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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1915
Page
6
Fragmentary lines echo a romantic madrigal with lush imagery of lavender musk sea blue skies and a heartfelt refrain I love you repeated across a dreamy verse. The cadence hints at a selected literary or song-like piece with antique phrasing and expressive mood.
An excerpt attributed to Canon Wilton speaks of doing good as a quiet blessing that may reach unseen recipients. The verse references waves, ships with white wings, travelers, mossy fountains, and singing lips, framing goodness as a steady, anonymous light.
The Red Cross Seal Committee will hold its regular meeting Thursday morning at 11 o'clock in the public library.
The Southern Association of College Women will convene in Atlanta on April 22 and 24. Mr Furst of Washington DC will give a talk on Present Ideals in the Education of Women. Many noted speakers and editors from across the South are expected to attend.
A Suffrage luncheon dubbed the husbands’ event will be held at the Tutwiler this week with reservations filling daily. Mrs Solon Jacobs will serve as toastmistress and the toasts will cover topics such as Disabilities of Being a Husband of a Suffragist and The Clinging Vine.
The piece argues suffragists should move beyond demanding the ballot to actively shaping government policy. It urges broadening efforts to demonstrate government capacity and push measures they intend to support once enfranchised, framing suffrage as benefiting society now.
A women’s banquet will be held in the Hotel Patten dining room as a get acquainted conference event. All women delegates and interested parties are expected to attend with social activities scheduled around afternoon entertainments and sightseeing trips during conference week. Mrs C E Buck chairs the automobile committee.
The Century Book Club met at Mrs. John L. Ramsey’s home this morning to study French history and customs. Members gave roll calls about incidents in French women’s lives. Mrs. L. L. Duggar presented a paper on The Queens of the Valois Period and Mrs. Brown Dawson spoke on Laces Porcelain and Tapestry with selections from Le Semme Lavants.
The Ladies Aid Society hosts an Easter egg hunt on April 1 in the afternoon with no April fool tricks. Prizes include a big white rabbit and a white guinea pig. Kids can enjoy home made candies ice cream and other treats.
A Easter egg hunt under the Angels Sodality will be held on the grounds of St Marys Asylum Conti street Easter Monday afternoon. Proceeds go to fund the Easter dinner for the orphan girls.
On Tuesday evening April 6 at 8 o'clock in Trinity parish house Mr Roderick MacKenzie will give an illustrated lecture on Benares the Secret City of India not only is this a notable local event but it promises insight into a storied Indian city.
An advertisement boasts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless, vegetable alternative to calomel for biliousness and constipation. It claims to cleanse the liver and bowels, prevent salivation, and improve health by morning with a money back guarantee.
New York March 31 United States Senator Hollis of New Hampshire argues that peace comes from nations acting as gentlemen among themselves. He questions why the secretary of state should be a trained diplomat equating navy or army training with diplomacy and cites U S restraint and neutrality as examples. He cites small armed forces and treaties for cooling off periods and resists letting commercial interests drive policy.
The Ways and Dawn sub committees of the Chamber of Commerce merge their bodies named Body-at-Home and Advertising-Goods-Made-in-Mobile. The new panel includes A. F. Kersting J. C. Thompson A. O. Thayer J. E. Patterson W. B. Delchamps W. T. West J. J. McMahon R. Rubel and A. A. Weesner. They plan student essays with prizes and will meet next Monday evening.
The remark highlights that the most interesting and instructive view of Benares comes from the photographer who is also the artist, suggesting his pictures convey truer and more artistic ideas than others.
A meeting of the Interdenominational Chairmen will be held with Mrs. Jack Ross at her residence on Wednesday at 4 p m. The Century Bank Club meets with Mrs. J L Ramsey on Dauphin second west of Reed avenue at 11 a m. The Council of Jewish Women holds a general meeting at B n ai B rith Hall at 3 30 p m.
The regular meeting of the St. Claire Sewing Circle has been postponed and rescheduled for April 7.
In Paris March 31 soldiers endure vigilance in trenches and constant artillery fire. The article notes medical care and Commissariat food safety, stressing digestion and appetite. It promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to aid weak stomachs and liver activity, calling for a trial and claiming widespread use.
A Brooklyn court grants a husband a separate domicile after a plea about alimony and counsel fees. The piece explores how memories of a partner’s anger shape a man’s view of women and the lasting impact of a single bitter image on relationships.
