Thoughts, Quotes, and Local Notices From Wilmer Fair to Infant Home
A collage of public notices and quotes from a 20th century newspaper. Includes Ella Wheeler Wilcox verses on thoughts as powerful, The Wilmer Fair management inviting Mrs. James Hagan and committee as judges, thanks from the Infant Home for lawn party profits of about 1200 dollars, Miss Clara Sims singing at Settlement Home, and Mrs. Dan McNeil planning a Mobile visit after leaving Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer Fair
James Hagan
Home Economics Club
Albert Reynolds
W. G. Outerbridge
J. el Drago
Wilmer
Dan M'Neil
Mobile
Dan McNeil
Detroit
Mary McNeill T Peneloca
City
Kobinata
Spring Hill
Dan McNeill
Brighter Children May Become Stronger With Emulsion
Parents worry about children’s health as many look pale tired or listless. Scott emulsion is promoted to enrich blood boost energy improve lungs and strengthen the system with no alcohol or drugs. Sold by druggists, Scott Bowne Bloomfield New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
N. J
Beauty After 40 Open Air Is Best Cosmetic
Idah Mc Glone Gibson urges women over forty to embrace daily fresh air and walking rather than laziness and costly beauty regimens. She emphasizes regular walks, hydration, and outdoor activity as keys to health and a graceful figure, citing personal habit of five to ten miles daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idah McGlone Gibson
England
Ireland
May Robson
Local sewing circles host meetings and socials
The Merry Crochet Maids met at Mrs. Whitehurst home to crochet and embroider with fruit punch cake and fruit served. Attendees included Mrs Pringle instructor Mrs Longhurst and several Misses Scott Baxter and Pringle. An oyster supper tonight at Dauphin Way Baptist church begins at 6. A St Claire Sewing Circle meeting is set for 5 at Conti Street Asylum. All Saints vestry hosts an 8 o'clock parish social. Oakdale church hosts an 8:80 p.m measuring party for Ladies Aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merry Crochet Maids
Pringle
G. B. Longhurst
Francis Parkhill
Pearl Scott
Wester Helle
Marcia
Baxter
Willie
Katherine Whiteheurst
Minnie May
Mattie Lee Pringle
Beatrice Armstrong
Dauphin Way Baptist Church
St. Claire
Conti Street Asylum
All Saints Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Oakdale Church
Fragmented OCR Shopping List Notes
A garbled catalog-like fragment lists various coins and prices with multiple stray characters. It reads as an incomplete inventory or note with entries such as 15¢ and 20c, interspersed with stray text and symbols, lacking clear context or full items.
Phantom Dance and Parish Evening At All Saints
Miss Mane Clark will entertain at a phantom dance from to 10 p.m. at her Cherokee Street home. All Saints church hosts a parish evening with a musical program featuring Miss Mary Knight Rush and others, followed by ice cream and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mane Clark
Cherokee Street
All Saints Church
Mary Knight Rush
Atrs
Frank P. Davis
Henry Weight
John Lynch
Elmore
Personal Mentions of Mobility and Visits Across States
A list of Mobile residents and relatives returning from trips visits to Georgia North Carolina New York Michigan Michigan and San Antonio. Notes include Miss Mary Emma Nettles Miss Ophelia Hester Mrs D P Bester Jr plans for next week Miss Mabel Heust and several other locals visiting Birmingham New Orleans Asheville Meridian and Kobinata while relatives and friends host and travel plans are announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Bester,Jr
New York City
Mabel Heust
Pacific Coast
Birmingham
J. W. Hunter
New Orleans
A. W. Brooks
Curtis
New York
W. H. Monk
Katherine
Michigan
Newark
Reading says jurisprudence key over finance at New York reception
Lord Reading chief justice of England and Anglo French loan negotiator urged focusing on merits and true facts rather than repeated decisions. He contrasted his system with American practice of citing corroborating cases and noted the need to study statutes across forty eight states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lord Reading
England
New York Bar Association
Ord Reading
Tragedy in Brooklyn as Wife and Daughters Die
