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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1912
Page
5
A birthday forecast urges strict attention and perseverance to achieve desires. It cautions against useless arguing and notes success comes from following employers and pursuing constructive work. It warns that faults arise from the heart and thoughtless cruelty can anger friends.
Mr P J Hamilton traveled to New York for the Princeton Class of 1897 dinner honoring Governor Woodrow Wilson. Hamilton was an honor man noted for his historical writings. Dalton Auction Club moved its meeting to 3 PM after a 11 30 AM slot and held its weekly auction game with Mrs James H Patterson. refreshments were declined. Mrs J W Hunter won a prize pair of silk. Miss Virginia Thomas hosted. Mrs A N T Roach joined as a new member and will host next Friday.
Alzs Perrin Bestor served as hostess for Elwell's first meeting of the season at 2 45. Substitutes named for the game included Mrs W A Powell and others. Membership includes Mrs BF Adams Mrs E D Bondurant and several others with one vacancy due to Rivers Rush's resignation. Prizes were carved picture frames awarded to Mrs McPhillips Mrs Otts and Mrs Adams. Kittie Belle Stirling has recovered enough to visit her Eastern shore home for the weekend.
Personal testimonials from Mrs Dema Berune of Sikeston Missouri and Moore Illinois describe relief from severe female health troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letters claim reduced symptoms, restored energy, and return to normal activities, urging other women to consider the product.
Chicago society figure Mrs. Frank Farnum, wife of ex Senator Farnum of Illinois, weighs in on flirtation and fascination. She defends the modern woman’s right to allure while noting travel and language awareness reduce public flirting and that intelligence replaces coquetry as common practice.
The note reflects a Mobilian’s recovery and her renewed enthusiasm for music, highlighting her talents and the pursuits that define her current health and creative focus.
President Taft arrived from Washington to spend three days in the New York area visiting institutions and attending meetings. Tonight he attends a Lotus Club dinner and Monday heads to New Haven for a Yale corporation meeting.
Mrs J R Harvey Mrs Alvin Levy and Miss Ida Louise Harris presented an afternoon of entertainment for Baker graded school children. Leah Rosen is recovering well from appendicitis. Rev Wyatt Brown and Mrs Cook left for a seven day visit to Washington.
A Woman's Tribune item promotes mercurialized wax as a cure for all complexion troubles. It claims wax removes dead surface skin to reveal a clearer, younger look and notes an ounce can rejuvenate the worst complexion. It also mentions a polish with powdered saxalite and hazel for wrinkles.
The essay argues that gangsters in New York operate as hired killers supported by political bosses who control police actions. It cites Herman Rosenthal and a broader history of red gangs, noting public corruption, urban crime, and the need to divorce police from politics to curb violence. A recent case involved a violent offender opening an office above a saloon linked to a Tammany leader.
Dr. F. B. Mallory reports findings at Boston City Hospital that identify a bacillus as the cause of whooping cough by accumulating between cilia in the large air passages. The bacillus impairs ciliary action, explaining the persistent cough and suggesting a path toward a cure.
A golf ball struck from the Brae Burn Country Club tee killed a sparrow and then continued on its flight in an unusual incident reported as a strange freak of golf.
An eyewitness account notes a marksman named Joseph Mr Gould firing a ball that rose sharply and swerved, hitting a bird mid flight and causing it to crash near a hole. The report emphasizes the ball's trajectory and the bird's sudden descent.
Chiropody by Marie E Patterson at 57 St Joseph Street offers scalp treatments electrolysis bleaching and facial massage using scientific methods. All work by appointment. Nearby Bell phone 293F.
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