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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1915

Page

7

Ladies of Charity Elect Officers at Cont Street Asylum

The Ladies of Charity held their annual election Monday afternoon at the Cont street asylum. Mrs. Belle Daly was re elected president for four years. New officers include Mrs. M J Vickers first vice president Mrs W T Airey second vice president Mrs Henry Stoutz treasurer Miss Mazie McKeon financial secretary Mir Modesta DeMolly recording secretary and Mrs John Black elected to another post.

Ladies OF Charity Cont Street Asylum Belle Daly Presi T W. T. Airey Henry Stoutz Mazie McKeon Mir Modesta DeMolly John Black

Sage and Sulphur Hair Darkening Tonic Ad

An advertisement promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound to darken gray hair naturally. It claims easy application at home with a sponge or brush and notes hair will look younger by morning. mentions stopping hair loss and a 50 cent price.

Wyeth Wryeth

Leinkauf School Improvement Assn Meets Friday

Corresponding secretary Mrs. Robert Sheffield librarian and Mrs Susie Lyons custodian will attend. L S TO MEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON The Leinkauf School Improvement Association will meet Friday afternoon at 3 30 o clock. Bethel Auxiliary to Meet Friday The Bethel Auxiliary regular monthly meeting will be held Friday morning at 11 o clock.

Robert Sheffield Susie Lyons L. S Leinkauf School Improvement Association Bethel Auxiliary

Interdenominational Union notes meet at Central Presbyterian

The semi annual meeting of the Interdenominational Union is set for Wednesday at 10 30 in the Central Presbyterian Church. The chorus from Sunday will perform again by request and Mrs Frank Davis will repeat the same numbers. Mrs Duke Goodman who manages the chorus asks members to arrive promptly. The Junior Bands children's program starts at 4 PM in the afternoon.

Interdenominational Union Central Presbyterian Church Frank Davis Duke Goodman

Former Navy and Army Men to Guard Forts Under Construction

President Wilson issued an executive order waiving civil service requirements for former soldiers sailors and marines who have had at least two enlistments to guard fortifications under construction. The War Department and Civil Service Commission urged the exemption to ensure guards are alert vigorous courageous patriotic and loyal.

Washington Wilson War Department Civil Service Commission

Coe Missing Boston Society Man Found Alive in Alaska

Henry Clarke Coe aged twenty three, a Boston society man who vanished January 30, is reported alive and well in Fairbanks Alaska. A Burns Detective Agency operative relayed the telegram to Dr Henry Coe, his father. Coe had left for his office the morning of January 30 after bidding his wife farewell.

Boston Henry Clarke Coe Fairbanks Alaska Burns Detective Agency Henry Coe Young Coe

Vessels in Port and Dockside Ship Listings

A catalog of vessels at various piers and docks listing names from Bellicia to Margret and Hildegard with destinations, origins, and docking locations across Turner Terminal and municipal docks. Includes schooners and river packets along with coastwise and foreign port routes and repair facilities.

Upper Stream Turner-Terminal Docks River Packets Municipal Munters Docks AV Steamenra

Norwegian and Other Steamers Move in Mobile Waters

Maritime movements report Viking aground near ncon 8 in the lower bay and floated at flood tide. S. B. Holabird towed to safety. Alexandrian reaches Liverpool under Leyland Line. Other vessels sail to Cuba, Mobile, and the Gulf, with multiple arrivals and cargoes including oats, flour, pine, and timber.

Viking Akd Ncon Independent Bisso S. B. Holabird Fort Morgan S.A. le Blanc Mobile Liners, Inc Alexandrian Leyland Steamship Line Liverpool England Mobile Woodberry Hunter-Bend Lumber Co Lower Bay United Fruit Company Puerto Cortez Hon Barrios Guathe Alabama City of Alma Beth Owen Burke Municipal Wharf

Exercise and Grecian Beauty of Proper Form

The piece argues modern women increasingly pursue physical culture for health and beauty, citing the Greeks and the benefits of mild daily exercise. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as restoring form and health, correcting displacements and irre gularities, and offers free letters to consult.

Dr. Pierce Pierce Buffalo

Vessels Bound for Mobile and Other Ports Listed

A fragmentary shipping list shows vessels bound for Mobile Liners Inc and other lines. Entries include Tarpon to St Andrew Gulf Steamship, Albanian to Mobile Liners, Northwestern to Cuban ports, Ines to Van Heynigen, Signe to Munson Line, Lampasas to Mallory, Sabine to Mallory, Tana to United Fruit, San Juan to Puerto Rico Steamship, and several others with routes to Cuba, Puerto Cortez, and Trinidad. It also mentions shipowners and brokers such as Van Heynigen, Hubbard Zemurray, and Whittney Bodden.

