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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1914
Page
10
Noah, head of live stock, Panama-Pacific Exposition, outlines a world class live animal display. Tens of thousands of animals from across climates will be gathered for a vast exhibit section. Ground space of a mile long is planned for the stock show and related events.
An advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulfur Hair Remedy as a tonic to darken hair, restore thickness, stop itching, and reduce shedding. It claims natural color returns after dampening hair with the solution, with gray strands disappearing after use and repeated applications producing a glossy, abundant look.
Newspaper editors and publishers from many Southern cities met in Atlanta at the twelfth annual Southern Newspaper Publishers' Association session. The program included business and editorial addresses, officer elections, and next year's convention city. Don C. Seitz of the New York World and Jason Rogers of the New York Globe spoke as special guests.
The article describes dairy facilities and a poultry exhibit pavilion south of the main grounds, novel animal-care arrangements, a 60 to 80 foot wide mile track, and a drill ground. It notes the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Futurity tie in, and Livestock Association plans a large 1915 San Francisco meeting with 76 allied groups and an egg laying contest running 1914 to 1915.
Plans for the Alabama State Sunday School Convention in Mobile April 21 to 23 near completion. Housing two thousand delegates is a major task with families asked to open homes at reasonable rates. Noted figures include P. H. Wellshimer E C Excell William A Brown J S Botman and other leaders to inspire Alabama Sunday school workers.
The International Bible Students Association began a Sunday lecture series at 3 p m in the Y M C A hall corner of Dauphin and Jackson Streets. L C Grosse of Chicago spoke on hell asserting it is not eternal and that it represents sleep between death and resurrection.
Alice M Sutherland wife of Augustus G Gus Sutherland died Sunday evening March 15 1914 at 1010 pm Friends invited to funeral from John Watson 804 Elmira Street tomorrow afternoon at 3 o clock and from St Josephs Church at 380 oclock Interment Magnolia Cemetery
Plans finalize this week at Whistler Methodist church for the Mobile conference beginning April 8. Bishop Warren A. Candler of Atlanta will preside with about 150 delegates and numerous pastors including J. P. Daughtry, J. T. Eckford, L. S. Gilmer, J. B. Trotter, J. F. Bilbo, F. M. Atchison, W. R. Bickerstaff, E. A. Donnelly, O. C. McGehee, B. C. Glenn, D. Y. Register, A. B. Brown, H. E. B. Wilson, D. M. Pearson, J. J. Feagin, A. J. Lamar, and J. S. Frazer.
John Drew the famed comedian appears at the Lyric Theatre on a Frohman presented double feature. He stars in C Haddon Chambers The Tyranny of Tears and Sir James Barrie's The Will, fresh from a New York triumph and set to showcase his versatile character work.
Neil O'Brien and the Great American Minstrels bring new scenery wardrobe light effects and novel features to the Lyric Theatre tomorrow with matinee and night performances. This is his second season leading the company with Oscar F. Hodge still in managerial control and a fourteen‑piece orchestra conducted by Frank Fuhrer. Seats are on sale.
Mary Marble and her Little Chip company headline a three day Lyric festival with daily matinees starting Wednesday. Marble stars in The Land of Dykes with singing and comedy as six other acts including Conlin Steele and Carr and Ward Radcliffe join the program. Seats are on sale.
An all star vaudeville bill opens at matinee today. Manager Quinn replaced a headlining musical tabloid with several strong acts, aiming for the best Hippodrome show yet. Ridder and Weis lead with Collegiate and the Girl, plus acts by Ferns and Davis, Linder and Fox, and ventriloquist Elwood Snow.
I N Stuart West Webster reports five years of use with Chamberlains Tablets for stomach and liver disorders. He finds them mild in action and effective as represented. Sold by Van.
Representatives of a Chicago syndicate negotiating to purchase the Chicago National League club held a conference with National League President Tener and promised they could finance and run the team. John T. Connery and E. D Mayer then left for Cincinnati to meet Charles P. Taft and make an offer for his entire Cubs stake.
A general meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 30 p m at St Francis Street Methodist Church in Mobile to organize a graded union for studying and improving Sunday school in the city. Leon Palmer of Montgomery, general secretary of the Alabama Sunday School Association, will participate. All men from all denominations are invited with no obligation to join.
An old health ad claims consuming meat harms kidneys by increasing uric acid and causing back pain and other distress. It prescribes taking four ounces of Alka Salts daily for a few days to flush and stimulate kidney activity.
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