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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1915
Page
7
An excerpted reflection notes a poet’s farewell to traditional verse and the shift toward prose and modern trends. A cautioned critique on emotional display and the danger of others decoding personal states through artful phrasing, ending with a Chesterfield quotation about self knowledge and trust.
An Iowa Rhode Island College experiment shows a back-yard garden can double crop with proper planning. A suggested succession includes peas then cabbage, beans then corn or celery, onions beets beans squash, kale turnip kohlrabi or radish, lettuce followed by beans and tomatoes.
Mrs. S. W. McClure of Walnut recounts severe health decline starting about 12 years ago with constant pain and weakness. After taking Cardui she improved after two to three bottles and has remained well, praising Cardui as a mild female tonic for womanly troubles. Thousands report similar help from Cardui. Begin taking Cardui today.
The text outlines mixed planting schemes for spring and summer vegetables including spinach beans tomatoes radishes beets carrots corn onions cauliflower lettuce cabbage peas and squash. It advises intensive cultivation spacing between crops, alternating rows of potatoes, winter turnips after harvest, and keeping ground covered with rich soil and frequent hoeing. It claims back yard gardeners can grow surprising quantities by following these points.
Eye doctors report women using a rice-based face powder suffer blurred vision itching and redness from fine powder dust. Crystals from the powder lodge on the eye, cause irritation, and swelling, eased by boric acid wash and thorough eye cleansing.
The calendar lists a Ball at Battle House by the Mobile Equal Suffrage Association at 8 30 p m, a Home Economics Club picnic for Reciprocity Day, Shakespeare Club Education Day at 11 a m, Mobile Branch 8S A C W College Day at Miss Etta Lambert's at 4 45 p m, and the Annual Play Festival of Mobile Public School Kindergartens at Lyons Park at 5 p m. Also, A B I S meets at Yerby building at 10 30 a m, a May Day festival at St Marys school grounds today, a Penny lawn party for Government Street Presbyterian Church at 55 Dexter avenue from 4 to 7, a lawn party at 918 Dauphin Way for Ladies Aid Society of Central Presbyterian Church, and a cake sale by the Christian church on Royal street in front of Hammels.
The Episcopal churches of Mobile plan to attend the annual council in Anniston Alabama Wednesday. Rev Gardiner C Facker rector of St Johns will be away and several churches will not hold services this week. The women's auxiliary meets in Anniston Tuesday with Mobile delegates attending the convention.
A bulletin lists sermons and Sunday school times at multiple churches including First Baptist, Ni Side, Crichton, Calvary Baptist, Texas Street Baptist Mission, and Baptist Tabernacle. It notes morning and evening preaching, Sundays school at 9 30, special programs, and the observance of the Lord's Supper.
Catholic parish schedule lists multiple masses daily on Sundays and weekdays at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, plus rosary, benediction, vespers and holy hour. Other churches St Joseph St Matthew St Mary St Vincent de Paul and Episcopal St John provide parallel weekly masses and devotional times.
Bay Minette residents travel to Daphne to join the May Day celebrations headlined by the annual baseball game between Bay Minette and the State Normal School of Daphne. The event marks the start of the Bay Minette team’s season as they plan regular play thereafter. A local Alabama Manufacturing Company plans a new warehouse and manufacturing plant near the railroad, with Dr. Hart overseeing dipping vat installations for the county.
Little Rock Ark May 1 Secretary Allen of the Little Rock club of the Southern Association announced that Outfielder Roberts and Second Baseman Starr were acquired from the Chattahooga club in exchange for Judd Dalty. Starr will be captain of the Little Rock team. Shortstop Tesch will be released to Columbia of the South Atlantic League.
The Dorothy sails for Bocas del Toro bound for Charlotte Harbor with coal exports from Alabama mines. The Bocas Granada Steamship Co owns the Dorothy and bought the New Orleans, while the Thomas F Pollard returns to Galveston after a breakdown. The Donna Christina is listed as wrecked near Bermuda and the Golden Rod wreck is reported, with Bermudian casualty lists watched by local shippers.
Sailings and arrivals listed for multiple ships including Stra, Cricket, James B. Drake, Olaf, El Occidente, Ramon de Larri, and more. Ports mentioned include Tampa, New Orleans, New York, Barcelona, Norfolk, and Key West with details of vessels in transit and recent arrivals.
A list of steamers and sailing vessels bound for or from Mobile and international ports. Shipping lines include Mallory, United Fruit, Gulf States, Whittney-Bodden, and J. M. Scott. Destinations span New York, Havana, Belize, Puerto Cortez, San Juan, and Cádiz with ports in Norway England Spain and Denmark.
Ships and schooners in various docks and ports are named with destinations and statuses. Vessels include Viking, Hildegard, Clarke, Skoda, Margret G, Albert D Mills, Cessna Beaver, Apolio, and James A Carey among others at Pier 2 Pier 8 and West Indies Dunns, with entries referencing Dry Docks in Pensacola and Henderson, plus ships bound for South America and the Tropics. The list also notes bark and sarkentines, river and road dock facilities, and bay steamers at coastal and international ports.
The Mobile Item notes five local children born in May Charles L Palmer Jr T J Brennan Jr Granville Patterdon and Myron Bowers are invited to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon Tickets were mailed May born children are urged to send full names addresses and birthdates to the Children's Editor at Mobile Item at least two days before their birthday.
Henry W. Bolton underwent an appendectomy at Providence Infirmary after a Friday operation. Tourists from Los Angeles registered at the Battle House, with several Alabama cities represented at Blenville, St. Andrew, Klosky, Windsor, and other hotels. The list includes residents and visitors from Montgomery, Chatam, Thomasville, Foley, Fairhope, Evergreen, and Atlanta among others.
Ville Tenn eight EB Colgin Dallas Te and James P Kennedy of Chicago are among visitors noted at the Ghiwthon Hotel on Saturday.
A testimonial from Chartie Floyd dated October 5, 1914 praises Cuticura Soap and Ointment for curing dry scaly tetter on fingers arms and face. The ad claims the products cleared scales made hands water resistant and smooth and offers a free 22 page Skin Book by requesting Sample Each Free by Mail from Cuticura Dept T Bow ton.
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