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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1916
Page
8
Pretty Sponsors and Maids Attend U M S Exercises
The reader learns of University Military School activities with sponsors and maids attending events. Barry Lyons Jr and company leaders are highlighted, with Miss Belle Gilbert acting as sponsor and Miss Emma McAlpine as maid at the exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Military School
Point Clear
James K. Glennon
Barry Lyons, Jr
Captain Lyons
Belle Gilbert
Emma McAlpine
Marion Little
Roberta Ollinger
Marie McPhillips
Emily Roe
Erwin Haverman
Brownatone Hair Stain Promises Quick Golden Tones
An old ad touts Brownatone hair stain as a fast alternative to dyes. It claims instant coverage for gray or faded hair in golden to black shades, says it is undetectable and durable, and offers sizes 25c and 1.00 with mail order 10 cent sample book. Sold by Kenton Packet Co and Bienville Pharmacy among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenton Pacal Co
E. Pike St
Bienville Pharmacy
Dave S. Bauer
R. L. Braswell
Cream in Nose Promises Fast Catarrh Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Put Cream in Nose as a quick cure for colds and catarrh. It claims the cream clears nasal passages, relieves headaches, stops snoring, and eases breathing within moments when applied as directed.
Tea tables and feminine charm in social life
A nostalgic discussion of tea as a central social ritual, praising the poised woman at a tea table and the calming, sociable atmosphere it creates. It notes declining sale of fashion fans, praises afternoon tea in America, and suggests forming tea circles to attract congenial guests. It also shares a Q&A section on bust reduction and vapor baths as weight loss aids, stressing diet and exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
Military school graduates feted at large reception
Mitchell led the送 Military School celebration with sponsors and maids named Ernestine McGowin Gussie Moore and Eleanor Burgett. Winners awarded gold medals included Wheeler Tunstall Waring Inge and Santos Rubira. Senior Edwin Haller Le Grange Batson James McPhillips and Franklin Coleman tied for medals in field day events. The Electra Semmes Colston Chapter U D C held its last meeting and planned a Jefferson Davis birthday observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Coleman
Waring Inge
Marion Rubira
Col. F. M. Maddox
Mobile Battalion
First Regiment
Electra Semmes Colston
Louis Seawell
Robert Padgett
H. A. Stanton
Stonewall Rowvlet
Anniston
Safford Berney
Stonewall Boulet
Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Dark Hair
An ad touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use preparation costing about 50 cents a bottle. It claims to darken gray hair naturally when applied with a sponge or brush, with subsequent applications enhancing darkness and shine. It notes the product is a toilet requisite and not a disease cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Social notes from Mobile and nearby visits
Personal mentions list visits and guests in Alabama towns. Edwin Quint and family returned from Biloxi. Miss Vesta Creel to visit Mobile. Miss Katherine Moore back from Birmingham. Mrs. L. J. Haley at a Montgomery Child Welfare conference. Mildred and Miriam Russell with Grace Druhan traveling to Hayneville. Lola Trax, equal suffrage organizer, visiting Altamont Road. Charles Clisby visiting mother Daisy Irwin Clisby at Oakleigh for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Quint
Child
Mrs. Quint
Biloxi
Katherine Moore
Birmingham
L. J. Haley
The
Alabama Federation
Montgomery
Mildred Russell
Miriam Russell
Grace Druhan
Mobile
Hayneville
W. P. Russet
Miss Druhan
Macon Ga
Lola Trax
Solon Jacobs
Charles Clisby
Daisy Irwin Clisby
Oakleigh
Luncheon and party schedule for Mobile Y events
A list of early afternoon and evening gatherings for juniors and seniors. Includes Luncheon at Mobile Y, parties for Miss Georgia Higley and others, a Bridge Club meeting with Virginia Woolf, graduation exercises at Battle House, and an Alpha Beta Lambda Sigma reception for Barton graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakesview School
Mobile Y. T Club
Georgia Higley
