Whitcomb Riley Day Celebrations Across the Nation
An item recounts James Whitcomb Riley’s birthday and honors in Beenfield and Indianapolis, noting Riley’s early career, local editor stint in Anderson Indiana, and his familiar paths to Greenfield and home life on Lockerbie Street with visits to old kin. It also lists numerous social notices from Nashville weddings to dinners, dances, luncheons, and community events in Mobile and Birmingham areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freday
Whitcomb Riley
Celei
United States
Beenfield
Green Fields
Anderon
Ind
Demott
Anderson
Riley
Lockerbie Street
Indianapolis
Greenfield
Dandruff Remedy Promises Hair Revival
An advertisement touts liquid argon as a cure for dandruff. It claims four ounces nightly dissolves and destroys dandruff, stops itching, and leaves hair appearing healthier, with ongoing applications needed to complete removal. The ad notes arvon is inexpensive and available at drugstores.
Doan's Kidney Pills End Kidney Trouble Says Mobile Resident
Cc H Whiteman of Sheet Iron Works Mobile testifies kidney pain and sediment stopped after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He avoided surgery and has been free of kidney trouble for over three years. Ad states price 50c at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY Advert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Cc. H. Whiteman
Sheet Iron Works
St. Francis, St., Mobile
Doan
Wildman
Mr. Whiteman
Foster-Milburn Co., Props
Buffalo
N. Y
Advy
Uncle Wiggily Observes Autumn Woods Colorful Leaves
Uncle Wiggily and Jack the old gentleman wander a forest in October as leaves glow with gold, brown, purple, and red. The rabbit pauses by a log near a pond while Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy gnaws a cane and muskrat housekeeper watches.
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Jack
Uncle Wiggily Longears
Uncle Wiggily
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Uncle Wiggily and the Stranded Frog Friends
In a spring tale by Howard R. Garis, Uncle Wiggily visits a log where Bully and Bawly No Tail encounter trouble. A sad voice calls for help and colourful leaves rise as talking aid asks for assistance from the kindly rabbit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Wiggily
Rabbit
Wiggily
Mr. Longears
Social Events Friday Highlights and Talks
Friday events include a dance at German Relief Hall hosted by M. T. C. and a lecture with stereoptican views by Mrs. Julia Graves at Ares Way Baptist Church at 8 p.m. A baby show and children's contest will be held at German Relief Hall at 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Tompkins
Julia Graves
Ee Ares Way Baptist
Calendar and society notes from Mobile entries
Calendar items list church and club meetings including Mobile Union Class, Mothers' Club, Quorum Club, and Ladies groups with times from 3:30 to 11 a.m. plus lecture by Mrs. Graves at Dauphin Way. Palmetto Beach personals report Elisha Gilbert Strong's death and a marriage of Katie Galloway and Benjamin Fagerstrom at the Galloway home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin Way Baptist Sunday School
Shore Acres
Mobile Graded Union
Mothers’ Club
Settlement Home
Josephine McAndrew
Quorum Club
Cawthon Hotel
Woman's Division
Mobile Baptist Association
Grand Bay
Palmetto Beach
Ala
Elisha Gilbert Strong
Pennington
G. W. Strong
Katie Galloway
Benjamin Fagerstrom
Ae Marion Galloway
Detect Airships by Microphone Inventor Says
New York Oct. 7 Edward F Chandler, inventor of water microphone harbor defense, announced he has perfected a method to detect and locate airships by sound. He claims to determine range height speed and direction of dirigibles in the darkest night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandler
New York
Edward F. Chandler
Zinc Steamer Delayed by Panama Canal Slide
The Norwegian steamer Arna from Port Piere Australia carrying zinc ore for Walsh Steve doring and Contracting Company will face delays due to a canal closure after a slide blocked the culbera cut near Balbga on the Pacific side. The ship, with Mobile’s heaviest cargo, includes ore largely from Bronken Hill Zinc Company in Bronken Hill Australia.
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Arna
Port Piere
Australia
Walsh Stevedoring and Contracting Company
Panama Canal
Balbga
Pacific
Mobile
Bronken Hill
Aust
Captain Wrightson's Galveston Visit Sparks Debate
The trip of Captain Walter Wrightson, local vessel owner, to Galveston prompts discussion in marine circles. Some wonder if he aims to buy a schooner for his West Indies fleet or to arrange discharge there. Concerns rise that he may shift entry from Mobile to Galveston in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wrightston
Galveston
Tex
West Indies
Wrightson
Mobile
Pinex and Sugar Syrup Cough Remedy Promises Quick Relief
A promotional syringe-like remedy claims to conquer coughs within a day. It instructs mixing 2% ounces Pinex with sugar syrup to create a full pint, costing 54 cents, and asserts rapid relief for bronchitis croup and winter coughs. The ad emphasizes ease of preparation and child friendliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne, Ind
Uncle Wiggily Hosts Late Butterflies for Winter
Uncle Wiggily befriends a group of late butterflies that fear cold, inviting them to stay in his hollow stump bungalow for the winter. A sly fox plans to pounce but the butterflies shield the rabbit, turning the moment into a playful forest rescue.
