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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1912
Page
5
The piece highlights upcoming November brides in Mobile with their dowries and skills. It mocks cynics while praising brides to be for homemaking, needlework, and home economics. It also notes recent wedding bookings, bridal showers, and society happenings including dancing lessons, visiting relatives, and residents returning home from trips.
Miss Florence Reed declares beauty a business asset for actresses and details her simple regime. She sleeps early, walks daily, eats lightly, drinks only water, and studies physiology to keep youth and vitality.
Mrs. Inez Welus Levy and Miss Krdop will narrate the Stormy Land tale at 4 o'clock in Harte auditorium. The children are promised magnetic and winsome guides and several new features will debut later this season, with Story Hour aiming to prove the very best yet for young readers.
A called meeting of the Children's Study Hour committee convenes this afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Y M C A library. The note highlights social and travel items involving Meridian, Middletown and Mobile residents, with mentions of weddings and visits across several cities.
Wetxell of Biloxi and Edward McDonald of New Orleans wed Wednesday morning at the church of the Nativity with attendants Miss Antoinette Manuel of Biloxi and Henry Kolve of New Orleans. They will reside in New Orleans. The Mississippi Coast Country Club stockholders meet Saturday at 4 PM on October 12 to elect directors for the year. The secretary urges full attendance to reflect the membership. Miss Mina Martin returns to the city after a North Carolina summer and will stay at the Cawthon for winter.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Baptist Tabernacle will host a Hallowe'en party on Tuesday Oct 29 at the Church residence located 2 west of Claiborne street. Several society members and visitors are noted, including Miss Katherine Donald visiting Fort Morgan and Major and Mrs Burgess.
Kokomo Indiana October 10 Mise Bella Ritchel who was forced to ride in a jim crow car and set off a train while traveling through Kentucky a little more than a year ago has been awarded 8750 damages by the court of appeals. Ritchel has a dark complexion and could not convince train crew she was entitled to ride with white persons.
In Montgomery Alabama Freeman Long once robbed and murdered John A Berry forty years ago. His son M L Berry of Deatsville identified a well known negro at Palmetto as the slayer. The man in his sixties was returned to the penitentiary after two missing fingers aided recognition. He had earlier escaped to Georgia where he served forty years, was pardoned, then moved to Palmetto before this arrest.
A nationwide endorsement promotes Digestit as a quick relief and permanent remedy for stomach disorders. Letters from satisfied users support its merit, with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved. Brown's Digestist is a small tablet that aids digestion and prevents indigestion after meals.
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