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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1913
Page
5
A collection of quotes on art music poetry and culture links Beethoven Grillparzer Scott and Shakespeare to a broader view of liberal education and aesthetic reflection. The lines praise art as freeing and renewing the mind and urging musicians to seek general culture.
The Hamilton Whist Club held a comfortable Monday gathering at the Dauphin Was home of Mrs W A Powell yesterday at 3 o clock. Two tables of contestants played auction bridge for bluebird pins awarded to Mrs M T Kirkbride and Mrs H M Friend. An emerald beads solution and a tempting salad course followed the game with an ice course served at the end.
The Monday club met yesterday at 4 o'clock with Miss Annie Lou Anfield as hostess. Four substitutes joined the ten players at small tables to contest for the first prize of a pair of silk hose. Mrs. J. E. Thompson won the trophy, with Mrs. Allison also noted in the event.
The message urges individuals to understand and follow guidance without shifting blame. It notes those born today will value literature and oratory, with success tied to broad education. It highlights the combined study of religions and science to develop steady poise.
Nashville residents stage a grand Greek pageant titled The Fire Regained under Story Tellers League auspices. Promoters include the art association and park commission with $20,000 pledged by local merchants. The Parthenon replica sets an epic scene with 500 chorus, 500 doves, 300 sheep, and chariot races, marking a high point in Southern culture. Miss Norma Boulet and Alice Petrinovich visit Montgomery with Aunt Mrs. D. R. Bettis.
The Horseshoe Robertson Chapter D. A. R. held an interesting meeting last week at Mount Airey the home of Judge and Mrs. R L Maupin in West Point Mississippi. The host’s daughter Mrs. R C Beckett Jr was chapter secretary and three visiting regents attended including Mrs A F Fox Mississippi state regent.
Philadelphia and Ephrata residents describe severe nervous prostration with palpitations headaches and sleeplessness improving after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Letters from Mrs Mary Johnston and Mrs J W Hornberger credit recovery and weight gain and suggest seeking confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
An article urges dental hygiene and public health, praising POM Face for whitening. It also reports Mobile D A R meetings, Euterpean Fraternity events, bridge parties for visiting guests Miss Browder and Miss Roach, and a note that the Broadwood family plans to return to Mobile by June to join Point Clear summer residents.
A domestic scene unfolds with a couple in bed, one urging the other to wake for services at St Pauls while he proposes a nap and the other insists they attend. The dialogue centers on routine morning plans and simple domestic friction.
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce invites the public to a Wednesday 8 o clock evening address at Battle House Auditorium by Dr. W A Evans of Chicago a leading sanitarian with a public health degree from Michigan and involvement in the American Milk Commission. A reception with fruit punch follows with Punch servers named.
Advertisement states poor appetite signals impaired digestion and claims Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets strengthen digestion and improve appetite. It notes thousands have benefited and that the tablets are for sale by all dealers.
James L. Bacon a mining man and former Colorado legislator was arrested in Cripple Creek after returning from Denver funerals for his wife and her daughter Josephine Davidson killed in an explosion at the Bacon home on April 28. Authorities accuse Bacon of causing the explosion and murder, while injuries from the blast kept him in a hospital for weeks.
In Boston on May 20 the government files a suit to dissolve United Shoe Machinery Company. Eleven corporations and twenty three individuals are named defendants charged with contracts and conspiracies in restraint of trade to create a monopoly in shoe machinery. The company leases its machinery to manufacturers rather than selling.
The text records multiple Mobile residents gearing up for autumn occupancy with winter pleasures for the younger set. It notes Miss Hilda Broadwood in Mobile as a bridesmaid in a southern wedding, Captain Danner's trip to French Lick Springs, Mrs. Pride Jones visiting Birmingham, and Miss Marie Shaffer's Montgomery trip for a wedding. The Joneses plan a Gulf Coast summer home in Coden, while Gaylord Clark departs Mobile for Baltimore.
Lydia seeks help for freckles with no success. P. J. K. asks if massage is best for wrinkles, noting overdoing may worsen it. Stella wants a muddy complexion cured with saxolite lotion and mercorized wax nightly, revealing clearer skin beneath.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable remedy to keep the liver functioning smoothly. It claims relief from biliousness and headaches without calomel's side effects, targets children for mild use, and offers a money back guarantee from local druggists priced at 50 cents.
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