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Tleman
Uncle
Southland
Uncle Wiggily
the Rabbit
Wiggily
Fuzzy Fox
Rabbit
Mr. Longears
Real Flesh Builder for Thin People
A diet supplement claim describes Sargel with meals to gain 5 to 8 pounds over two weeks. It promises fat production from existing meals, stops waste, and offers a money back guarantee via Van Antwerp Drug Co. and other druggists.
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van Antwerp Drug Co
Adv
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Bluebird
James Whitcomb Riley
J. Ernest Thompson, JR
O. T.rnold
J. Ernest Thompson
May Olive Arnold
C. W. Marcelline Ressijac
Carl Ush
J. H. Patterson
Monterey Street
Wright
Weakley
Newbern
Tenn
Julian Bartee
D. B. Dobbs
Marshall Turner
M’rea
Ruby McRae
McRae
Para Elinor Logan
Louise Logan
Dot Hess
Marie Vanderbeck
Lois Stiles
Gladys McDade
Kelmie Tacon
Hortense Reiss
Brown
Moore
Pippin
Dr. Payne
Dr. Wolfe
Messrs. Collins
Mallette
Nesbit
Beatie
C. P. Wright
Aubrey Raines
John Baumhauer
Joe
Sands Francis Hoffman McElrath
Herbert
Otis Tisdale
Grover Tisdale
Country Club
George Huntington Clark
Mabel Heustis
N. J. W. Peters
Vassar Allen
Birmingham Ledger
Church Home Bazaar
Anniston
Grace Church Guild
Greenville
FE. H. Horton
A. W. Metcalf
J. W. Jernigan
Miss Carr
Krimmel
Miss Irma Young
Atlanta
Irma Young
M. H. Williams
Miss Young
Miss Montgomery
Boston
East Lake Club
Mrs. Williams
Rendon
Elizabeth Hester Broyles
Helen Krause
Richards
Edith
Ruth
Doris Farrar
Culbert Crutcher
Ada Carroll
Katherine Wright
Ed Wright
Charles Edwin Emrich
Lucien Cowles
Santos Rubira
Adelaide Davies
Daisy Southerland
Louise McMillan
Mattie Sewell
Marshall Henry
Mary Horton
Santa
Monroe Street
Louisville
Fred T. Lack
Charles Lack
Shreveport
Vivian Kelly
Colorado
Carl Mitchel
F. T. Lack
Florida
J. A. Savage
Jackson
F. C. Gordon
Susie Gaillard
Perdue Hill
J. C. Torrey
L. I. Stormer
St. Louis Street
R. F. Gould
Battles
Gladys Gould
T. K. Jackson
Gladys MacMurphy
Vredenburgh
Evelyn Sheldon
Sara Fleanor Logan
Georgia
Macon
Gladys Alexander
FE. L. Russell
John D. Logan
Spring Hill Avenue
Broad
Bryan Klingerman
Springfield
Ohio
Atkinson
Georgia Avenue
Madeline Johnston
Citronette
Henry Goldthwaite
Tallulah Malls
Rittenhouse Moore
New Orleans
Charles Allen
Skinner
City Federation of Clubs
James ©. Smith
Bon Secour
H. C. Vaughan Lumber Company
Britton
F. L. Tapia
Dauphin
Birmingham
Information City Ticket Office
South Royal St
H. E. Jones, JR
Alabama
Mobile Coal Company
ST. Francis Street
James van Heuvel
City
Magnolia Beach
S. H. Smith
Susie
Caribbean & Southern Steamship Co., Inc
Seeberg Steamship Co Steamship Service
Windward
Kingston
Jamaica
Ort-Au-Prince
Haiti
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Barbados
Trinidad
Demerara
Dely Genders
Sten
Bent
Butterflies
Howard R. Garis
The
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Craighead
Parliamentary Law’ Club
Leinkauf School Improvement Association
Leinkauf School
Christ Child Society
McGill Institute
Southern Association College
Truman Smith
M. T. C. Dance
Woman's Missionary Society
Government Street Methodist Church
Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railway
Union Terminal Station
Calvert
York
Meridian
Tuscaloosa
East
Terry C. Douglas
Washington Ave
Alice McKeley
Spring Hill Ave
Mary E. Bowling
Rapier Ave
Harry B. Ward, Jr
St. Emanuel
Blanche Crum
Iberville St
Empire Theatre
MOBIL
S. Conception St. Harrison
Merchants Bank
ST. Francis
Mobile, Alabama
Western Electric Co
Schneder- Alidor Electric Co
ST. Emanual
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