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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1912
Page
7
A reader asks about learning history and choosing school paths. The column advises using short historical stories, considers business college for job goals, and suggests practical fundraising ideas.
A jolly automobile party visited the Dog River Club yesterday and enjoyed a fine dinner with crabs sea trout gumbo chickens and other items. The congenial quartette included Mr Marion Quina of Pensacola Mr Sydney Robbins Mr James Armour and host Mr Joseph J Manning.
Mr John Plarshall and his family plan to move to Selma this week leaving Mobile after a fond farewell. The Marshalls enjoyed Mobile as a residence and residents extend friendly regard as they depart. Guests and visits from St Stephens Pensacola and Biloxi are noted along with local plans at Dog River Club Healing Springs and Cawthon home. Manager Swahn prepares a full fall season at Healing Springs in September.
Miss Edna Manning returns from Pensacola and stays in Fairhope with Miss Marie Herman. She will leave with her father for New York City next Sunday and then enter Notre Dame College for the winter before a likely European tour.
Mrs Ira Portis of Suggsville and guest Mrs J D Wilkins left Saturday after an agreeable visit on Hallet street. Miss Agnes Fowlkes, hostess for Miss Margaret Horn, returned Saturday with her guest for a weekend at Fairhope. Mrs J L Bedsole returned to Thomasville after visiting her mother in Mobile.
Miss Marie Sharman sister of Mrs John Schley is the Meridian girl guest of Miss Lois Aiken at De Soto Miss misses in Meridian visit Mobile city guest Lawrence Reed of South Carolina staying several days in the city
Miss Katherine Harris of State Line Mississippi arrived last week in Mebiiie to visit relatives. Earlier the week the charming girl and her sister Zillah with Miss Lizzie Burney were guests of Mr. N Wing for an auto trip to Battles. Judge J. B. Rawls and son Edgar have returned to St. Stephen's after a short city visit.
Mrs. Lillian Hanlon returned to Mobile last week from New York City and points East as a representative of C. J. Gaffer & Co. Mr. C. Yost and his sister Miss Eunice Yost were weekend guests at Fairhope.
The new millinery emphasizes smart simplicity and a natural coiffure as the key to style. Observers note a trend toward smaller head sizes due to the absence of rats in the hats.
An advertisement touts Faust Spaghetti as high value and affordable, emphasizing American wheat and manufacturing. It claims clean, dust and damp proof packaging and notes Maull Bros in St. Louis distribute the 10c and 15c packages to grocers.
The piece examines a shift in Parisian hats from drooping brims to lifted backs and small caps. It notes derbies turbans tricorne tóques and chic feather trims, with shades from magpie black and white to blues, purples, and burgundies.
Mrs. P. H. Pilgrim has just returned from a three weeks’ coastal visit. She visited Pascagoula Beach Biloxi Miss. with Mrs. E. Whey land and her daughter, then Pass Christian at the Mexican Gulf Hotel with her son Washburn W. Paul.
Miss Louise Byram daughter of Mr John T Byram of the United States engineers office announced she married S S Seligman of Monroe Louisiana on August 12 in New Orleans. The couple will reside in Monroe where the groom works with his father. Relatives learned of the wedding shortly after.
Two year old Ruth Morton celebrated a Friday evening birthday with a decorated dining room in pink and white. Guests invited included Mary Louise Poetz Cecile Poetz Frances Poetz Mary Smith Helen Smith Sara Hallmer Gregory Marie Morton Cerol Morton and the young hostess.
A long meditation on suffrage leader Miss Louise Tall speaking in a public square. The piece defends earnest advocates as essential for advancing cause and challenges views of womanly modesty as an obstacle to progress.
Household talks describe Miss Louiste Klein Miller guiding school gardens in Cleveland over eight years. Pupils from many nationalities plant and care for plots, display canned foods and homegrown produce, learn soil and crop science, and win prizes for their garden efforts.
Rhode Island's former senator Aldrich has moved to New York City and his daughter Elsie may join the 400, the exclusive social set, due to her father's immense wealth.
Nasturtium seeds pickled and sealed in bottles after soaking in salt water and scalded vinegar. Let stand a month before using. Vinegar must be scalded not boiled. Also tomato salad with finely minced celery leaves and salad dressing shown as an eye opener from Rice and Murray Hill schools.
Rev. Wyatt H. Brown told about 2 000 people in Grenville Square that worldly goods do not define worth. He urged focusing on character over material measure and warned the church against excessive formalities. Rev. A F Carr assisted in the Bienville Square service sponsored by Federated Episcopal churches.
William Pilcher aged 82 and famed for constructing the cotton centennial organ in 1884 died at his New Orleans home. He came from a three generation family renowned in church organ construction.
Wisconsin suffragists ignore Ohio defeat and press a vigorous campaign ending with the November 6 statewide vote. The drive features speeches at Milwaukee fairs September 10 to 14 by notable advocates and coordinated to energize county and street meetings across towns.
Chicago officials unveiled a city wide drive under the slogan clean Chicago as a campaign against vice and crime. A civic welfare parade is planned for Saturday the 28th to protest current conditions.
Leo de l Tray former Chicago football star has signed to coach the University of Mississippi eleven this fall. He will join the squad on September 20 and begin duties as head coach.
A testimonial proclaims Electric Bitters empower busy executives to regain health and energy. Charles B. Allen of Sylvania Georgia credits four bottles with relief from rheumatism liver stomach and kidney issues and renewed vigor. Priced at 60 cents at druggists.
William J. Bryan plans three California speeches in support of Governor Wilson. He arrives in Los Angeles on September 23 and speaks there, then Sacramento on September 24, and San Francisco on September 25.
An abbreviated ad notes a purified process to remove sunburn and discoloration with growing popularity. Mentions color varieties White Flesh Pink Brunette and sales through toilet counters or mail for 50 ents. National Toilet Company, Ports, Tena.
Mrs. W P vee of C J reports relief from backache headache and loss of appetite after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The testimonial notes nearly forty years of use and presents the remedy as standard for many female ailments.
In New Orleans on September 9 a daily newspaper will be published by African Americans. The paper will be controlled by Negroes and begin circulation at about 5,000 copies.
The Typographical Union funds a cottage at Camp Hygeia for tuberculosis patients. The house marks the first labor union home at the tuberculosis camp in New Orleans as part of efforts by the Louisia Tuberculosis Society.
A Shore electric car collided with a brewery truck four miles west of Rocktly, Cleveland, injuring about thirty-five people seriously. Ambulances and physicians rushed to the scene, sending the injured to local hospitals. The crossing signal failure left the crossing unprotected as the two vehicles collided near 11:30.
Gen. J. F. Cordell inspector general Oklahoma G A R died aged 1 Perry. He was a native of Gel County Virginia and served in the Civil War in the First Ohio Light Artillery.
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