines Halsey T. H. Halliwell Nutting Emma la Prade Tam Halliwell E. Roy Albright Cc. G. Westbrook Grayson Bailey F. M. Backes George Creary Dick Lundy Lundy Lulu Moore Miss Moore B. B. Cox Mobile Point Clear Ella’ Packer Blacksher Helen Terrill Blacksher Bettie Poindexter North Carolina Frances Merritt Clarkville Tenn Miss Blacksher Miss Terrill Wesley Deakle D. Y. Register Gaston Fort Morgan Craighead Mobile Yacht Club Spring Hill Drago Dick Murray Julian McPhillips John Nelson H. C. Lowenstein James Duggan N. L. Vickers John van Heuvel William Norville Sidney Simon James McPhillips John Glennon James K. Glennon John .Meador R. F. Neville George Michael Oscar Barney H. T. Hartwell Percy Dunbar Alfred Staples Paul Danner Charles Cunningham Steele Partridge Markens Joe Lyons Hunter Lyons E G. Maxson Allen Hopkins Jack Ross, Jr W. R. Quinn J. T. Helton Conti Street Frances Rozilla John Su. Locke Copenhagen B. C. Glenn St. Stephens Road M. FE Locke Mrs. Worthington Regina Avenue Mr. Locke Southern Bell Telephone Company Dodso Bolton Carrie Bolton James Horace Dodson First Baptist Church J. W. Phillips John L. Moulton Sinclair Frank McCoy S. B. McCoy Miss Nelson Miss Bolton

Mother and Children Seek Medicines for Health Issues

Letters reveal readers seeking cures from Dr. Lewis Baker style advice. A mother asks for tonics for 21 and 19 year old children, a reader wants weight gain, another requests kidney and blood treatment, and dandruff solutions are offered along with weight reduction remedies.

Sargel Diet Pill Promises Fat Gain For Thin People

An advertisement claims thin men and women can gain five to eight pounds in fourteen days by taking Sargel with meals. It describes weighing and measuring first, then using one tablet with each meal for two weeks, promising fat production without creating waste.

Mobile Children Celebrate Birthday At Empire Theatre

The Mobile Item notes Norman Cowart aged 7 born June 17 1908 and invites him plus five friends to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon. Tickets mailed. Boys and girls born in June are asked to send full names addresses and birthdates to the Children’s Editor at the Mobile Item two days before their birthday.

Norman Cowart Spring Hill THE ITEM Empire Theatre

Out-of-town visitors register at Mobile hotels

The Battle House hosts J A Hudson M Boykin R G Wood Fred Blewer B F Blewer and J M Dewberry among Thursday registrants from Alabama. Bienville hotel lists W C Allen M C Allgood A A Brisk John C Thorpe W S Wing J F Calhoun. St Andrew hotel guests include A H Draughdrill W D Cammack T O Roger W T Harper Lula Rogers R L Judge. Klosky’s welcomes L W Brannan T H Brannan S M Le Baron Mrs Bonus A McCurdy S J Cox and Miss Annie Young. Windsor hotel guests include O Brown R L Dyer Alma Hare. Cawthon hotel hosts C P Shearn Jr A C Prichard H H Lewis Joseph T Lawson J B Patterson A Stein hart Lester Loeb. O L Hurst of Birmingham visits. Robert Cessna of Danville arrives.

Battle House J. A. Hudson Demopolis Ala M. Boykin Yellow Pine R. G. Wood Gastonburg Fred Blewer B. F. Blewer Foley J. M. Dewberry Dauphin Island Bienville Hotel W. C. Allen Coden M. C. Allgood Montgomery A. A. Brisk Selma Alas Lula Rogers Gilbertown R. L. Judge Oak Grove Klosky L. W. Brannan T. H. Brannan S. M. le Baron Wilmer Bonus Daphne A. McCurdy Summerdale S. J. Cox Ind H. H. Lewis New Orleans Joseph T. Lawson Baton Rouge J.B. Patterson Atlanta A. Steinhart Lex Stern Lester Loeb J. T. Ward Chicora Miss W. F. Feagin John L. Adam Savannah O. L. Hurst Birmingham Cawthon Hotel Mobile Robert Cessna Danville Ill

Vitalitas advertised as universal health tonic

A 1 2 sentence advertisement claims Vitalitas tea spoonful in water cures dyspepsia rheumatism and nervous disorders and helps chronic ailments. It asserts Vitalitas is a natural mineral extract from the earth and promotes investigation at Sutton's Drug Store with druggists selling it.

Sutton

Monroe Park Movies Evening Schedule

Monroe Park shows The Money Leaches and Kalem's His Own Hero on Thursday June 17 at the park venue. Biograph features accompany the screening slate.

Kalem Biograph

Silent Era Short Subjects On Screen Friday Edition

Friday lineup features Lost in the Jungle from Vitagraph The Divided Locket from Biograph and The Other Woman s Picture from Essanay as the showing program.

Vitagraph Essanay

Sweedie's Finish and a Mother's Visit in 1920s Shorts

A catalog entry for Selig News Pictorial No. 4 highlights Sweedie's Finish and When Mother Visited Nellie along with Essanay and Lubin productions. The note lists film titles and studios in a period sprite.

Selig News Sweedie Mother Nellie

Sunday June 20 Four Grains of Rice and The Battle of Frenchmans Run

Two Vitagraph programs headline a Sunday lineup with Four Grains of Rice and The Battle of Frenchmans Run showing at local theaters. The double feature highlights classic shorts and a wartime era drama.

Frenchman’s Run

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