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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1915
Page
6
A fragment from a 19th century page promotes social harmony and feminine virtue, urging women to focus on home life and service while cautioning against frivolity. It includes quotes attributed to Rosalie Stewart Chapman and Robert Louis Stevenson about truth, virtue, and independence.
An advertisement explains that kidney and bladder weakness are caused by uric acid. It promotes Rad Salts from the pharmacist, a lithia mixture to neutralize acids, claim relief in two or three days, and notes Jad Salts as a harmless alternative.
Bargain sale listing includes stove pipes of all sizes at 11c value 10c, enamel paint in 12 pt cans at 15c value, 1 pint 20c, 1 quart 35c, Blackene Liquid Stove Polish, and coal hods priced 25c and 35c, with measurements and values noted.
Fragments show commodity prices for items such as drugs and perfumery with cents listed like 42c 39c 25c 19c and discounted amounts. The text appears as a partial price sheet lacking full item names or context.
A jumble of grocery items with mixed prices appears, listing sugar, tomato products, bacon, catsup, corn, pet cream, tomatoes, extracts, soap, syrups, grits, baking powder, rice, matches, milk, coffee, lard, salad oil, olive oil, currants, flour, buckwheat, table salt, pepper sauce, and more with varied cents and dollar amounts. The fragment suggests a local store advertisement or sale flyer with numerous price points.
Classified listing details 15 cent rice banded tableware and glassware including Flowered Deep Dish large size priced around 15c per item. White Chambers with covers priced 50c value. White Slop Jars at 60c value and 49 cents sale. Flower Pots 8-inch 25c value and 20 cents for 10-inch. Fancy Soup Bowls at 6 1/2 cents each.
Evelyn Wilkes, an honor graduate of Barton, receives the judges vote after a June literary work examination at old Barton. Alberta Enderle, another Barton graduate, won the 1915 trophy, an old gold locket with the club seal. EDNA LEWIS acts for the absent director Eleanor Madison. Mrs James H. Hagan speaks at the Federation Luncheon outlining Mobile City Federation aims, interclub cooperation, and civic projects including a public library and women’s building.
Druggists back Mi o na with a money back guarantee if it does not help. The ad claims rapid relief from dyspepsia and better digestion, urging customers to try with a 50 cent deposit and promising refunds if not effective. Sold by Van Antwerp Drug Corp and other leading druggists.
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