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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1916
Page
7
The article details a black and white dinner trend with monochrome tableware and décor. It offers menus from appetizers to desserts using white foods accented by black elements, plus fashion hints for chiffon blouses and evening wear to match the theme.
An article notes a distinct female dyspepsia not responding to ordinary treatments and recommends Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a stomach tonic for women. It cites Mrs. Nelson Williams of New Albany Indiana, praising improved color strength and relief after use.
Practical advice from an advertisement recommends plain refined coconut oil as a better hair cleanser than harsh soaps. It claims pure greaseless oil cleanses without drying scalp, costs little, lasts months, and leaves hair soft and manageable with a rich lather and easy rinsing.
Count fifty your cold in head or catarrh disappears. A small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm clears air passages, soothes swollen mucous membranes, and provides instant relief from snuffles, dryness, and night breathing difficulty.
Advert says Dr King s New Discovery relieves colds and the cough quickly. It soothes inflamed airways and heals irritation with antiseptic healing action. A 50c bottle is recommended with money back not offered. Franconia New Hampshire resident testimonial included.
A 19th century health ad promotes an inside bath by drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims better skin health fewer headaches biliousness bad breath rheumatism and colds, urging readers to buy limestone phosphate and start internal sanitation.
In a hospital during ten slow weeks of recovery from a broken leg the narrator, Margie Waverley, writes to a friend about pain, fear, and envy. She recalls caring nurses, her husband Dick's rare compliments, and the suffocating scent of drugs as she questions fate and the limits of endurance.
The article describes gown features such as a large stiff ribbon bow and tulle cape, discusses neckline shapes from square to V and off the shoulder lines, and notes oyster white as a popular color, paired with black in broadcloth and heavy silks.
Century Book Club at Cawthon hotel 11 a.m. Auxiliary to B of L B with Mrs J R Smith 3 to 5 p.m. Ladies Aid Calvary Baptist 2 p.m. Christ Church parish society noon Mosely Tucker School Improvement Association at 3 p.m. St Joseph's Junior Benevolent 4 p.m. Boys' Detention Home board 10:30 a.m. Music Study Club 10:30 a.m. Bible Class temple 8 p.m. Tuesday Sewing Circle 160 State St. Home Economics 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday Electra Semmes Chapter meeting 4 p.m. Business Woman's Club 1:15 p.m. Graighead Club 10:30 a.m. Marechal School Improvement 3 p.m. Craighead Club YWCA 3:30 p.m. Government Street Methodist Woman's Missionary 11 a.m. Shakespeare Club 11 a.m. Moose Auditorium Gym class 10:30 a.m.
An advertisement attacks calomel as poisonous and salivating, promoting Hay's Liver Health from Van Antwerp Drug Corp. It claims the vegetable tonic relieves bilious symptoms, promises a 50 cent bottle guarantee, and notes delivery by parcel post to out-of-town customers.
The article advises lemons to soothe hoarseness with baked lemons and lemon jelly as a versatile dessert. It outlines variations such as lemon baskets, molded jelly with fruits, and lemon custard made with milk eggs sugar cornstarch and lemon juice and rind.
Inquiries on love affairs addressed to Miss Eros will be printed if not lengthy. Personal letters not answered. A engaged woman should not elope. reveal plans and avoid running away. A business girl asked about meeting a nice young man. avoid speaking to him unless properly introduced.
Mrs Walter Tyler and children returned home after a visit to Mrs fons and family. Miss Mary Chapman of Birmingham visits Mrs F Stone. Mrs Cery and daughter Thelma visit Mrs Morrison. Ella and Myrtle Tulley hosted skating party for their classes. Yoke Bearers Sewing Circle meets Wednesday at 2 30 with Mrs Sanford Wills. Ady mentions Dr Kings New Life Pills as spring laxative and health aid. The cattle tick must go kill the tick Wednesday.
New York March 15 war stocks and related issues surged on the exchange with early volume around 750000 shares and expectations of surpassing 1 million. Leaders included Bethlehem Steel and United States Steel with notable gains while Standard Railway Stocks rose and Luverne traffic shifts aided highway boosts. Greenville plans a new bottling plant with Chero-Cola rights awarded to C H Dees Jr.
Miss Gladys Gilmore of Biloxi was summoned to New Orleans to testify before Section B of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in the murder case State of Louisiana vs J Oveno. She was alleged to have heard Oveno confess while she worked as a nurse at Charity Hospital.
Greenville Alabama March 15 rural areas in Butler county see growth as improved roads boost appearances and investments. A Luverne wholesale firm cut transportation costs on a shipment via Louisville and Nashville Railroad from Brewton to Greenville, then hauled by wagon.
A series of real estate transfers and lot descriptions are listed including John Shearer and others to G R Langhurst for $1 and other considerations of the Hamilton resurvey Lot 8 corner. T M Adair to G R Langhurst for $1 and 46 feet from northeast corner Lot 8. M Best to G E Perkins for $1 in Section 4 T4S R2W. United States to B Z Deakle in Section 30 T5S R3W. L Bacho to Janie P Jarvis for $1. Crichton subdivision lots including Caroline Bacho to L Bacho for $1 and Lot 5 in square 2 Crichton. G Moore and wife to J D and A D Bloch for $67.60. Lots 9 and 10 Nicholas subdivision. Exchange Land Company Inc to Grand Bay Land Company for $17.56. and Section 56 T7S R?W.
City health officer’s February report to the city commission notes a death rate among residents and non-residents, with 16 deaths from infectious diseases. The report also states anti-mosque work will continue with extra vigor.
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