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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1914
Page
3
A poetic meditation on finding the Happiness Flower in all seasons and places. The verse describes joy blooming in desert of care and fields of trust, urging readers to cultivate joy at home as travelers return from seaside and mountain retreats.
An old circular touts saxolite face bath and mercorized wax as miracle toners for women. It claims saxolite powder dissolved in witch hazel tightens facial skin and reduces wrinkles, while mercorized wax absorbs sallow and freckled complexions to revive the face within a week to ten days.
In seven traffic cases heard in the recorder's court Saturday morning five fines were imposed and two cases discharged. Patrol officers cited Walker Porter James Kennedy and Clarence Collins each fined $19 or twenty days for speeding. Jim Daves fined $5 or ten days for motorcycle bicycle violations. A Richards fined $5 or ten days for muffler opening. Ross Rodgers and L Miller discharged for reckless driving.
A crowded page lists dozens of Mobile children with birth dates and ages from 2 to 13. The Mobile Item invites them to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon with five friends attending.
The article lists summer homecomings along the coast with Mr and Mrs Ben Barrett in Coden hosting open house, Miss Gabriella Barret assisting, Miss Kate Alley of Montgomery extended visits, and several others returning from tours in North Carolina Tennessee Point Clear and Monteagle. It notes Mrs J W Hunter's return to Alabama and other social visitors praised as prominent seashore society members.
An old promotional note claims Vitalitas, diluted in water, cures or alleviates a wide range of ailments from dyspepsia to liver and kidney disorders. It asserts immediate relief for diseased tissues, dissolves poisons, and offers daily sample drinks at Sutton's drug store for information.
In Birmingham England over 90 percent of public comfort stations operate as paid facilities and yield an annual profit of 2000 dollars. This contrasts with free stations in most American cities highlighting how the system finances itself.
During her visit Mrs J D Hl was feted with a picnic in her honor and other social events have been planned to mark the occasion.
The A P I announces senior class officers led by President D I Gibson and other posts including J M Oliver as vice president and G G B Dawson as secretary. Glomerata board selections follow, and the Woman's College of Montgomery opens its 1914 15 session with new staff and notable guests.
A short notice suggests that an elocution teacher cannot influence the inner sense of right in most people. The item notes a tension between outward instruction and inner moral voice.
A Birmingham cotton conference discussed paying 10 cents per pound to farmers for cotton. A committee was formed to urge mills nationwide to adopt 100 cents per pound, aiming to ease distress. Speakers C L Comer and A F Redmond cited mills profiting and skepticism over competing prices. The gathering expected higher future sales at 19 cents.
Ad Wolgast and Joe Mandot boxed ten rounds to a draw in Milwaukee on Friday night. Mandot pressed the action throughout while Wolgast relied on defense to hold the decision to a stalemate.
Warner and Whittenhouse of Washington D C have been awarded a 17000 contract for the plumbing work of the new postoffice building. A separate 1200 contract for stalling three vaults goes to Metzger and Rhen of Mobile.
Hay Steamship Company officers said the James A Carney will be removed from the East ern Shore service on Monday. The Pleasure Bay begins its fall schedule at 3 15 p m for Daphne Montrose and Batties, with Sunday departures at 9 a m.
The Mobile pulley firm reports its president R. H. Parsons will arrive in Mobile on October 5 after a stay in London. Parsons, also president of the Chamber of Commerce, has been abroad for business. A new Ohio inspired rural improvement group plans a state rural betterment organization after two Country Life Week conferences.
A Lewisburg teen describes four years of itchy scaly scalp with thinning hair and pimples that burned. After trying many remedies, three shampoos with Cuticura Soap and repeated Ointment applications, he was cured in three months. Signed F B Lewis January 1 1914.
For red rough chapped hands with itching and painful fingertips a Cuticura treatment works wonders. Soak hands in hot water, dry, apply Cuticura Soap and Ointment, then wear soft gloves overnight. Sample offers included by mail.
Henry J. McCarty age fifty six a native of Whistler died Saturday morning at 12 80 o clock at the family home after a lingering illness He is survived by his wife several children and other relatives
The body of Mrs Martha Ranager who died Friday morning in a local infirmary was shipped Friday night by Berenson and Sands to Lucedale Mississippi for interment. Johannesburg plans a world’s fair in 1916.
The Rotary Club decided to buy a bale of cotton and join the movement. Dr. Seale Harris, club president, says the cotton will be placed in the south parlor of the Cawthon Hotel, not stored in a warehouse. Several members are expected to buy bales.
Donald Hoffman, prominent in the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen as elievance committee chairman for M. & O., was a passenger on the A. G. S. New York Limited wrecked Thursday morning. His family felt anxiety until a telegram later confirmed his safety.
Police report a gold wreath pin with a scroll bearing M. BE L found at the corner of Enception and Dauphin streets. Officers cannot locate the owner and request help identifying the item marked EoEsae on the back.
Clinton Orrell and John Baker youths of Leverett Miss stood back to back in an orchard and fired after an appointed signal. Both may die from wounds in this old fashioned duel prompted by a dispute over profanity and timber claims.
Citizens are urged to spend Sunday traveling to Coden or Bayou la Batre with round trip tickets priced at 50 cents. Information available at the City Ticket Office located on Royal Street, numbered 23 8 and street addresses 9 through 19.
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