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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1912
Page
2
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine for hair health claiming rapid disappearance of dandruff and shedding within minutes of application. It promises new fine hair growth after weeks and describes hair becoming light, fluffy, wavy with lustrous shine.
A local entertainment scene thrives as popular priced offerings and high class attractions draw sizable crowds. Venues showcase a mix of affordable shows and upscale experiences, bolstering attendance and community interest through the season.
The Lyric Theatre reopened as a vaudeville venue directed by Jake Wells with H. C. Fourton as local manager. The refurbished interior, new ushers in white uniforms, and a Keiths-Wells billed program drew full houses for two performances. Acts included Borani and Nevaro, Armstrong and Lawrence, Cleary and Tracey, Cavana & Co, and Heidelberg Quartet with two films and an orchestra led by Dan Drago. A New York note sent best wishes from Jake Wells.
The Mobile Theatre presents The Balkan Princess today with Julia Gifford N B E Dano Adelaide Harland and others in a musical romance from New York tour. Also on Wednesday the four act drama The Confession from Broadway will be staged with a strong cast and gripping courtroom themes.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a real hair grower and dandruff remedy. The carton promises banishing dandruff stopping hair loss itching scalp and new growth if the root is alive. It sells a 50 cent bottle with guaranteed satisfaction and money back, via dealers everywhere.
An advertisement touts Rheuma as a cure all for rheumatism gout sciatica and kidney misery. It claims the medicine acts within a day by drawing poisonous waste from joints and muscles and offers a money back guarantee at Van Antwerp Drug Corporation, Inc.
Mrs. W. D. Kirkland of Dunnellon Florida writes Chief of Police Walsh seeking information about her father who left home about eighteen or nineteen years ago while he was in Mobile. She recalls initials possibly W A Cole and asks police or Mrs. Murphy at the station to assist in locating him or any of his next of kin.
John T. Bauer Jr leaves for Boston to resume duties at Boston Technical Institute. Mrs Weiss and sister return from Battles. Mrs Pound and Lizzie Lee Pound visit from Birmingham. R H Benner and wife of Cincinnati visit. W B Curran and family staying at the Cawthon. Dr W Garner and wife of Nashville Ark registered at Battle House. Dr Fred M Bosworth returns from Laurel and resumes study at University of Alabama. George W Duncan of Auburn visits on business. R P Osler and J L Thornton of Mutaw visit. Miss Amelia Frolichstein in New
Charles G. Ehdhardt, messenger for the Fruit Dispatch Company, is confined to his home at 308 Palmetto Street with a relapse of fever. T. D. Milstead of Pensacola, Fila, is ill at the Inge-Pondurant sanitorium.
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