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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1915
Page
5
A poetic fragment reflecting aging and enduring affection. The speaker contemplates a beloved presence that remains constant despite time, noting sweet eyes and tranquil summer skies as signs of lasting closeness and the passage of days.
Advice promotes Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative that relieves constipation without cramps. It is sold by druggists for fifty cents to one dollar a bottle and offered with a free trial bottle by sender Dr. W. B. Caldwell of Monticello Illinois.
W. S. Royal offers new and modern store at 2 N Government street with large windows. 62 Dauphin street a three story brick building to be improved for a good tenant. 6 Dauphin street two story brick in good condition for store or warehouse. 211 St Michael street large garage with cement floor suitable as warehouse. Attractive prices to desirable tenants.
Poem celebrates steadfast love and shared life between lovers. Portraits a woman of grace and courage, and a vow of lifelong partnership led by faith and hope. The speaker pledges unity, endurance, and devotion through life’s trials. Words by Julia Neely Finch.
A social favorite recounts transforming her complexion quickly with a unique wax process and a Saxolite-based lotion. She credits an ounce of mercorized wax used as cold cream for a week of noticeable improvement and says worry lines faded after daily wash with the Saxolite lotion.
The Mobile Item lists Bella Glennon Ruby Obert Fredda Gans and Ada Whisenhunt born March 26 1909 1909 1906 1906 as celebrants aged six or nine inviting them to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon Tickets mailed Readers urged to send full names addresses and birthdates to the Children s Editor at Mobile Item two days before their birthday.
A large gathering celebrated Miss Cashman with a roses filled parlors setting, pink punch, tango slippers as souvenirs, and heart shaped bonbons. Attendees included Miss Janice and a list of friends in a festive spring dance event.
Major General Harrison, youngest Confederate brigadier at 21, celebrated his seventy fourth birthday with a noon dinner hosted by Mrs. G. P. Harrison. Ministers, Sabbath school leaders, doctors, judges and guests joined in a pink themed reception and lavish dining.
Miss Imogen Little, formerly of Mobile and now of Pensacola Florida, will be the guest of Miss Ruth Brownell for the Easter dances at the university in Tuscaloosa.
Mrs. George A. Creary of Mobile announces the engagement of her daughter Virginia Victoria to Lt Edwin Kennedy Smith Coast Artillery Corps U S A with the wedding set for April 7 Pensacola relatives and friends express interest. The report includes social notes from Aiken social teas in South Carolina and a Daphne birthday party with dancing bonfire and refreshments.
Annie Strong Bertie Thompson Orpha Foreman Helen Hammet Blanche Hammett Marshall Green Archie Stapleton Morgan Nelson Harold McKean Allen Green Fred Stewart William Dryer Clarence Dryer George W Kiehnhoff Robert Tapia and Ralph Ericson exchange notices list participants and participants in a local event.
The engagement of Miss Eleanor Vidmer daughter of Captain and Mrs George Vidmer to Lieutenant Joseph F Aleshire son of Major General and Mrs James 8 Aleshire is announced. Aleshire stationed at West Point as assistant drawing instructor at the military academy. Miss Vidmer and her mother spent winter with the Jones family at Montrose and visited Mobile with Miss Irwin Fearn. The wedding is planned for June.
Whistler Council No 20 J O W A M will meet Friday night at 7 at Odd Fellows hall. Relatives visits note L S Mathews returning from Meridian Mississippi. Edward Stevens of Mobile and Jerry Stringer visited Whistler and Mobile respectively. Several locals return from visits with Mobile relatives and fishing trip to Escatawpa. Eddie Williams’ brother William Williams and wife called to Wilmer.
Rome reports a royal decree extending Italy s export ban to include all metals sulphate of aluminum cement stearin paraffin terebin resin and all tanning materials. The earlier restriction from February 8 déjà prohibited exporting foodstuffs except fruit vegetables milk and butter.
Berlin reports new limits bar bakers and housewives from baking cakes requiring yeast or similar agents. Home baking is banned from March 25 to April 12 to restrain flour consumption for Easter treats. A 10 percent flour cap for non banned cakes stays in force, and private homes in Anhalt duchy are also forbidden to bake.
The Moss Point post office will have Miss Hattie McLeod as postmistress tomorrow, succeeding R L Bradshaw who leaves for another job. H T Denny, who died in Dallas last Tuesday, will have his remains brought to Moss Point for interment. he previously lived here and had many relatives.
Manager Toxie Clarke of the A. D. Davis team hosted City League members and officers at a lavish spread at his Beauregard street home in Beauregard. Chick Roos of the Crowns and infielder Baumgardner, in town with Mobile Southern League workouts, attended. the event was described as highly enjoyable.
Genoa dispatch reports the steamer Fin land released after a five day search. Customs officials who suspected contraband accompanied the vessel from Naples. No contraband was found and the ship was freed.
Breathing copy touts TIZ as a magical remedy for tired feet and corns. It claims acids and poisons causing puffiness are drawn out, easing burning and swelling after work or long walking. A 25 cent box is advertised for whole year comfort and smaller shoes.
Transcontinental lines will ask the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington on April 12 to lower freight rates from Chicago and the Midwest to the Pacific coast to equal water charges from the Eastern seaboard via the Panama Canal. Edward Chambers of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe says the plan would reestablish a competitive market disrupted since the canal opened.
Five thousand Villa soldiers marching from Mercedes head toward Matamoros as they prepare to launch an attack. Local reports place the column on the march and expected to engage in early actions near the border.
Margaret Schmitt, a French woman, sentenced to death by a court martial for spying, was executed after admitting she asked two hundred francs from the Germans to reach the French lines and obtain information.
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