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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1916
Page
5
The page runs through a collage of beauty chat diet tips, hair care queries, and home remedies, plus social items from Mobile society. It catalogs beach parties, weddings, and travel, naming local families, clubs, and hosts alongside upcoming school talks and local notices.
A broad society page itemizes the September 11 ball by the September Morn Club at German Relief Hall with officers named. It also notes engagements Walsh Smith and Mullin Sutton, a Mobile camping party on the Escatawpa river, and various local notices from colleges to charity groups.
An ad extols DeMiracle liquid hair remover as superior to pastes and other methods, claiming it penetrates under the skin to prevent regrowth. It advertises 50c 1.00 and 2.00 bottles, with money back guarantee, and lists Paris Ave and 129th St New York address and Van Antwerp Drug Co as seller.
The ad promotes Magnolia Balm as a delightful remedy to remove tan and freckles and heal scorched skin. It claims easy use with visible results, refreshing effects after outings, and discreet appearance without powder. Consumers are urged to buy from a local druggist or by mail order.
Local papers record a stream of visitors and travels including Mrs. O F McReynolds of Pensacola visiting her sister Mrs L A Eakins in Pensacola and staying several weeks, the Vredenburgs and their son Peter III visiting Camden and staying at the Bloch Wilcox Hotel, Mrs W A Avera of Lucedale operated on in Mobile, R B Johnson of Marvin en route to Mobile, A Bertie Tucker of Mobile visiting parents in Nanafalia, Mrs Owen Meredith and her son returning from Hugo, Mr fara Clabaugh returning from Wytheville with family, Mrs Clabaugh and Sam Jr remaining in Virginia, G H Robertson Jr returning from a month with Alvyr White in Pensacola, E R Morrissette of Mobile visiting relatives in Eliska, and Mr and Mrs John Lawrence Lay with Miss Scudamore of Natchez.
Many retail establishments will observe Labor Day by closing. Hammel Dry Goods Company, Coayter & Co., and the Reiss Creantile Company will close the entire day. A group of clothing stores signed a petition to give employees a full holiday.
Daily notes show 7:30 p.m. mobilization meetings at St. Michael and Conception streets and Y M B A Hall with duties as nurse. Several local residents, including Mrs. BE Turner and Miss Ada Belle Wernett, visit Mobile figures. families plan trips, hospital visits, and gatherings as the region follows mobilization talks and G A R events.
Associated Press reports President Wilson will base most campaign speeches from his summer home porch at Branch. The committee approved fewer speaking tours, with possible dates in Kentucky September 4 and St Louis September 20. Two Idaho women attended the committee meeting, a first for the Democratic group.
The state bar commission report shows forty four ships with 49335 tons entered port in August. Steamships bound foreign and coastwise, schooners, and square rigged vessels appear in the return. A separate testimonial notes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised by Mrs. M J Pickard of Memphis New York for her children’s sea colds.
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