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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1915
Page
7
A mixed page from a historical Gulf Coast fair features a mother’s valiant sentiment on a child’s longing and aging, a women’s department exhibit guide with open competition rules, oyster recipe sections, health cautions about face powder, light humor panels, and a charming bedtime tale about Nannie Wagtail and Uncle Wiggily. The collage reflects early 20th century domestic life, cooking, health notices, and children’s fiction.
An advertisement urges readers to use Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder trouble citing back pain and other symptoms. It promotes sample bottles by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton New York and mentions a book of letters praising the remedy. The Mobile Daily Item is noted as the reader source.
Inquiries on love affairs addressed to Miss Eros will be printed if not too lengthy. Names will not be printed. Send ad requests to Miss Eros Mobile Item. Personal letters not answered or private correspondence handled. Use ink and write only on one side.
A reader asks advice on three young women and suitors. For No 1 the jeweler may prove desirable despite flaws. avoid moonlight rides. No 2 doubts a 22 year old suitor with a Ford. a car ride is fine but avoid moonlight trips. best to marry if he is good. No 3 considers a Count and a South American trip. parents decide, avoid joy rides.
A 19th century health note urges women to wash eyes after dust and read before bed, using tepid or salt water to improve sparkle. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a temperance tonic for eye issues and womanly diseases, claiming it restores health, regulates function, relieves pain, and aids nervous exhaustion. Pellets are recommended to keep bowels healthy.
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