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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1915
Page
5
A Rudyard Kipling poem fragment contemplates a fool who spends honor and goods on a woman who never understands or knows why. The narrator laments wasted years and tears as the beloved remains oblivious, leaving the fool stripped and branded by lost chances.
A health tip promotes mild laxatives for children with unhappy moods from constipation. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is described as gentle, non narcotic, and suitable for kids. free trial bottle offered by writing to Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello.
Listings describe new and modern store at W. 8 Royal, 2 N Government, three story brick at No 62 Dauphin to be improved for tenant, No 6 Dauphin two story brick suitable for store or warehouse, and No 211 St Michael large garage with cement floor usable as warehouse. Attractive prices to desirable tenants.
A compact collection of moral quotes from Stevenson Bossuet and Montaigne. It contrasts belief in stories with the duty of happiness and notes the limits of human understanding and virtue.
Millinery for spring favors a half dozen core shapes, led by sailors and elongated turbans. Drooping brims, Panama-inspired designs, and three to four cornered hats offer variation. Bright flowers, narrow ribbons, and new decorative needlework mark a colorful season, with women embracing stylish, affordable diversity.
A seasonal baked shad recipe advises stuffing with oysters and cracker crumbs. Roll oysters in seasoned crumbs, fill fish, and bake after salting and lemoning the skin for flavor.
A 19th century recipe describes two methods for baking fish. The first uses two layers of cotton cloth in the pan and pork fat bastes after dredging the fish in flour, with optional water for steaming. The second method, Crusted Fish, involves slit small fish, seasoned with salt and pepper, encased in either a rich biscuit crust or pastry crust, baked thirty minutes and served with egg sauce.
The Woman's Home Companion launches a movement to improve films through public taste rather than censorship. It urges readers to influence standards by educating the public, noting films should entertain while tackling moral topics and broad societal issues.
Katherine Wentworth, 12, niece of Mrs. Katherine Wentworth Ruschenberger, will cast the Liberty Bell in Troy New York on March 31 for the suffrage cause. The bell will later travel by motor truck across Pennsylvania before the November 2 election on women’s voting rights.
Margarita Drexel, an American socialite, marries Viscount Maidstone in Westminster after a London ceremony at St. Margaret’s. The wedding, grand yet muted by King Edward’s mourning, draws royal guests. dowry details include a yearly rise to 50 000 dollars.
A memoir of the Maidstone family notes a son born August 4, 1911 and details the Dowager Viscountess Drexel and her wealth, with an American couple tied to foreign titles. It mentions Harlech in Merioneths and the Earl of Winchelsea, father of the Viscount, plus the Drexel siblings. Also lists tonic bath crystals and wired hair bows with prices.
The second annual meeting of the Alabama Association of Teachers of English will convene in Montgomery April 1 2 and 3. Noted educators including James F Horne Cora Wilson Stewart and John Lee Coulter will attend. Mrs Stewart will address rural school English teaching and literacy efforts in Kentucky. Some Mobile residents will travel for the opening exercises. Dr Lucy Hall criticizes the idea eat everything advising caution in diet based on individual health.
Miss Edith Isabel Teel filed a petition in the circuit court upon Hocker reaching legal age eighteen as part of a change in the legislature matter. The fragment indicates intent to pursue a legal action or guardianship related filing.
The second week of a major religious revival in Mobile churches drew very large attendance. Rev. T. M. Hawes preached at Government Street Presbyterian Church, Rev. Dr. J. W. Phillips led First Baptist services, and Rev. Dr. Holmes spoke at Central Presbyterian. Evangelist C. S. Shugart began revivals at Tabernacle Baptist Church, with Rev. J. B. Barnes and St Francis Street Methodist also hosting notable sermons.
In Terre Haute the sole child of William Ross Teel asks to adopt the name William Ross Teel Jr claiming her father’s lack of a male heir. The request requires four weekly court notices before a ruling can be made.
An old advertisement touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as quick relief for coughs and colds. It claims to loosen mucus soothe throat and lung lining and ease coughing spells. It urges families with growing children to keep it on hand and notes Electric Bitters as a spring tonic.
A fragmentary report from Petrograd notes severe losses along the Baltic coast and to German submarine sorties, citing a September timeline and ongoing impediments to operations. Nearby Rev. D. W. Side of the Baptist church is mentioned in association with church matters.
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