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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1914
Page
6
Advertisement promotes Knowlton's Dandeline as a solution for dandruff and thinning hair. Claims a 25 cent bottle can restore luster, strength, and fullness, with new hair growth visible after weeks of use. Targets readers concerned with brittle hair and itchy scalp.
An optimistic look at how readers might imagine continuations to unfinished stories. The piece notes weather as a shared discomfort for duck hunters and the general public alike.
A misprint in the official program incorrectly named Mrs. L. M. Bashinsky as first vice president of the Alabama Division U D C. She remains president of the Alabama Division U D C, and a corrected program outlines inaugurations, receptions, and addresses led by Gen. Charles B Hervey and other officers at the Mobile reunion events.
Official announcements include introduction and presentation of sponsors maids chaperones and matrons. Credentials committee appointed with Adolph D. Bloch Benediction by W P Hines adjournment followed by a reception in the Cawthon parlors with local attendees listed.
Mrs Caroline Meriwether Goodlett founder of the United Daughters of the Confederacy died Friday in Nashville Tennessee at age 80 years 11 months 12 days Known as the Mother of the United Daughters of the Confederacy she organized the body in 1894 after earlier chapters formed in Missouri and Virginia She spent her war years aiding Confederates by supplying funds clothing and sewing rooms She is survived by a sister Mrs R W Humphreys a brother W D Meriwether and a stepson Dr C H Goodlett all of Nashville and Madison Station New Orleans respectively
The youngest sponsor for the upcoming reunion is Susie Belle Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Smith and granddaughter of Camp Wilcox's commander Captain John B. Smith of Birmingham. Her attendants are Miss Irene Steele and Miss Eleanor Dannelly.
Madeleine Maury of Mobile will serve as maid of honor for Miss Helen Bashinsky at the reunion. Other maids include Kittie Grey Coleman Uniontown Sara Belle Bandy Montgomery Elsie Hooper Selma Anna Boulet and Mamie Harrison Opelika. General Jones staff social staff features Mrs J C Lee honorary matron Mrs L M Bashinsky matron Mrs A M Allen matron Mrs Chas Bb Hervey chaperone and Mrs Harvey E Jones Jr as chaperone.
The Electra Semmes Colston Chapter U D C and Mobile residents regret that Mrs Daisy McLaurin Stevens and Mrs B B Ross will miss the reunion. Stevens, president general of the U D C, is seriously ill in Laurel Mississippi, while Ross, former state president and current first vice president general, is at home for her nephew’s wedding. Both are beloved figures in Mobile U D C circles.
The Vineyard hosts its usual lively Tuesday session with a fine orchestra and dancing floor. Couples noted include Jim Buck with Marie Hermann, Frank Courtney with Helen Terrill, Robert Marshall with Margaret Blacksher, Henry Hall Jr. with Annie Moore Provost, Ernst Buck with Mary Emma Nettles, D S Lowry with Hilda Broadwood, and Jean Dunster with Irene Dunster.
Little Agnes Owens recovers enough to return home from Inge Bondurant Sanitorium after a three week illness. Miss Clara Hunt of Mobile visits on the University Campus in Tuscaloosa. Mr and Mrs Robert Taft honeymooning in Asheville after a Washington wedding. Mrs J D Simpson and Hortense to Mobile due to Mrs Simpson’s mother’s illness. Mrs O S Ellsworth attends Seelbinder Forbus wedding in Birmingham. Henry Schwarz called to Mobile by his mother’s death. Judge Harry T Toulmin and Mrs Toulmin with Miss Lucy Cloyd visiting Wytheville. Senator Bankhead attends reunion in Montgomery. Howard Hempstead and Miss Louise Mason arrive in Flo Claire. Mrs Hempstead connected to Mobile. Mrs William Mastin and Miss Zemma Mastin return from the North. Pensacola News reprints The Item on Pretty Gowns at Mobile’s Cotton Ball noting Miss Marie Hermann and Miss Eula Walsh. Mrs Tom Boone visits New Orleans. Miss Annie Streb leaves for Pen.
Co L Chandler, South American agent of the Southern Railway, was in Mobile to discuss establishing an expert academy. He will address a public meeting under Chamber of Commerce auspices on Wednesday Nov 4. His topic is American Trade and Means for Its Expansion.
Sacola to visit her sister Mrs I J Kruffer. Mr and Mrs E C Meredith of Eutaw are among visitors coming to attend the reunion. Mrs S T Manor Miss Annie Spare and Miss Ella Holt of Montgomery arrive to attend the reunion. Miss Holt will be the lovely guest of Miss Lottie May Rose.
A fragment reflects on time passing while a sawsmith waits his turn in a barber shop. It hints that some institutions are only superficial, painted over without deeper reform.
An article from the Lancet Clinic reports Dr James Bell of New York City arguing against heavy medicine for influenza or grippe. He advises gentle bowel cleansing with citrate of magnesia and using Anti-kamma Tablets for fever and pain, claiming rapid relief.
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