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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1914
Page
3
Parish and club activities fill the day with meetings at Christ Church and the Y W C A. Luncheons and dinners accompany social scenes, while new members join the Newman Circle and preparations for St Patrick’s Day appear in reception details.
A home-made tonic is claimed to restore health during winter illness. The remedy dissolves sugar and one ounce hardene in alcohol, added to hot water to make a quart, taken before meals to purify blood and energize body tissues for all ages.
Newest among Mobile patriotic societies is the Daughters of 1812 with charter members preparing entrance papers. Mobile’s history as a center during the early nation’s years lends appeal. Mrs. Hyde of Chattanooga, a Tennessee Daughters of 1812 member, spoke of Andrew Jackson’s Mobile sojourn and other local historic tales.
Members of the Newman Circle gather at Mrs H M Minto’s house for a discussion on 1860 to 1864 Civil War years. The program features readings on secession and Confederate women, piano solos, and vocal numbers reflecting historic themes and local significance.
The Mothers League of Congregation Shaarai Shomayim staged the Feast of Purim with a theatre program titled Star of Judah. Madelaine Hirshfield and Grace Zelnicker led the cast as King Ahasuerus and Mordecai, with Cecile Goldstein as Queen Esther and a children’s ball followed the 7 PM curtain.
The Alaska railroad bill gains final congressional approval and moves to the White House for President Wilson's signature. Interior Department officials outline plans for supervision once the law is enacted.
London papers report three fatalities among British army airmen over two days, labeling it a tragic sequel to praise from Secretary of War Seely who credited superior aircraft safety and said flying is safer than submarine voyages. Critics blame Churchill for risk as first lord of the admiralty in what are called foolhardy exploits.
Art Shafer, while at Stanford, said his time with the New York Giants aged him ten years and gray hair began. He stated he would not return to the majors and wired McGraw confirming his decision to quit. Shafer is practicing with Los Angeles alumni at Stanford and plans to return to Los Angeles to pursue business.
Natchez Mississippi reports Blanchard Latham five son of R M Latham Union Church Jefferson county died after falling headfirst into a fifty pound boiling water can taken from a stove. The piece also details an exceptional Purim celebration run by an executive committee with multiple named members and committee roles. It mentions the delayed arrival of Semi Tropical Magazine in April with Maybelle Biggart as editor and staff, plus notes on Mrs Sydney Robbins plantation story and gulf coast sketches by Miss Lyons.
Charles D. Jameson, civil engineer for the American Red Cross, reports on a Chinese government approved project to reclaim 17 000 square miles of flooded lands in the Hwai valley. The scheme aims to raise annual rice yields from two crops in five years to two per year, funded by a loan to be floated in New York.
Peter Van Der Meer, a Dutch violinist and former pupil of Ysaye, says he played for Mobile officials who granted him a street permit after admiring his Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo. He recently recovered from illness in New Orleans and is partially blind.
The Federation of Churches in Mobile formally launches a Go-to-Church campaign set for Sunday March 29. Five thousand buttons reading Go-to-Church March 29 with Mobile in the center will be distributed and window cards placed in businesses hotels and rooming houses. Baldwin County churches seek guidance to start similar effort.
The Board of School Commissioners will meet Wednesday at 2 PM in the Derby building. They will consider routine matters and likely review plans for improving and erecting school buildings funded by the $150,000 bond issue.
The Order of Oaks held its regular weekly meeting Tuesday with fair attendance. Eleven membership applications were reviewed and acted upon by the membership committee, and two new members were initiated. President Charles W. Tompkins presided.
Rev. Matthew Brewster of Christ Episcopal Church filled Trinity Church pulpit on Tuesday night due to the absence of Rev. A. G. Richards. He delivered a short sermon on the topic of prayer.
Madame Rose a vaudeville performer known for her long hair explains a home recipe to grow and condition hair. Mix bay rum glycerine barbée compound with water and apply to the scalp two to three times weekly to prevent shedding and dullness.
German and Belgian consul DuMont and Senor Juan Liorea Marty, Colombian and Spanish Uruguay vice consul, paid official calls on port collector Percy W. Maer Tuesday. They were pleased with the reception and were the first consular corps to visit him.
A letter to Chamber president A Parsons from Rep. George W Tay urges Alabama coal testing by a US Navy vessel and designation of Mobile as a repair port for vessels up to 27 feet. The note accompanies campaign references and local housing figures Bombay shows 87,932 occupied and 7,790 unoccupied houses.
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