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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1915
Page
5
Queen Mary favors bright colors and avoids dark attire during wartime. She approves wider skirts and maintains independent taste rather than following Paris trends. The piece notes public remarks on her clothing choices and style judgments.
An enthusiastic crowd attended the Equal Suffrage Association meeting at the Cawthon Hotel. Dr. Ellen B. Ligon presided as the constitution was amended to appoint a sponsor, Mrs. Matthew Brewster, to explain the work. Plans for photo-play coupons and taxation talk were announced with two monthly meetings set.
A plaintiff from Plover Iowa endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A 13 year old girl is reported cured after five bottles, with claims of restored regular periods and strengthened health. The letter highlights patient recovery and invites readers to seek confidential advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
This excerpt lists basic ingredient conversions and techniques for baking. It includes weights-to-volume equivalents for flour sugar butter and eggs, guidance on beating eggs and folding whites into yolks, and simple recipes for Maple Candy and Banbury Tarts with proportions and steps. It reflects period kitchen practices and measurement habits.
The item congratulates Robert Brettle Norma Williams and Ripley Higgins on their March birthdays and invites them to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon Tickets mailed. Boys and girls born in March should send full name address and birthdate to the Children’s Editor Mobile Item at least two days before their birth day.
The measure proposes an equal suffrage constitutional amendment to be submitted to voters at the next general election. A separate house bill extends the franchise to women in presidential elections only.
Keen interest surrounds the two day Alabama Congress of Mothers convention in Montgomery on March 31 and April 1. Delegates will visit the First Baptist church assembly room for educational meetings open to the public, especially welcoming mothers new to such organizations.
The recipe outlines rolling dough thin with cold water, filling tart layers, and baking quickly. It adds an orange sabayon with eggs sugar lemon and orange juice, plus optional sherry. A halibut fillet with oyster sauce is prepared in paper bags with cream and butter, then baked twelve minutes.
Great preparations in Columbus Mississippi for a historical pageant by the Industrial Institute and College senior class with full student body support. Written by Frances Jones Gaither of Mobile Alabama and directed by Mrs. Gaither with Emma Ody Pohl assisting. Pageant on Thursday afternoon May 27 on the campus green under elms. Elaborate costumes made in Chicago aim for historical accuracy and surpass prior commencements.
The Willard demonstration by the W C T U featured Mrs J L Sherrill presiding and speakers Rev DuBose B G Rickarby and Rev Spiegle. Rickarby praised Mobile officers for enforcing the prohibition law and urged local support while complimenting singers Miss Nettles Barclay Barbour. A special W C T U program was planned for Settlement Home on March 25 with devotions singing reports solos and a symposium. Mr Roderick McKenzie will lecture on Benares the Sacred City of India on April 6 at Trinity parish house.
The Government Street Methodist Church announces 3:30 pm meetings this week at multiple homes and streets including Settlement Home 54 Michigan Avenue Mrs Mamie Dumas and 11 North Bayou for Tuesday. Wednesday gatherings occur at addresses 179 South Broad 207 South Georgia Avenue 210 State Street and Spring Hill College area. Thursday sessions list 24 Old Shell Road 35 South Ann Street 5 North Ann Street 198 Old Shell Road and 1996 Selma Street with Mrs Edwards and others attending.
A reader describes making an invalid comfortable by tagging a shoe bag with pockets to the bed side for easy reach of books and items. The piece notes how practical ideas grow from household experience and highlights the altered cost debate in women's garment alterations across cities.
Wednesday schedule lists Chautauqua Circle with Mrs H H Duffee at 4 50 p m and executive board of the Interdenominational Union with Mrs J J Bartee at 11 a m plus Spinsters in Parlor C Battle House at 4 p m.
Series of meetings and socials including the Parliamentary Law Club sessions at Cawthon Hotel and Battle House Auditorium at 10 30 a m and 4 p m Friday. Other events include the Christ Child Sewing Society at McGill Institute 11 a m and a luncheon for Miss Lucille Overall at Mrs Russell Hollinger’s home 1 30 p m.
Mrs C J Torrey hosts a Shakespeare Club gathering at 11 oclock with A B L 8S. An Expression Contest is set for 8 p m at Harte Auditorium.
An unidentified Black man riding a bicycle struck and bruised Carl Richardson as he crossed a street near 222 South Franklin Street. The rider fled the scene and remains at large, with police seeking to identify the cyclist and locate the suspect.
Chairman J Leslie Taylor announces Albert D Bloch will serve as an additional member of the chamber of commerce membership committee as part of the ways and means oversight.
Helen and Warren arrive in Kingston Jamaica aboard a ship and explore the harbor area and hotel. They tour the town as Winifred, anxious and impressionable, witnesses bustling streets and bead sellers while Warren’s strict discipline reappears in family moments. The scene closes with a starlit deck view and a sense of tropical magic.
Tommy McCabe, an outfielder secured from Racine, reports to Manager Schwarz in Nashville. He had been a hold-out along with Bert King, the only 1915 club member yet to report.
A historical notice reports City Bank working on nationalization including increasing capital stock and converting the company into a national bank. An assessment request was sent to stockholders with a target completion around April, paving the way for the corporate transformation to a national bank.
The Southern Sociological Co meets in Houston to hear Dr. Seale Harris president of Mobile Rotary Club and Dr. Oates state prison inspector invited to address the assembly on sociology and related topics during the session.
G. C. Robson will fill the dual position of city passenger and ticket agent in Mobile in the Southern Railway offices. A. P. Pete moves to Bessemer, Alabama as ticket agent after vacating the Mobile post.
Pending completion of the di ping vas, a shorthorn built for the Irvington locality has been placed at the farm of B. Dennis in Lloyd's Station. The animals to Georgetown and Rowell's are also to be left temporarily at other farms.
An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine for lush hair and dandruff removal. It claims rapid gloss and fullness within ten minutes, with continued growth after two weeks, urging readers to buy 25 cent bottles at drug stores and try Cachecind for a quick demonstration.
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