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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1914
Page
16
The Hippodrome features Bloid and Musical Specialty with Frank inning Girls and Miss Carson as instrumentalists. A high class touring show from the Golden West promises prime voices, elaborate scenery, and three daily performances with motion pictures.
Mr Bianchi promotes Lillian Russell in a film at the Empire on Thursday March 6 with a mirror screen. The weekly program through March 8 will feature John Bunny and Broncho Billy among others, promising a popular and beautiful motion picture experience.
Jacob A. Riis author lecturer and reformer will speak at 8 15 p m Wednesday March 4 in the Harte Auditorium Y M C A as part of the Federation of Churches Lyceum Course. He will discuss The Making of an American and The Battle With the Slum using stereopticon slides.
An advertisement urges men in Chicago to try the Dr Lorenz Electric Body Belt as the supreme self cure for weakness and debility. It promises no medicine or dieting, only abstaining from dissipation to rejuvenate nerves, organs, and blood while sleeping.
Leoa A Taylor, a negro farmer near Newark Delaware, inherits an estate valued over 200000 from Mrs Susie B Righter. He plans a home for colored boys to learn trades. President Wilson signs the Kenyon bill to end segregation in Washington. Veassus Pope, a negro, tops amesga civil service exam for railway mail clerk and is appointed.
Keith Orpheum vaudeville debuts at the Lyric in Mobile for three days with matinee daily. Headliner Charlotte Parry brings Into the Light after a London Hippodrome run. other acts include Maud Lambert Ernest Ball Frosini and the Great Hellman Trio. Tickets 25 cents matinee. 60 to 15 cents evening.
The Bisso Towing Company of New Orleans plans the tug Leo to arrive in Mobile late this week. The eight foot draft vessel, about 259 horsepower, has a steel hull and is smaller than the Independent. William Bisso says minor repairs are underway before arrival, anticipated Friday or Saturday.
An advertisement offers a free prescription for nervous debility and weakened manhood. It invites readers to send name and address to receive the remedy at no cost, claiming to restore vigor and vitality from home without extra charges.
By special arrangement the Lyric reopens Traffic in Souls for today Sunday March 1 to accommodate Mo bilians who missed the Feb 2 showing. First show at 3 p m and runs until 10 p m. The production is heralded as one of the era’s great road plays.
A letter argues patrons should exercise rights and duties at the Empire Theatre by removing hats to ensure unobstructed view. It urges women to patronize the theater and to demand hat removal so all can see the moving pictures. The writer names Miss Lucile Smith of 871 Dauphin Way as the initiator of the appeal.
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