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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1914
Page
3
A short lyrical blessing wishes God’s blessing on a loved one. It speaks of sunlit mornings, stars, love guiding paths, and a love that endures through sorrow and separation, ending with a pledge of eternal love from H A Reed.
A compact trio of aphorisms on culture and character. Emerson stresses moral sentiment as culture’s foundation, Vanbrugh extols good manners to ease obstacles, and Epictetus confesses fear of wrongdoing, highlighting personal virtue.
Little Samuel Francis Clabaugh Jr. was welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Clabaugh of Tuscaloosa. The couple are prominent Alabamians with ties to Mobile where Mrs. Clabaugh, Mary Bacon Duncan, is a well known visitor. Mr. Clabaugh is former editor of the Tuscaloosa News and has been named postmaster at Tuscaloosa.
Tuesday was to mark the first formal introduction of debutante Betty eiagan for two entertainments. Her sister Mrs Walter Higgins and her mother Mrs John D planned an afternoon and an evening affair, reflecting a family and social gathering in the season’s early debutante events.
Multitudes of Alabama residents sample Vitalitas at Sutton's Drug Store demonstrations. A simple device extracts the tonic from volcanic sediment. free drinks are offered and claims include relief from biliousness rheumatism indigestion and general cleansing of the system. See today for information.
Illness of Miss Hagan forces postponement of planned entertainments for Mobile society. The younger set learns the events will be moved to next week though the illness is not serious. Mrs. Hagan and Mrs. Higgins announce new duties for Tuesday afternoon and evening at the same hours.
Mrs Daisy McLaurin Stevens president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy visits Atlanta from Savannah after her re election. She attends luncheons at Wren's Nest and a Capital City Club reception with officers and visiting chapter members.
A Washington paper recalls Miss Alice Roosevelt at 17 and traces her inner circle of schoolgirl friends, later divisions among social figures like the Longworth family. It compares lingering questions about Alice’s age with the fading years of Ann, as the era’s social fabric shifts with evolving diplomatic and political ties.
Miss Minnie Eva Eakins returns to Mobile from Pensacola to attend her cousin Miss Mary Wolfe Eggert's wedding. Debutante Miss Elsie Beaven arrives from Evergreen for the season, with Mobile society events planned. Other social updates include a bridal trip, visits from Mrs. Sossaman, and charity and club meetings at the Battle House and Cont street asylum.
An old advertisement touts Vicks Vaporub for quick cold relief by applying to the throat and chest and covering with a warm cloth. Vapors from eucalyptus thymos camphor and menthol inhaled overnight clear the head loosen phlegm and reduce chest tightness. External treatment for children, sold in three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00.
A called meeting of the Christ Child Society is set for Tuesday at 11 a.m. in McGill Institute to discuss the Thanks giving box for the children at the Ma.
An article extols Eugenic marriages as a path to a healthier, more intelligent nation and cites Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy that restores health to women deemed unfit for marriage. It claims vast use of roots and herbs and urges all suffering women to try the remedy.
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