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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1916
Page
8
Mobile social notes cover Rev Frank Rideout’s four bridges for youth success making ready marriage home and good along with his warnings about training the body mind and morals. Miss Inez Ellis to marry Franz Hindermann in New Orleans and local society events follow.
Miss Neva Shillito to play the Chief's Daughter in Wampum Belt. The Octagon Chapter arranged flags for Mobile companies and issued gray and blue year books featuring the Octagon House cut. Officers listed include Regent Mrs Shawhan and others. prospectus committee named. Refreshments served after yesterday's program. Mobile Equal Suffrage Association to meet tonight at Battle House Parlor C at 8.
Advertisement claims mercorized wax removes freckles and skin blemishes by peeling away the outer layer. It promotes gradual exposure of a new, softer, whiter skin and advises buying an ounce at any drug store and using like cold cream.
Miss Polly King of Lower Peach Tree recently visited Mobile and was entertained by her sister Mrs J L Donahue at tea, then luncheon at the Bat House. She plans to spend time in New Orleans with Miss Florence Crippen before moving to Dallas to reside.
A reading of an old advice column discusses skin care for neck, chest, and shoulders. It covers washing hard-to-reach areas, using powder for a soft finish, and hints at steam facials and pimples treatment. The piece includes audience letters and notes on digestion linked to well being.
Customer correspondence discusses delayed reply and a self addressed stamped envelope. The note mentions a luncheon box and misplacement concerns within a department of the paper. The message ends abruptly with unfinished sentences.
The ad urges readers to strengthen a rundown system by using Scott s Emulsion with pure Norwegian cod liver oil. It claims the product builds tissue, boosts blood, and contains no alcohol, attributed to Scott & Bowne of Bloomfield New Jersey.
A string of visitors arrives in Mobile from Louisville Santa Barbara Brewton and New Orleans. Mrs H B Holroyd with daughter depart for Fairhope and the western coast. Mrs C C Dorsey and child of Santa Barbara head to New York via Mallory line. Mrs A M Dixon and Mrs George Miller of Brewton stay in the city. Grace Hutchins of Battles Wharf visits Mobile. Mrs V S Hurlbert and daughter Jack travel to Little Rock. Elvie Gerry returns home to New Orleans.
A dense catalog of grocery items with prices across cereals dried fruit canned goods coffee cocoa sugar flour and cleaning products. Items include Pure Maple Syrup Log Cabin Syrup Tomatoes Coffee Cocoa Sugar Flour Peanut Butter Dutch Cleanser and more with several cent price points and bulk package details.
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