Berlin reports the German business scene as reasonably good despite war, with industries operating at reduced scale due to soldiers in the army. Skilled labor shortages affect coal, iron, shipbuilding, and chemicals, while exports of potatoes are banned to curb explosives risk. Farmers shift to grain and food production as city workers move to the countryside.
Beginning Wednesday night a special course of sermons will be delivered at St. Mary's Catholic church at 7 30 by Rev. K A Nowlan S J of Spring Hill College and continue through Holy Week with rosary sermons benediction holy communion high mass and processions including the stations of the cross and days services.
A vintage advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment to stop rheumatic attacks quickly. It claims rapid penetration into the inflamed joint or muscle, soothing heat and swelling and delivering near immediate relief after application. The ad also lists targets like colds aches and pains and urges readers to buy a bottle from their druggist.
Passenger Traffic Manager W A Russell and District Passenger Agent J K Ridgley of the Louisville and Nashville visit Mobile on business. General Superintendent C L Harris of the Southern Railway arrives for city work. Numerous visitors from Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and elsewhere are registered at the Battle House Bienville and Windsor hotels, including Frank S Stone and others, with several attending local trials and events.
Field Secretary John Shider of the National Housing Association will lecture at the Harte Auditorium Y M C A on y 5. The illustrated talk, titled The Slums Its Menace and Its Cure, was arranged by the Mobile Chamber of Commerce via a letter received Tuesday by Secretary G G Card.
Instructions advise rubbing Vap O Rub salve on the throat and chest for a few minutes, then covering with a warm cloth. Leave the cloth loose to ease breathing. Apply at bedtime to prevent night attacks. Sold in 5c 50c or $1.00 sizes by druggists.
480 acres of best quality pine land soil with a fine stream in Mobile County Alabama seven miles west of Chinchula. For farming at good returns. Price per acre and up. Address Geo Kilborn president Alabama Band and Develop Co 403 Poo p Mobile Alabama Bell.
Lightning struck a farm outbuilding near John E. Miller farm southeast of town, threatening a larger barn but neighbors saved it. A laundry opened by Lum Hing on Hand avenue. Attorney Leslie Hall returned from New Mexico improved and ready to practice. Heavy rain refreshed crops after weeks of dryness.
Local column reports Mr and Mrs C F McLean leaving for Meridian Mississippi then Glendale Ohio after a two month visit at Colonial Inn Fairhope. Dr Hunt of Thomasville Alabama dies from gas or engine explosion. Church and club dinners flourish with a recent school supper aiding public schools. Farmers form Citrus Fruit Growers Association with fifty members and plan co op buying. A county courthouse meeting discussed fertilizer buying seed for cover crops and a warehouse beside the PeoplEs Railroad track. County Fair plans include a local exhibit and Baldwin County Fair selection.
Louisville and Nashville announces a special Mobile to Birmingham rail excursion for the April 14 opening game between Mobile and the Barons. Train departs Mobile at 7:00 AM reaches Birmingham by 3:00 PM with return options April 16, 6:30 PM to 4:50 PM. Optional extra day stay available for an additional dollar.
Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland the world's feather weight champion outpointed Eddie Wallace of Brooklyn in a ten round bout in Brooklyn. Wallace troubled Kilbane with a sharp left jab. Kilbane weighed 130 1 4 pounds and Wallace 126. Johnny Dundee of New York defeated Frankie Callahan of Brooklyn in another ten round bout. Dundee weighed 128 1 4 pounds and Callahan 132 3 4.
Mr Jernigen visits relatives in Pierce Level while Mrs Gaines Havens visits her mother in Crary. Holiness Tabernacle revival ends after two weeks and Rev Hobbs travels to Allentown for another revival. Elinor Higginson visits Citronelle relatives. Willie Tanner hosts a party last Saturday. Warm weather aids farmers as Rev Hurlbert conducts Mobile revival. Baptist church reorganizes and Easter services resume. Rev Boyd preaches Palestine Baptist.
Jack Welch of San Francisco, chosen to referee the Willard Johnson bout in Havana on April 5, arrived in New Orleans and will sail for Cuba tomorrow. He said he will not award a decision for a technical foul, only for a deliberate foul that disables a fighter.
Danderine promises to save hair lost to dandruff by improving scalp health. A 25 cent bottle from drug stores or toilet counters is advertised to restore lustre, strength, and fullness within weeks, with new fine hair growth visible after continued use.
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