Edna Gaines
Francis Ervin
Leah Midgett
Edwina Aayee
Bridge Club
Virginia Woolf
Elwell
Harry T Smith
U. M
Battle House
Clark School Improvement Association
Helena Krudop
Louise Flinn
McGill Institute
Alpha Beta Lambda Sigma
Barton
Secretary of Commerce William C Redfield Visits Mobile Invitation
William C Redfield secretary of commerce who will visit Tuscaloosa for the centennial celebration has been invited to Mobile by the Chamber of Commerce. If he comes he will be shown sites for a shipyard and urged to help Mobile secure a government Gulf Coast shipyard location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Redfield
Tuscaloosa
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Redfield
Gulf Coast
Germany to borrow 10 million in New York notes offering
Negotiations completed between Germany and a New York banking house for a new issue of 10,008,000 six percent serial German government notes. They will be offered in the United States at about 6.2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
New York
Illinois Club Annual Outing Planned for Sunday at Fairhope
The Illinois Club will hold its annual picnic at Fairhope, leaving from a bay boat at 1:30 am and returning on the steamer at 6:30 pm. Most members are expected to attend. earlier reports had said Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chopin Club
Christ Church Chapter House
John Moulton
Illinois Club
Will Repaint Hospital at Mobile bids opened
Bids for interior repaint and decorating of the United States Marine Hospital at Mobile were opened with six bidders. The lowest bid came from 5 W. McKinley of Douglasville Georgia at 2137 dollars, among three local firms and other painting trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Repai
United States Marine Hospital
Mobile
W. McKinley
Douglasville
Also Mentioned on This Page
BELL
HOME
Mail National Toilet Company
Paris
Tena
U.S.A
Secret of
Edna Kent Forbes
Electra Semmes Colston Chapter
May
Emile McLeod
Ed Hanlon
Alfred Marshall
Daniel Wall
J. Bisby
Neighborhood Sewing Circle
R. W. Bryne
Gus. Chaudron
Melville Tucker
H. O. Lueders
Susie Douglas
Vineyard
Richmond
Douglas
Eulalie Hagan
Nellie Bereuson
Willie Hempstead
Martha Webb
Mildred Bates
Frances Ervin
Helen Horn
Elizabeth Heakes
Louise Eerry Cornelia March
Webb Beatty
Amelia Douglas
R. L. Douglas
Willie May King
Leila Cunningham
Thelma Connolly
Horace Cunningham
Marie Nobles
Margaret
Virginia Thompson
Ethel Norville
Grace
Inez
Nadine Parker
Lola Moore
Clarice Joullian
Thelma
Bernie Connolly
Nancy Hohn
Carlton Thomas
Charlie Joullian
Earl
Eddie Werneth
Stephen Wilson
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
William Dudley Foulke
George E. Vincent
David R. Houston
Thomas A. Edison
Manly Youn
Erwin Havverthast Mitchell
Trinity Social Club
Cawthon
Government Street Presbyterian Church
Burgett Memorial
Shakspears
J. C. Torrey
Chopin Clup
Walter Mitchell, Jr
University of Alabama
Ira Keller
Washington, D. C
Professor Wright
William Maiden
Edward Overton
W. F. Pape
Jesse Acree
Edgar Boyette
Carroll Cowan
George Haas Thomas Leatherbury
Edwin Haller
Marion Hassell
Kushla
W. M. Renauld
S. J. O'Connor
Billie
G. L. Turner
Loraine
Floyd
James O'Neil
Martha
Jack Lathrop
Lathrop
Quorum Club
Yacht Club
Erwin Craighead
John B. Harvey
Knott High School
Myrtice Brannan
Elizabeth McAlpine
Saddie Campbell
Harriott Sims
Shelley Lee Taylor
Cornela March
Fletcher Slaton
J. S. Plummer
All Saints Church
Elizabeth
Belle
Willie Knott
Bertie Garnett
Randolp
Mayme Paul Butler
Jessie Haas
Jean Heckert
Gabriella Cooke
Francis Baumhauer
Dorothy Hubbard
St. Joseph's Club
Mr. Ray
Stella Burgett
Barker Cotton Mill Progressive Association
Ophelia Helter
William Heiter
Caro Mickle
Ernest Ash
Marian Heiter
Burgette
Stella Burnett
Marie Savage
Margaret Weinand
Miriam Heiter
Messrs. C. R. Camp
Leslie Heiter
Leslie Richards
William Norville
Ophelia Heiter
Broad-street Methodist
Broad and
Elmira Streets
E. A. Discher
Grandma Gibbs
Emily White
Luella Huggins
Ruth Sunderland
Strong
Grace Sunderland
Meeker
Ruth Crary
Day
Rosalie Jacobson
Meeley
Nell Wilson
Resino
Sgt Saye
Henry Aldrich
Frank Milhouse
Selma
Vesta Creel
Meridian
Rae
Lavalliers Dorrine
Mary Page
Victim
Hepsey Burke
Seven
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