Cooks of Yesteryear and Compulsory Education Notes
A nostalgic lament on past cooks and their caprices, followed by a report that Florida Texas and South Carolina have enacted compulsory attendance laws for children aged 8 to 14 with specifics on exemptions and enforcement. Also included are recipes for Pepper and Celery Salad and Cinnamon Buns with brief preparation steps.
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Yesteryear
Florida
Texas
South Carolina
County Board of Education
Women of Russia and American War Mothers
War on the border brings suffering to women and children left home. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is promoted as a temperance remedy for female weaknesses, pain, and nervousness, claimed to restore health without alcohol or narcotics and available in liquid or tablet form.
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Petrograd
America
Europe
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Advertising Claim
An advertisement promoting Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets claims to regulate and invigorate the stomach liver and bowels with sugar coated tiny granules. The copy presents the product as easy to take like candy.
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Doctor Pierce
Household cookery and tips from a homemaker column
A compilation of recipes and home remedies includes a cinnamon currant roll method with lard and sweet milk, plus guidance on oyster cracker chess games, biscuits, and bread making. It also lists health and household tips such as headache relief, cough remedies, and a burn treatment using egg white.
Cupid's Corner advises on love inquirer letters
Cupid's Corner by Miss Eros prints inquiries on love affairs with advice. Readers write about true love, parental opposition, and engagements. responses urge dignity, patience, and choosing trusted partners. The column offers guidance to young men and women navigating romance and social expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Eros
Confessions of a Wife and Family Strains at Home
Narrative from a wife recounts hospital care for Mary and Aunt Mary, Mollie and Margie supporting family, Mollie financing care, Dick’s financial concerns, and views on money. Vincent Camilleri sues Frank Gerard in law and equity court for 109.60 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Camilleri
Law and Equity Court
Stevens
Mel Corvey & McLeod
Frank Gerard
Dear Miss Eros Advice on winning affection
A reader asks how to win back a young woman after teasing her and receiving evasive replies. The columnist urges frank conversation to confirm feelings, notes repeated “I don’t know” responses imply uncertainty, and suggests focusing on a more certain, worthwhile subject if affection isn’t reciprocated.
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Eros
Miss Eros
Deep Breathing and Stretching Exercise for Sleep
An 1915 feature promotes a combined stretching and deep breathing routine to induce sleep, improve health and grace. Instructions describe lying on the back, locking hands behind the neck, breathing with the diaphragm, and lifting into a sitting position five times to refresh the spine and shoulders and promote restful sleep.
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America
Steen
Milady
Oakdale Visits and Local Sewing Circle Meeting
Oakdale Alabama on September 17 reports Mr. and Mrs. Fox and son Harry visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. Ridderbjelke of Grove Hill visit Mr. and Mrs. Tummell. The Yoke Bearers Sewing Circle met Mrs. Edwin Patterson on Bay avenue with refreshments served after business.
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Oakdale
Ala
Kruse Wins Foot Race and Two Suspects Captured
Police officer John Kruse chased and arrested W. C. Chambers of Atlanta and T. W. Cleveland of Delchamps after a morning pursuit near Virgi and Conception streets to Bulava street. They were accused of peddling medicine for rheumatism and faced charges of being dangerous and suspicious.
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W. C. Chambers
Atlanta, Ga
T. W. Cleveland
Delchamps
Ala
John Kruse
Virgi
Conception
Bulava Street
Women Voters Petitioners Travel by Auto to Congress
Miss Frances Jolliffe of San Francisco and Mrs. Sarah Bardfield of Portland, Ore., drive to Washington with a 500,000 name petition for a federal woman suffrage amendment. The convention, held under the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, approved the Susan B. Anthony plan and adjourned after adopting resolutions urging Congress to act.
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San Francisco
Frances Jolliffe
Sarah Bardfield
Portland
Ore
Washington
Congress
Susan B. Anthony
Ongressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Calendar Friday Evening Society Notices
Friday events include a farewell dance for Eleanor Madison at 8 p m and an outing for Annie Walker at Monroe Park 4 p m. A Eight Weeks Literary Club gathering with Julia Gibson at 5 p m follows, plus a Woman's Missionary Society meeting at Government Street Church parlors at 4 p m and Mobile Business Women's Club at Smith Piano Company at 6 15 p m. Saturday features a Story Telling Hour at Lyons Park at 5 p m.
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Craighead
Eleanor Madison
Odette Burgoyne
Annie C
Walker
Monroe Park
Eeight Weeks
Julia Gibson
Woman's Missionary Society of
Government Street
Mobile Business Women's Club
Smith Piano Company
Lyons’ Park
Island Citrus Crops Escape Storms Fury
Dr. A. B. Deupre of this city and former Isle of Pines resident believes reports of hurricane damage to Isle of Pines citrus are exaggerated. He notes cocoanut and banana crops in Cayman and Jamaica suffered, but citrus orchards were not greatly harmed by the August storm.
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A. BE. Deupre
Isle of Pines
Deupre
Cayman
Jamaica
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Court
The probate court issued marriage licenses on Thursday for White Charles Bates and Lena Vickers, Alfred Hall and Mary Janes Taylor, Nathan Jessie Jr and Carrie White, and Sidney Graham and Mary L. Richardson.
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Charles Bates
Lena Vickers
Alfred Hall
Mary Janes Taylor
Nathan Jessie, Jr
Carrie White
Sidney Graham
Mary JL. Richardson
Postcards to Promote Mobile Fishing Spots At Fair
Citizens urge sending postcards of local fishing and bathing resorts to other cities to boost the Gulf Coast fair. Henderson and others press for advertising Mobile attractions and river fishing spots to entice visitors. Government inspectors advise caution against bringing diseased cattle to grounds.
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Henderson
Southern Railroad
Cutie
Gulf Coast Fair
Mobile
Dr. J. Jackson
Oral Bureau of Animal Industry
George Fearn Ae
Birmingham union men to meet in Birmingham in September
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the Brotherhood of Railway Mail Clerks will convene with the Order of Railway Masters and other Alabama rail unions in Birmingham from September 18 to 21, 1915. Ladies auxiliaries will join the joint meeting with the engineers.
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Birmingham Union Men of Alabama Railroad
Ann
Birmingham
Ala
Brotherhood of Locomotive Rosine
Brotherhood of Locomotive Re
Order of Railways
Brotherhood of Railwaymen
Sant' Anna Arrives Azores After Fire Exchange
The Fabre steamer Sant' Anna arrived at Michaels Azores with fire in No. 2 extinguished. It transferred 606 passengers to the Italian steamer Ancona bound for Naples.
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London
Michaels
Azores
Lloyds
Ancona
Naples
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Women OF
Russia
Willis Jewelry CO
Jove
Red Wing
Mary
Mother Waverly
Jack
Pat Sullivan
Mollie
Margie
University of Alabama
School of Medicine
Mobile, Ala
Council On Education of the
American Medical Association
Association of American Medical Colleges
St. Anthony, and
Lawrence Streets
Duce
Kay Laurell
Penny Ot “Ziegfeld
Kruse
Dept. 7-P
Resinel
Baltimore
Isabely Rea
Boome Merceg of
Anderson
Hearst War News Pictorial
Citie
Sant’ Anna
Sterno
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