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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1916
Page
6
Miss Lola Trox, introduced by a Park venue host, is billed as the speaker for the annual Equal Suffrage Association celebration this afternoon. The notices note her reputation and distant travels as part of the program.
A fragment notes women recognizing influence in social questions and praises Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted remedy. The text mentions voting and health, with emphasis on women’s agency and a product claiming efficacy for ailments.
The article urges strengthening the sufferer’s system with fresh night and day rest and sanitary measures. It endorses Eckman’s Alterative as effective, claiming lasting benefit for throat and pulmonary complaints without habit forming drugs, and mentions L. Braswell and leading figures.
Enthusiasts led by Mrs. Charles Holbrook and Alice Burke rally support for suffrage with talks titled The Other Citizen and Present Needs. Mobile attendees head to Washington for Hannah Taylor's wedding as part of plus fashionably noted events.
A Missouri style column item notes Mrs. Owen Caruthers of Wabash Indiana credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with curing a lingering cough after pneumonia. The column lists local names and mentions events at Fort Morgan and a day party at Miss Alma Byrds, plus a May 19 meeting for the Older Boys Council and multiple society notices including Christ Child Society and Needham Bryan Chapter D A R proceedings.ngoing civic and social updates and engagements across Mobile Alabama.
Advice on preserving youth and personal appearance from simple kitchen routines. A reader shares dishwashing methods avoiding hand drying, plus routines using pans, a mop, a wire basket and a rack. Beauty questions cover nose shape and a double chin with professional massage and throat exercises recommended.
The article claims an at home method to eliminate dandruff using four ounces of liquid argon applied to the scalp at night. It asserts that after several applications all dandruff will dissolve and vanish, itching will stop, and hair becomes fluffy and glossy, with argon available at drug stores.
The Clara Smally Club held its annual meeting in Home Economics at 11. Mrs. J. R. Hagan presided as reports from committee chairs were read. Mrs. Howard Walker became president replacing Mrs. Hagan who leaves in May to attend the National Federation biennial. Edith Camrell named federation secretary with Miss Ruby Gaston as city speciation delegate.
Mrs J L Locke and children plan a Georgiana summer with her parents and may settle in Atlanta later. Mr and Mrs William Hyde return from a New Orleans wedding trip. Mr and Mrs W C Downey host Carney White of Putnam Ala. Mrs Clark Marian and son visit Frazer parents and return to New York. Etta Oliver of Jackson Ala visits Miss Eulalie Hogan. Maben Cammack of Citronelle weekends in Mobile. Mrs G G Scott returns from Perdue Hill visit. M W D Olive ill in Mobile Infirmary. Maurine Cottrell recovering well after Sunday appendectomy. mother arrived from West Point.
Government Street Temple Bible class meets Wednesday at 8 PM in Dr Alfred G Moses study. Dr Moses will discuss the Book of Genesis and asks all class members to attend.
Executive board City Federation meets in Home Economics rooms at 3 30. May meeting of the Interdenominational Union in St Francis Street Church at 10 30 a.m. All Saints branch Women’s Auxiliary with Mrs Henry Chamberlain at 3 30 p.m. Religious work committee Y W C A with Mrs Moreland at 4 p.m.
The notice lists an H. 8. Club event with Miss Aletta Turner at 3 39 p m Wednesday and a Bridge Club gathering with Mrs W M Hunter at 3 p m Also recorded is the Scholtes Stroecker wedding at St Catherine's rectory Crichton at 6 p m A Christ Child Society garden party runs 4 to 10 p m at 943 Government Street with residence host mentioned George W Perkins is urged to act soon to avoid the Colonel clearing off the Bull Moose reservation due to scarce feed.
Emer son Demeree of Harpursville New York endorses Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after thirteen years of use in his family. He says it is the only medicine that gave permanent relief and that they carry it even on trips, noting it is obtainable everywhere.
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