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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1916
Page
5
The poem evokes September fading into autumn with russet goldenrod and milkweed sails in silent fields. A narrator recalls youth and wonders if old desires retain their glow as life moves forward. The piece closes with reflective imagery of red and gold and memory shaping the heart.
The 300 million Christmas seals are being printed in Cincinnati for the Red Cross campaign run with the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. The 1916 drive aims for at least 100 million seals or $1,000,000, expanding from Alaska to the Canal Zone and Hawaii to Porto Rico.
Decorations featured pink and green with heart shaped confections. Miss Lillie Belle Manning won first prize and Miss Ruby Wilson booby prize at the Beauty Chats hour. The Marion Wilmer Jones Chapter Children of the Confederacy will meet at 4 oclock with Mrs. John L. Moulton. The Craighead Parliamentary Law Club meets next Friday at 4 30 at the Cawthon Hotel chaired by Mrs. A D Davis with Miss Aubrey Boyles secretary. A Vineyard supper party included several local social figures.
A column warns readers about beauty doctors and ad advertising claiming miraculous cures. It cautions that many salons and patent formulations prey on credulity, urges careful selection of practitioners, and notes that nature plus intelligent aid is best for health and beauty.
An advertisement touts Magnolia Balm as a quick remedy for sunburn and tan with soothing, refreshing skin care. It claims easy application without visible powder and notes three colors and a 75 cent price per bottle available at druggists or by mail order.
Mrs Annie E Howe the president's only sister died in a New London hotel after a week of peritonitis. She had come from Philadelphia with her niece Miss Margaret Wilson and was accompanied by her sons George Howe and Wilson Howe and daughter Mrs Cothran. President Wilson canceled a trip to St Louis to address an underwriters' convention.
President Wilson learned this morning that his sister Mrs Annie Howe died in New London. He planned to attend her funeral in Columbia DC where her husband and relatives rest. White House aides arranged travel with Joseph R Wilson of Baltimore to join a funeral party en route.
Whistler events include a Mispan Lodge meeting with five applications and two candidates initiated. A St Pauls Sunday school trip to Monroe Park occurred, returning by 7 30 pm. A baby boy weighing ten twelve pounds arrived at Mr and Mrs Everett. Mrs Lambeth returns from Birmingham visit. Invitations issued for a dance for Miss Maggie Alvarez. Miss Selma Knight returns from camp meeting in Utarley Mise.
A brief notice lists available tasks including stenography, shorthand, envelope addressing, filing, multigraphing and invoicing. It mentions hours or days and notes general office duties as part of a Bank of Mobile posting.
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