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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1916

Page

16

Mobile Item Highlights Social Events Around Mobile

Mobile society notes cover church talks in Korea and Home Missions, Anniston entertainments for Daughters of the Confederacy, weddings and invitations in Mobile society, and club efforts for an auditorium. Anniston Star and Birmingham reports corroborate events and civic plans.

Birmingham Council of Women's Clubs Chamber of Commerce Mobile M’dougall-Hall Deborah Cleveland Hall Deborah Cleveland Shirley Alton .McDougall Evansville Ind Immanuel Chapel Bay Minette Miss Cleveland Oscar Hall

Creole Tea Promoted as Blood Purifier and Tonic

An advertisement touts Ella R. Berry's Creole Tea as a safe laxative blood purifier and skin enhancer for the whole family. It claims to aid natural health during changeable months, with directions for preparation and pricing at 10c per box and 50c for tablets.

W. R. Berry Ella R. Berry

Keep Your Skin Clear with Dr King’s Life Pills

An old advertisement claims a clear healthy complexion comes from regular bowels and a clean system. Dr King’s New Life Pills are said to move the bowels gently stimulate the liver cleanse the system and purify the blood. A spring medicine selling for 25 cents at druggists.

Millers Antiseptic Oil Promises Quick Pain Relief

Advert claim touts Millers Antiseptic Oil known as Snake Oil as a cure for rheumatism lumbago neuralgia and various pains. It urges readers to apply the remedy to joints and body and promises relief with a sugar dose and home use. The copy asserts widespread benefit across the South and urges purchase at a local shop.

Social Calendar Weekly Events and Quinine Ad

A series of social calendar items list dances clubs sewing and bridge events from Monday to Saturday, including the Circus Party for Miss Irma Pearce to the bridal party and multiple gatherings led by Mrs. Earl Thaxton Miss Annie Moore Provost and Miss Nadine Hunter. A note promotes FERRILINE Tasteless Quinine Syrup as a reliable non-nauseating option.

Eloise Pollard Wilkins Julia Street Eloise Helen Phillips Ella Sarslle Beatrice Nash Sarah Nash Leck Townsend Mr. Sims Mr. Palmer Adam Glass Irma Pearce Earl Thaxton Annie Moore Provost Oscar Uphaus Nadine Mabel Hunter H. S. Club Edna Pincus John Bell Adrian Taylor John Jossen Pearce- Glass Mary Emma Nettles Nellie Scott James R. Hagan Sewing Club Ray Norville S. C Oo Hansen South Scott Street Cipele Harold Bean Marguerita Ivulich Uae Gordon Trump Club Henry Aldridge A. Scott Emily Gray Gulf City

Dr. King's New Discovery Promoted for Spring Colds

The ad urges readers to use Dr. King's New Discovery for sudden winds and seasonal colds. It claims soothing coughs, checking the cold and breaking grippe with a prepared laxative tar syrup. The product is described as ready to use and tested for over 40 years.

Dr. King Adv

Vinol Promises Return of Health for Nervous Students

A Mobile reader from Fort Worth describes rapid recovery after using Vinol a tonic with cod liver extract iron and beef peptone. The letter claims weight gain and relief from nervous exhaustion with a money back guarantee to schools trying the product.

Dorris Coplier Fort Worth Tex Vinci Coplier Mobile van ' Antwerp Drug Corp Bile

Mobilians Honored by This Railroad

The Mobile and Ohio Railroad has five officers in national railroad organizations. H. J. Griffing of Mobile is president of the American Association of Freight Agents serving a second term. C. B. Edwards, fire insurance agent, is secretary treasurer of the Railway Fire Protection Association in a second term. J. H. Patterson, freight claim agent, is chairman of the Southeastern Claim Conference. B. B. Tolson, superintendent, St.

Railroads of United States America Railway Fire Protection Association Edwards J. H. Patterson Southeastern Claim Conference B. B. Tolson

The Old Reliable Leads in Mobile Railway Service Officials

The article praises the Mobile and Ohio railroad for its high number of representatives in national organizations. It credits the management with promoting capable men to positions of responsibility and asserts that the service benefits Mobile and the entire service area.

Florida County Official Dies After Ambush Shooting

Thomas E. Pierce deputy surveyor of Pasco county died from wounds from an ambush on Saturday. A coroner's jury found he was shot by a person or persons unknown. Sheriff Sturkey suspects a link to a recent killing near St Leo involving Adolphus Lewis.

Camden J. Lesbitt Tennessee A. F. Carr Korea Mise *Lambden Mission Board Atlanta Country Church Yuncheon Miller Joseph St. George. Tucker God Irene Alford Minnile Mackintosh L. Lidde Margaret Cummings Goode Mobile ST. Leo Fla Thomas E. Pierce Pasco County Sturkey Pasey County Pierce Here Adolphus Lewis

Eleven Die When British Ship Minneapolis Is Sunk

London March 27 Eleven persons were killed when the British steamship Minneapolis of 13 543 tons, former New York London service, was torpedoed in the Mediterranean last week. It was the largest vessel in the line following the Minnewaska.

London Minneapolis Mediterranean Khartoum Hull

Minnie Steamship of Atlantic Transport Fleet

The Minnie, a steamer in the Atlantic Transport line, built in 1900, is believed to have recently served in government work.

Atlantic Transport Line

President's Grandchild and Mother Doing Well

At Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia Mrs Francis B Sayre and her daughter Eleanor Axson Sayre born yesterday are reported to be well. Congratulatory messages poured in as the family announced the birth.

Anne George Taylor Wash Taylor Paul McGehee Evergreen Ala State Agricultural College Woman's College Baltimore George Johns Hopkins Thestate College M. Marston T. F. Robinson Mobile Birmingham W. H. Kemp Marion Clem Lang W. H. Odner Biloxi Dolph Walker Atlanta R. L. Padgett Philadelphia Jefferson Hospital Francis B. Sayre Eleanor Axson Sayre

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