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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1916
Page
6
Community items list meetings and events including Discards club, Duplicate Bridge Club, Mellisette operetta at St John’s, and Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs in Birmingham. Included are guest hotels, delegate arrangements, and chapter reports with local society updates.
Author Alice Duer Miller defends domestic skill as vital for modern women advising women should keep home duties while embracing new roles. She argues cooking and housekeeping remain essential to marriage and social progress and counters anti domestic views.
The Boys Club seeks Mobile support for building a new detention home near the county poor asylum. Tag Day will be held next Saturday to raise funds and finish the six acre land grant received from the board of revenue and road commissioners. After completion the club plans to relocate the boys home to Charles near Texas street and use the existing building for detained girls when needed.
Local society events list December 4 notes Correll to entertain the chapter and Mrs Richard Walker attending a D A R conference in Montgomery. Craighead Club meets at 3 30 in Cawthon hotel to study Amendments led by Mrs Shawhan. Shakespeare Club hosts meeting with Mrs Torvey and president Mrs Hagan. Continuous program items and social notices follow.
The piece urges women to improve hand warmth and circulation to look more attractive, advises against heavy makeup for young women in small towns, and emphasizes a natural, healthy appearance over cosmetics. It stresses firm, cordial handshakes and modest grooming.
The Birmingham Ledger notes Miss Gertrude Morton will be bridesmaid and Mr. David Fox best man. Groomsmen will be Mr. William Moughan and Mr. Perry Burris of Atlanta. An informal reception will follow. Mrs. J. W. McAlpine plans to attend, having visited Miss Maughan here.
Miss Mamie Taylor returns from Mobile where she visited Mr. and Mrs. Woolfe on Government street during fair week. Mrs. E. D. Sasser of Lucedale ends a ten day stay at a Mobile infirmary offering attention to illness.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general tonic with Quinine and iron listed as the key ingredients. The claim emphasizes tonic properties and recommends the product for general health.
Whistler residents attend birthday party rehearsals for The Jail Bird at Odd Fellows Hall and plan a Thanksgiving ball. Local officials briefed on a carpenters’ meeting as families welcome relatives from New Orleans, Mobile, Meridian, and Jackson while noting new births and community visits.
Chamberlain's Tablets target stomach troubles biliousness and constipation and have reported success in long standing cases. Users may find lasting relief by following the bottle directions and maintaining regular use as advised. Advertisements claim complete cures for chronic constipation with proper dosing.
Beneath a soiled and aged complexion lies fresh natural skin. Mercolized wax gradually absorbs devitalized surface skin to reveal youthful whiteness. Used by refined women seeking true natural complexions. One ounce package with directions sold by all druggists.
The article discusses sick headaches linked to urea retention or poor blood condition and urges rest in a dark room. Dr A F Schellschmidt recommends anti kamma tablets for relief, with hourly dosing during attacks, plus emetics and bowel care, and notes the tablets are available at druggists for nervous headaches and neuralgia.
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