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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1912
Page
5
If this is your birthday you should avoid bold changes and risky ventures. Trouble threatens you and loved ones and a wilful course will worsen matters. Those born today have positive natures and strong emotions with sharp intelligence and can learn self control. Unhappy marriages are foretold for their children.
Yester e en the Wefel home hosted a Halloween party for Miss Dorothy Wefel aged thirteen and Miss Elizabeth Wefel aged eight. Guests dressed as goblins witches and fairies enjoyed games prizes and a drawing contest before a festive supper in Halloween colors.
Miss Varina Gould hosted a bridge party for Miss Marguerite Wefel and Agnes Fowlkes. The event featured playful fortune telling as the guests enjoyed the sociable afternoon and anticipated luck from the Halloween theme.
An advertisement extols Ely's Cream Balm as a fast cure for catarrh and nasal throat inflammation. It touts direct application to sore surfaces, claims quick relief from sneezing coughing and headaches, and urges a 50 cent bottle from Drugstore agents G Van Antwerp and Son.
A Halloween gathering at a club featured a costumed scene with symbols, guests, and a sixteenth table bridge contest. Miss Gladys Boone won first prize and Miss Agnes Fowlkes the consolation prize as October’s haunted decor set the tone for an evening of prizes and socializing among numerous guests from multiple states.
In a Alabama household the second year of marriage tests Warren and Helen as old patterns reappear. Helen suspects Warren’s late nights and drinking despite a birth promise to stay sober, causing fear, doubt, and a painful midnight confrontation.
A refined gathering featured Alise Sage presenting three honorees with hand embroidered handkerchiefs tied with lute string ribbon and orange buds as souvenirs. The event began at 11 40 am and concluded with luncheon at one o'clock, mixing music and elegant display.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Henry Evang announce the marriage of their daughter Juanita to Mr William Henderson Warren on Thursday evening November 14 at seven oclock at their home Newberry South Carolina The pleasure of your company is requested.
Advertisement touts Hyomei from eucalyptus leaves and Listerian antiseptic as a inhaled treatment for stuffed head catarrh coughs colds and sore throat. It promises rapid relief after a few breaths from the inhaler with a money back guarantee and lists Van Antwerp Drug Inc as seller.
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