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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1913
Page
5
Mobile readers see prize epigrams on suffragettes as street car ads propose witty, sharp definitions. The items parody gender politics with lines about corsets waste, pieced humor, and voting rights, reflecting social debate of the era.
A column promotes beauty routines with cucumber lotion, cold cream cleansing, and skin care steps. It references Anna Held era vanity tips, fashion commentary, and mentions social figures like Miss Norma Thompson and the Duchess Emmanuel De Chaulnes at society events with notes on attire and grooming.
A column blends beauty tips with social notes from Mobile. It mentions cucumber lotion for sallow skin and a fitness routine, then reports visits by Mr and Mrs Scott Minnich of Fairhope to see Robin Hood, Miss Ernstine Crux’s Orlando trip, and Mrs Frank Evans returning from Annapolis. A bridge party hosted by Miss McAndrew is announced.
Columbus Day observance hosted by the Knights of Columbus drew more than two hundred members. M J Vickers McDermott and Matt Mahomer spoke while A H Downey and Wil Gass provided songs and jokes. Officer elections follow Tuesday night in the state hall.
A Sunday cold snap caused several small blazes in frame buildings. Fire Company No. 7 responded to 608 Augusta Street, 159 South Dearborn Street, and 762 Augusta, with limited damage. Additional outdoor fires occurred at 217 South Franklin and Charleston near St Emanuel in the afternoon.
Mrs. Powell will host her sister Miss Lillian Woodend of Liverpool and Miss Alberta Holford in Mobile for the winter. Miss Woodend travels with Alberta Holford to New Orleans. Powell party recently returned from England after Mr Powell’s illness. Cyrus Russell is ill at his home with typhoid fever in New Orleans Picayune report. A New York correspondent notes Miss Marguarite Shonts at a fashionable French seaside resort.
Under a halftone likeness of Robert L Douglass a Thirty three degree Mason of Mobile who attended the Scottish Rite Reunion in which six states were represented at Birmingham the News says he is one of the best known Masons in Alabama now attending the Scottish Rite Reunion and has many warm personal friends throughout the jurisdiction.
Copy urges readers to cut meat costs by eating Faust Macaroni claiming a 10 cent pack equals 4 pounds of beef nutritionally. It promotes high protein durum wheat, mentions airtight packaging and a free recipe book from Maul Bros in St Louis, Missouri.
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