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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1914
Page
3
A lyric excerpt from A Handful of Lavender by Lizette Woodworth Reese reflects on time, nature, and the speaker’s sense of coming love. The speaker notes lavender in bloom, bees buzzing, and seasonal shifts as a metaphor for transition and new beginnings.
A compact slice quotes anon and Schiller about living well yesterday and today. It contrasts sowing good seed with reaping joy, noting a year that grows rich with age and the gilded sands of life’s later years.
Miss Nannie Glenn Goodbrad and Mr. B F Adams Jr were married at the Goodbrad home on Dauphin Way in a formal Roman Catholic service conducted by Father Eaton. The decorations featured white chrysanthemums and smilax with gold and white color tones, and a program included vocal and instrumental performances. Attending family and friends wore elaborate gowns. the reception followed with a heart shaped cake and valley lilies, as the couple began married life in Mobile.
Physicians tout Sargol as a natural yet artificial aid to malnourished individuals. Taken with meals the six component tablets allegedly convert sugars and starches into nourishment, with reported gains of ten to twenty five pounds per month. Sold by Van Antwerp Drug Co and other druggists, each package carries a money back guarantee.
Mme Corsan, famed Parisian beauty authority, dismisses cosmetics as deceptive and slow. She prescribes a DIY tonic of witch hazel and saxolite to smooth wrinkles, claiming instant firming and tight skin with daily use.
Fanny Hedden receives a $5 gift and a new coat but faces cold rooms and a sharp landlady. Crandall pressures her for dates while she navigates uneasy past favors and economic strain. The scene shifts through city shopfronts as she contends with memory of a firmer future.
Packer Blacksher Gabriella Barret Anna Boulet Mary Knight Rush Mary Imma Nettles and Lee Barclay served a rich plate supper while Mrs Jex Howard Luce Mia Percy Dunbar and Mrs Harry Hardy Smith oversaw the punch bowl. At midnight Mrs Adams changed into travel attire and the couple planned a two week trip north and to Franklin Kentucky. The gifts and entertainments marked a popular debut for the bride who is noted for beauty and charm. Mr Adams, a Southern Realty firm member, and his father B F Adams oversee plans to reside with the groom’s parents on Government street after their return.
The United Daughters of 1812 Alabama chapter met in Birmingham at the YWCA. State president Miss Maud McLure Kelly presided and officers reported a productive year. Mrs. Harry T. Inge of Mobile was elected vice president and Miss M. Adele Shaw of Birmingham re elected as corresponding secretary. The Jackson highway committee was dismissed with thanks.
Miss Margaret Horn entertained Monday afternoon in her Gov ernment street residence with fourteen tea tables. Guests included Miss Rush Miss Taylor and Miss Evan Rantzler of New Orleans. Mrs E C Fowlkes won first prize with a lingerie set, Miss Elise Hall took consolation. Courses featured gold and white decor for wedding color tones of Miss Rush and Miss Taylor.
A refined heart party honored two popular brides elect who will feature Miss Horn as brides maid at both forthcoming weddings. The event highlighted social esteem and anticipation for the dual nuptials.
A refined luncheon at the Cawthon Colonial room marked Miss Lucille Rush’s upcoming wedding. The bridal party and guests dined on seven courses with white décor, ornate attire, and hand painted place cards noting the bride elect and her escort list.
A brief note highlights Portugal as a small nation with a potential quarter million men historically shaping wars. It lists individuals such as Mrs. BE P Fowlkes of Selma and several named persons including Charles Hervey Clyde Hu J J Hunter Jer Hunter Maiden Cammack Allie Fowlkes and Kilgore with Birmingham.
Multitudes of Alabama residents viewed a Vitalitas display and sampled a new product at Suttons drugs St Francis and Royal. The demonstration touts natural cleansing benefits for digestion biliousness rheumatic debility and kidney and liver issues with promises of strong health effects.
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