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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1913
Page
9
The text proclaims eyes as the soul window and praises luxurious eyelashes and eyebrows as the essential frame for a woman's beauty. It emphasizes single handed champion status of these features in the beauty regime.
An exhortation on eye health and beauty urging readers to improve appearance through overall wellness. It details daily routines including cold water eye baths, careful brushing of lashes and brows, and cautions against harsh cosmetics while promoting gentle, natural enhancement.
The Alabama and New Orleans Transportation Company will operate its first barge up the river from New Orleans to Holt, loading pig iron at Holt for Mobile Stove and Pulley Works. The vessel leaves New Orleans October 22 at 1 PM and arrives Mobile October 23, then departs Mobile October 23 at 8 AM. Local officials urge a hearty welcome as this marks a milestone in Mobile’s industrial history.
An old advertisement fragment touts Bromo Quinine as a laxative with a claim to cure a cold in one day and grip in two days, urging readers to look for the signature of E. W. in the sales pitch.
Society notes report the marriage invitation for Mary Bacon to Samuel Cla baugh and social visits by Miss Duncan in Mobile as well as upcoming local club and Sunday school meetings. Residents Mr and Mrs John Cox of Birmingham stay at the Battle House while Miss Kate Moon and Miss Felda Drahan are mentioned with travel and school ties.
The Mobile Item is the only paper in South Alabama publishing a full day report of the Associated Press service at ten cents a week, delivered.
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