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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1915
Page
7
In 1915 fashion notes celebrate sheer organdie blouses and hats with illusion brims. Describes open face hats, yellow or pink roses, white and pastel tones, and delicate lingerie garments. Praises organdie as luxurious yet washable, while noting its extreme sheerness and implied modesty challenges.
Florence Datots of Alga Washington reports severe monthly pains and backache. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she felt better next month and regained ability to work. The ad promotes the product as a long standing remedy for female ills and invites letters for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A nostalgic tribute to the telephone operator praising patience and service, plus a practical summer shelter idea from Irene Weston. The piece reflects on the telephonist’s role in modern business and urges gratitude for quiet labor, then shifts to shipping internment in Italian ports and a closing morale tip about job satisfaction.
A small advertisement extols SKAT as a skin friendly cleaner that loosens dirt and grease in pores and washes off ink and paint. It claims no skin injury and soft, white hands after use. Suitable for home use as a time saving scrubber, priced at 10c at dealers.
An advertisement touts a 50 cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe substitute for calomel. It promises quicker liver restoration with no griping or sickness and claims it won't salivate, suitable for children.
Instructions describe building a lightweight shelter frame using four hoops of decreasing size, matched boarding, laths, and nails. The base uses the largest hoop, a middle hoop supports the midsection, and a top hoop forms the peak with an opening cut from the central hoop. Cover with strong flour paste treated brown paper for a drum tight finish.
A party of YWCA girls and chaperones occupied Mr J B Dortch's Dog River summer cottage for a week of fun. A train collision struck an automobile driven by Leagere, killing Miss Ardee Lynch and stunning the community with the loss. The YWCA community mourns as the camp memory becomes sorrowful.
Cardinals Pompili and Rislett celebrated a solemn high mass at the Jesuit church honoring the victorious Italian arms. A prayer printed on slips was distributed, asking divine blessing upon the king and army.
The Fort Worth Pigeon Fanciers Association claims a new world record as four birds released in New Orleans fly 6579 miles to Fort Worth in fourteen hours, an average of 41 miles per hour.
An advertisement for Q Ban Hair Color Restorer claims it darkens gray hair without dye, improves hair health, stops dandruff and itching, and promotes growth. Priced at 6 cents for a 7 oz bottle from Van Antwerp Drug Co in Mobile Alabama with mail order available.
An advertisement touts Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap as remedies for pimples, rashes, eczema, and other skin eruptions. It claims quick, easy relief at low cost and suitability for tender infant skin, urging readers to buy from a local drugstore.
A fragmented passage debates beauty with sunflowers and corn, claiming pride and patriotism were spent hoeing corn during childhood, and notes a corn field is larger than a la.
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