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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1915
Page
6
A reflective passage on time love and the unifying law of God. Quoted verses by Henry Van Dyke and Albert Bigelow Paine illuminate harmony in human connection and the meaning of friendship in daily life.
A health advisory promotes meat in moderation for children and encourages offering nutritious foods, highlighting Faust Spaghetti as digestible and blood-building. Dr Hutchison endorses its excellent absorption, noting its Durum wheat gluten content. Faust Spaghetti is easy to cook and widely available in large packages for 10c.
May 18 report from Tokio notes Princess Yasu youngest sister of the emperor wed Prince Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni in a grand court ceremony. The event follows Empress Haruko's mourning and ushers in a season of national gaiety with Kyoto accession ceremonies planned for November. The couple exchanged vows before the ancestral shrine with a court ritualist.
Miss Estelle Hempstead Manning Brewer wed Horace A. Thompson of Alabama at St Stevens Episcopal Church yesterday at five with Rev George F Dudley officiating. The bride is daughter of Mrs Clara Campbell Manning of 1330 Columbia Road and is noted for talent and publications. the groom is a prominent Alabama state legislator. Only close family attended, each guest bearing a corsage bouquet.
Advertisement claims two tablespoonfuls of Calocide in warm foot bath provide instant relief from corns callouses and bunions. It states excessive sweating and tenderness are overcome by pores removing the cause and urges purchasing a 25 cent package from drug stores, prepared in Dayton Ohio.
A thoughtful token of sweet pea marks a modest wedding. After a short trip, Mr. and Mrs. Thompson will settle in Alabama. Mr. Thompson serves in the state legislature from Greenville, a fact that has drawn much attention across the state.
A Marion special reports the Marion Institute junior senior debate on the resolution that Germany bears responsibility for the Great War. James L. Cawthon Jr of Mobile placed third among speakers for the affirmative and received an individual prize.
Miss Gladys Carroll entertained eight of her young friends at a moving picture party Monday afternoon for her eleventh birthday. Refreshments followed at her home with Lucia Williams, Sadie Williams, Paul Thompson, Vivian Thompson, Gladys Payne, Minnie Amelia Payne, Marie, Dorothy, and Gladys Carroll in attendance.
The U S steamer Holabird hosted multiple social groups on a Fort Morgan trip. Major Newsome and Mrs Newsome led a Sunday school class of twelve girls from Government Street Methodist church. The Tuesday Sewing Club held its annual picnic at the fort, and Mrs M H Roberts with guest Miss Ray of Camden enjoyed a congenial outing aboard.
Mobile readers recount the John Quill voyage to Tuscaloosa for the lock celebration. About 800 attended the Lock 17 event with Miss Madge Blair christening the lock. Notables on board include Mrs. Belle Daly Miss Anna Belle Courtright and others. Mrs. W B Waterman is ill at Inge Bondurant Sanitarium.
An advertisement asserts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will improve national health by producing a healthier intelligent family. It claims many unfit women regain health and promotes the remedy as the most successful for female ills, urging all to try it.
A schedule lists multiple groups: Tuesday auctions and various women's clubs, Emma Jones Branch meeting, Newman Circle at Knights of Columbus, Wednesday bridge and book clubs, No Trump Club, Thursday Confederate Flag Day events, Mothers and Electra chapter meetings, Friday bridge and sewing clubs, lawn and dance events, Saturday Shakespeare Club, Alpha Beta Lambda Sigma reception for Barton Academy graduates, and Field Day at Raphael Semmes school starting 4 p.m.
Personal mentions include Mrs Albert Henry Miss Edna Henry Miss Edith Dillian and Mr Dillian of New Orleans visiting Mrs Levine Bauer in Mobile. Miss Alice Clapp of Selma joins a Selma party arriving on the City of Mobile.
Hundreds of names appear in a city visitor register with guests from Foley Ensley New Decatur Birmingham and other Alabama towns. Hotels Battle House Bienville Wadsor Klosky and local residences host out of town visitors and a Hardware Men's Convention attendee.
Agnes Bertha Crichton and Hubbard Nichols were married at the Crichton home on Old Shell Road in Crichton Alabama. The Rev. A. B. Brown officiated as family and close friends attended the ceremony.
The Mobile Grand Army Post will honor their dead on Decoration Day May 20 with local members of the Grand Army of the Republic and United Confederate Veterans joining. Graves in the National cemetery will be decorated and Blue veterans will place a wreath on the Confederate Rest monument in repayment of past Confederate honors. A marriage license was issued to Wilmer C. Davis and Mercedes Alfaro in probate court.
Skin sufferers report cures using D. D. D. antiseptic wash for eczema hay fever and catarrh. Trial bottle 25 cents or 50 cents and one dollar sizes offered with money back guarantee. Written requests sent to D. D. Laboratories Chicago Dept. 1isi for a free trial bottle.
A long list of discounted items including Foot Tubs Pans Lawn Mowers Weed Syele Rubber Hose Screen Doors Screen Windows Black Screen Wire and Galvanized Sprinklers. Also featured are poultry wire O Cedar Oil Mops sugar butter canned fruits vegetables and household goods with prices and per unit values. Contains many brand names prices and product types typical of a general sale circular.
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