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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1916
Page
7
A Scottish dialect poem pleads not to chide the mother as age softens her strength. It honors a mother’s enduring love, with references to a daughter and family, ending with a Staffordshire English mince tart recipe.
A Victorian style advertisement urges women to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, claiming it relieves ailments specific to women and has helped many others, urging readers to give it a chance.
A familiar health ad claims a glass of salts can safely flush sluggish kidneys. It warns meat causes uric acid harming kidney function, then prescribes four ounces of a grape and lemon acid salt with lithia daily for new days to improve kidney action and stop bladder irritation.
A collection of kitchen directions for mince pie crusts, wassail punch, cream pie, fish souffle, barley water, and long trouble drink. Instructions cover dough mixing with lard, lattice topping, orange marmalade, and egg wash. wassail spice infusion with cider and roasted apples. custard style cream pie. fish-based souffle. barley and rice waters. and a moss based drink with lemon juice for patients.
The piece argues that colds rise in cold damp weather and attributes this to the microbe thriving in such conditions. It endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective and widely trusted, claiming long experience and recommending purchase everywhere.
An advertisement touts a dandruff remedy claiming it dissolves and destroys flakes overnight. It advises applying a liquid tonic with about four paces of equidation nightly, promising relief from itching and visibly improved hair after a few applications.
The piece presents a spring hat with a high crown and a high flaring brim praised for its original smart style. Betty Brown notes the design as stylish and stylishly simple, reflecting Hickson's reputation as a famed American designer, nicknamed Poiret of America.
A vintage Cupid's Corner feature by Miss Eros discusses wedding dress trends from long trains to short frocks, fabric choices like satin and faille, veils in tulle or lace, and dainty accessories. It also presents reader questions about age gaps and romance with advice from Miss Eros and Dreamy Eyes.
An old grocery ad lists granulated sugar at 14 pounds for 1.00 dollars with other groceries buying the same total option attracting a 15 cent tie or discount. The note mentions quantities 230 and 150 in a storefront display.
A fragmented ad lists Wear-Ever coupons and prices for aluminum stew pans, galvanized screen wire, poultry wire, ice cream freezers, screen windows, enamelware, wire clothes line, screen door locks, enamel buckets, potato mashers, rakes, hoes, and other garden and home items. Values range from 10c to $2.50 with several per-foot and per-item pricing, highlighting promotional discounts while supplies last.
A fragment lists various goods and prices including medicines such as Foley's Honey and Tar Syrup, Sloan's Liniment, Mentholatum, Puritan Metal Polish, Mennen's Borated Talcum Powder, Sanitol products, and Dr. King New Discovery. It also shows household items like toilet paper, soap, Palm Olive, Crockery and Glassware, and percolator tops with scattered pricing.
Uncle Wiggily Longears along with Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzie discusses spring cleaning around his hollow stump bungalow. He plans to rake dried leaves to prevent a fire while Sammie and Susie Littletail may use the soft leaf pile on their way home from school.
Uncle Wiggily toils among leaves to rescue Sammie and Susie Littletail and helps Jimmie Wibblewobble with a feather shortage. He suggests using dried leaves as substitute bedding for Mother Goose's feather bed, solving both problems as flowers begin to grow again.
A dense schedule lists Tuesday to Saturday activities across Mobile area clubs and societies. Fannie Woodcock Missionary, Burgett Memorial services, Sisterhood meetings, Parliaments, and Art and Study groups fill the week alongside Quorum and sewing demonstrations. The notes hint at a wider civic calendar with Fourth Annual One Festival and literacy fund events.
A playful line describes a hidden scene with an apple dumpling and peach stone as a jump point, then hints at a future tale about Wiggily and a sage. The fragment suggests a children's or oral storytelling context with whimsical imagery.
An advertisement promotes Pinex cough syrup as a concentrated remedy effective for whooping cough chest cold and winter coughs. It claims strong relief by thinning phlegm soothing airways and delaying symptoms, with instructions to mix a pint bottle and sugar syrup for savings and a money back guarantee.
A brief notice touts fresh air in the bedroom and the use of Vicks Vaporub as the best defense against cold troubles. The advertisement claims Vicks is absorbed and helps throat and chest symptoms.
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