Police suspect murder suicide after Mrs Anna Huntsinger 40 and her daughters Alice 13 Elizabeth 8 Emma 3 are found dead in their Brooklyn home amid gas jets lit and doors stuffed with clothing. The day before she identified a man found in the East River as her husband Joseph Huntsinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anna Huntsinger
Alice
Elizabeth
Emma
Brooklyn
Huntsinger
East River
Joseph Huntsinger
President Wilson to spend next summer at Shadow Lawn New Jersey
President Wilson will vacation next summer at Shadow Lawn estate in Elbered near Long Branch New Jersey. A committee led by Representative Scully arranged the free use but the President offered to pay rent or donate any payment to charity. Governor Fielder urged the visit as a chance for renomination news. This choice means he will skip Harlakenden House in Cornish New Hampshire where Winston Churchill resided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
New Jersey
John A. McCall
Elbered
Long Branch
Scully
Fielder
Harlakenden House
Winston Churchill
Cornish
N. H
McCall Mansion
Delchamps Personal News And Local Incidents
Harold Read visited Mrs Denekies in Delchamps Alabama with Mrs Read and children staying for the winter. L Glessner fell from a ladder injuring his ankle and will use crutches. W H Delchamps moved to Heron Bay for the winter to run the oyster business. Roof repairs and window glazing continue after the storm with no serious damage. a big scare noted. Several Mobile visitors include Lee J Cleveland J A chainpe Mrs Bs Gacy and ira.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delchamps
Ala
Harold Read
Women Dominate Home Butter Use in Mobile Exhibit
Experts note Mobile consumes almost all home-made butter while the North supplies most dairy products. The Indiana Creamery Company reports Mobile spends over a million annually supporting Northern creameries, with farmers receiving low prices for cotton seed meal used to make Southern butter. The Gulf Coast Fair will showcase dairy efforts under J. G. Shand of Thomasville, including pure bred cattle and dairy equipment. Cash prizes prize butter and dairy displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Indiana Creamery Company
Gulf Coast Fair
J. G. Shand
Thomasville
Gulf Coast
Eastern Shore studies road from Delta to Blakely across river ferries
Resorts along Baldwin County join the Mobile Baldwin counties committee in raising 400 to cover preliminary survey costs for a proposed highway across Magazine Point to Blakely with ferries over the Mobile and Tensaw rivers. Final cost estimates await survey results to be presented to the county boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin County
Mobile-Baldwin Counties Committee
Mobile-Baldwin County
Magazine Point
Blakely
Mobile
Tensaw
Boards of
Bay Minette
Fairhope
America
Bon Secour
Magnolia Beach
Fish’ River
Florida
California
Hampton
Ewing
Weyth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Hair Color
Popular old remedy Weyth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound restores natural hair color for gray or faded hair. Marketed in drug stores for about fifty cents, it claims to darken evenly without notice and improve hair thickness and luster.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Wilmer Fair Management
Sisters of the Infant Home
Babie
Toulminville
Clara Sims
Mothers Club
Land of the
Sky Blue Water
Cadman
Tam
W. S. McNeil
Terry Moore
John Mitchell
Claude Grayson
Meyer
French Market Coffee
Meyer’s
S ‘K
Alifornia Tokay
India
London
Henry C. Meyer
Hiner
Clara West
Milton West
Clara
San Antonio
Mrdim von Feilgeiteh
Jenen
Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati
First Baptist Church
Little
Pittsburgh
Louisville Courier- Journal
Norman Galt
Berne
Morning Post
Herr Westmeyer
Wurtemberg
Willis Jewelry Co
Mary Emma Nettles
Georgianna
Ophelia Hester
Marine Street
North Carolina
Irwin Fearn
George Heard
Raymond Crosby
Lucile
J. R. Jr
Mr. Crosby
Stockton
J. KB. Patterson
Canada
Mr. Patterson
Walter Neatlock
Asheville
W. M
F. E. Wert
Fred Frazier
Hugh Black
Meridian
Betty Gilespie
T. () McWhorter
Bessie Peckinpaugh
Ethel Smith
Carolee Martin
Spring Hill Avenue
A. B
W. L. Henderson
St. Anthony Street
Hermonie Davis
Vicksburg
Miss
N.C
Davis
Orange Beach
C. F. Dietrich
Foley
L. H. Diehl
Harry D. Spindler
D. R. Peteet
Lona Hall
Josephine
Meribah Walker
Charles Diehl
Pennsylvania
Eastern Shore
Delta
Mobile-Baldwin Counties
Dauphin ST
Ujbl
Ferndell Fancy Groceries
National City Bank
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