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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1916

Page

6

Wedding of Miss Draper and Prince Boncompagni

The noon wedding of Miss Margaret Draper and Prince Andrea Boncompagni Ludovici of Rome took place in the Draper home ball room in Washington. Cardinal Gibbons officiated. Miss Draper, famed as the wealthiest girl in Massachusetts, comes from a distinguished line of Prestons and Drapers.

Margaret Draper Prince Andrea Boncompagni Ludovici Rome Draper Washington William Draper United States Cardinal Gibbongs Miss Draper Massachusetts Prestons Kentucky Drapers New England England France

Local Obituary and Community Notes Highlight Mobile Social Life

The column reports the death of Mrs. EB. W. Christian and honors her as a church member and UDC life president. It covers funeral plans at St. Louis Street Methodist Church and notes from Russsel School Improvement Association, wedding announcements, party invitations, and various local society updates in Mobile including engagements, scholarships, club meetings, and residents' travels.

Allond Electra Semmes St. Cis Street Methodist Progressive Circle Russell School Broad-street Methodist Church Fair Grounds

Mr F M Taylor Improving After Operation

Mr Frank M Taylor manager of Onroe Park was operated on at a local infirmary Monday and reported improving.

F. M. Taylor Frank M. Taylor Onroe Park

Beauty Chats: Advice for Rebuilding Health and Look

Edna Kent Forbes answers a reader about leaving for a mountain sanitarium and becoming beautiful again. She suggests rest, short hair grown out, vigorous nightly massage, a hair tonic, cold cream, a blood tonic, and gentle exercises to restore figure and skin, plus study to lift spirit.

Puss in Boots Jr. Visits a Seaport Village

The good ship anchors at a safe harbor near a lighthouse and a church spire. Puss Junior explores a grassy shore, meets an old sailor, and debates cat varieties with him before bidding farewell.

Duck Puss Junior the Duck Puss Tom

Bomb Explodes at Lenox Avenue Subway Station

An explosion at the 110th Street Lenox Avenue line station in New York caused substantial damage to the station and nearby areas. No train was present. traffic was halted for over half an hour. Police and workers noted no suspicious loitering and speculated the blast tied to a streetcar strike ongoing since September. The blast damaged the ticket booth, lamps, windows, sidewalk overhead, and nearby apartments.

Associated Press New York 110Th Street Lenox Avenue

Whistler Couple Hosts Homecoming Friends After Wedding Trip

WHISTLER and spouse return from their wedding trip and host friends in Whatley street. Mrs. James Williams Sr and daughter Annie Roy and son Frank come home from High Springs Florida after a month with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Crabtree. Mrs. Crabtree and two sons accompany them. William Shelton returns from Springfield Missouri to join Whistler mechanical dept. George Kohl and Leroy Finnegan return from Meridian Mississippi after the fair. Clarence Cato leaves Friday for St Augustine Florida then visits Key West and Havana Cuba. Ernest Bennett returns to New Bedford Massachusetts after two weeks with George R. Bennett family. Mrs. Thomas B Allman hosts Wednesday Afternoon Sewing Circle on Whatley street. Mr. and Mrs. John Ranagier return from Meridian Mississippi after a week with relatives.

Whatley Street James Williams Annie Roy Frank High Springs Fla Harry Crabtree Whistler George Kohl Leroy Finnegan Meridian Miss Clarence Cato St. Augustine Elmer Cato Key West Havana Cuba Ernest Bennett New Bedford Mass George R. Bennett Thomas B. Allman John Ranagier

Washington Camp calls for Baker's resignation

Washington Camp, Patriotic Order Sons of America, passed resolutions demanding Secretary Baker resign over a speech in Ohio in which he was accused of likening Washington's soldiers to Mexican revolutionaries. The resolutions will be sent to President Wilson.

Baker Tted Tenn Washington Patriotic Order Sons of America Wilson Ohio

Sure Way To Remove Dandruff With Liquid Arvon

A remedy claims four ounces of plain liquid arvon applied at night moistens the scalp and rubs in to dissolve and destroy dandruff. Morning results show reduced flaking and itching, with hair described as fluffy and glossy after repeated uses. Arvon reportedly available at drug stores and inexpensive.

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