Nubian Laurenson Liverpool England Mobile Liners, Inc Tarpon St. Andrew and Gulf Steamship Line Polstad Androsson Scot van Heynigen Brokerage Company Waldimir “Sawin Dan Copenhagen Den Albanian Eng Mobile Liners? Inc Northwestern Cuban—Molasses Company Ines Span Huelva Spain Van _Heynigen Brokerage Company Signe Munson Line San Juan Porto Rico Porto Rican Steamship Co Lampasas New York Mallory Steamship Company Sabine Tana Nor Puerto Cortez United Fruit Company Bodo Chamelecon Line Gansfjord Hubbard-Zemurray Steamchip Company Fort Gaines Hon

Amusements list Royal Theatre showing Who Pays drama

Royal Theatre presents Who Pays third in the series on the social theme. Ruth Roland and Henry King star in a stark tale about honor versus love and a reformed bad man, all tied together with a dramatic moral ending.

Royal Royal Theatre Ruth Roland Henry King

Haunted House of Wild Isle at Empire Theatre

The two act Kalem feature starring Anna Nillson and Harry Millarde headlines today at the Empire Theater. Also on bill Beverly Bayne with Lester Cuneo in On the Down Road, a Vitagraph comedy Boobby's Baby with Sidney Drew and Jane Morrow, plus two two reel pictures. Tomorrow updates include Richard Travers in Blindfolded with Nell Craig and Essanay’s Her Father’s Picture in two reels with Velma Whitman.

Wild Isle Anna Nillson Harry Millarde Empire Theatre Millarde Miss Nillson Beverly Bayne Essanay The Empire Today Lester Cuneo Vitagraph Sidney Drew Jane Morrow Richard C. ‘Travers Essanay Company Nell Craig Lubin Velma Whitman

The Riddle of a Wooden Leg at the Crown Theatre

The Crown Theatre presents two part Kay Bee drama The Riddle of a Wooden Leg with The Handicap of Beauty and Hungry at the Fair. Tomorrow features The Fight a five reel drama with Margaret Wycherly and John N Kellerd showing how Jane Thomas runs for mayor and survives a political plot.

Crown Theatre Margaret Wycherly John N. Kellerd Jane Thomas Jane Vance

Candler Elected Director of Nashville Railway

At a Nashville meeting May 4 the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway boards elected Asa G. Candler of Atlanta as a new director.

Asa J. Candler N. C. and St. L Nashville, Tenn Nashville, Chattanooga and

Exodous of Winter Residents From Fairhope

A Fairhope notice details several winter residents planning departures to Battles Citronelle Cherry Creek and Geneva. The article notes ongoing library events and a Bible class gathering at the Sweet home with teachers Mr. and Mrs. Sweet, plus a Library Association meeting at Slosson's despite weather.

Fairhope Ala Walter David BE. C. Slosson Battles Citronelle Haythorne J. Marshall Whittier Hall Mr. Sweet Clover Leaf Bible Mrs. Sweet Library Association B.C. Slosson’s Comings W. G. McConnel Major McConnel University of Chicago Chicago

Study Notes on Poets and Dramatic Topics From a Seminar

Fragmentary notes mention Wiltteethe Herculean Labors, Fourth Lake Poets, Sir Philip Goken, Nightingale, Michaevellia Terpsichorean. The text hints at a bookish exercise on titles and memory, with a lull after adjournment and a plan to resume after summer.

Fessor Spain William Tel i Cae Earon Philip Goken Nightingale Michaevellia

Women Health Care and Gentle Remedies Promoted

An article urges women to avoid harsh purgatives and seek gentler care for constipation. It endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as ideal for women's use and offers a free trial bottle by writing to Dr W Caldwell at 452 Washington St Monticello, Illinois.

Baby Growth Clues in Feeding and Milk Supply

The text advises that if a baby receives ample air and remains well formed but fails to gain four ounces weekly, the issue may be wrong food or insufficient milk. It suggests nursing longer and, if growth stalls, substituting one or two feedings daily with an alternative feeding.

Nestlé Nestlé's Nestid Peestid Nestle

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