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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1914
Page
5
Special to The Item Montgomery May 21. Principals of Alabama county high schools elected by the state high school commission to serve a year were called to Montgomery June 8 to discuss revised high school study plans and nominate faculties. A list of elected principals from each county is provided with and amounts likely representing stipends.
Fayette Salter and his former wife were remarried at Mrs. J. S. Locke’s Conti street home with Rev. B. Glenn officiating. The couple, once estranged after his 1909 life sentence for a mail carrier murder, renewed vows after his pardon by President Wilson. Their daughter Lizzie Salter watched, as the pair planned to resume life in Mobile with Salter returning to farming in Evergreen, Conecuh county.
A survey of items with notable prices includes hair barrettes and pins at 50 cents per pair or two for one dollar, neck beads both plain and fancy, two for one dollar, German silver vanity items and coin sets at five cents to one dollar, photo frames at 15 cents, camphor balls priced for multiple pounds, and other varied novelties with affordable values. The list reflects a broad catalog of inexpensive fashionable and household goods with emphasis on value.
Detachable Kimono dress shields priced at 25 and 30 cents in all sizes. Light weight dress shields for summer dresses. Pearl buttons and various edgings offered by the vendor. King sewing cotton spools, black or white, 12 assorted colors. Waldorf toilet paper and standards listed with assorted prices. Standard dusters with 14 inch feathers highlighted as best quality.
Robert E. Gann, retiring president of the State Federation of Labor, says Alabama labor will campaign to pass laws against loan sharks and require biweekly payrolls. He notes similar laws in Louisiana and Mississippi and cites benefits to both organized and unorganized workers amid recent election showings. Delegates lingered in Mobile for postconvention activities.
Bishop Edward PP Allen will bless three new altars two statues and a sanctuary lamp at St Catherine s Church Crichton Thursday at 1 o clock. The main altar was donated by Mrs Kelly and family in memory of William Kelly. Side altars given by the Misses Strachan and Miss Nellie Quinn and little Miss Audrey Quinn.
Mrs Skehen of 614 S Leavitt St Chicago says Peruna cured her eye problems. She states thick red lids light sensitivity and stubborn catarrh ended after using Peruna and medicine prior failed. She endorses the product for family use and allows its circulation.
The article notes Mr and Mrs M P McDonald as sheltering the sanctuary lamp crowd. Bishop Allen, aided by city priests, will preach with St Mary’s choir providing music. A separate item reports fines for vagrancy and assault: Ben Patton, Louis Colman, Jim Alexander fined $1 or ten days for vagrancy by gaming. Adison Lewis fined $25 and twenty days for assault and battery after beating Fane C Grown.
A small crowd in Dauphin near Royal street on Thursday morning praised Baby Doll Jacobson, formerly an outfielder for the Gulls and now with Moose McCormick's Lookout. The youth followers cheered and called him a dandy as he acknowledged their tribute.
Mobile is represented at the Alain Fire Underwriters association convention in Birmingham by A. J. Brame of Thames & Barre Peyton Norville of Norville Bros and Joseph Bullock of the Factors and Traders Insurance Co The meeting began Thursday and runs through Friday.
An old health blurb urges readers to consult a druggist about spring tonics to combat impure blood from winter confinement. It touts saparilla as a remedy for facial eruptions, fatigue, weak appetite, and lack of energy, aiming to restore strength.
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